Packing Services Rochester NY
Joe's Moving Co.
PACKING SERVICES
Professional Packing Services in Rochester, NY
Joe’s Moving Co. pack homes and offices across Rochester, NY. The whole house, a single kitchen, or just the things you would rather not wrap yourself, with all the materials supplied.
Packing is the part of a move people most often underestimate. A three bedroom house is somewhere between 60 and 100 boxes, and doing it properly takes most people a week of evenings and a weekend they were planning to spend elsewhere.
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Licensed and insured
Eight years in Rochester
Locally owned, not a franchise
Free written estimate
No obligation to book
What a packing service includes
- All materials delivered in advance or brought on the day: boxes in every size, unprinted packing paper, bubble wrap, tape and markers.
- Wardrobe cartons, so hanging clothes travel on the rail and go straight back onto it.
- Dish barrels for the kitchen, which are double walled because ordinary boxes are not built for the weight of crockery.
- Picture and mirror cartons for framed art, glass and televisions.
- Every box labelled by room and by contents, so the crew knows where it goes and you know where to find things.
- An inventory of what went into what, on request.
Packing is quoted separately from the move itself, and most people book the two together. Residential moving
Three ways to use us
Full pack
Everything, either the day before the move or on the morning of it. Kitchens, wardrobes, lofts, the garage, the shed. You do not touch a box. Right for anyone working through the move, families with young children, or a tight closing date.
Partial pack
The rooms you would rather not deal with. Nine times out of ten that is the kitchen, because glass and crockery take the longest and break the easiest. Often the loft or the basement too.
Fragile only
You do the books, the linen and the clothes. We do the glassware, the mirrors, the artwork and the television. The cheapest way to get professional packing exactly where it matters.
How we pack, room by room
- Kitchen. Plates on edge rather than stacked flat, with paper between every piece, in a dish barrel. Glasses wrapped individually. This is the room that takes the longest and the room most often packed badly.
- Bedrooms. Hanging clothes go into wardrobe cartons on the rail. Folded clothing can usually stay in the dresser, but books, tools and anything heavy come out first, because a loaded drawer tears its runners.
- Living room. Televisions in the original carton if you kept it, a TV carton if you did not. Art and mirrors in picture cartons, never loose against furniture.
- Books. Small boxes only, every time. A large box of books is too heavy to carry safely and usually splits at the bottom.
- Lofts, basements and garages. The rooms everyone leaves until last and the rooms that hold the most. We start here, not finish here.
What we will not pack
Some of this is regulation and some of it is experience. Either way it is better said now than discovered on the day.
Anything flammable or pressurised: propane tanks, gasoline, kerosene, paint, aerosols, cleaning chemicals, fireworks. Drain fuel from mowers and trimmers before the day.
Perishable food, and anything in an open container. Freezer contents in particular do not travel.
Live plants and animals. A truck gets very hot and very cold, and neither survives it well.
Cash, jewellery, prescriptions, passports and important documents. Carry these yourself. It is not that we will not take them, it is that you should never have to wonder which box they are in.
Before the packers arrive
- Decide what is not going. Put it in one room and tell us that room is off limits, or it will be packed, because a good packer packs everything.
- Set aside what you need for the next two days and keep it with you: chargers, medication, documents, a change of clothes, the kettle.
- Empty and defrost the freezer at least a day ahead.
- Tell us about anything valuable, fragile or awkward before we start rather than as we reach it.
- Be around for the first half hour. After that you are welcome to leave us to it.
Towns we serve
Plus the villages between them.
Questions about packing
Do you pack on the same day as the move?
For a small home, yes. For anything from two bedrooms up we would normally pack the day before, so the crew arrives on moving day to a house that is ready and the clock is not running while we wrap plates.
Will you unpack as well?
Yes, although the usual request is not the whole house but enough to make the kitchen and one bedroom usable on the first night.
Is my stuff covered if something breaks?
Professionally packed items are treated differently from owner packed ones, which matters if there is ever a claim.
Get your evenings back.
Tell us how many rooms and what is in them. We will tell you what it costs and how long it takes.