Boxes built to survive the drive
A rushed self-pack job usually ends with a scuffed dresser or a cracked dish at the new place. This crew packs full-time for a living, and the difference shows up in what doesn’t break.
One number, agreed on before the tape comes out
Andre Petrovic walks the house once, figures out what each room actually needs, and quotes labor and materials as a single number. Nothing gets tacked on once boxes start filling up.
What shows up with the packing crew
| Box type | What it’s for |
|---|---|
| Standard cartons | Books, kitchen items, the everyday overflow from closets and drawers |
| Dish-pack boxes | Plates, bowls, glassware, anything with an edge that chips |
| Wardrobe boxes | Hanging clothes stay on a bar for the entire drive |
| Custom crates | Anything with glass or a frame, mirrors, artwork, flat-panel screens |
| Moisture-rated wrap | Wood furniture and instruments, protected from basement damp and winter humidity |
| Room-coded labels | Every box tagged for where it lands before it leaves the house |
Basements get the same attention as bookshelves
A Griffith basement holding three generations of stuff nobody’s thrown out gets the same treatment as a single shelf of books in a one-bedroom rental. Size doesn’t lower the standard.
Chicago condos add a wrinkle: boxes have to be staged and ready the moment the building’s freight elevator opens up, since the property manager sets that window, not us. A Highland ranch with a full basement usually just means more volume, cleared out in stages instead of all at once. Wrap depends on how fragile something is; loading is snug enough that nothing moves once the truck’s rolling.
Timing packing day around the weather
- Clear out the basement and garage ahead of time instead of the morning the truck shows up
- Or scale it back to the kitchen and breakables only, and box up the rest yourself
- Most full houses wrap up packing the day before, leaving move day free for the drive
- A smaller home, packing and loading can both happen the same day if a snowstorm forces it
- One crew handles both packing and hauling, so there’s a single point of contact if anything’s damaged
What you’re actually paying for
A box taped correctly makes it down I-94 without complaint. We’ve unloaded plenty of self-packed kitchens where a dish towel and good intentions were doing the job bubble wrap should have handled.
Our standard coverage runs $0.60 per pound on anything packed by this crew, with a higher declared value available on request.
