Movers in Silver Springs

Silver Springs is the Lyon County community where US 50 meets US 95A, and the table above shows an owner-heavy, lower-priced housing market where only about 40 percent of homes are single-family detached. The rest are other housing types, and manufactured homes are common in that group. That changes how a move is planned.

A mixed housing stock

About 85 percent of Silver Springs households own, with a median year built of 1993 and a median household income near $49,000. The Census counts mobile and manufactured homes in their own category, and the 40 percent single-family figure tells us a large share of the housing here is something else. Manufactured homes often have a small porch, a skirted base and limited indoor storage, so more goes into the garage, shed and yard.

Tell the estimator about steps, skirting, narrow hallways and any yard items that should come along. The itemized estimate will show them.

Route and drive from Sparks

The 43.9 mile drive uses SR 439, I-80 and then US 95A and US 50 into town. The Census-geocoded time is 67 minutes. Wind on the open desert stretches can be a factor in spring, and the trip crosses no mountain pass, so snow is less of a concern than in Tahoe or Virginia City.

Because both ends are in Nevada, the move is covered by O'Brien's Nevada authority.

Seasonal heat and early starts

Summer afternoons in the surrounding desert run hot. Crews start early on warm days, and anything heat-sensitive travels in the cab or the shaded part of the load. Stay with the time of year to move guide if your date is flexible.

Services for Silver Springs households

• Packing with boxes and supplies from the Sparks office
• Vault storage from $40 per month
• Senior moves for a median-age-56 community
• Moves toward Fernley, Fallon, Dayton and Reno; see the Lyon County area page

Planning around the long, flat run

A flat desert drive makes timing easy to predict, which helps. Tell the office whether you need the truck on a weekday or a weekend, and whether anything must be out of the house by a fixed hour. Because the trip is more than an hour each way, the crew loads in the order the rooms will be set up, so beds and a first-night box come off the truck first.