Everyone pictures the carry, but the packing is where a move is actually decided. A home boxed properly loads quickly, rides clean, and unpacks into the right rooms; one crammed into trash bags and liquor-store cartons at midnight shows up chipped, scrambled, and a week behind schedule. Wrapping the furniture is our job either way, yet a full pack means we supply the boxes, the paper, the tape, and the crew, and we box out your kitchen, your closets, your art, and your glassware so the day itself is nothing but lifting. Marcus and the crew pack a Capitol Hill rowhouse, a Bethesda colonial, or a Navy Yard condo to one standard, sized to the home and the calendar.
How a full pack runs
Real packing has nothing in common with tossing blankets over a couch. The crew shows up with graduated cartons, dish packs split by cell dividers, wardrobe boxes that keep the closet on its hangers, and unprinted paper plus bubble for anything that can break. Plates stand on edge, glasses are wrapped one by one, lamps and mirrors get cartons of their own, and the TVs ride in proper boxes rather than under an arm. Each carton is marked by room so it lands where it belongs, and a numbered inventory keeps the tally honest. The cost is a flat figure scaled to the home, folded into the move quote, and you can hand off the whole house or only the rooms you would rather skip, the kitchen and the china cabinet being the two most people give up.
DC housing is exactly why the pack matters as much as the haul. A rowhouse with a pinched stoop and a long drag to the truck is no place for an overstuffed carton that splits halfway out the door, and a tower with one reserved freight window rewards a load that is boxed tight and ready to roll the instant the truck pulls up. We pack so the load is dense, square, and quick to carry, which trims the hourly clock and protects the freight window. Hand us a full four-bedroom to box before a cross-country haul, or just the kitchen of a studio, and every carton is built to ride.
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
Packing for a move across state lines? Pair it with our long-distance moving so a single crew packs, loads, and drives it. Just need it boxed and carried crosstown? Our local moving crew takes it from there. Get a free quote and we will respond 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?
Flat-rate or hourly — a 2-mover crew from $145/hr, flat bands from $450
2-mover crew, truck, blankets & dollies included — with hourly at $145 / $185 / $245 or a locked flat rate by home size.
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