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Full packing
Every room packed by our crews using professional cartons, with a full carton inventory.
Packing and Storage Services
Full or partial packing with professional-grade materials, plus secure short and long-term storage in an inventoried warehouse.
Packing and storage
Pack What You Want, Store What You Need
Two services that solve the two problems that most often derail a move: time and dates that do not line up.
Packing is where most self-managed moves run out of time. We offer full packing, partial packing where you handle the easy rooms and we take the kitchen and fragile items, or materials only if you would rather do it all yourself.
There is a practical reason to let us pack the fragile items: cartons packed by the carrier are covered for damage in a way that owner-packed cartons generally are not. If something in a box you sealed arrives broken, a claim is far harder to make.
Storage solves the calendar problem. When your closing slips or a lease starts late, your shipment goes into a secured, inventoried warehouse and comes back out tagged against the same inventory it went in with.
What is included
What Packing and Storage Cover
Partial packing
You handle the straightforward rooms; we take the kitchen, glassware, artwork, and electronics.
Professional materials
Dish packs, wardrobe boxes, mirror cartons, bubble, and paper - not supermarket boxes.
Custom crating
Wooden crates built for artwork, glass tops, marble, and fragile antiques.
Storage in transit
Short-term warehousing when a closing or lease date slips, billed monthly.
Long-term storage
Secured, inventoried warehouse space with everything tagged against your original inventory.
How it works
How Packing and Storage Work
One inventory follows your shipment from your door to the warehouse and back out again.
1. Scope the packing
Your coordinator confirms which rooms we pack, which you handle, and what needs custom crating.
2. Materials delivered
Cartons and materials arrive ahead of pack day so nothing waits on a supply run.
3. Pack and inventory
Crews pack, label by room, and record every carton on the inventory sheet you will sign.
4. Load and transport
The shipment is loaded and transported either to your destination or into storage.
5. Warehouse intake
Items are received against the inventory, tagged, and placed in secured vaults.
6. Release and deliver
When your date is confirmed, the shipment is pulled, checked against inventory, and delivered.
Pricing
How Packing and Storage Are Priced
Packing is quoted on volume and materials rather than time, so you know the number before pack day. Full packing typically adds 20 to 30 percent to the base cost of a long-distance move.
Storage is billed monthly on the volume stored. Storage in transit for a few weeks between dates is materially cheaper than a long-term arrangement and is the more common case.
- Full packing costs more than partial but transfers damage liability for those cartons to us.
- Materials-only is the cheapest option and works when you have time but not supplies.
- Custom crating is quoted per item and is recommended for artwork, glass, and marble.
- Storage in transit is billed monthly with no long-term commitment.
- Handling in and out of the warehouse is quoted separately from the monthly storage rate.
Before move day
How to Prepare and What to Ask Before You Book
The difference between a smooth move and an expensive one is usually settled weeks before the truck arrives. Get the paperwork right, be honest about access, and confirm what is actually included in the price you were quoted.
Ask any mover for their USDOT number and verify it. A legitimate interstate carrier is registered with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, and you can look up their licensing and insurance status in a few minutes. Be cautious with any company that will not give you a written estimate, demands a large cash deposit up front, or refuses to survey your inventory before quoting a price.
Be specific about access at both ends. Stairs, elevator reservations, long carries from the truck to the door, low-clearance garages, and narrow streets all change the crew size and the hours required. An access detail you leave out is the single most common reason a job runs past its estimate.
- Confirm the estimate is binding or binding-not-to-exceed, not a non-binding guess.
- Verify the USDOT number and insurance before you pay a deposit.
- Declare stairs, elevators, and parking limits at both origin and destination.
- Decide on valuation coverage: released value is free but pays only 60 cents per pound.
- Set aside documents, medication, keys, and valuables to move yourself.
- Photograph high-value and fragile items before they are wrapped.
- Confirm who signs for delivery if you cannot be there in person.
Licensing and protection
Licensed, Insured, and Accountable
Any company moving household goods across a state line is regulated by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and must hold an active USDOT number and operating authority. LD Movers holds both, carries cargo and liability coverage, and provides certificates of insurance for buildings that require one before move day.
How valuation coverage works
Valuation is not the same thing as insurance, and the difference surprises people at claim time. Every interstate shipment includes released value protection at no charge, which pays 60 cents per pound per article. On a 40-pound flat-screen television that comes to $24 regardless of what you paid for it.
Full value protection is the alternative. Under it, the carrier is liable for the replacement value of a lost or damaged item, and repairs, replaces, or pays out accordingly. It costs more and usually carries a deductible option, and on a full household shipment it is almost always the right call. Your coordinator walks through both options before you sign anything.
If something goes wrong
Note any damage on the inventory sheet at delivery before the driver leaves - that document is the basis of a claim. You have nine months from delivery to file, and carriers must acknowledge a claim within 30 days and resolve it within 120. We would rather fix a problem than argue about one, and our claims contact is the same coordinator you have worked with from the start.
Choosing a mover
How to Vet Long-Distance Movers for Your Move
Searching for movers near me returns a mix of licensed carriers, brokers who resell your job, and outright scams. A few checks separate them quickly.
- Verify the license. Every interstate mover must hold an active USDOT and MC number. Look it up on the FMCSA site and confirm the company name matches the one on your estimate.
- Ask carrier or broker. Brokers sell your move to whichever carrier bids lowest, which is how people end up with a crew they never vetted. LD Movers operates its own trucks and crews.
- Insist on an inventory. A written estimate without a walkthrough is a guess, and guesses get revised upward on move day once your goods are already on the truck.
- Read the valuation terms. Released value coverage is included by default and pays only 60 cents per pound - about $60 for a 100-pound television. Full value protection costs more and is worth it on a household shipment.
- Refuse large cash deposits. A reasonable deposit is a small percentage. Demands for a large sum up front, especially in cash or by wire, are the most reliable warning sign there is.
- Get the delivery window in writing. Reputable carriers commit to a spread of days and explain what happens if they miss it.
LD Movers is licensed and insured for interstate household moves, holds a 4.9-star average across 212 verified reviews, and quotes from a real inventory every time. You will speak to the same coordinator from estimate through delivery.
FAQ
Packing and Storage Services FAQ
Should I pack myself or have you do it?
Pack the straightforward rooms yourself if you have time. Let us pack the kitchen, glassware, artwork, and electronics - carrier-packed cartons carry damage coverage that owner-packed cartons generally do not.
How far ahead do packing materials arrive?
Cartons and materials are delivered several days before pack day so nothing waits on a supply run.
How long can you store my belongings?
From a few days to as long as you need. Storage in transit covers short gaps between dates; long-term storage is billed monthly.
Is my shipment inventoried in storage?
Yes. Everything is received against your original inventory, tagged, and placed in secured vaults so nothing is misplaced.
Do you unpack at the destination?
Yes. Unpacking and debris removal are available on request and are quoted as part of your estimate.
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