The two best reasons to employ professional packers are to simplify your move and to protect your most fragile items. If you’re in a rush or you have other important things to attend to during your moving period, hire professional packers to lend a hand. They’ll box your goods faster and more precisely than your amateur team.
For fragile items that you’re worried about surviving the trip, an expert packing team can ease your worries with their top-notch methods and professional packing products. They bring all the packing supplies you need with them, so you don’t have to gather boxes from your local retailers. Pro packers can provide you with four types of packing:
- Full-Service Packing
- Partial Packing
- Unpacking
- Custom Crating
Full-Service Packing: Take Most of the Hassle Out of Home Relocations
The final step for making your relocation hassle-free after you choose your commercial movers is to hire professional packers. Your full-service packing team examines your item list and brings the proper amount and styles of boxes to pack your goods for transport. You’ll get dish-pack boxes to protect your glassware and china, oversized TV boxes to pack your wide-screen TVs without damage, and full-sized wardrobe boxes so your drycleaned clothes don’t arrive wrinkled.
Professional packers can box your goods from your home or your office. Most packing companies charge by the box. Fees rise as the boxes get larger and the need for packing materials increases. You’ll get an itemized list of the boxes that were packed that you can compare with the list your mover provides you of boxes loaded aboard the moving vehicle. Most people who pack their own boxes fail to make a list of the boxes packed.
Partial Packing: Do What You Can and Leave the Rest for the Pros
Save money by hiring professional packers to box only the most difficult or valuable items you own. Most people who select partial packing services ask professionals to handle your most fragile items like glass shelves and china closets. Professional packers have the skills, experience, and tools to package your home perfectly. If you own items you can’t afford to lose, hire professional packers to box them for travel.
Professional packers can help you with the kitchen, one of the most laborious rooms to pack. Do the best you can, then let the professional finish the job. Keep an eye on your packers while they work. Make sure the items that mean the most to you are packaged properly. If you want partial packing, your packers will bring only the supplies needed for their part of the packing. Tell them if you need extra packaging supplies to finish your own packing chores.
Unpacking: Begin Enjoying Your New Home As Soon as Possible
It’s usually cheaper to hire professionals to unpack your boxes than it is to pay them to pack. Another benefit of hiring pros to unpack your goods is debris removal. You’ll likely have to pay for the service, but unpackers usually can haul your empty boxes and other packing debris away. It’s nice to have your stuff unpacked and stationed in the proper room, with all the packing garbage removed when the movers leave.
Partial unpacking is an option, too. Maybe you’d rather not have other people unpack your more personal items, so you tell them to concentrate on the kitchen and the kids’ stuff. There should be no extra charge to remove padding your movers installed to protect your furniture, but if you want them to open the boxes they’ve placed strategically throughout your home, you’ll have to pay extra.
Custom Crating: The Best Way to Protect Your Irreplaceable Heirlooms
The most secure way to transport your family’s irreplaceable heirlooms is to construct custom wooden crates that conform to the shape and size of each item. Called custom crating, the procedure requires your movers to bring pieces of wood specifically sized for the job. They’ll wrap your item carefully in paper and bubble wrap before building the crate around your piece. That’s the first reason to select custom crating, to secure your fragile item within its own packing crate.
The second benefit to custom crating comes when your item is placed aboard the moving vehicle. Without the wooden crate surrounding it, your piece would be difficult to secure within the truck. They’d wedge it in as tight as possible, but things shift around on the road, so you can never be sure. Your custom crates, however, are attached to the walls of the vehicle so the boxed pieces don’t shift position. The custom packaging also makes your fragile piece easier to handle while it’s being moved.
Five Tips for Packing Your Personal Goods Like A Professional Packer
Most long distance movers suggest you begin packing your home at least a month before your relocation date. Here’s an idea: Use the time you save by hiring professional packers to visit with neighbors and tie up loose ends before you move. A good move is when you can concentrate on your family’s well-being and let the professionals handle the moving details. In addition to supplying all the packing materials you need, your professional mover will:
- Pack heavy items, like books, in the smallest boxes and pack light things, such as blankets, in the largest boxes.
- Refrain from overpacking, which can damage your items if the boxes break
- Wrap fragile items like glassware in packing paper or bubble wrap
- Mark each box with the room for which it’s destined, along with a sequential number for tracking purposes
- Maintain a complete inventory of all boxes packed to compare with the mover’s list.
