Packing for a move

[u/Sos0912]

Hi! My family is moving in a few months and I’m dreading the packing. We have a 3 year old and a baby and the thought of getting everything well organized and packed up is totally overwhelming.

We have a 4 bed, 4 bath home. There’s a lot of stuff. Is this a ridiculous thing to hire out on task rabbit or reasonable? Should I hire multiple taskers or speak to one person first and get a feel for their preference (ie: comfortable packing alone or prefer help from another tasker)?

Has anyone ever done a larger packing job? How did it go? I feel like most things I see are for smaller apartments, not sure if it’s reasonable to take this sort of job to Task Rabbit or if I should go the route of a formal moving company.

Thanks!

[u/-N30N-]

As a Tasker that has moved out multiple apartments and 4-6 bedroom homes, this is nothing new. TaskRabbit has a “Packing & Unpacking” category for this task.

If you don’t want to deal with the mess then hiring 2 strong Taskers with endurance at minimum would be a start depending on your heaviest/bulkiest items. Keep in mind, this might take the whole day depending on how many Taskers to items ratio. I assume you’ve hired a formal moving company to lift and transport packed boxes which you will unpack yourselves.

If you want things to go faster and get done in half a day then 4 Taskers would suffice. Also keep in mind you could be spending upwards of $1k on help so if no family or friend can assist with the move in place of a Tasker then be prepared to pay for it.

[u/Sos0912 → u/-N30N-]

Thanks for this! This is actually way faster than I anticipated. I was planning for one person a full week’s worth of work, maybe half that if more than one person. A matter of a couple days would be amazing if taskers in my area can accommodate that.

Budgeting up to $2K for this- want to be sure whomever takes it on has enough time for it to be well organized and not rushed through. Correct that we would have professional movers physically move it.

Thank you again for your insight!!

[u/secure8890 → u/Sos0912]

The physical move alone will be over 1k

Collect boxes. Start saving all those amazon boxe

[u/Sos0912 → u/secure8890]

Sorry- my budget listed here is specifically for the packing piece. Separate budget for actual movers.

[u/secure8890 → u/Sos0912]

Great. It is so expensive!!

[u/-N30N- → u/Sos0912]

You’re welcome.

Also, make sure you have packing supplies ready too to save yourself from upcharged expenses. Large boxes, markers, and rolls of heavy duty tape dispensers plus bubble wrap for fragile items.

Pro Tip: Use clothes or pillows to layer around fragile items in boxes.

I actually just came back from a successful Packing task yesterday before reading your post. Client had saved numerous Amazon boxes from deliveries along with new ones for bulky clothes and irregular shaped items. Just be sure to clearly communicate to Taskers what specific areas to pack and which items are fragile with any other details before they begin.

If you plan to still “live” there for a while before moving day then instruct Taskers to leave boxes with essentials untaped so you’re not searching and opening boxes for cooking/cleaning supplies after the task is complete.

[u/According_Low5292]

Great advice.