Resources

The tools we use internally, opened up.

Free, no signup, no email wall. If they help you move without us, that's a good outcome too.

Interactive checklist

Packing calculator

Rooms to pack: 3

estimated boxes

11h

solo packing time

A trained two-person crew typically compresses that to about 3.7 hours — and packs to an inventory you can search later.

Guides

Written from real moves.

What to do each week, in the order that actually helps.

Week 6 — Set the date, budget, and who's doing what. Get quotes now, not later.
Week 5 — Walk every room and decide keep / donate / sell / discard before you buy a single box.
Week 4 — Book movers, elevators, permits, and storage. Order supplies.

Glass, art, instruments, and the mistakes that break them.

Pack plates vertically on their edges, never stacked flat — flat plates crack under their own weight.
Wrap each glass individually and fill the hollow; empty space is what breaks things.
Use small boxes for heavy items and large boxes for light ones. Reverse that and the box fails.

Sequencing rooms so the household stays functional.

Pack children's rooms last and unpack them first; familiar things reduce the disruption fastest.
Keep one box of comfort items — a blanket, two toys, a nightlight — travelling in the car with you.
On move day, arrange care off-site for small children and pets. Open doors and busy crews don't mix.

How to stay in control from another time zone.

Insist on a written inventory with photos — it's the only shared source of truth when you're not there.
Name one decision-maker on site. Two people improvising in your absence costs more than either would.
Agree the escalation rule up front: what gets a call, what gets a text, what just gets handled.

A gentler method for deciding what stays.

Measure the new space first. The floor plan makes the decisions instead of you having to.
Start with the least emotional rooms — garage, laundry, linen closet — to build momentum.
Use four piles: keep, family, donate, discard. 'Undecided' becomes a fifth house otherwise.

The short list that makes a house feel livable.

Make the beds first. Everything else is easier after a night of real sleep.
Set up one working bathroom: soap, towels, paper, curtain.
Get the kitchen to coffee-and-a-meal standard before you unpack anything decorative.

FAQ

We'll take everything you've checked off and build the rest around it.