Sometimes your move-out date and move-in date do not line up. Sometimes you need to store items between selling one Florence home and closing on the next. Sometimes you are downsizing and need short-term storage while family members decide who is taking what. Cal’s Moving & Storage offers storage options for Florence-area customers, with our facility in Corvallis and storage-in-transit available for any move we handle.

Florence is roughly a 75-mile drive from Cal’s Corvallis headquarters via OR-99W and OR-126 through Mapleton, so we book Florence moves with a little more lead time than our in-valley jobs to make sure crews and trucks are positioned for the coast. The drive is part of the job and we handle it — you do not pay for our drive time the way you might with movers who tack on hourly travel charges from inland origins.

The other Florence-specific factor: the coastal climate. Salt air, persistent moisture, and (in the dunes neighborhoods) wind-driven sand all affect how we wrap and load. Upholstered furniture, electronics, mattresses, and wood pieces get extra protective wrapping for any move that involves coastal exposure on either end. We also bring floor protection for homes near the dunes that tend to track sand — small detail, but it matters when we are walking back and forth all day.

What Our Florence-Area Storage Service Includes

Storage with Cal’s includes a clean, secured indoor facility, climate-appropriate conditions for household goods, inventory tracking with itemized records, basic released-value coverage on stored goods (with full-value protection available as an upgrade), and easy retrieval when you are ready — we can deliver stored items back out to your Florence home or anywhere else. There are no long-term contracts — storage is month-to-month.

Storage Options for Florence-Area Moves

Cal’s storage facility is located at our Corvallis headquarters, roughly 75 miles from Florence. For Florence customers, this works for two scenarios: storage-in-transit (the most common option), where we load your belongings in Florence, store them at our facility, and then deliver them out to your new location when you are ready, and longer-term storage, where items stay at our facility for weeks or months and we deliver back to Florence (or anywhere else) when you need them. The Corvallis location is on the route from Florence to most Oregon destinations, so storage-in-transit rarely adds significant cost.

Short-Term Move-Between Storage

The most common Florence storage scenario is bridging a closing-date gap. You are selling a Florence home, the new buyer’s closing date moves up by a week, and you have a 7–10 day window where you have moved out but cannot move into your new place. We load your belongings in Florence, drive them to our Corvallis facility, store them for the gap period, then deliver out to your new location on the day you can take possession. The storage portion is billed by the day or week depending on duration.

Florence Areas We Serve

We move customers throughout the Florence area, including:

  • Old Town Florence — the historic district along the Siuslaw River, including the Bay Street commercial corridor and the older single-family streets nearby
  • Heceta Beach — the coastal residential area north of town, including the mobile home parks and beachfront properties
  • North Florence — the newer single-family developments north of the Siuslaw River bridge along Highway 101
  • South Florence — properties along Highway 101 south of town toward the Oregon Dunes
  • Glenada and Westlake — smaller communities just outside Florence proper
  • Surrounding Lane County coast — including Yachats, Mapleton, and the Highway 101 corridor

What to Expect on Move Day in Florence

Storage move days look like a normal move on the front end: crew arrives at your Florence home, walks through with you, loads the truck. The truck heads to our Corvallis facility instead of a destination home, and your belongings are unloaded into our secured storage area with itemized inventory tracking. When you are ready for delivery, we coordinate a date, load your belongings back onto a truck, and deliver to your new location with the same care as the original move.

Frequently Asked Questions About Moving in Florence

Where is Cal’s storage facility?

Our storage facility is at our Corvallis headquarters, roughly 75 miles from Florence. For Florence customers it is most commonly used for storage-in-transit (between move-out and move-in) since the Corvallis location sits on the route between Florence and most Oregon destinations.

How much does storage cost?

Storage is billed monthly based on the volume stored. A typical 2-bedroom home worth of belongings runs $150–$300 per month; a 3-bedroom home runs $250–$450. Short-term storage-in-transit (under a week) is sometimes priced as a flat add-on to your move rather than a separate monthly charge. We quote storage as part of the overall move estimate.

Can you do storage-in-transit for my Florence move?

Yes — this is the most common Florence storage scenario. We load in Florence, store at our Corvallis facility, and deliver to your new location when you are ready. Common reason: closing date on your new home shifts a week and you need somewhere to put your belongings during the gap.

Is the storage facility climate-controlled?

Our facility is indoor and maintains stable conditions appropriate for household goods. It is not a precision-controlled environment for highly sensitive items (museum art, climate-sensitive instruments, etc.) — for those items we recommend a specialty climate-controlled facility, but for typical household belongings our facility is well-suited.

Is my stuff insured while in storage?

Yes. Stored goods are covered by basic released-value protection at no additional charge, with full-value protection available as an upgrade. We discuss valuation options as part of the storage agreement — for higher-value items, full-value protection is usually worth the small additional monthly cost.

Ready to Schedule Your Florence Move?

Cal’s Moving & Storage operates under USDOT #3311673 as a registered interstate carrier with the FMCSA, and under Oregon ODOT Certificate #239715 for in-state household goods moves. We carry comprehensive cargo, liability, and workers’ compensation coverage, provide written estimates on every job, and can hand over our certificate of insurance to any property manager or building owner who requests one. As of January 1, 2026, Oregon tripled the penalty for unlicensed moving to $3,000 per violation — you can read more about Oregon’s 2026 moving laws and how to verify any Florence mover before you book.

Call (503) 746-7319 for a free estimate, or request a quote online. We respond quickly and we can usually quote a Florence move the same day you reach out.

Looking for related services in Florence? We also handle local moves, residential moves, long-distance moves, senior moves, packing services, and storage for Florence-area customers. For other Oregon coast and Willamette Valley locations, see our Salem, Corvallis, and long distance service pages.

Cal’s Moving & Storage is a locally owned Oregon moving company founded in 2018 at Oregon State University. We serve Portland, Beaverton, Hillsboro, Salem, Corvallis, Eugene, Springfield, Florence, and the surrounding Willamette Valley and Oregon coast.