Four floors of cartons: how a tall Halifax terrace gets packed
The pack starts at the top and the bottom, not the middle. Attic contents are light but awkward, so they go into larger cartons and come down first to wait in a ground-floor room. The cellar is the opposite: tins, tools and jars that weigh a lot for their size, packed small so each one is a safe single carry up stone steps. Paint, weedkiller and anything flammable stay out of the cartons, so finish them or keep them to one side beforehand.
By the evening the house is staged for the morning. Cartons stand in the front room in loading order, each marked with the room it is heading for at the new address, and anything breakable is marked so it rides on top. The bigger villas around Savile Park and Skircoat Green can hold more to wrap, from framed prints to cut glass, so mention a display cabinet or a picture wall when you ask for a price.
What is supplied, and what to decide before a Halifax pack
- Cartons in mixed sizes, packing paper, bubble wrap, tape and wardrobe boxes come with the job
- Clear the cellar of what is not moving before packing day, so it is not wrapped and carried up the stone steps by mistake
- In a Savile Park or Skircoat Green villa, a fragile-only pack covers the display cabinet, glass, mirrors and pictures while you box the rest
- Hanging clothes go straight into wardrobe boxes, still on their hangers
- Unpacking at the new house is an optional extra, priced on the time it takes
Halifax houses where the packing time varies most
- Pellon and Boothtowncellar-to-attic terraces with steep stone steps down to the street
- Savile Park and Skircoat Greenhigh-ceilinged Victorian rooms with display cabinets, pictures and china
- Ovenden and Illingworthestate houses where the shed and the garage need counting
- Town-centre flatspacked cartons wait by the door for the lift or the stairs
- Hipperholme and Northowramfamily homes with a boarded loft to add to the count
Moves out of Halifax that are worth packing properly
- King Cross to Skircoat Greena step up across town, with cartons going straight into named rooms
- Halifax to Leeds or Bradfordpacked the evening before and loaded first thing the next day
- Halifax to the south of Englandhours on the M62 and M1, so fragile cartons are filled tight
How the number of floors changes a Halifax packing quote
Each floor with contents adds time, so a cellar and an attic count as rooms, and a full kitchen of crockery weighs more than a spare bedroom. Doing some of it yourself brings the figure down. See how we quote for the full breakdown.
Packing Services in Halifax: your questions
Should I empty the cellar before you come?
Only of what is not moving. Anything that is coming gets packed with the rest, and heavy cellar items go in small cartons so they can be carried up safely.
How many cartons will a Halifax terrace need?
It depends on how full the cellar and loft are, which is why photos of both help. The estimate comes with the quote and the materials arrive with the van.
Can packing happen on the morning of the move?
For a flat or a small house, sometimes. A full terrace across four floors is better packed the day before.
Do you unpack at the other end?
If you want it, yes. The kitchen is the usual choice, since it is the room you need working on the first night.