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
Ray Confer leads packing for Behrens Moving and Storage, 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, 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 Nittany Valley winter
January cold, a damp farmhouse cellar, and an icy loading dock all work against fragile cargo. We double-box stemware, corner-block framed art, and keep electronics padded so nothing shifts on I-99 or US-322 — and nothing cracks on the way out of an unheated barn.
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 relocation. Cartons we pack ride under the same $1M cargo protection as everything else on the truck.
Who books full packing here
Busy households book full packing most — Penn State faculty on sabbatical, medical staff on short notice, and Boalsburg downsizers without a free weekend before closing. Packing pairs well with a long-distance job, and anything 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 Centre Hall or Boalsburg | Whole house, all breakables, barn |
| Kitchen + breakables | Downtown condo or campus walk-up | Dishes, glass, art, electronics |
| Fragile-only | Any home with a china hutch or wine room | Stemware, ceramics, framed art |
What Our Centre County Metro Crew Handles On The Job
- 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 Costs Around State College
A two-mover team runs $115/hr with a two-hour minimum; a three-mover team is $155/hr, and bigger State College jobs are pinned down as one flat written figure before our truck rolls off Benner Pike.
Two of our own W-2 movers, a padded box truck, four-wheelers, shrink wrap and quilted blankets — the entire State College job folded into a single Behrens Moving and Storage rate, with no handoff to a third-party van line at any point in the day.
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