Boxes built for steps, stairs and the drive over the tops

A two-up two-down packs faster than you might expect, but the cellar head, the loft hatch and the under-stairs cupboard are where the hours go. We start in the rooms you use least and leave the kitchen and a bag of essentials until last. Books go in small boxes, kitchenware is paper-wrapped, clothes on hangers go into wardrobe boxes, and every box is marked with its room.

Packing is usually done the day before the move, so moving day is only loading. For a small flat it can be the same morning. If the move is going over the A6068 to Yorkshire, a solid, square-packed load matters, because a van on a winding moor road is less forgiving of half-empty boxes. Unpacking at the new house can be booked as extra time.

What a Colne packing booking includes

Boxes in mixed sizes, paper, bubble wrap, tape and wardrobe boxes are brought and included
Fragile items are wrapped one by one and the box marked so nothing is stacked on it
On a stepped Knotts or Horsfield row every box is a one-person carry down to the street, so books and tins go in small boxes
Mention the cellar head and any loft hatch in a Colne terrace when you send photos, as those can take longer than the rooms
Tell us the rooms you want doing; a kitchen-and-fragiles pack is an option, leaving the books and clothes for you
We pack only what is moving, not items left behind for the council or a charity

Colne homes and the packing each one takes

Primet Bridgeterraces where a cellar or under-stairs cupboard can take longer than the rooms
Lidgettfamily houses; mention a loft, as it can be the biggest single job
Knottshillside homes where boxes travel down steps to the street
Town-centre flatssmall upstairs flats that can be packed and moved on the same morning
Trawden side, Cottontree and Winewallcottages with outbuildings to box up

Packed Colne moves and where they head

Colne → Barrowfordpacked the day before, moved in a morning
Colne → Skiptonnorth-east over the county line, a square load for the country roads
Colne → Bradfordtwenty miles back over the Pennine watershed

What changes a Colne packing quote

The number of rooms, how much is fragile and whether you want unpacking at the far end set the packing price, which is fixed with the move before we set off. See how we quote for the full breakdown.