Garage, loft and kitchen cupboards: a WF11 semi boxed in a day
Packing starts where the slow work is. In a Broomhill or Northfield semi that is the loft, emptied box by box down a hatch ladder, and the garage, where paint tins, garden tools and bikes have built up. Those are packed first so the house is not left half done at teatime. Bedrooms follow, and the kitchen goes last, because the kettle is still in use.
Plates go into small double-walled cartons on their edges with paper between them, and glasses are wrapped one at a time. Each carton is labelled with the room it is going to rather than the one it came from. When the new home is a smaller new-build at Ranisbrough Park or Jackson's Landing, sort what is staying behind beforehand: nothing is removed for you, so Wakefield Council's bulky item collection or a charity is the route for it.
From quote to taped carton in a Knottingley house
- Show the loft, garage and any shed on a video call, so they are counted in the quote
- Leave out a box of essentials for the evening: kettle, cups, toothbrushes, phone leads
- Mark anything not moving with tape or a note before the packer arrives
- Empty and defrost the freezer the day before packing
- Say which rooms you would rather pack yourselves
WF11 homes and what makes them slow to pack
- Broomhill and Northfield semisa loft by ladder and a garage of tools and paint
- Footpath rows off Windermere Drivecartons carried to the road on moving day, so they are kept to a liftable weight
- Ranisbrough Park and Jackson's Landingmoves into new-builds with less cupboard space
- Coronation Bungalowseverything on one floor, so packing runs room to room quickly
- Racca Greenthe east end, where cars line the kerb by day, so cartons wait by the door
Packing before a move across or out of Knottingley
- Broomhill → Ranisbrough Parkboxed on the first day, moved across town on the second
- Knottingley → Selbycartons stacked for the A645 and A19 east and north
- Bradford → Knottingleythe packer comes 28 miles on the M62, 40 to 50 minutes
Loft, garage and crockery: how a Knottingley packing job is priced
The number of rooms, how full the loft and garage are and the amount of glass and china decide the price, which is fixed before packing starts and includes every carton and roll of tape. See how we quote for the full breakdown.
Packing Service in Knottingley: your questions
Do I need to buy any boxes?
No. Double-walled cartons, packing paper, bubble wrap, tape and wardrobe cartons are all part of the price.
Can you pack just the kitchen and the garage?
Yes. Choose the rooms you want done and pack the rest yourselves; the quote covers only those.
How long does a three-bedroom semi take?
Most of a day, more with a full loft and garage. That is why packing is done the day before the van loads.
Will you unpack at the new house?
If you want it, booked as extra time, starting with the beds so there is somewhere to sleep.