“If I could rate the movers with 10 stars, I would. Pedro and Alberto were fantastic! They were friendly, professional, and they did a great job. I highly recommend them.”
Packing is where most moves go wrong — and in Somerville, where 67% of residents are renters moving in and out of triple-deckers, apartment buildings, and older multi-family homes constantly, getting it right matters. Tight staircases in Winter Hill triple-deckers, narrow hallways in East Somerville apartments, and the sheer pace of moving in this city mean poorly packed boxes create problems before they even reach the truck.
Smart Penny Moving® offers two packing options for Somerville customers:
• Full packing — our crew handles everything, room by room. Every drawer, every shelf, every fragile item packed with proper boxes, packing paper, bubble wrap, and furniture blankets. You don’t lift a finger.
• Partial packing — you handle most of it and we focus on the items that need professional attention: artwork, china, glassware, electronics, antiques, or any room you haven’t had time for.
Somerville apartments are compact and staircases are tight — especially in the triple-deckers throughout East Somerville, Winter Hill, and Powder House. Many buildings have move-in and move-out windows that limit how long you have to get everything out. The more organized and properly packed your belongings are before the truck arrives, the faster and smoother the entire operation goes.
Our crew arrives from our Woburn headquarters — a short drive from Somerville — with all the materials needed: the right size boxes for every item type, packing paper, bubble wrap, stretch wrap, furniture blankets, and corner protectors. Nothing gets loaded onto our truck unprotected. Everything is labeled by room so unloading at your new address is efficient.
Everything in your Somerville home packed by our crew — every room, every housing type. Davis Square apartment or Winter Hill triple-decker, we bring all materials and work room by room. Best for Somerville’s busy renters who want the entire process handled.
You’ve handled most of it — we step in where you need us. One difficult room, fragile items, or furniture that needs proper wrapping before moving through tight Somerville staircases.
Prefer to pack yourself? Order boxes, tape, packing paper, bubble wrap, and mattress covers — delivered to your Somerville address from our nearby Woburn headquarters. Free delivery on orders of 25 boxes or more.
Don’t forget to check out our packing tips page and use our printable moving checklist. If you have any questions about the moving process, please refer to our FAQs page.
