Packing Services in Southampton
Professional packing, unpacking and materials supply. Vetted, insured crews across SO14, SO15, SO16, SO17, SO18, SO19 — with a fixed price agreed before we start, from £45/hr.
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- Since 2019
Packing Services · Southampton
from £45/hr
Fixed price, quoted before we arrive
- Postcodes
- SO14, SO15, SO16, SO17, SO18, SO19
- Availability
- 7 days
- Cover
- £1m liability
- Licence
- CBDU300454
What we can show you for Southampton
Southampton access and housing notes
SO14, SO15, SO16, SO17, SO18, SO19 housing stock and loading reality, written for Southampton rather than the county.
Packing Services in Southampton: what actually matters here
A unitary port city with two universities, a large purpose-built and converted student sector north and east of the centre, and Victorian and interwar suburbs spreading out to Bitterne, Shirley and Bassett.
The housing stock is Victorian and Edwardian terraces and large converted houses through Portswood, Highfield, St Denys and Bevois Valley, much of it in shared student occupation; interwar and post-war semis at Bitterne, Sholing, Shirley and Bassett; post-war council-built estates at Lordshill, Millbrook, Weston and Thornhill; and a substantial modern waterside flat market at Ocean Village, Chapel and the Itchen riverside, which decides the tools, protection and crew size we bring to a packing services job.
Southampton is a dense city and the parking scheme decides the job. Most of SO14, SO15 and SO17 sits inside resident permit zones with limited or no visitor bays, and the terraced streets around Portswood and Bevois Valley are narrow enough that a Luton blocks them while it loads. Modern waterside blocks at Ocean Village and the Itchen riverside have height-restricted underground parking, booked service lifts and concierge sign-in. Southampton City Council is a unitary authority: it runs the city's own household waste recycling centre, its own parking rules and its own bulky-waste collections, and a Hampshire County Council tip permit is not the relevant document here.
A packing services booking in Southampton covers Portswood, Highfield, St Denys, Swaythling and Bevois Valley on the same fixed price as the town centre — the crew works the whole SO14, SO15 and SO16 footprint rather than a narrow postcode.
Southampton is one of the larger settlements in the county; the streets around The cruise terminals and the old town walls, with the Itchen Bridge crossing east are the ones where we most often check loading arrangements in advance.
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
- 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.
- 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.
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 Southampton
- PortswoodSO17
- HighfieldSO17
- St DenysSO17
- SwaythlingSO17
- Bevois ValleySO14
- Ocean VillageSO14
- ShirleySO15
- FreemantleSO15
- BassettSO16
- LordshillSO16
- MillbrookSO16
- BitterneSO18
- SholingSO19
- WoolstonSO19
Packing Services in nearby towns
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Recent jobs near you
Real jobs our crews have completed nearby, with the price the customer actually paid. Published with their permission.
Oven Cleaning
Southampton
August 2026
One oven cleaning job completed in Southampton in August 2026.
Carpet Cleaning
Southampton
August 2026
2 carpet & rug cleaning jobs completed in Southampton in August 2026.
Deep Cleaning
Southampton
August 2026
One deep cleaning job completed in Southampton in August 2026.
Southampton questions, answered.
How quickly can you book packing services in Southampton?
Same-week slots are standard in Southampton, with next-day often available midweek. Month-end tenancy changeovers are the busiest window across Hampshire, 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.