Sandy Springs · Fulton County, GA
Sandy Springs, GA Movers for Pill Hill and GA-400
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LIOO Moving provides movers in Sandy Springs, GA, for the condos, apartments and houses between the City of Atlanta line and the Chattahoochee River. GA-400 southbound now reaches Abernathy Road and Hammond Drive from a temporary Exit 5A. Two turns from Roswell Road at City Springs are closed.
LIOO Moving provides movers in Sandy Springs, GA, for the condos and apartments on the Fulton side of Perimeter Center, the rentals around the Pill Hill hospitals, the apartment communities along Roswell Road and the houses between I-285 and the Chattahoochee River. The city runs from the Atlanta line north to the river and east to the DeKalb line. GA-400 southbound now reaches Abernathy Road and Hammond Drive from a temporary Exit 5A while the express-lane work runs.
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The moving environment
Moving in Sandy Springs, GA
The city covers 38 square miles, and every edge of it is a line that matters on move day. The City of Atlanta sits to the south, the Chattahoochee River to the west and north, Roswell across the river, and Dunwoody and Brookhaven along the DeKalb line to the east. A narrow panhandle reaches northeast to a short border with Peachtree Corners.
The housing follows the roads. Roswell Road, which carries US 19 and GA 9, is the longest surface corridor in the city and holds the apartment communities, the redevelopment near City Springs and the older subdivisions behind them. Peachtree Dunwoody Road, Hammond Drive and Abernathy Road serve the Fulton side of Perimeter Center, where the Concourse office towers, the Northpark buildings and the Park Towers condominium high-rises stand inside the city line. West of the corridor the Riverside district runs down to the river; north of Dalrymple Road the North End and North Springs districts sit on either side of GA-400.
Three hospitals share one corner. Northside Hospital, Emory Saint Joseph's and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite stand at Johnson Ferry Road and Peachtree Dunwoody Road, in the district locals call Pill Hill, and the Medical Center station on MARTA's Red Line serves it. Several corporate headquarters sit in the city as well, so office moves share the same docks and exits as the homes.
What dispatch reads before routing
The Sandy Springs Exit & Bridge Sheet
The city sits on the I-285 and GA-400 interchange, and three of its freeway exits open in one direction only. Two road projects change the approach in 2026: the GA-400 express-lane work north of the interchange and the city's rebuild of Johnson Ferry Road and Mount Vernon Highway at Roswell Road. Each row below names the item, where it sits and what it does to the day.
| Item | Where | Tag | What it changes on move day | Dispatch note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GA-400 southbound, temporary Exit 5A | 1.1 miles south of the old Exit 5 | Since 29 Aug 2026 |
| Southbound only |
| GA-400 Exit 5C and temporary Exit 5B, North Springs station | The Red Line terminus at 7010 Peachtree Dunwoody Road | Station traffic only |
| Never for the truck |
| GA-400 Exit 6, Northridge Road | The last exit inside the city; Exit 7 is Roswell | North End |
| Work zone |
| I-285 Exit 26, Glenridge Drive and the Glenridge Connector | The Pill Hill side of the interchange | Eastbound only |
| Direction decides |
| I-285 Exit 28, Peachtree Dunwoody Road | The hospital corner | Westbound only |
| From the east only |
| Johnson Ferry Road and Mount Vernon Highway at Roswell Road | The City Springs triangle; City Hall sits at 1 Galambos Way | Two-way again |
| Two turns closed |
| Mount Vernon Highway bridge over I-285 | Between Roswell Road and Riverside Drive | New bridge |
| Local crossing |
| The Chattahoochee River crossings | The west and north edges of the city | Cobb and Roswell |
| Five bridges |
| Exit directions from the GA-400 and I-285 exit lists; Exit 5A and the 2031 date from GDOT's SR 400 Express Lanes page; the two-way configuration from the city's TS191 project page; crossings from OpenStreetMap. Just updated. | ||||
Address decoder
Which Sandy Springs addresses this page plans
Addresses here carry one of eight ZIP codes, and only two of them stop at the city line. In March 2026 the Postal Service made the city's name the default mailing name for its addresses in seven of them, so an older label that says "Atlanta" settles nothing. The city limits decide.
