Packing services in Camberwell
The whole home, just the breakables, or a stack of boxes left on your doorstep. Packing done properly before the van arrives is what lets a Camberwell move run to time.
Our packing services in Camberwell exist for one practical reason: in SE5 the van is usually parked in a suspended permit bay or round the corner from a red route, and every minute spent taping boxes on the morning is a minute it is not loading. Pack ahead and the day becomes a steady carry rather than a scramble. We can do all of it, some of it, or none of it and simply supply what you need.
Full, part or fragile-only packing
Full packing means our crew packs every room ahead of moving day, working to a room-by-room inventory so each carton is labelled with where it goes in the new place. Part packing is the popular middle option: we take the kitchen, the books and the glass, you handle clothes and personal things. Fragile-only covers just the pieces you are nervous about, mirrors, ceramics, a glass-topped table, a television without its box.
Period homes on Camberwell Grove and Grove Lane
The Georgian and early Victorian houses on Camberwell Grove and Grove Lane tend to hold the contents that need the most thought: overmantel mirrors, pictures hung over several floors, bookshelves that run floor to ceiling, and furniture older than the people moving it. We pad and wrap those pieces individually rather than relying on a blanket and a strap, and pack books into small cartons so they stay liftable on a steep, narrow staircase.
Packing a walk-up flat before a short parking window
A third-floor conversion above Camberwell Church Street or a mansion flat up Denmark Hill is a different job. Space on the landing is tight, the stairs are shared, and the parking suspension only covers part of the day. We pack so that everything is boxed, sealed and stacked by the door in carrying order, heaviest and bulkiest first, so the crew can clear the flat without blocking the stairwell for the neighbours.
Art, portfolios and instruments
With Camberwell College of Arts on Peckham Road and a lot of working studios in the area, we pack more canvases, prints and plan-chest drawers than most removers. Framed work is wrapped and corner-protected, glazed pieces are taped and boxed, and unframed canvases travel upright, face to face, with a spacer between them. Guitars, keyboards and amplifiers go in their own cases where they have them and in padded cartons where they do not.
Boxes and materials dropped to you
If you would rather pack yourself, we can deliver double-walled cartons in sensible sizes, wardrobe boxes that let clothes travel on the rail, paper, bubble wrap, tape and mattress covers. Small boxes for books, larger ones for bedding and cushions: it is the single most useful rule for a Camberwell move, because every box has to come down a staircase.
Unpacking and clearing the packaging
At the far end we can unpack the kitchen and the essentials, make up the beds and take every carton and scrap of wrapping away with us, which spares you the recycling bins outside a block of flats. Packing folds into any of our other services, from house removals in Camberwell to flat removals and moves from Camberwell to Europe, where a careful inventory is also what the customs paperwork is built from.
Packing — questions
Do I have to book packing with the removal?
No. You can book packing on its own, have us pack only the breakables while you do the rest, or just take a delivery of boxes and materials. Most people in Camberwell pair it with the move because it shortens the load-out, which matters when the van is sitting in a suspended bay.
What happens to the boxes afterwards?
If we unpack at the other end, we take the cartons and wrapping away with us. If you unpack yourself, tell us when you are done and we will arrange to collect them, so you are not left flattening boxes for the recycling.
Can you pack artwork and canvases from a studio?
Yes. Framed pieces are wrapped and corner-protected, glass is taped and boxed or crated, and unframed canvases travel upright and face to face with a spacer between them. Tell us roughly how many pieces and their largest size so the right materials come with the crew.
Will you pack things I would rather do myself?
Only what you ask us to. Plenty of people keep clothes, papers and anything personal to themselves and hand us the kitchen, the books and the fragile pieces. The quote lists exactly what we are packing so there is no confusion on the day.
How is packing priced?
By how much there is to pack and what needs special materials. A kitchen full of glassware and a wall of books take longer than a wardrobe of clothes. Send the details through the quote form and the written quote breaks packing out as its own line.
Want the packing done for you?
Tell us which rooms, anything fragile or valuable, and both addresses. Packing appears as its own line on your written quote, so you can see exactly what you are booking.