Book the move date and packing together
Parents who leave packing until moving morning end up taping boxes with a toddler underfoot and a dog weaving through the hallway. Move Your Stuff's free crew packing has to be booked when the move date is confirmed and cannot be added as a request on the day of the move. Booked on time, packing is included at no additional charge, all materials are supplied, and no home size triggers an extra fee, so a four-bedroom house and a studio fall under the same rule.
Summer bookings need the longest runway, since from May through September packing should be booked at least two to three weeks ahead, while one week is typically enough the rest of the year. Move Your Stuff recommends booking an apartment move at least two weeks in advance, and same-day or next-day packing depends on crew availability. A family timing the move to the end of the school year lands squarely in peak season, which makes the three-week mark the safer deadline to plan around.
Move Your Stuff's planning team is available from 9am to 9pm, seven days a week, which leaves room to work through dates, unit size and packing scope by phone after the children are asleep, and to weigh a weekday slot against a weekend one before anything is fixed.
Crew hours and when to arrange care
Move Your Stuff's packing services are typically scheduled for the morning of moving day, though packing can also be booked for the day before. For a household with young children, the day-before slot splits two disruptive blocks of work so they do not both fall across one morning of naps and walks. A two-person crew typically packs a two-bedroom home in three to four hours, while a four-bedroom home runs five to seven hours with a larger crew.
For an apartment move, crew size and hours scale with the unit, from a two-person crew finishing a bachelor or studio within two to four hours to a two to three person crew working a three to five hour window in a one-bedroom, and those hours are the span a sitter, a relative or a pet boarder needs to cover. A two-bedroom unit generally takes a three-person crew and a full elevator window, which means the building's elevator booking sets the length of the day.
Move Your Stuff aims to finish each residential move in a single day and gives time estimates during an on-site inspection. Hand the estimate from that visit to a sitter or a kennel when booking their hours, with a buffer added on top so care does not end before the last box is through the door.
Who packs the nursery and pet supplies
Parents who pack the children's rooms themselves to get ahead give up protection on those boxes, because coverage for damage during the move applies to items packed by the Move Your Stuff crew and is voided when the client packed the item. A nursery lamp or a framed print wrapped at the kitchen table at midnight travels without that coverage, which makes fragile nursery pieces the strongest case for leaving the wrapping to the crew.
The crew arrives with the materials listed below, and wardrobe boxes let small clothes travel on their hangers. Garbage bags are not an acceptable packing format and standard newsprint is never used for wrapping, so the plush toys, crib bedding and dog beds a family might stuff into bags at the last minute will go into proper boxes instead.
Families still keep a small set of things off the truck entirely, and common practice is to load the car with whatever children and pets need for the first night, such as medication, a favourite blanket, food bowls and a change of clothes. Those items ride with the family, and everything else stays under the crew's packing and its coverage.
- Boxes
- Packing paper and bubble wrap
- Tape
- Wardrobe boxes for hanging clothes
- Dish-pack boxes for plates, cups and bottles
- Specialty packaging for awkward or fragile shapes
Elevator bookings and curbside parking rules
The building paperwork for apartment moving is settled two weeks out, when Move Your Stuff contacts management to confirm the elevator booking, submit the certificate of insurance and verify the loading entrance, and certificates reach management on request, typically within 24 to 48 hours. The elevator slot is what shapes a family's day. Elevator access is the binding constraint on same-day apartment availability, so a sitter and pet boarding should be booked for the confirmed slot, and should move with it if the slot changes.
A moving truck that cannot legally stand at the curb pushes the loading zone farther from the door, lengthening the ramp and path that children and pets must be kept clear of while loading runs. In Richmond Hill, temporary parking permits are valid for on-street parking only and cannot be bought for commercial vehicles other than taxi cabs, including vehicles over 5.2 m in length or 3,000 kg. Newmarket's parking exemption runs 24 hours from purchase, is capped at 15 nights per year per plate, and lifts only the 3-hour limit between April 16 and October 31.
Anchored furniture and assembled beds by bedtime
Bookshelves, wardrobes and tall storage units are the pieces a climbing toddler or a jumping dog can pull over in an unfamiliar room, and Move Your Stuff's furniture assembly service includes wall anchoring for all three. No tools or materials are required from the customer, which matters on a night when the drill is still sealed in a box somewhere in the garage.
A platform bed frame typically takes 30 to 45 minutes and a standard PAX wardrobe 60 to 90 minutes, so the children's beds can be standing well before bedtime if they go first. Next-day assembly is typically available for the remaining pieces, and reassembly at the destination is priced at a reduced rate when combined with a full move booking. Packaging is removed and disposed of when requested at booking, keeping loose plastic and cardboard away from small hands and paws.
If parts turn up missing or damaged, the assembly job pauses until the manufacturer sends replacements, and payment is collected only after the customer confirms the piece is correct. Opening any new crib, bed or dresser boxes on delivery, well before moving day, leaves time to order a part while the old furniture is still in use.
The item families remember too late is packing, which is secured only when the move date is confirmed, so when you request a quote or call Move Your Stuff at 647-982-1819, put the move, crew packing and reassembly with wall anchoring for bookshelves, wardrobes and tall storage on the same booking. Cost depends on distance, volume and the services added, and the personalized quote is where that figure is set.
