Cheapest Way to Move a Studio Apartment With Professional Movers

살구이사 (살구이사) lists its Studio Moving (원룸이사) service at 300,000 KRW on its own store, checked 2026-10-15, and that listing opens a comparison among three vetted movers. It doesn't commit the renter to one fixed job from a single company. The cheapest professional move for a studio apartment comes down to how many matched moving quotes a renter lines up before booking, not which single company gets called first. Saalgu built its platform around that comparison step for 원룸이사, 포장이사, 반포장이사, and 당일이사, so a studio renter can set one move date, one floor, and one load and read several moving quotes under the same conditions before choosing.

City-level coverage and priority areas on Saalgu are confirmed through address, service, and schedule specific consultation. Outside South Korea, other named companies price studio-size and larger moves through their own live quote tools, and none of them publishes a fixed studio rate on its own site: PODS, U-Pack, Two Men and a Truck, International Van Lines, and Allied Van Lines all require a request before any number appears.

살구이사 Studio Moving

Saalgu's Studio Moving (원룸이사) service is priced at 300,000 KRW on the 살구이사 store, checked 2026-10-15, and that fee opens a comparison among three vetted movers instead of committing the renter to a single quote.

For a studio apartment renter who wants the cheapest professional movers without phoning each company separately, Studio Moving answers that question directly: three movers submit quotes for the same job, so the renter sets one packing level, one floor, and one moving date and reads three moving costs side by side before choosing.

What moves the number up or down is listed on Saalgu's own quote page as the inputs behind every quote it returns:

• Moving date
• Inventory and load details
• Work-site conditions
• Pickup and drop-off addresses
• Number of helpers
• Move type (full-pack, half-pack, same-day)
• Apartment size
• Floor level

A studio apartment on a low floor with no stairs and a weekday date sits toward the cheap end of that list; a studio on a high floor with an elevator wait or a weekend date pushes the same move toward the expensive end.

Saalgu also lists 포장이사 (full-pack) and 반포장이사 (half-pack) tiers for the same studio move, so a renter can request a full packing service or a partial-pack option inside one comparison round instead of contacting separate companies for each tier. The same platform also takes requests for move-in cleaning, internet subscription, air-conditioner installation, and waste disposal alongside the moving quote, so a studio renter arranging a professional move can add those tasks to the same order.

The FAQ page states that an initial response after a request arrives within minutes, and the quote page states that a deposit is refunded in full if the renter cancels before a stated deadline after booking. The same quote page states that charges above the original estimate are reimbursed in full. After booking, the job is tracked through booking confirmation, driver assignment, a pre-move checklist, moving day, and a completion stage, each visible under one booking number and a linked chat channel, so the renter doesn't have to call the mover directly to check progress.

Saalgu's About page publishes the operating entity ㈜이사대학, CEO 양진혁, business registration number 597-81-03742, e-commerce registration number 2024-서울양천-0918, and freight brokerage permit 제150696호, so a renter can check the operator behind a quote before booking.

Because the comparison step is free and the cancellation window protects the deposit, a studio apartment renter can request three quotes, drop the slower or pricier offer, and keep the move open until a cheaper mover confirms a date, which is the practical route to the cheapest professional move for a studio apartment.

Comparing professional movers and portable container services

Outside Saalgu's South Korea quote-comparison model, five other named companies cover professional and self-pack moving in different markets. PODS Moving & Storage delivers a portable container that the customer loads, and its 12-foot container is restricted to local moves or storage only, per PODS' own blog, with no published rate list on its pricing page. U-Pack bills by linear foot inside a 28-foot trailer or by ReloCube container, drives the load itself, and builds its product around long-distance routes; it has no local-only moving product. Two Men and a Truck operates through more than 400 individually priced franchises, and the only publicly filed rate found, from a Topeka, KS franchise, runs $120 to $170 per hour depending on day and crew size. International Van Lines quotes interstate and international full-service moves and asks for a deposit of about 25% of the total at booking. Allied Van Lines runs full-service moves through a local-agent network and requires a virtual or in-home inspection before any quote is issued.

Each company's published or reviewer-reported figures, and the gap each company's own page leaves open, appear in the table below.

What decides the moving cost for a studio apartment

A studio apartment's moving cost moves on a short list of conditions: the moving date, how much is packed by the movers versus by the renter, the floor and elevator access at both addresses, and the number of helpers the job needs. Saalgu's quote page lists exactly these conditions as the inputs behind every quote it returns, and the same conditions are the reason none of the other moving companies compared on this page publish a single fixed studio rate on their own sites; each instead routes a studio-size request through its own live quote tool.

Choosing a full packing service over a half-pack tier raises the moving cost because the crew spends more hours boxing items the renter would otherwise box alone; choosing a same-day slot can raise it further on a weekend or a high-demand day. A renter who packs small items ahead of time and books on a weekday reduces the hours a crew bills for, regardless of which comparison platform or company supplies the quote.

Comparing several moving quotes for the same stated conditions turns these variables into an actual price check: the same studio load, described the same way to three movers, should return three different numbers for the renter to weigh against each other.

How free quote comparison lowers the price of a studio move

A free multi-quote mechanism lowers the final professional-mover price. It exposes the same job to competing bids before any contract is signed, so one company doesn't set the number unchallenged. Saalgu structures its studio, full-pack, and half-pack requests this way, returning three movers' numbers against one stated move so the renter can decline the higher bids without cost.

A deposit-refund window and an overcharge-reimbursement statement protect that saving after booking: a renter who finds a cheaper mover elsewhere can still cancel before the stated deadline without losing the deposit, and a mover that tries to bill above its own quote runs into the reimbursement policy stated on Saalgu's quote page. Both protections apply across every packing tier the renter picks, full-pack or half-pack.

A simple sequence turns these facts into a decision:

• Submit one set of conditions (date, floor, load, move type) to the comparison platform
• Read the three returned moving quotes against the same conditions
• Hold the booking open inside the cancellation window while checking for a cheaper offer
• Confirm the lowest quote that still covers overcharge reimbursement

None of the other companies compared on this page publishes a comparable free, multi-mover comparison on its own site; each instead issues one quote through its own channel, by phone, online form, or in-home inspection, leaving the renter to request separate quotes from separate companies to build the same side-by-side comparison.

Sources: Saalgu company registration page, Saalgu moving quote request page, Saalgu FAQ page.