Packing decides a move more than the carry does. A well-boxed home loads fast and unpacks into the right rooms; trash bags filled at midnight arrive chipped and scrambled. We wrap furniture either way; a full pack adds boxes, paper, tape, and crew for the kitchen, closets, art, and glassware. Marcus and the crew pack a Capitol Hill rowhouse, a Bethesda colonial, or a Navy Yard condo to one standard.
How a full pack runs
The crew arrives with graduated cartons, dish packs with cell dividers, wardrobe boxes that keep clothes on hangers, and unprinted paper and bubble for breakables. Plates stand on edge, glasses are wrapped one at a time, lamps and mirrors get their own cartons, and TVs ride boxed. Every carton is labeled by room and logged on a numbered inventory. Packing is a flat figure by home size, included in the move quote, for the whole house or just the rooms you pick, most often the kitchen and china cabinet.
DC housing makes the pack as important as the haul. An overstuffed carton splitting on a pinched rowhouse stoop wastes time; a tower with one freight window needs everything boxed tight before the truck arrives. We pack dense, square, and easy to carry, which shortens the hourly clock and keeps the window. A four-bedroom before a cross-country haul or just a studio kitchen, every carton is built to travel.
The packing materials and prep our crew brings
- Graduated cartons, dish packs, wardrobe boxes, and unprinted paper, all furnished by us
- Bubble and padding around art, mirrors, lamps, and electronics before they ever go in a box
- Every carton marked by room and entered on a numbered inventory
- The full home or just the rooms you choose, most often the kitchen and the china cabinet
Headed out of state? Pair packing with long-distance moving and one crew packs, loads, and drives. Staying in town? Our local moving crew carries it. Request your figure; we reply within one business hour.
What’s Included
- Graduated cartons, dish packs, wardrobe boxes, and unprinted paper, all furnished by us
- Plates stood on edge, glasses wrapped one by one, fragiles in cartons of their own
- Bubble and padding around art, mirrors, lamps, and electronics before they go in a box
- TVs in proper boxes and closets moved on their hangers inside wardrobe cartons
- Every carton marked by room and entered on a numbered inventory
- Boxes built dense and square so the load rides clean and the carry stays fast
- A flat packing figure scaled to the home and folded into the move quote
- The full house or just the rooms you choose, most often the kitchen and china cabinet
What Does It Cost?
Hourly from $145/hr (two movers) or flat from $450
Crew, truck, blankets & dollies included. Hourly $145, $185 or $245, or flat by home size.
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