DIY: Self-Packing
Packing up your own home is a great way to bring down your moving bill. Not only does it save you billable hours of labor, DIY packing gives you a chance to declutter and decrease your moving volume before Moving Day, which will likewise decrease your total moving cost!
The key to a successful self-pack is starting early! Typically, packing up your home can take anywhere from 4 to 6 weeks if you and your household pack 4 to 5 boxes each day.
We’re Here to Help!
Learn from the pros! With online packing tutorials from our expert movers and packers, helpful blogs, and every packing supply you’ll ever need sold right in our own office, Camelot is ready to guide and help you as you countdown to Moving Day. Call us today at (661) 255-3112 for more helpful resources!
Check out this online tutorial to learn how to successfully pack odd-shaped items!
Learn from the pros with this online tutorial on packing dishes!
Keep learning with our library of how-to packing blogs!
The Best Ways to Pack Books for a Move
Common Mistakes when Packing for a Move and Hacks to Help Pack Better
A Helpful Timeline for Packing Up Your Home
The Best Way to Pack Items that Are Going into Storage
How to Take Inventory of Your Belongings Before Moving
How to Pack Wineglasses and Fragile Glassware
How to Pack Artwork for Safe Moving
How to Pack Dishes and Kitchenware for a Move
7 Items You Should Declutter Before Moving
What Moving Supplies Do I Need to Simplify My Move?
Moving? Expert Advice on How to Best Pack Valuables & Breakables
Tips to Prepare Your Belongings for Storage
Moving and Packing Tips from the Experts at Camelot Moving & Storage
Frequently Asked Questions
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Camelot Moving & Storage offers a variety of packing options to help ensure your household will be ready on Moving Day. Our full-service packing solutions are perfect for those who require or prefer complete professional moving services. We also offer partial packing services for households that need help with specific items or areas. Our packing crews utilize the highest quality moving supplies, which are also available for purchase at our Valencia office.
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Yes, our packing crews are trained to handle unique, delicate, and valuable items of all sorts. Each member of our packing crew must complete and pass a rigorous packing course in-house before they are allowed to pack someone’s home. We have safely handled items of all shapes and sizes, including antiques, artwork, musical instruments, and specialty electronics. Please let our office know about these items when you schedule your move, and point them out to your Camelot crew upon arrival so the crew can give the items the proper time and attention.
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We do! Part of our full-service moving services available upon request, our unpacking services include removing all items from their boxes and setting them up in your new home or office, according to your directions. We’ll take the empty boxes and packing material with us as we leave, which will help you to get settled quickly.
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We protect your items every step of their way to their new home. First, before we arrive to your home, we procure the highest quality packing materials: durable boxes of all shapes and sizes and a variety of padding materials to protect items of all materials, shapes, and sizes. At your home, we use professional-grade equipment, such as thick moving blankets and professional moving dollies whose wheels and handles allow for better shock absorption and handling. Our customized moving vans, which we maintain regularly and keep in top-notch condition, provide safe transport every mile of their journey.
As important as our tools of the trade are, nothing is as important as our employees in providing safe and reliable moving services to our clients. Our crew members are not contractors. They are employed, highly trained craftspersons who take pride in providing a professional service to each family they move.
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What sets us apart is our care, craft, and commitment. We equip our packing crews with the right materials and training to confidently prepare any item for safe transport. For our crews, packing is more than simply a task to be checked off. It is a skill and a craft, as well as a service we provide to our customers.