Packing in Wingfield Springs and Northeast Sparks

Wingfield Springs and the northeast edge of Sparks are among the newest neighborhoods in the region, with a median build year of 2004. The Census figures for the ZIP count 18,692 households, about 75 percent owner-occupied. The yard is about 10 miles and 20 minutes away, by way of SR 445.

Houses with room to fill

With a median of 5.9 rooms and nearly four in five homes single-family, a typical home here is a three- or four-bedroom house. About 8,300 homes have three bedrooms, about 5,600 have four, and more than 1,300 have five or more. Large kitchens, bonus rooms and three-car garages are common, and the pack is planned around them.

What a modern house adds to the pack

Newer homes have more built-in storage and bigger closets, which means more cartons per room even though there are fewer awkward corners. Home offices and media rooms have electronics that should be packed in padded cartons with cables bundled and labeled. Wall-mounted TVs are taken down and packed in their own cartons, with the mounts in a bag taped to the screen carton.

A drive worth planning

At 20 minutes from the yard, a Wingfield move is among the longer local runs in Sparks. Packing the day before loading lets the truck start the morning with a full set of labeled cartons to load, rather than a crew still wrapping. Your estimator lists both days and sets the order of rooms.

Storage for households between homes

Families who sell before they buy can use vaults, from $40 per month, while the next home is found. Cartons packed for storage are numbered and listed on the inventory, so what goes in is what comes out. See storage while you sell your home.

What goes on the estimate

• Each room that gets a full pack
• Garage, loft and bonus rooms
• Wall art, mirrors and TVs
• The box supply for rooms you pack yourself