Moving to North Park
Craftsman bungalows, 30th Street, and street parking as a competitive sport. What it is actually like to live here, written by a moving company that has been carrying furniture in and out of it since 1997.
By the Discount Movers Team · Updated August 2026 · Licensed California household mover · CAL-T #201759 · BBB A+ Rated
Who Lives Here
Who Moves
To North Park
People in their late twenties and thirties who want to walk to dinner, families who bought a bungalow before the prices moved, and a steady flow of renters cycling through the apartment stock along the main streets.
The Housing
What You
Are Buying Into
The core is craftsman and Spanish bungalows from the 1910s to the 1930s on a tight grid, most with rear alley access and a detached garage that is usually storage rather than parking. Along University and 30th the stock shifts to two and three story apartment buildings, and newer mid-rise infill has been filling the gaps for a decade.
The Trade-offs
What Nobody Mentions
Until You Have Signed
Every neighborhood is a trade. These are the ones people actually notice in the first year.
Parking is the standing complaint
Bungalow lots came with one car in mind. Permit districts help residents and do nothing for guests.
You can walk to most of what you need
Groceries, coffee, dinner and a brewery inside a mile is the actual reason people pay the premium.
Period houses come with period systems
Charming and old are the same sentence. Budget for it.
It gets loud on weekends near 30th
Lovely if you want it, less lovely if your bedroom faces the street.
Move Day
Getting Your Furniture
Into North Park
Alleys are frequently the better approach than the street, and the mature canopy over the grid restricts a full height truck on several blocks. Our North Park movers page covers the access detail street by street, and what a move costs is one page with the whole rate card on it: $119 an hour cash for two movers, a three hour minimum of $357, a flat $75 fuel fee, and no deposit at any point.
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