A city full of things worth packing properly
Savannah households carry more history per square foot than most. Grandmother's china in a Victorian District dining room. A framed print collection from a SCAD graduate. Heart-pine furniture that came with the house, and the punch bowl that only appears at Christmas. Packing here is less about filling boxes and more about knowing which items deserve their own.
That's the whole job: dish-pack boxes with cell dividers for stemware and china, picture boxes for art and mirrors, paper-wrapped glass stacked on edge instead of flat, and right-sized boxes so nothing carries more weight than it should. Unglamorous technique, learned the boring way — by doing it every week.
Full pack, partial pack, or just the hard part
Full packing: we bring everything and pack the whole house, usually the day before your move, so loading day starts on schedule instead of with a scramble.
Partial packing: you handle the clothes and books; we take the kitchen, the china cabinet, the art, the TVs, and the mirrors. This is what most Savannah families choose, and it's the smart pick — it puts the professional work exactly where it earns its keep.
Unpacking: at the new place we can unpack, set out the kitchen basics, and haul off every empty box and all the paper the same day, so you're not living in a cardboard maze for a month.
Coastal packing is a little different
Anyone who's spent a July here knows what the humidity does. If your things are headed for storage, or a garage, or a house that'll sit empty a few weeks before you arrive, that changes how we pack — proper paper rather than plastic against wood and upholstery, so nothing sits sealed in its own moisture. It's a small thing that matters most in exactly the situations Savannah families run into.
Storm season, honestly
From June through November, Savannah moves get planned with one eye on the forecast. If you're moving in that window we'll talk through timing when we quote it, and if a storm is genuinely in the picture we'd rather help you shift a date than load a truck in weather. Locals already think this way — we do too.
SCAD quarter turns
Student moves run on the academic calendar, not the real-estate one, and they're often arranged by a parent two states away. We pack apartments and dorm rooms every quarter turn, can hold things over a break, and will run the whole thing by phone if you can't be here. It's the same crew and the same care as a full-house pack, just smaller.
Why packing matters more on a Jones Street staircase
In a downtown walk-up, every box gets carried further than it would anywhere else. Boxes packed well are the ones that stack tight, ride steady, and make it up three flights without incident — which is one more reason we'd rather pack them ourselves than inherit a wall of boxes taped shut at midnight.
What packing costs
Hourly by crew size, plus the materials we actually use — you're not paying for boxes we didn't pack. Want a firm ceiling for a full-house pack? We'll walk the house first and put a not-to-exceed number in writing. For what the move itself typically runs, see local moving in Savannah.
Packing yourself and just need supplies? Grab them from our moving supplies — same boxes our crews use.