We pack it
or you do
Packing is the slowest part of a move and the part most often done badly. We will do all of it, or the half that actually matters, or none of it — and we will tell you which one we would pick if it were our kitchen.
Whichever you choose, packing is priced on your video walk-through and shows up as its own line in the written estimate, not as a surprise on moving day.
Sped up.
Two ways to do it
Full pack
Everything boxed and wrapped
We bring the cartons, the paper and the tape, and the house is packed for you — kitchen, closets, books, decor, electronics — on top of wrapping and padding the furniture. You live normally until the day before.
Worth it when time is the scarce thing, or when the house is too big to pack in a weekend.
Partial pack
About a third of a full pack
We take the parts that break and the parts that take longest: the kitchen, glass, mirrors, artwork, lamps and electronics. You keep the clothes, the books and the linens, which are quick to pack and hard to damage.
What most people should choose, and honestly the one we would suggest.
What the crew is doing in that clip
Nothing in it is staged for a camera. It is one bedroom, filmed at speed, and every step in it is on every job.
Blankets before anything else
Quilted pads go around dressers, tables and the bed before a single thing leaves the room. Wood against wood in a moving trailer is how furniture arrives scratched, and a blanket costs less than a refinish.
Stretch wrap over the blanket
The film holds the pad in place and keeps drawers and doors shut in transit. It goes over the blanket rather than straight onto the finish — plastic against a polished surface for two weeks in a hot trailer is its own kind of damage.
Cartons marked for what is in them
The one marked GLASS in the clip is a real carton doing a real job. A box that says what it holds and which way is up is a box that gets carried and stacked correctly by somebody who was not there when it was packed.
Questions about packing
- Do movers pack for you?
- Yes. A full pack means we bring the cartons, paper and tape and box everything in the house — kitchen, closets, books, decor — as well as wrapping the furniture. A partial pack means we do the parts most likely to break or take longest: the kitchen, glass, artwork and electronics, while you handle clothes and books. Either one is priced on your video walk-through and shows up as its own line in the written estimate.
- How much does packing cost?
- It is priced off the volume of the shipment rather than by the hour, so it scales with the size of the home rather than with how fast anybody works. A partial pack is roughly a third of a full one. Both appear as their own line on the paperwork — a single number with no breakdown is not a price.
- Is it worth paying someone to pack?
- For the kitchen and anything fragile, usually yes: it is the slowest part of a move and the part most often done badly. For clothes and books, usually not — they are quick, they are hard to damage, and you know what is in them. That is the whole reason a partial pack exists, and we will say so rather than sell you the bigger option.
- What about a piano, a pool table or a safe?
- Those are handled separately from a normal pack, with the right equipment and usually a crate. Tell us before the walk-through, not on moving day — they change the crew, the equipment and the time it takes.
- What happens if something is damaged?
- The default coverage on any interstate move is 60 cents per pound per article, which on a television is a rounding error rather than compensation. Full value protection costs money and is worth understanding before the truck arrives, not after. Ask what your coverage is and get the answer in writing.
- Should I pack anything myself before you arrive?
- Documents, medication, jewelry, keys and anything you would not want out of your sight for two weeks — those travel with you, not on the truck. Beyond that, anything you pack yourself saves money. Just know that if you pack a box yourself, we can't be responsible for how it was packed.