LAST MINUTE LABOR

I used this company location near Cantonsville, MD. While they they didn’t answer the phone they did David respond same day to a text message a sent. He completed the work quickly and efficiently and I would recommend and use this company again.

Please DO NOT ENGAGE these people for any sort of work, they are extremely unreliable. I wish I read other reviews before we hired these people for a local residential move. We found them on Angie’s List, and they have an ‘A’ rating there — obviously put there themselves. We hired them to move out of our small rental house into a condo about 5 miles away. We had arranged the move in with the building. They were an hour late, had no clipboard or other way of tracking the furniture and boxes, kept asking ‘is that all?’ every time we went through a room pointing out items to be moved, and said it was too much for the sized truck they had brought. My husband had arranged the move and confirmed all the items to be moved but apparently no one had told the crew. We asked that they focus on the furniture and leave boxes if it was too much, but they put about a dozen boxes in the truck, tried to lift the mattress from the master bedroom, then gave up and said they couldn’t do the job. Despite our pleading to find a way to make it work, they removed the boxes from the truck and drove away leaving us stranded. No offer to call the office for more help, another truck, a reschedule for the next day, nothing. A bunch of lazy bums is the best I can describe them; please do not waste your money and time.

I wish I had read the other reviews on here before I hired these people. DO NOT WORK WITH THESE PEOPLE.
Email sent to the service representative David King:
«Hi David,
Attached are some pictures that show all the gaps in the sill, inside the window frame, and on the sides of the window. As a reminder, this is a window that is in my shower. The whole purpose of this job was to make this waterproof. I now feel I cannot use my shower at all because I am in worse shape than I was before your crew came.
The gaping holes on either side of the window are obvious. What is harder to capture with my iPhone camera are the slight gaps along the inside of the window frame and on the sill. This is extremely important to note. They are not sealed at all and will do more damage than good.
Again, per our previous conversations, the job was scheduled for 8:00 AM. They did not arrive until 10:30 am. This interrupted my plans for the morning and my ability to get the work done that I had planned.
In addition to this, they did not have any of the proper tools or materials. They had to go to the store at least twice (maybe more). They asked for caulk from my husband and it was in a tube. They didn’t even have a caulk gun. They used my husband’s saw. They asked to use our mud to fix the GAPING holes they left which is not the proper use of that material, especially considering the placement of the window in the shower…»
After this email was submitted the workers returned and were swearing on my doorstep and yelling. They were trying to break into my house. I told David this and he said that he would refund my money. Now he’s retracting that promise. These people intimidated me and made me afraid. I have never seen anything like this in my life. My bank is handling the refund and told me to contact the Better Business Bureau and said that it sounds like I have grounds to contact the police. I told the bank rep that I felt like calling the police the day this happened because I was so scared. I urge you to look elsewhere for service. I found this vendor on Angie’s list. This is my first experience with an Angie’s list vendor and I’m very upset.
I feel like I can trust Unilocal reviews more than Angie’s list now.

I own a staging company and have used Last Minute Labor on several occasions. They are always very professional and do exactly what they say they are going to do. Their service today was so exceptional that I committed to writing a review and what a surprise to see negative reviews. I guess a lot can change in four years. I highly recommend this company. Both the office staff and movers have been fantastic to work with and I feel confident recommending them.

I wish I’d read Hoi’s review BEFORE I hired this so-​called moving team. Everything he said is so TRUE. If there was an option for negative stars or even no stars, that’s about what they’re worth. The «movers» showed up almost two hours late for the job, and 5 hours later they were still bumbling about like idiots while my friends and I wondered what the heck was going on. Dave spent that time sitting in his Jeep and texting his friends rather than helping his moving team. Luckily Dave only had me pay for the two hours I had originally requested — but stupid me, I paid in cash and didn’t get a receipt. Rather than eliminating some of the stress from my move, they turned it into an incredibly frustrating affair.
But wait, it gets better. My request was very simple. All they had to move was one bookshelf, a table, my bed, and a futon. Four items. They finally arrived around 3 pm (originally scheduled for 1) and at 9 o’clock, they were still there, trying to figure out how to get my things from point A to point B. I moved less than 600 feet away and figured that they would be able to help with those four larger items — WRONG — and that if they completed those tasks within the hour, that I could maybe ask them to spend their remaining hour moving some boxes.
Fast forward to the end of that very long day, when I was told that everything had been reassembled and put in place, and I paid them their cash. Went over to my new house and the bookshelf that they had «reassembled» was in pieces. A bookshelf that I had specifically instructed them NOT to take apart!!! I had two identical bookshelves, one of which was moved by my friends, and second destroyed by Dave’s team. So that was in pieces. The futon mattress had been left lying in the middle of the floor rather than placed on the futon frame. The dining room table that I had refinished and painted myself was destroyed, having been left with several large digs and black marks on the surface. My bed was not only put together backwards (with the head where the feet go and vice versa) but nothing was screwed together tightly, pieces were missing, and the wrought iron canopy style frame was not bolted to the frame underneath. They also damaged my box spring and never replaced the cover after they had taken it off.
I have emailed and called Dave over a dozen times since this happened. First I was told that someone would come back to put the bookshelf back together, but that’s not possible at this point. When I called them back that night, I was told that the movers didn’t have the tiny nails on hand that they would need. Guess what? They were still attached to the back of the shelf. It also looks like they used a hammer to smash apart the shelf, thus destroying the part where the cam bolts attach. When I did finally get ahold of Dave, he told me that he would come to the house himself to see about offering up a suitable replacement for my broken shelf. I explained that I would need two, as they’re supposed to be a matched set. After a while, he would only answer when I called from a different number, and repeated emails have gone unanswered. I believe that he has no intention whatsoever of making any of this right, even though he had told me at one point that of course he would like repeat business and referrals. Fat chance of that!
To my fellow Unilocalers, please avoid this company like the plague. And Dave, if you’re out there, please know that between me and my friends, we have started to tell everyone we know NOT to use your company at all, no matter how dire the circumstances. I would like my $ 120 cash back plus the $ 300 I spent to replace my shelves.
It’s really too bad this company couldn’t have done a better job. Not only did they make my move incredibly stressful and unnecessarily painful, but they have made zero effort to correct the situation. None.

they are awful. stay away. david is rude and extremely defensive. the concept of costumer service is foreign to him. he quotes prices that are less than what he charges. he showed up 1.5 hours late for the job. he hires workers off craigslist that he does not even know. stay away from him. he makes moving a nightmare!!!