Moving service
Packing and unpacking
Full pack, partial pack, or just the kitchen and the china.
$65 per hour per packer, plus materials at list price (sample rates)
The short version
How this one works
Packing is where most damage claims are made or avoided. Our packers use double-wall dish packs with cell dividers for glassware, unprinted newsprint so nothing arrives grey, and they fill every void, because a carton that rattles is a carton that breaks. You can book the whole house or just the two rooms you dread.
- Packers arrive with cartons, paper, tape, bubble and dividers on the truck
- Every carton labelled on the side with its destination room and contents
- Dish packs and cell dividers for all china, stemware and ceramics
What is included
On the truck at no extra charge
- 01Packers arrive with cartons, paper, tape, bubble and dividers on the truck
- 02Every carton labelled on the side with its destination room and contents
- 03Dish packs and cell dividers for all china, stemware and ceramics
- 04Mirror and artwork crates built on site for oversized pieces
- 05A packing inventory that matches the loading inventory
- 06Unpack service that breaks down and hauls away the empties same day
Step by step
What happens, in order
- 01
Choose the scope
Full pack the day before, partial pack of kitchen and fragiles, or supply-only if you would rather do it yourself.
- 02
Pack day
Usually the day before the move for a full pack. Two packers clear a two-bedroom in about six hours.
- 03
Load day
Packed cartons are tiered by weight and strength, heavy low, light high, voids filled.
- 04
Unpack
We place contents on flat surfaces room by room, then collapse and remove every carton and sheet of paper.
What moves the number
The variables on your estimate
| Rooms packed | Kitchens and garages take the longest, bedrooms the least |
|---|---|
| Fragile density | China, stemware and collections change the carton mix |
| Materials | Charged at list price, unused cartons returned for credit |
| Crating | Custom crates for art, marble and large screens, quoted per piece |
Sample figures for this demo site.
Under Full Value Protection, carrier liability for breakage inside a carton is much stronger when the carrier packed that carton. That is the practical reason to have us pack the fragile rooms even if you pack the rest.
A two-bedroom home averages around 78 cartons across four sizes. Our packing supply calculator gives you the split by size.
Yes. If you want them gone instead, the unpack service takes every carton and all the paper away the same day.
We move them, we do not open them. Empty and lock anything with a combination before we arrive, and carry ammunition yourself.
Same-day moves
Lease fell through on a Tuesday?
We hold two crews back every weekday for same-day and next-day work. Call before 11:00 am and there is a good chance we can be at your door by two.
Same-day slots are first come, first served and depend on the board.