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Before the truck

Packing services in Gladesville

A move is only as fast as its slowest carton. We pack the way we load: by room, by weight, in carry order, so the truck fills quickly and unpacking makes sense at the other end.

Removalist wrapping a dinner plate in butcher's paper beside an open carton in a sunlit kitchen

Packed by the people who carry it

There's a difference between packing a carton and packing a carton you'll carry down a flight of stairs at 2pm. Ours are packed for the trip: plates on edge, never flat. Heavy books in small cartons, not big ones. Glasses in sleeves, lamps wrapped whole, every box labelled with its room and closed so it stacks.

A full pack usually happens the day before your move, so moving day starts at the truck ramp, not the sock drawer. Kitchens-and-breakables-only is the popular middle option: you pack the wardrobe, we take the stuff that shatters.

Three ways to run it

  • Full pack. We pack the lot, the day before. You point, we wrap.
  • Kitchen and breakables. We take the fragile rooms, you do the rest at your own pace.
  • Materials only. Cartons, paper, tape, port-a-robes, delivered ahead so you're never packing out of shopping bags.

Packing is charged on the same honest hourly clock as the move itself, by the crew that does it. Tell us what's in the house and we'll tell you the realistic hours on the callback.

What we bring

  • Double-walled cartons in book, standard and linen sizes
  • Port-a-robes, so hanging clothes travel hanging
  • Butcher's paper and bubble for the breakables
  • Mattress and sofa covers as standard, not as extras

Packing your own? The order matters more than the technique: the packing order guide is the sequence we use ourselves.

Want the fragile rooms off your plate?

Tell us the size of the place and what worries you most. We'll shape the pack around it.

Ask about packing