Five Points is the most physically demanding suburb to move in or out of in Wake County. Not because the houses are bigger or the stuff is heavier — they aren’t and it isn’t — but because the access to the houses themselves is what it is. The older lake cottages sit on narrow private lanes that wind through pines and oaks, sometimes shared with two or three other properties, sometimes ending in a one-truck turnaround. A 100-200 foot long carry from where our truck can actually park to the front door is the norm here, not the exception. Our crew already knows this and quotes a flat-rate that absorbs it. Anyone trying to bill you hourly for a Five Points job is either new to the area or not interested in being honest with you.
The two Five Pointss, and why it matters for the quote
Functionally there are two different Five Pointss for a moving crew. Lakefront and lake-loop cottages — usually older, smaller (1-2 BR + porch), narrow access, long carry, low truck clearance through the trees. Inland Five Points builds — newer 2000s+ subdivisions a quarter-mile or further from the water, full driveway access, standard suburban move. Our crew can handle both kinds of jobs, but the flat-rate they quote will look different. Tanesha asks specifically on the call whether you’re on the water or back from it, and which lane — there’s a small set of access realities we already know about for each.
What an honest flat-rate looks like on a Five Points move
✓ Our crew, our trucks
- Owner or Tanesha picks up the phone — no call center
- Written flat-rate quote = exactly what you pay at delivery
- Same crew loads and unloads, every move
- $1M cargo coverage, COI same-day for buildings
- Claims handled in-house — Brandon signs off personally
× Broker chain
- Call center routes you, your number gets sold
- Quote rebilled at delivery for “extras”
- Different unknown carrier per trip
- Generic certificate, COI is a fight
- “Not our crew” runaround on damage claims
For 2026, our crew quotes roughly:
- Lakefront cottage, 1-2 BR, long-carry access: 50-,650 (flat-rate, in-county)
- Lake-loop 2-BR with driveway access: 50-,300
- Inland Five Points 3-BR house: ,300-,300 (priced like North Hills — standard)
- Storage-in-transit + lake-side move: ask about short-term storage — common for closing-date gaps when one cottage closes weeks before the next
Specific things that go wrong on Five Points moves (and how our crew handles them)
- Soft shoulders in spring. The week after a heavy rain, the gravel shoulders on the lake-loop roads can be saturated enough that a fully loaded truck digging in spins out. Our crew will reschedule a Five Points job by a few days rather than risk a tow situation. Flat-rate; no rebook fee for weather.
- Branches over the lane. Mature oaks and pines hang low over the older lake lanes. A 26-ft straight truck (10 ft tall) usually clears; a tractor (14 ft) usually doesn’t. Our crew sends a straight-truck for Five Points by default.
- Shared private drives. A lot of the older cottages share access with one or two neighbors. Our crew will block the lane while loading; they coordinate with the neighbors so they’re not boxed in. Wesley typically handles this in the booking call.
- Boat docks and lakeside structures. Anything with a wood deck or floating dock can’t take heavy weight rolling across it. Our crew plans an alternate path from the truck to the back door rather than rolling a dolly across a dock.
What kind of moves we see leaving Five Points
Most outbound Five Points requests are downsizings — original buyers selling the lake cottage decades after they bought it, moving to a smaller place in Raleigh city or to assisted living near Charlotte or Richmond. There’s a steady but smaller stream of upbound moves to Asheville (NC retirees who want mountains instead of lake), and the occasional family relocation to Washington DC or Birmingham. For the route specifics on each: Charlotte, Richmond. Many of these include a full-pack add-on because the original buyers don’t want to wrap forty years of china themselves.
How to get started for Five Points
Use the free quote form or call +1 (888) 711-4778. Tell Tanesha the lane (or just say lakefront or inland) and she’ll make sure the crew who handles your job knows the lake lanes well. The quote is free, the quotes come back in writing, and we won’t send anyone whose first move on a Five Points job is an hourly meter.
