Ocklawaha sits on the east side of Marion County along the shores of Lake Weir, with the Ocala National Forest pressing in to the east and SR-464 and SR-25 carrying you out from Ocala. It is a quieter, water-and-woods part of the county, so Rick Calloway’s crew loads lakefront and canal homes, forest-edge cabins and acreage, and the retiree houses around the small communities of Weirsdale and Lake Weir nearby. A1 All Professional Movers, run out of Ocala by Rick since 2009, sends its own trucks and its own W-2 crew to every Ocklawaha job and hands none of them off.
How A1 works the Lake Weir shore and the forest edge
Waterfront lots and long wooded drives set the day, and Rick sizes up each approach before the A1 truck heads east from Ocala.
- Lakefront and canal homes on Lake Weir — properties on sandy, sloped lots, with floor protection down and extra padding for the longer carry to the door.
- Forest-edge cabins and acreage — homes near the Ocala National Forest set back on wooded drives, with truck placement weighed and a shuttle ready if the big truck cannot reach in.
- Retiree and seasonal homes near Weirsdale — downsizing and snowbird households we sort and load only what is going.
- Older homes off SR-464 and CR-25 — lots with mature trees, with the truck angled to stay below the canopy.
| Ocklawaha move | Typical flat rate |
|---|---|
| One-bedroom lakefront cottage | $580–$950 |
| Three-bedroom home near Lake Weir | $1,600–$2,650 |
Your flat rate set in writing before Rick’s crew touches the lake house
✓ A1’s own crew and trucks
- When you call, Rick or someone at his Ocala desk answers in person, not a hired phone room
- On move day the amount you settle matches the written figure to the dollar, with nothing added
- One A1 All Professional Movers crew packs, loads and unloads every single job
- The load carries $1M in coverage, and your community office receives a certificate that same day
- Any claim is handled in-house, with Rick reviewing it personally
× Broker chain
- Your information bounces through a call center and then gets sold further down the chain
- Quote rebilled at delivery for “extras”
- Every time, an unfamiliar truck shows up carrying a crew you have never met
- Generic certificate, COI is a fight
- “Not our crew” runaround on damage claims
Rick writes your Ocklawaha figure down before we start, and it does not shift on the day. Hourly is $115/hr for two A1 movers, $155/hr for three, and $200/hr for four, but most homes take a flat band: a one-bedroom is $580 to $950, a two-bedroom is $950 to $1,600, and a three-bedroom is $1,600 to $2,650. Gapping between two homes? Climate-controlled storage runs about $95 to $230 a month by unit size.
A sloped lakefront lot on Lake Weir never adds to your Ocklawaha bill
The number is flat and written, so a sandy slope down to the dock, a wooded drive near the forest, and a humid afternoon are ours to handle. Rick starts early through hurricane season and the summer storms, and your belongings travel under $1M cargo coverage with a nine-month claim window.
Moving from the Lake Weir area to another state? A1 drives long-distance on our own trucks, so the same Marion County crew that loads up your lake house is the one carrying it in at the new address. Call Rick at (888) 711-4778.
