Four storeys of a Canning Street townhouse: packing a Liverpool home
A Georgian townhouse has more rooms than its frontage suggests, spread over three storeys and a basement, and some have been divided into flats. Packing one is slow: every box comes down a tall stair, so the rooms are packed from the top down and the boxes are labelled by floor. Glass, pictures and mirrors are wrapped, and books go into small boxes so they can be carried down the stair.
In a bigger semi or detached house in Allerton, Mossley Hill or Woolton, the loft and the garage are often fuller than the rooms. Packing is booked for the day before the move or the morning of it, depending on the size, and the price is fixed at the quote. Materials come with the service, and you keep anything you want to pack yourself.
Rooms, floors and fragile things: a Liverpool packing checklist
- Count the floors and rooms in a townhouse and say which ones are packed
- Point out glass, pictures and anything valuable before the packing starts
- Clear out what you are not taking, and book the council's free bulky item collection for it
- Keep documents, keys and medicines with you, not in the boxes
- In a townhouse split into flats, tell the neighbours below which day the stair will be busy with boxes
Liverpool homes where packing helps most
- Canning Street and Falkner SquareGeorgian townhouses over several floors
- Rodney Streettall terraced houses near the city centre
- Princes Avenue, Toxtethbig Victorian houses with large rooms
- Calderstones and Allertonlarge houses and 1930s semis round Allerton Road
- Wooltonsemis and detached houses with full lofts and garages
Packed and moved across Liverpool
- Bradford → Liverpool68 miles by the M62, 75 to 95 minutes
- Georgian Quarter → Wooltona townhouse to a family house, out to the south-east
- Liverpool → Leedsthe M62 and M621, about 73 miles
Rooms, floors and materials: pricing a Liverpool packing job
The number of rooms, the floors in the house and the materials needed set the packing price, fixed at the quote with the move. See how we quote for the full breakdown.
Packing Service in Liverpool: your questions
Do you bring the boxes for a Liverpool packing job?
Yes. Boxes, tape and wrapping come with the packing service, and the price includes them.
Can you pack just the fragile things?
Yes. Say which rooms or items, such as glass or pictures, and the rest can be packed by you.
How long does packing a townhouse take?
It depends on the rooms and the stairs. A big townhouse may be packed the day before the move, and the time is set at the quote.
Is packing worth it for a small Garston terrace?
Often only for the kitchen. In a two-up two-down full of cupboards, the kitchen can be packed for you, and you can do the bedrooms yourself to keep the price down.