Exeter sits about 50 miles north of Boston, inland from Portsmouth on our New Hampshire corridor — Route 101 and I-95 country. It is a 1638 town built where the Exeter River becomes the Squamscott: brick storefronts along Water Street, Swasey Parkway running green along the river, and Phillips Exeter Academy a few blocks from downtown. Harbor Moving LLC runs Exeter moves as full-service interstate bookings under USDOT 4016795, on the same corridor as our Portsmouth work, one exit further west.
Water Street Brick and Academy-Area Homes
Downtown Exeter is historic-house country: colonial and Federal homes around Water and Front Streets, with the tight stair turns and low door headers that come with them — the Ladd-Gilman House by the American Independence Museum is the famous one, but the whole center shares the geometry. Phillips Exeter Academy adds its own rhythm: faculty and staff moves, and a school calendar that packs moving days into the same few weeks. Careful crews earn their rate here — furniture padded and wrapped piece by piece, wall and banister protection as standard, and honest planning about what fits before moving day.
Parkway Streets to the 101 Subdivisions
Away from the center, Exeter spreads out: homes along Swasey Parkway and the river, neighborhoods off Epping Road, and subdivisions and condos along the Route 101 corridor. The Amtrak Downeaster stops in town, which makes Exeter an easy landing for people commuting to Boston. Every Exeter job is quoted from our published price book, the same numbers for everyone: hourly crews at $159/hr for two movers and a truck, $199 for three movers, $249 for four, or set packages at $399 for a studio or 1-bedroom, $749 for a 2-3 bedroom, and $1,299 for a 4+ bedroom. Long-distance moves are priced from $0.85 per mile and confirmed in a written interstate estimate before you book — no surprises on the day.
The 101 Run, Both Ways
Boston-to-Exeter loads in the morning and unloads the same day via Route 101 and I-95; Exeter-to-Boston runs just as often in reverse, and Portsmouth is close enough that Seacoast hops between the two are an easy add. One corridor move a day means your date gets the whole crew and no rushing at either end. For a free, detailed quote on your Exeter move, call Harbor Moving LLC at (617) 378-1796 — we'll walk through your inventory, your street, and your timing before we quote a number.