MOVING · BERKSHIRE · PACKING & UNPACKING
Packing Services across Berkshire
Packing decides whether a Berkshire moving day starts on time, whether that is a Reading terrace on a permit street with a booked bay-suspension window, or a Maidenhead apartment where the loading bay is shared with three other flats.
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Why Berkshire customers book us
Packed the day before, loaded on time
Where the schedule allows we pack the day before so the crew starts loading rather than watching a kitchen get boxed with the van's meter running.
Materials at cost, unused boxes credited
Boxes, tape, paper and bubble wrap are charged at what we pay with the receipts, and anything unopened comes off the bill.
Labelled by room, unpacked by room
Every box is labelled for its destination room, so unpacking a Bracknell or Wokingham house is not an archaeology project in the hallway.
Fragile-only packs available
Many Berkshire clients pack their own clothes and books but want the kitchen, glassware, art and mirrors done properly. That is a specific, cheaper booking.
What packing services includes
Full pack
- Every room packed, labelled and inventoried
- Wardrobe boxes so hanging clothes travel on the rail
- Beds stripped and linen packed for first-night access
- A clearly marked essentials box that travels with you
Fragile pack
- Kitchen china, glassware and ceramics individually wrapped
- Mirrors and framed art corner-protected and boxed
- Lamps, vases and decorative items paper-wrapped
- TVs and screens boxed or blanket-crated
Afterwards
- Unpacking at the new address by the hour
- Boxes flattened and taken away, not left in your garage
- Kitchen and wardrobes reinstated first by default
- Packing waste removed under our waste carrier licence
Packing Services prices in Berkshire
Every figure below is a fixed price for the whole job, confirmed in writing before you book — not an hourly rate and not an estimate.
| Job | From | What it covers | Typical duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Packer, hourly rate | £30 per hour | Min. 2 hrs · materials at cost | 2–5 hours |
| Two packers, hourly rate | £55 per hour | Halves the day on a family home | 2–5 hours |
| Studio / 1-bed full pack | £180 | Fixed · typically 4–6 hrs, one packer | 2–5 hours |
| 2-bed full pack | £280 | Fixed · two packers, half day | 2–5 hours |
| 3-bed full pack | £420 | Fixed · two packers, full day | 2–5 hours |
| Fragile-only pack (kitchen & glassware) | £120 | China, glass, art and mirrors | 2–5 hours |
| Unpacking at the new address | £30 per hour | Boxes flattened and taken away | 2–5 hours |
| Materials pack — 2-bed home | £68 | Boxes, tape, paper and bubble wrap at cost | 2–5 hours |
Materials are charged at cost with the receipts, and unused boxes are credited back. Packing is usually done the day before the move so loading starts on time.
How booking works
- 1
Decide how much you want packed
Full house, fragile-only, or just the kitchen. We give a fixed figure for each so you can compare properly.
- 2
Materials delivered, then the pack
Materials arrive ahead of the pack day, usually the day before the move, with one or two packers depending on property size.
- 3
Move day and unpack
Loading starts on schedule, and if you have booked unpacking we work room by room and take the empties with us.
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Towns we cover in Berkshire
Same fixed prices countywide. Towns with their own packing services page link straight to it; the rest link to the town hub, where every division we run is listed.
- ReadingPacking Services page
- SloughPacking Services page
- BracknellPacking Services page
- MaidenheadPacking Services page
- WokinghamPacking Services page
- NewburyPacking Services page
- CavershamPacking Services page
- WindsorPacking Services page
- WoodleyPacking Services page
- ThatchamPacking Services page
- AscotPacking Services page
- SandhurstPacking Services page
- CrowthornePacking Services page
- WinnershPacking Services page
- TwyfordPacking Services page
- Old WindsorPacking Services page
- Burghfield CommonPacking Services page
- ShinfieldPacking Services page
- CookhamPacking Services page
- HungerfordPacking Services page
- BinfieldPacking Services page
- DatchetPacking Services page
Packing Services in Berkshire
The Berkshire properties where professional packing earns its keep are the ones with a hard start time. Reading and Maidenhead apartment blocks run booked loading-bay windows shared between several flats, and missing the slot means waiting for the next one rather than simply starting late; Windsor's town-centre streets add bollard access and event-driven closures on top. In all of these, a move that begins with half the kitchen still unpacked risks losing the booked window entirely, not just running slow.
The second Berkshire pattern is the county's office population moving house. A large share of our packing bookings are professionals working at the Thames Valley business parks who want the fragile-only option — kitchen, glassware, art and mirrors done properly — while packing their own clothes and books around a working week. We quote that specifically rather than only offering a full-house pack that assumes a day off work.
Other moving services across Berkshire
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Packing Services in Berkshire — your questions.
How long does packing a house take in Berkshire?
A studio or one-bed is typically a single packer for most of a day; a two-bed is two packers for a half day; a three-bed is two packers for a full day. Kitchens and lofts are the two rooms that most often add time.
Do I have to buy the boxes from you?
No, but we supply them at cost with the receipts and credit back anything unused.
Can you pack just the kitchen and fragile items?
Yes, and it is a popular option among Berkshire clients packing the rest of the house themselves around work. You pack clothes and books; we handle china, glass, mirrors and art with the correct materials.
Will you unpack at the other end?
Yes, charged by the hour. We normally reinstate the kitchen and wardrobes first, then work room by room, and flatten and remove the empty boxes when we leave.
Can packing be booked around a loading-bay window?
Yes — where an apartment block has a booked bay or lift slot, we schedule the pack day so loading can start the moment the window opens.
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Book packing services in Berkshire
Pick a slot online, or send us the details and we will come back with a fixed price.
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