Moving in Sherman Oaks, south and north of Ventura
The 405 meets the 101 at the western edge of Sherman Oaks, and most moves here are shaped by one of three things: a hillside street south of Ventura Boulevard, a building’s rules on the flats, or a drive over the hill to the Westside. Elite Moving & Storage plans each one around the street, the building and the clock.
Sherman Oaks is a neighborhood of the City of Los Angeles that began as a 1,000-acre subdivision in the 1920s, bounded today by Encino to the west, Studio City to the east, Van Nuys to the north and, across the ridge, Bel Air and the Beverly Hills Post Office area. The first conversation, at a walkthrough in person or by video, is about logistics rather than furniture: where the truck can stand, whether a building or a gate has rules, and which route and hour suit the drive. The furniture comes next, in an itemized inventory that flags any piece worth a custom crate, and the written estimate built from it becomes the plan for the white glove move.
Sherman Oaks movers for the hills south of Ventura
South of Ventura Boulevard, Sherman Oaks climbs into the Santa Monica Mountains on winding streets such as Deervale Drive, Stone Canyon Avenue and Round Valley Drive. The hills have many mid-century modern houses, including several by the architect Edward Fickett, along with larger new builds, many set on steep lots with view terraces, glass walls and pools. Beverly Glen Boulevard comes down from Mulholland Drive through these hills, and on the steep slope above it sits the row of houses on stilts known as Stilt Street.
Access decides these moves. Streets are narrow and curving, drives can drop steeply from the street, and parking is scarce. We measure the carry and count the stairs at the walkthrough. Where the street is wide enough, the truck parks at the house; where it is not, a smaller shuttle truck ferries each load from wherever the big truck can stand. Glass walls and wood floors are covered first, and the crew is sized to the stairs. Mid-century furniture, lighting and art get the same attention: pieces that need it travel in custom crates, and art on its own schedule is planned through fine art moving.
Mulholland Estates and the gated hilltop
At the top of Beverly Glen, the guard-gated community of Mulholland Estates has 95 homes, built from the late 1980s along the ridge. Its homes carry a Beverly Hills 90210 address, but they are in the City of Los Angeles, part of the Beverly Hills Post Office area, and much of the land is inside Sherman Oaks. That matters on move day: Los Angeles rules apply outside the gate, not Beverly Hills rules, and inside it the association’s rules come first. Before a date is booked we confirm how the crew and trucks are registered at the gate, what certificate the association wants and which hours it permits moves. Homes here with guest quarters and household staff tend to move as an estate move. For homes across the ridge in Bel Air and the Beverly Hills Post Office area, see Beverly Hills movers.
Over the hill: Beverly Glen, the Sepulveda Pass and the 405
Many Sherman Oaks moves cross the Santa Monica Mountains to or from the Westside. The main routes are the 405 and Sepulveda Boulevard through the Sepulveda Pass, which Metro describes as one of the most heavily traveled and congested corridors in Los Angeles County, and Beverly Glen Boulevard, which runs from Ventura Boulevard over Mulholland Drive to Sunset Boulevard and on south. When the 405 backs up, commuters crowd onto Beverly Glen and Sepulveda, so all three slow down together.
At the foot of the pass, the 405 meets the 101. We time loaded runs for the hours between the commute peaks, plan two-stop days so the crew crosses the hill once, and choose the route on the morning of the move. Weather counts too: in the February 2024 storms, the city warned drivers away from roads near Beverly Glen, Coldwater Canyon and Laurel Canyon because of mudslide risk, so a hillside move in a wet week gets a backup date.
Ventura Boulevard condos and apartment buildings
Most Sherman Oaks households rent, according to Census Bureau figures, and apartment and condominium buildings make up much of the housing along Ventura Boulevard and the flatter streets to the north. Building moves are won in the paperwork. Expect a certificate of insurance naming the association or management company, a service elevator reserved and padded for the day, and a fixed loading window, which some buildings allow only on weekdays. We get those terms at the walkthrough, reserve the elevator and staff the move so it wraps up before the window closes. Where the loading zone faces a busy boulevard, an early start keeps the truck clear of traffic, and where the curb is needed, we request temporary no-parking signs through the city.
Office moves at the Galleria and on Ventura Boulevard
Sherman Oaks is a place of work as well as a place to live. The Sherman Oaks Galleria, at Ventura and Sepulveda Boulevards, reopened in 2002 as an open-air center with offices, and the complex includes a 16-story office building. More office buildings line Ventura Boulevard on both sides of the 405. Their property managers hand out freight elevator and dock times, and want the insurance certificate on file before they do. Firms here move files, equipment, conference room art and executive furniture, so our crews pack by department, match each desk to a numbered spot on the new plan and work evenings or weekends. See office and commercial moving, and corporate relocation for executives moving into the Valley.
Heading west along Ventura? See Encino movers. Heading east toward the studios, see Studio City and Toluca Lake, and for the rest of the Valley, movers in the San Fernando Valley.
