Packing services in Indian Hills

Indian Hills has about 5,500 residents and 2,500 households, and the median home was built in 1995. A quarter of its homes are older than that by more than fifteen years, and about 81 percent are owner-occupied.

Longer-held homes pack differently

The longer a household has lived in a house, the more it has to pack. Cupboards fill and attics, crawl spaces and garage rafters fill up too. The estimator looks in all of them, because a pack is measured by what is in the house, not by the number of rooms.

Newer homes in Indian Hills pack faster in the kitchen, with built-in cabinets and larger rooms, but the garage still holds the most cartons.

Where the boxes come from

Boxes, packing paper, bubble wrap and tape are sold at the Sparks office. Indian Hills is about 38 miles and 46 minutes away by I-580 and US 395, one of the shorter runs of the Carson Valley. Your first 10 heavy-duty boxes are free with the estimate. See moving boxes and supplies.

• Dish-pack cartons for kitchens
• Wardrobe cartons for closets
• Mattress bags for bedrooms
• Packing paper and pads for furniture

Packing before listing the house

Selling an Indian Hills home often starts with a pack. Packing off-season things before the photos makes rooms look larger, and storing them in vaults keeps them safe until closing. The crew helps with de-cluttering and staging. See storage while you sell your home.

Pack for the kind of move you are making

A local move to another valley home needs cartons that stack well. A move to another state needs packing that holds for a long trip, and the crew makes an itemized inventory and condition report before packing. The same crew packs both, and the estimate says which level of packing you picked. Read about full packing.

Questions to ask the estimator

Ask which rooms the crew will pack first, how many packing days the estimate shows and which items you should keep out until the last day. Tell the estimator about anything fragile, valuable or sentimental, and about any item that has to stay in the house. Everything you say goes into the written estimate.