| ZIP | What is there | Planned on this page? | Detail | Page that plans it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30328 | City Springs, the Sandy Springs and North Springs stations, the Concourse towers and Riverside Drive | Planned here |
| This page |
| 30350 | The North End and North Springs: the corridor north of Dalrymple Road, Northridge Road, Morgan Falls and the panhandle | Planned here |
| This page |
| 30342 | Pill Hill, the Medical Center station, Glenridge Drive and Lake Forrest Drive inside the city; North Buckhead beyond the line | City limits decide |
| Buckhead for the Atlanta side |
| 30327 | Mount Paran Road, Northside Drive and the river side south of I-285 inside the city; the Atlanta side beyond | City limits decide |
| Paces for the Atlanta side |
| 30339 | Powers Ferry Road west of I-285 Exit 22 inside the city; the Cobb side across the river | City limits decide |
| Vinings and Cumberland for the Cobb side |
| 30319 | A few blocks around Lake Hearn Drive at the DeKalb line inside the city; Brookhaven and the City of Atlanta beyond | City limits decide |
| Brookhaven for the DeKalb side |
| 30338 | Dunwoody Club Drive frontage at the Dunwoody line inside the city; Dunwoody beyond | City limits decide |
| Dunwoody for the DeKalb side |
| 30092 | The Spalding Drive tip of the panhandle inside the city; Peachtree Corners beyond | Mailing name unchanged |
| Peachtree Corners for the Gwinnett side |
| Shares measured from the Census Bureau's city boundary and ZIP Code Tabulation Areas; the seven-ZIP mailing-name list is the City of Sandy Springs release of 11 March 2026. | ||||
Two lines of multifamily housing
Sandy Springs apartment, condo and townhome moves
The city stacks its multifamily housing along two lines: the Red Line stations on Peachtree Dunwoody Road and Mount Vernon Highway, and the Roswell Road corridor from the southern city line to the river. The building type on each line sets the paperwork, the crew size and the hours.
A tower such as Park Towers, the condominium high-rises at 795 and 799 Hammond Drive, has a freight elevator and a dock, and its management sets the rules. Whether the building or the mover reserves the elevator depends on the building, and the first question below covers that rule. A three-mover crew keeps the cab moving while two movers work the unit.
A two- or three-story community on the corridor loads from the parking lot across a breezeway and a stair, so the carry sets the hours rather than the drive. The newer mixed-use buildings near City Springs load from a garage or a service court named by the building, and the closed turns in the triangle decide which way the crew arrives.
A townhome in a North Springs or North End subdivision loads from its own driveway, and the plan turns on the interior stair and the garage height rather than on a building office.
Where the load-out happens
Parking, loading and truck access in Sandy Springs
The city gives a crew three kinds of loading point: a building dock on the Perimeter side, a parking lot on the Roswell Road corridor, and a private drive everywhere else. Dispatch confirms which one applies before the date is held.
At a building with a dock, the loading point is the dock the building names, inside the reserved window. At a corridor community, the truck stages in the lot where the manager assigns it; the corridor is a state route, and the crew does not stop in its lanes. At a house in the Riverside district or the North End, the truck backs down the drive when the grade and the turnaround allow it, and the estimate records the driveway length and the carry when they do not.
A rental truck or a portable container follows the same rules. A container goes on the driveway, with the drop spot fixed before it arrives, and a rental at a building with a dock still needs the building's window, so the reservation travels with the request.
The calendar the ramps set
Timing and traffic for Sandy Springs moves
Moves here are timed around the I-285 and GA-400 interchange and the two work zones on either side of it. The interchange rebuild itself is complete; the work has moved north onto GA-400 and into the City Springs triangle.
The express-lane project runs 16 miles north from the North Springs station, and GDOT schedules work day and night, so a weekday move on the Perimeter side is planned around the ramp in force that week rather than around a clock. The triangle rebuild sets the other calendar: a City Springs address is approached from Spruill Lane while the direct turn stays closed, and utility relocation on the Mount Vernon side can change the lane pattern between the estimate and the move. A move that stays inside the city crosses the freeway on the Mount Vernon Highway bridge and runs on surface streets, and dispatch confirms the route the day before.
