Non-Fragile Packing Service

Less work costs less, so yes — but it is quoted on what we are actually packing rather than off a list, because two houses of the same size hold completely different amounts. At the survey we go room by room and agree what falls to us and what you are keeping. You get one written figure for that split before anything is booked, and it does not move afterwards.

Counter-intuitively, the boring half. Books, linen, kitchen cupboards and the garage are the majority of a move by box count and the bulk of the physical work — and they are the boxes people underestimate most. The fragile things are fewer, slower and more nerve-racking, which is why a lot of customers hand us the bulk and then decide separately whether to do the glassware themselves or add fragile packing.

At the survey, easily — that is what it is for. Afterwards, tell us as early as you can. Adding a room is usually straightforward if there is time to plan the crew for it; deciding on the morning that you have not finished the loft is the version that costs everybody. If in doubt, hand over more rather than less: it is far easier to leave something out than to add it on the day.

Tell us the day before rather than on the doorstep and it is usually recoverable — we can often pack the rest, and it is better than a van waiting. What we cannot do is load boxes that are open, overfilled or unlabelled, because they are the ones that fail on a staircase. Realistically: give yourself twice the time you think the last room needs.

Yes — our own cartons and materials come with the crew and there is nothing for you to buy or collect for our half. If you want the same materials for the part you are doing yourself, you can get them from our box shop so the whole load is the same system, which makes the van pack better and the unloading quicker.

Yes — a room-by-room split works as well as a fragility one, and for some houses it is the more sensible cut. The kitchen and the garage are the two rooms people most often regret taking on themselves: one is full of awkward shapes and the other is full of heavy, dirty, unpredictable things. Tell us which rooms you want covered and we will quote it that way.

It helps at the start, so you can point out what is staying and answer questions about anything unusual. After that you do not need to hover. Most people use the time to deal with the things only they can — utilities, keys, schools, the paperwork — which is generally a better use of the day than wrapping saucepans.

Yes, with the room it came from and the room it is going to, which are not always the same on a move. That labelling is what makes the unload quick and it is what an unpacking service runs on afterwards. If you are packing part of it yourself, label yours the same way and the whole load behaves as one.

Yes. A part pack suits a business move well — staff clear their own desks and personal things, and we take the files, the kitchen, the store cupboard and everything nobody wants to own. See commercial removals for how we plan the wider job around your trading hours.