Level two · L2
Pack it and carry it
The level most people should choose and most people do. We bring the materials and pack the house, usually a day or two ahead; you still decide what goes and you still unpack at your own pace at the other end.
Handing over the packing does not mean handing over a single decision about what you own.
What level two adds
Why the packing is the part worth handing over
It is the single most underestimated job in a move. People allow a weekend and it takes a fortnight of evenings, and the shortfall is always absorbed by the last third of the house being packed badly in a rush.
A crew packs a house in a fraction of that, to a consistent standard, with materials chosen for the journey. On a long move that consistency matters more than it sounds — everything works against everything else for six hours on a motorway.
What we will ask you to do first
Two things only, and both before the packing visit. Decide what is not going, and physically separate it — a spare room, a corner, anything that means we do not pack something you intended to sell.
And take out anything you want with you rather than on the vehicle: documents, passports, medication, jewellery, chargers, the kettle. We will not pack those and you do not want us to.
Partial packing
A very common variant and always available. We pack the kitchen, the glassware and the pictures — the slow, fiddly, breakable categories — and you do the clothes and the books, which are quick and forgiving.
Say so in the brief. It is priced as one job and it is frequently the best value on the whole ladder.
Cover, at this level
Where we pack, the cartons are ours and so is the responsibility for how they are packed. That is the quiet advantage of level two over level one and it is worth weighing against the difference in the figures.
Pack it and carry it
Questions about pack it and carry it
- When does the packing happen?
- Ahead of the move rather than on the morning, usually the day before for a house and occasionally two days for a larger one. Nothing should still be going into boxes when the vehicle arrives.
- Can we pack some of it ourselves?
- Yes, and partial packing is one of the commonest briefs we take. Put in the brief which rooms you want us to do and which you are keeping.
- How do we stop you packing things we are selling?
- Separate them physically before the packing visit — a spare room or a marked corner. A note on a table does not survive a busy morning.
- Do you pack clothes?
- Wardrobe boxes for anything hanging, cartons for the rest, and drawers can often travel as they are. It is one of the faster parts of a packing visit.
- Will you take the empty cartons away afterwards?
- That is level three. At level two the cartons are yours, and we can arrange collection separately if you ask.
- What about the loft and the garage?
- Packed like anywhere else, once you have cleared out what cannot travel — fuel, gas, open paint and garden chemicals are refused at every level.
Send us a brief
Both addresses, rough size including the loft and the garage, the level you want, and anything unusual. Six lines and we can say something useful back.