Packing Services
Our own crews box up your home with proper materials, label every carton by room and can unpack at the other end, so moving day starts with everything ready to load.
Packing and Unpacking Services Built Around Your Move
Packing is the part of a move most people underestimate. A three-bedroom house can take a family weeks of evenings to box up, and it is usually the rushed boxes at the end that arrive broken. Our packing services put a trained Dow crew in your home ahead of the truck, working room by room with proper materials so everything is ready to load when moving day starts. Families who book our moving company in Dayton and households served by our movers in Cincinnati, OH get the same people and the same standards.
Full Packing, Partial Packing and Unpacking
Some customers want every drawer, closet and shelf handled. Others pack books and clothes themselves and leave the kitchen, the glassware and the framed art to us. Either works. We can also come back after delivery to unpack, put dishes in cabinets and haul away the empty cartons and paper, so you are not living out of boxes for a month. Packing pairs naturally with a full house move, and it is just as useful on a smaller apartment move where time is short.
How We Pack Fragile and Hard-to-Pack Items
Kitchens take the longest, so we usually start there. Plates are wrapped and stood on edge in dish-pack cartons, glasses go into divided cell boxes, and empty space is filled so nothing shifts on the road. Mirrors and framed art get picture cartons and corner protection. Lamp shades are packed separately from the bases. Electronics go back in their original boxes when you still have them, or are wrapped in pads and packed upright. Wardrobe boxes let hanging clothes travel on the bar, straight from one closet to the next. Every box is labeled with the room it belongs in and a short note on what is inside, which makes unloading faster and saves you hunting for the coffee maker on the first morning.
Materials, Timing and What to Set Aside
We bring the boxes, tape, paper, bubble wrap and specialty cartons, so there is no need to collect boxes from grocery stores. Most homes are packed the day before the move, and larger houses may take two days. Before we arrive, set aside anything you plan to carry yourself: medications, documents, jewelry, chargers and a change of clothes. If your new place is not ready yet, packed cartons can wait in our short-term storage until it is.