Published card, local hours
Sandy Springs moving costs
Moves here bill by crew size and hours. A reserved window, a long drive or a ramp detour never changes the hourly rate; each one changes how many hours the day takes. The brackets are the published ranges by home size, and the tiles are the card the invoice is written from.
| Home size | Typical homes here | Crew | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | A station-area studio in one freight window | 2 movers | $400–$700 |
| 1 Bedroom | Corridor walk-ups and Pill Hill rentals | 2 movers | $480–$900 |
| 2 Bedroom | A Park Towers unit on a reserved window | 3 movers | $700–$1,300 |
| 3 Bedroom | North Springs and North End subdivisions | 3–4 movers | $1,000–$1,800 |
| 4 Bedroom+ | Riverside and Mount Paran Road houses with a basement and a long drive | 4–6 movers | $1,200–$2,400+ |
| Actual costs vary based on inventory, stairs, elevator use, carry distance, and truck access. | |||
Local moves are billed hourly for crew and truck: 2 movers $160/hr, 3 movers $200/hr, 4 movers $240/hr, 5 movers $280/hr, 6 movers $320/hr.
Hourly rates, crew and truck included
| $160/hr2 movers + truck | $200/hr3 movers + truck | $240/hr4 movers + truck | $280/hr5 movers + truck | $320/hr6 movers + truck |
Labor-only, your truck
| $140/hr2 movers, your truck | $180/hr3 movers, your truck | $220/hr4 movers, your truck | $260/hr5 movers, your truck | $300/hr6 movers, your truck |
There is a 2.5-hour minimum on weekday local moves. Weekends carry a 3-hour minimum, as do same-day bookings and moves of 25 miles or more from downtown. Labor-only crews, with no truck, are $140/hr for 2 movers, $180 for 3, $220 for 4, $260 for 5 and $300 for 6, on the same 2.5-hour weekday and 3-hour weekend minimums.
Second truck: homes that need two trucks bill on the two-truck rate — $260/hr with 3 movers, $305 with 4, $355 with 5, $405 with 6. A $100 specialty-item fee applies per piano, gun safe or single item over 300 pounds, unless quoted otherwise in writing. Lighter furniture carries no item fee. Items over 300 pounds are not carried up or down a full flight of stairs, and a five-step maximum applies to them. Not carried: firearms and ammunition, hazardous materials such as fuel, paint and chemicals, and perishable food; the moving preparation guide has the full list.
Five crews for four kinds of address
Services that fit Sandy Springs homes
The housing here sorts into five services. Each is local moving billed on the hourly card above, and the building type picks the crew.
Apartment and condo moves
The station-area buildings, the corridor walk-ups and the Pill Hill rentals. The building's requirements sheet travels with the booking, and the crew is sized to the window or the carry.
Full-house residential moves
The Riverside, Mount Paran Road and North End houses with a basement and a long drive, and the North Springs subdivisions. When a long-held house is leaving for something smaller, the senior moving crews carry the downsizing.
Office and practice moves
The Concourse towers, the Northpark buildings and the practice suites around Pill Hill. The same rate card applies, and the quote follows a walkthrough rather than a bedroom count.
Packing services
Full or partial packing the day before a freight window or a long-drive load-out, so the window is spent carrying rather than packing. Boxes come from the packing-materials packages.
Long-distance moves inside Georgia
A move from the city to another part of Georgia is priced per shipment on weight and distance, with a binding estimate after a survey. The same exit logic applies to the load-out.
Six edges, six crossings
Where moves from Sandy Springs go
The city touches five cities and the river, and each edge has its own crossing. The page named on each line plans the far end.
- East across the DeKalb line, where Abernathy Road becomes Perimeter Center West
- North on GA-400 over the Chattahoochee River; Exit 7 at Holcomb Bridge Road is the first exit across
- West over the Johnson Ferry Road bridge into Cobb
- North on GA-400 past Roswell
Buckhead
South on the corridor or GA-400 past the southern city line; its page is linked in the decoder above
The other pages in the county are listed under LIOO's Fulton County service areas.
What callers ask about these addresses
Sandy Springs moving questions
Our condo is on the Fulton side of Perimeter Center and the building wants a certificate of insurance and a freight reservation. Who handles that?
