Moving how long to pack

Below are a few items we recommend movers pack for you on the day of the move. For example, pack for a few hours in the morning and then take a break to read and eat your lunch.

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Smaller homes can usually be packed in a day or less. If you have extra spaces, like basements or storage units, use the next largest home size to figure the total time. And if you have lots of things that need special packing, like fragile collections or frames, add an extra day to your time to allow for proper packing. Continue to 5 of 11 below.

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Finally, pack up the bedrooms and bathroom a few days out. In the final days before the move pack up the rest of your items in the bedrooms and bathroom. Leave only the absolute essentials for the morning of the move. That means even the bed frame can be broken down a few days before. Sometimes last minute moves are unavoidable.

Here are a few things you can do to get everything packed up securely and swiftly. Enlist the help of professional packers. Many of our clients that are on a time crunch opt to use our packing services because it takes a lot of the work off their plate. While pros are getting everything boxed up you can handle other logistics like getting the utilities turned on and changing your mailing address.

Purge hard. The theory here is simple. The fewer things you have to pack up the quicker it will go.