About Escondido Signature Moving
Escondido Signature Moving is a North County moving company: our own 16 movers, four trucks and a warehouse, and an owner who learned how to load a truck in an avocado grove.
One Truck, Then Four
Before Ray Ochoa ever lifted a couch, he picked avocados. Summers in the San Pasqual Valley groves taught him that a lug packed badly comes back bruised. He grew up off East Valley Parkway, took a job on a moving crew at 19, and found that furniture bruises the same way. He never left.
Years of driving and running crews came first. Then one 26-foot box truck of his own, name painted on the side. Now it's four trucks and 16 movers, all on our payroll, and about 900 moves last year: studios near Grape Day Park, hillside houses in Hidden Meadows, whole homes headed for Phoenix.
Some habits stuck. Somebody senior walks every house before it's priced, Ray or a crew lead. The price goes out on paper. And in summer we load before the heat, because three o'clock in an Escondido August is nobody's best lifting hour.
- Moves last year
- ~900
- Movers on payroll
- 16
- Pads on a 3-bed move
- 60
- Written price
- 24 hr
What Escondido Signature Moving Promises
Four promises we've kept on every job. Hold us to them.
We Look Before We Quote
Someone sees the place first, in person or on video. A not-to-exceed price follows on paper inside 24 hours.
Our Own People
Every one of the 16 is ours, trained on our trucks. Your dresser never meets a stranger hired that morning.
Pads on Everything
Pads and stretch wrap on the furniture, runners on the floors, covers on the door frames. First chair to last box.
No Surprise Charges
Want something added on the day? You sign a change order first, so the bill never grows behind your back.
- Price in writingA not-to-exceed cap within 24 hours of the walk-through.
- Our own movers16 movers on payroll, no day labor on your stuff.
- Padded and wrappedFloors, door frames and every piece of furniture covered.
- Storage when you need itWooden vaults in our own warehouse, by the month.
The Owner
“Before I quote a house I go look at the driveway. Furniture is the easy part. The grade, the hairpin and the gate code decide how the day goes.”
Ray Ochoa
Owner, Escondido Signature MovingRay signed on with a moving crew at 19. These days he still drives a truck on the busiest Saturdays and walks most of the hillside estimates himself.
What North County Customers Say
Our driveway in Hidden Meadows scares delivery drivers. Ray came out, looked at the hairpin and said they'd bring the small truck and shuttle. Four loads, zero scrapes, beds made that night.
Teresa M.4-bedroom house move · Hidden Meadows Moved my mom from the house she'd lived in for 40 years into a condo near Kit Carson Park. The crew labeled everything by her new floor plan and set up her bed and reading chair first. She was settled by dinner.
Daniel R.Downsizing move · Escondido We moved our dental office over a weekend. Every crate was numbered to the new floor plan and the exam chairs were where we wanted them Monday at 8. Price was what they wrote down.
Dr. Priya S.Office move · San Marcos
Tell Us Where You're Going. We'll Read the Driveway.
Leave your name, number and a line about the move. We call back the same day to set up a walk-through, in person or on video, and send a written not-to-exceed price within 24 hours.
- Written price within 24 hours
- Our own movers, no day labor
- Vault storage if the dates don't line up