February 8, 2024
Packing the kids’ rooms for a Kansas City move
Toys, bunks, and a room that is still lived in the night before. How we pack a child’s room — and what has to be off the stair before we start.
A child’s room is a bedroom with more loose pieces and a person who still wants to sleep there. Packing it is not the same as packing a bedroom and closet until the toys are in closed boxes and the bunk is a bed we can take apart. Kids and pets on moving day is who watches them. This page is the boxes. Two ZIP codes: Get my price.
Per box if you booked packing: standard $10–20, wardrobe $25–30 — packing. A bin of Lego is still a box. A loft bed is furniture — beds and disassembly. Photos of the bunk and the door: photos that get a written price.
What to finish before we arrive
- Toys in closed boxes or totes — not a carpet of pieces
- Keep vs donate marked — what you are not taking
- The child off the stair — we will not step around them
- A first-night bag you carry, not we hunt for
- School-year dates said out loud — Lee's Summit school-year, month-end
Bunks, lofts, and the turn
A bunk that went up in 2014 may not turn on a walk-up landing. Same rule as furniture that will not turn. Drawers out if we have to tip it. A town home switchback is the same conversation.
Houses and apartments. Living room is a different room — packing the living room. Kitchen: how to pack a kitchen. Bathroom: packing a bathroom. Garage toys: garage as a room.
When the calendar is the kids
Weekend vs a weekday so they can be at a grandparent’s: weekend vs weekday. Morning-of: moving-day morning. Same-day with a child still in the room: same-day — say so. Four weeks if you can. After the form: after you request a price. How we quote: two ZIP codes. Compare hours: how to compare hourly quotes. Two movers and a truck.
Missouri houses this shows up in
Kansas City walk-ups. Waldo brick. Midtown. Northland. Independence splits — split-levels. Raytown ranches — ranch and basement. Blue Springs — garage-first. Grandview — 71 corridor. Lee's Summit. Johnson County — mention only. Johnson County checklist. Live list: service areas. Parking. HOA.
Awkward still: pianos, safes, china if a doll cabinet is actually glass — china and glass. TVs in the kids’ room: TVs. What stays off the truck: what not to put on the truck. Rain: rain and ice. New construction: new-construction. Downsizing a nursery out: senior downsizing is a different clock; a cleanout of toys is when a cleanout is the job. Labour only — labour-only. White glove — white glove vs standard. Storage local only: storage. Workshop packing if the playroom is the garage: workshop. Appliances. Offices do not get a child on the floor. Cleanouts. Compare: comparing Kansas City movers. Costs: what a Kansas City move costs. What changes the price: what changes the price. Piano method: piano moves. About. Call (913) 957-9311. From [$XXX] an hour for two movers and a truck. Most local jobs $1,200–$1,500. Packing extra per box. Google stays [X.X] · [XXX]. Reviews: [REAL REVIEW]. Damage: [TIM'S DAMAGE POLICY]. What I will honour: [WHAT TIM WILL HONOUR]. Entity: [REGISTERED ENTITY NAME]. DOT and MC pending. No “licensed and insured.” No interstate. Contact. Privacy, cookies. Hot tubs, pool tables, safes, baby grand ([REAL JOB] stays).
Frequently asked questions
Do you pack stuffed animals?
If we are packing the room, they go in closed bags or boxes. Loose on the bed is how the last hour disappears.
Can they sleep there the night before?
Yes. Pack around the bed. We take the bed apart in the morning. See beds and disassembly.
Will you move a trampoline?
Ask. Some outdoor pieces we will not. See what you are not taking and what not to put on the truck.
Two kids, one room.
Say how many beds and how many boxes. That is the hour, not a cute detail.
School starts Monday.
Book the Saturday you have. See month-end and Lee's Summit school-year moves.
Put the kids’ rooms on the packing line
Beds, toys, and who is watching them. Two ZIP codes. We will write the rooms as well as the house.