Packing is the part of a relocation that swallows whole weekends. Our State College crews bring the boxes, tape, and wrap to you and pack the whole house — or just the rooms you would rather not touch.
What our packing crews cover
Jordan Reese leads packing for Appalachian Movers, working room by room with materials matched to what is in the carton. You set the scope — wall-to-wall or a single kitchen.
- Full-house pack: every room boxed, labeled by destination room, and inventoried before the truck arrives
- Partial pack: kitchens, china cabinets, finished basements, or art — the rooms most people dread
- Dish-packs and cell kits for glassware, stemware, and ceramics
- Mirror and TV cartons, plus picture and art boxes for framed pieces
- Wardrobe boxes so hanging clothes go straight from closet to truck
- Unpacking on the other end if you want the cartons gone the same day
Packed for a Pennsylvania winter
Cold trailers, damp basements, and salt-treated roads each work against fragile cargo. We double-box stemware, corner-block framed art, and keep electronics padded so nothing shifts on I-80 or US-322 — and nothing absorbs basement damp on the way out.
How a full pack runs
- Walkthrough first. Send the details with a free flat-rate quote so the price includes the packing labor and materials — no surprise carton charges.
- Pack day before load day. For most homes we pack the day before, so the morning crew loads fast.
- Label and inventory. Every carton is marked by destination room; high-value items get logged.
- Same coverage as the move. Cartons we pack ride under the same $1M cargo protection as everything else on the truck.
Who books full packing in State College
It is the busy households — Penn State faculty taking sabbatical, Mount Nittany Medical Center clinicians on a four-week notice, and Boalsburg downsizers who simply do not have a free weekend before closing. Packing pairs naturally with a long-distance move, and anything you are not ready to deliver can rest in climate-controlled storage. We pack homes across the wider Centre County area, too.
| Scope | Typical home | What we handle |
|---|---|---|
| Full pack | 3–4 bedroom in Boalsburg or Park Forest | Whole house, all breakables, basement |
| Kitchen + breakables | Downtown condo or campus walk-up | Dishes, glass, art, electronics |
| Fragile-only | Any home with a china hutch or wine cellar | Stemware, ceramics, framed art |
What Our Happy Valley Crew Handles
- Sturdy boxes, tape, and packing paper supplied by our crew
- Dish-packs and cell kits for glassware and ceramics
- Heavy-duty wrap and corner protection for fragiles
- Room-by-room labeling and a high-value inventory
- $1M cargo coverage on everything we pack
- Optional unpacking and box removal at destination
What It Runs
A two-mover team is $115/hr with a two-hour minimum; a three-mover team is $155/hr, and larger jobs are pinned down as one flat written figure before our truck rolls out of Atherton Street.
Two of our own W-2 movers, a padded truck, four-wheelers, shrink wrap and quilted blankets — the whole State College job folded into a single Pennsylvania rate, with no broker handoff at any point.
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