“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 Arlington, where nearly half of all homes were built before 1940, the challenges are real. Colonials, Cape Cods, and Victorians throughout Arlington Heights, East Arlington, and Morningside contain antiques, heirlooms, and belongings accumulated over years that need more than standard packing. Boxes that aren’t properly packed shift in transit. Items that aren’t individually wrapped arrive damaged.
Smart Penny Moving® offers two packing options for Arlington 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.
Arlington’s pre-WWII housing stock means many homes contain antiques, heirlooms, and specialty pieces that have been in the same home for decades. These can’t be packed the same way as standard household items. Every piece needs individual assessment and appropriate materials.
Our crew arrives from our Woburn headquarters — a short drive from Arlington — with all the materials needed: the right size boxes for every item type, packing paper, bubble wrap, stretch wrap, furniture blankets, corner protectors, and mirror boxes for artwork. Nothing gets loaded onto our truck unprotected. Everything is labeled by room so unloading at your new address is efficient.
Everything in your Arlington home packed by our crew — every room, every housing type. Colonial in Arlington Heights or triple-decker in East Arlington, we bring all materials and work room by room.
You’ve handled most of it — we step in where you need us. One difficult room, a collection of antiques, or furniture that needs proper wrapping before the move.
Prefer to pack yourself? Order boxes, tape, packing paper, bubble wrap, and mattress covers — delivered to your Arlington 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.
