Full packing
The crew works room by room, wrapping items in packing paper, filling boxes so nothing shifts, and labeling each carton by room and contents. By the time the loading crew shows up, the house is boxed and ready to carry.
A box that rattles is a box that arrives with something broken inside, so nothing goes in half full.
Materials built for the trip
We use double-walled dish boxes for glassware, wardrobe boxes so hanging clothes stay on the hanger, and picture cartons for framed art. Grocery store boxes soften in Georgia humidity and collapse when stacked, which matters in a trailer that has been sitting in the sun.
Partial packing
Plenty of Atlanta families pack their own books and linens and hire us for the kitchen and the fragile rooms only. Tell us which rooms you want covered and the quote is built around that.
If you would rather pack yourself, we can drop off materials and walk you through the basics so it survives the trip.
Unpacking at the new place
Unpacking means the crew empties boxes onto counters and into closets, sets up beds, and hauls the flattened cardboard away with them. The place feels like home again by that evening instead of sitting in boxes for the next two weeks.
Anyone with a job to start the following Monday knows what it is worth to walk into a kitchen that is already stocked and a bedroom that is already made up.
Electronics and heat-sensitive items
Televisions and computers are photographed before the cables come out, then wrapped and boxed with the cords bagged and labeled. Candles, houseplants, and anything that softens in heat are packed separately and loaded last so they spend the least time sitting in a warm truck.
On a summer move we usually recommend carrying the most sensitive items in your own car, and we will point those out during the walk-through so nothing gets left for the truck by accident.