Lofts in the semis, stairs in the terraces: packing a Wigan home

Close to half the homes in the borough are semis, and in the Worsley Mesnes and Douglas wards it is more than half. A three-bed semi tends to come with a loft, a shed and sometimes a garage, and each of those adds hours, so they are counted from your photos when the price is set. The kitchen, the glassware and anything framed are wrapped first, as they take the longest.

A terrace in Gidlow or Beech Hill is the reverse: not much in it, but nowhere to put the boxes. The bedrooms are done first and their cartons are stacked on the landing, so the living room and the bottom of the stair stay free for the carry. Heavy books are split across small cartons that one person can manage on a steep flight. Whatever is staying behind has to be sorted before packing day, through Wigan Council's bulky waste collection or a charity.

From photos to sealed boxes: a Wigan packing day

Include the loft, shed and garage in the photos or video call
Plates, glasses and pictures are wrapped before anything else
Coats and shirts on hangers are hung straight into tall wardrobe cartons
Set aside a bag for the first night: kettle, mugs, towels, phone chargers
Book a council bulky waste collection for anything not coming

Wigan houses that take longest to pack

Worsley Mesnes and Goose Greenfamily semis with lofts and sheds south of the centre
Pemberton and Hawkley Hallsemis and estate houses with garages and gardens
Gidlow, Springfield and Beech Hillterraces with narrow stairs, packed from the top floor down
Trencherfield Mill and the centreflats where everything is boxed and moved in one booking

Packing before a move within Wigan or further away

Worsley Mesnes → Standishboxed one day, moved the next, north on the A49 and up Wigan Lane
Bradford → Wigan51 miles across the Pennines, 65 to 80 minutes
Wigan → anywhere furtherwith the boxes sealed the day before, a long drive can leave promptly

Rooms, lofts and breakables: a Wigan packing price

The number of rooms, what the loft, shed and garage hold, and how much china and glass there is to wrap set the price. Cartons, paper, tape, wrap and wardrobe boxes are counted in it, and it is agreed before any packing begins. See how we quote for the full breakdown.