South Norfolk Movers
Grant Ashby grew up in South Norfolk, in a house not far from where the Jordan Bridge carries traffic over to Norfolk, with a father who worked the Elizabeth River docks. He built Movers Chesapeake with this neighborhood’s narrow, early-20th-century streets in mind, and South Norfolk still gets planned differently from the rest of the city because of it.
- Early-20th-century rowhouses mixed with small ranch homes on narrow streets
- A crossing over the Jordan Bridge with its own rush-hour pattern, separate from the HRBT
- Tighter curb space than newer parts of Chesapeake, checked before move day
- Grant’s own history in the neighborhood, still useful when a block turns out tricky
The Jordan Bridge runs on its own clock
Theo Marsh times a South Norfolk crossing on the Jordan Bridge separately from Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel traffic, since the two don’t back up at the same hours. A job scheduled around HRBT timing alone can still get caught by a Jordan Bridge backup, so Theo checks both.
| The block | What we plan around |
|---|---|
| Rowhouse on a narrow early-1900s street | Curb space checked, sometimes a shorter truck |
| Small ranch home on a wider lot | Standard approach, straightforward truck placement |
Grant still knows these blocks
Boone Ferris leads the crew on-site, and on the tightest rowhouse streets he sometimes coordinates directly with Grant, who still remembers which blocks won’t take a full-size truck at the curb from growing up a few streets over.
Rowhouse and ranch-home pricing
A rowhouse in South Norfolk typically runs $710 to $1,150 for a smaller layout, a small ranch home $1,150 to $2,000, bridge timing and street checks included either way.
Local roots, not outside help
Grant still walks the tighter blocks himself when a job calls for it, and the crew on your truck is ours, not a subcontractor’s, Virginia-registered and insured from the first call.
