Packing Services in Reading
Professional packing, unpacking and materials supply. Vetted, insured crews across RG1, RG2, RG30, RG31, RG6, RG7 — with a fixed price agreed before we start, from £45/hr.
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- Since 2019
Packing Services · Reading
from £45/hr
Fixed price, quoted before we arrive
- Postcodes
- RG1, RG2, RG30, RG31, RG6, RG7
- Availability
- 7 days
- Cover
- £1m liability
- Licence
- CBDU300454
What we can show you for Reading
Reading access and housing notes
RG1, RG2, RG30, RG31, RG6, RG7 housing stock and loading reality, written for Reading rather than the county.
Packing Services in Reading: what actually matters here
Berkshire's largest town and its transport hub, where dense Victorian terraces off the Oxford Road and in Katesgrove meet a station quarter of new apartment blocks and the interwar suburbs of Tilehurst and Southcote.
The housing stock is Victorian and Edwardian terraces across RG1 and RG30, interwar and post-war semis at Tilehurst, Southcote and Whitley, and 2010s apartment blocks around the station and the Kennet, which decides the tools, protection and crew size we bring to a packing services job.
Central Reading is a controlled parking zone with timed loading bays, Broad Street is pedestrianised to general traffic, and the terraced streets off the Oxford Road rarely have a dropped kerb, so we identify a legal stopping point and price the carry from there. Reading Borough residents book a slot at the re3 recycling centre at Smallmead, Island Road RG2 0RP — but the borough boundary is not the postal one: Purley on Thames and the western part of Tilehurst are West Berkshire, and Earley and Lower Earley in RG6 are Wokingham Borough, so tip and permit rules there are those councils', not Reading's.
We treat Reading as one service area: Katesgrove, Newtown and Coley and the rest of RG1, RG2 and RG30 share the same packing services price list and the same crews.
As one of the larger settlements in the county built around Reading Abbey ruins and Forbury Gardens, Reading has a mix of approach roads and loading points, so we confirm parking and carry distance when you book rather than assuming.
What a packing services job includes
Packing is priced two ways so you only buy what you need: per packer per hour — £30 for one, £55 for two, with a two-hour minimum — or as a fixed price by property size, from £180 for a studio or one-bed, £280 for a two-bed and £420 for a three-bed. Materials are charged at cost, a two-bed materials pack starts at £68, and empty cartons are collected free after the move. Unpacking at the new address is charged the same hourly way, with boxes flattened and taken away.
Materials
- Double-wall cartons, tissue paper, bubble wrap and tape supplied and charged at cost
- Wardrobe cartons so hanging clothes travel on the rail
- Purpose-made cartons for pictures, mirrors, TVs and lamps
- Mattress bags and protective covers for soft furnishings
The pack
- Room-by-room packing with a numbered inventory as we go
- Every carton labelled with its room and its contents, not just a room name
- China, glass and stemware individually wrapped and packed on edge rather than stacked flat
- Electronics packed with their cables, and screens boxed upright
- A clearly marked essentials box kept back for the first night
Options
- Fragile-only pack for the kitchen and glassware, from £120, when you are doing the rest yourself
- Full pack the day before the move so loading starts on time
- Unpacking at the new address at £30 per hour, with cartons flattened and removed
- Free collection of empty cartons after you have finished unpacking
What changes the price on a packing services job
- Boxes you packed yourself are still covered for transit, but we cannot verify the contents or how they were wrapped; where a fragile item matters, let us pack it and it is documented on the inventory.
- Materials are at cost, not a profit line, so over-ordering costs you money for no benefit — we would rather bring a realistic quantity and top up than sell you a pallet of cartons.
- We do not pack fuel, aerosols under pressure, paint or gas bottles, and open food and plants are best moved by you in the car.
- Packing takes longer than people expect. A studio is typically four to six hours for one packer and a family home a full day for two, which is why the fixed prices are set by property size rather than by an optimistic hour count.
- The kitchen is the room that decides the timings — glassware, china and small appliances are slow, careful work, and it is the room most often left to the last hour by self-packers.
Removals and moving reviews across the UK
4.5 ★ from 3,131 Trustpilot reviewsBooked them for one Bed Flat move from Hammersmith to Epsom. They packed all my stuff and loaded in less than 2 hours. I was also able to travel in the van to the destination. Thanks to Alan and his colleague. Forgot his name.
We ordered two men and van from their Hello Vans site, we found everything easy and friendly. We managed to book it online and able to contact the movers on the day. They did supper good job.
Mostafa’s Loqman team were lovely. Mostafa is extremely accommodating. I had a logistically difficult clean (lots of boxes due to moving in) but he managed to instruct carefully how the clean should be carried out. Will definitely call again in the future.
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Where we cover around Reading
- KatesgroveRG1
- NewtownRG1
- ColeyRG1
- WhitleyRG2
- RedlandsRG1
- SouthcoteRG30
- NorcotRG30
- TilehurstRG31
- KentwoodRG31
- BattleRG1
- EarleyRG6
- Lower EarleyRG6
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Reading questions, answered.
How quickly can you book packing services in Reading?
Same-week slots are standard in Reading, with next-day often available midweek. Month-end tenancy changeovers are the busiest window across Berkshire, so book those a week or two ahead.
Should I pay for packing or do it myself?
Do the wardrobes and the books yourself if you have the time; get the kitchen, the glassware and anything breakable packed properly. A fragile-only pack from £120 buys most of the protection for a fraction of the full-pack price.
How many boxes will I need?
We estimate from the survey and bring what the property size suggests — a two-bed materials pack starts at £68 — then top up if needed. Materials are charged at cost, so you pay for what you actually use.
Do you take the empty boxes away?
Yes. Empty cartons are collected free after the move, and if you book unpacking they are flattened and taken away on the same visit.