It depends on the building. Where management lets a mover reserve the freight elevator, LIOO Moving reserves it; where the building takes only the resident's booking, dispatch tells you at booking and sizes the crew to the window you secure. The certificate of insurance naming the building is issued the same day its requirements arrive. Your side of Perimeter Center, along Peachtree Dunwoody Road and Hammond Drive, sits inside the city; Perimeter Mall sits across the line in Dunwoody.
I start at Northside Hospital and I am moving into an apartment near the Medical Center station. Does Pill Hill change the plan?
It changes the approach, not the rate. A crew reaches that corner from I-285 Exit 26 eastbound or Exit 28 westbound, because each exit opens in one direction only. Send the building's requirements sheet and the certificate of insurance goes out the same day.
Which GA-400 exit does the truck use for an Abernathy Road or Hammond Drive address right now?
Southbound, the temporary Exit 5A. GDOT opened it on 29 August 2026 as the designated southbound access to Abernathy Road and Hammond Drive for the first phase of the SR 400 Express Lanes project. A second temporary exit, 5B, serves only the North Springs station. The ramps change by construction phase, so dispatch confirms the exit the day before your move.
Where does the truck park at a Roswell Road garden apartment with no loading zone?
In the community's own lot, in the space the manager assigns. Roswell Road is a state route, so the crew does not stand in its lanes. On a breezeway community the carry from the lot to the door sets the hours, and a third mover on a long carry usually lowers the total rather than raising it. Send the complex name and building number with the booking.
Our house is off Riverside Drive with a long drive down toward the river. Can one truck handle a five-bedroom?
Often, and the estimate decides. Riverside Drive has its own I-285 exit, Exit 24, and the lots in the Riverside district run west of Roswell Road down to the Chattahoochee River. The walkthrough records the driveway grade, the turnaround and the carry, and a basement or a detached structure is what pushes a large house onto two trucks. A second truck bills on its own hourly ladder, shown in the cost section, with at least three movers.
My address is Atlanta, GA 30342. Which page plans my move?
The city limits decide. About 54 percent of ZIP 30342's land sits inside the city, which covers Pill Hill, the Medical Center station, Glenridge Drive and Lake Forrest Drive; the rest is North Buckhead inside the City of Atlanta, and the Buckhead page plans those addresses. Since March 2026 the Postal Service has used Sandy Springs as the default mailing name for the city's 30342 addresses, so a newer label may already say so.
We are moving to a street off Mount Vernon Highway near City Springs. Is the Johnson Ferry Road construction still in the way?
Partly. The city's July 2026 update puts Johnson Ferry Road in its final two-way configuration from Roswell Road to Spruill Lane. Two turns stay closed: southbound traffic cannot turn left onto Mount Vernon Highway, and northbound traffic cannot turn right onto Johnson Ferry Road, so the crew crosses between the two at Spruill Lane. Utility relocation continues on the Mount Vernon side, and dispatch checks the lane pattern the day before.
What makes a move here cost more than the range for its home size?
Hours, never the rate. The hourly card is fixed by crew size, and four local conditions add hours: a reserved freight window at a station-area building, a long private drive, the temporary Exit 5A detour on a southbound approach, and the closed turns at the City Springs triangle. Actual costs vary based on inventory, stairs, elevator use, carry distance, and truck access.
Hold the date
Booking your Sandy Springs move
A date is held by phone or through the quote form, and LIOO Moving is the moving company that answers. LIOO Moving is a Georgia Household Goods Carrier under GA DPS / Motor Carrier Compliance Division. A 25% deposit is fully credited to your final bill. Released value is $0.60 per pound. The LIOO Moving office is available 24/7. LIOO Moving uses in-house, background-checked crews and never brokers or subcontracts moves.
Dispatch needs four things for a quote: the street, the ZIP code, the floor or driveway, and the home size, plus the building's requirements sheet if a desk has issued one. The reply states the crew size, the hourly rate, the exit the crew will use and any ramp change that falls on the date. About LIOO Moving and the customer reviews sit behind those two links, and a short-notice date runs through the same-day moving page when a crew is open.