With a professional packing service, a trained crew packs your home into boxes before the move, wrapping and protecting fragile items and labelling everything by room, so it is ready to load. You can have the whole house packed or just the difficult parts, such as the kitchen, glassware, pictures and mirrors. It saves days of work and it usually means fewer breakages.
LMD Logistics offers packing alongside our removals from Birtley. This guide explains what happens, what you still need to do yourself, and why it matters for your move's insurance.
Full or partial packing
A full pack means the crew boxes everything except what you choose to keep aside. A partial pack is for the rooms or items people find hardest or most risky: kitchens full of crockery, glass cabinets, framed pictures, lamps, and ornaments. Many customers pack clothes and books themselves and leave the fragile items to us.
How fragile items are protected
- Plates and glasses wrapped individually and packed on their edges, not flat.
- Heavy items in small boxes, light items in large ones, so boxes stay liftable.
- Gaps filled so contents cannot shift during the drive.
- Pictures and mirrors wrapped and kept upright.
- Every box labelled with its room and flagged if fragile.
When the packing happens
For most homes, packing is done before moving day so the crew can start loading as soon as they arrive. For smaller moves it can sometimes happen on the morning itself. We agree the timing in the quote, and because we work seven days a week from 8am to 8pm, the packing day can be fitted around you.
What you should still do yourself
- Set aside documents, passports, keys, medicines and valuables to travel with you.
- Pack an essentials box for the first night.
- Clear out anything you do not want moved, so it is not packed by mistake.
- Tell us about anything unusually valuable, fragile or sentimental.
- Empty and defrost the fridge freezer before the crew arrives.
Why packing affects insurance
Our moves run under goods in transit insurance. Packing we do ourselves is covered once the boxes are loaded, which is one reason careful professional packing matters. When a customer packs a box themselves, it is harder to show how an item inside was damaged. If you are packing some rooms yourself, our packing guide explains how to do it properly.
Unpacking at the other end
Because every box is labelled by room, the crew places boxes in the right rooms at your new home, which makes unpacking far quicker. Ask when you book if you would like help unpacking key rooms, such as the kitchen, so the house works on the first evening.
Is it worth it?
If time is short, if you are moving a family home, or if you have a lot of fragile items, a packing service usually pays for itself in saved time and fewer breakages. For a small flat with little that can break, packing yourself is often fine. Tell us what you have and we will say honestly which makes more sense.
Common questions
Can you pack just the kitchen and fragile items?
Yes. Partial packing for kitchens, glassware, pictures and mirrors is common, and you pack the rest.
Are the items you pack insured?
Our moves run under goods in transit insurance, and packing we do is covered once the boxes are loaded.
Do you pack on moving day or before?
Usually before, so loading can start straight away. We agree the timing when you book.
Related services
- Packing Services in Birtley — Full or part packing with proper materials, so everything is box ready before the van arrives.
- Removals in Birtley — Small or large home moves over short or long distances — fully insured.
- Storage in Birtley — Short or long term storage at competitive rates with immediate availability.
Areas this applies to
- Birtley — DH3
- Chester-le-Street — DH2 / DH3
- Newcastle — NE1 / NE2 / NE3 / NE4 / NE5 / NE6 / NE7