Worried About Moving Your Fragile Items?

Are you worried about maintaining the integrity of your items during your upcoming move? Packing and moving large, fragile, or valuable items in NYC is inherently tricky. Narrow hallways and staircases, small rooms, doorways and elevators can prove challenging for movers who lack the necessary skills and training they need in order to navigate these kinds of spaces during a moving job. Additionally, objects such as antiques, fine art, crystal, and china require a higher level of attention and care during the packing and moving process. 

At Brownstone Brothers Moving and Storage, we possess the special skills required to pack and move all your precious belongings and transport them safely to their destination, undamaged. 

Brownstone Brothers is a high-end, boutique moving company with 50 years of familiarity with buildings in Manhattan and surrounding boroughs. 

We have extensive experience moving items from apartment buildings, brownstones, and walk-ups, as well as galleries, auction houses, and art studios. This means we have the knowledge and expertise necessary to pack and move your most delicate items, under any circumstances. 

Well-Trained, Experienced Movers

At Brownstone Brothers, we hand-select and train each of our movers to ensure that your large, fragile, or valuable items arrive safely at their destination. Packing and moving items such as antiques, fine art, crystal and china requires a high level of care due to the fragility and value of each item. Transporting items of this nature in and out of NYC buildings exposes them to the threat of being mishandled, damaged, or broken, so it is imperative that you select a moving company that has experience in this field.  Our movers will ensure that your high-value objects arrive at their destination in pristine condition.   

High-Quality, Specialized Packing Materials

Brownstone Brothers utilizes specialized packing materials, such as acid-free archival paper, and custom-sized boxes and crates tailored to fit paintings, sculptures, and other fine art. Each piece is packed securely with materials tailored to the specifications of the item, ensuring that it is protected throughout the transportation process.

When selecting an NYC moving company to pack and move your fragile and/or delicate items, be sure to verify the company’s ability to transport your items to their destination without sustaining any damage. At Brownstone Brothers, we take every measure to ensure that all of your belongings arrive at your new home or storage unit unharmed. 

Feel free to contact us via phone or email with any questions or concerns you may have about moving your large, fragile or valuable items. We are here to help you!

Phone: (718) 665-5000

Email: info@brownstonebros.com 

Why Isn't Moving Fun? The Problem of Moving Anxiety

“May you move a thousand times,” runs an old Irish curse.  This saying captures the dread of relocating felt by many new household owners.  But wait, isn’t the new place the fulfillment of at least some of your dreams? Shouldn’t you be looking forward to moving?

The problem is: anxiety.  This problem is often exacerbated by delays or confusion on the part of the buyer, the sellers, the boards, the lawyers, or the contractors.  But basically, the problem is that of anticipating the feeling of being a stranger in a strange land, possibly not even knowing exactly where your toothbrush or pills are going to be found.  Also, you’re over budget.

So here are a few solutions:  Make it a habit to visit the new place.  Have dinner in the neighborhood restaurants.  If you are extraverted enough, strike up conversations with some of the new neighbors.  Maybe talk about how reasonable prices are, at a restaurant you’ve visited. Find out who the celebrities are who live nearby.  If they’re comfortable here, why not you?  

When packing, set aside a box containing all the items you will need during your first night in your new home. Having easy access to things like toiletries, medication, and a clean set of clothes can greatly diminish the stress of your move by eliminating any chances of needing to frantically open box after box searching for your toothbrush.

In other words, make the place a part-time home even before you get there.  You may even find your present place seeming kind of dull.

Still feeling anxious? Give us a call!

Phone: (718) 665-5000

Email: info@brownstonebros.com

The Secret Of Packing

People who are moving are often surprised at how much is involved in packing.  Packing, in fact, is the central and most difficult part of moving. From a mover’s point of view while it is easy to move a couch, but more concentration and care must be taken with packing.

Why is this?  Of course, crystal is more expensive and delicate, pound for pound. But, further, to pack a box full of crystal involves maybe’ a hundred separate steps.  Moving a couch requires less than a dozen. The layperson's idea of packing, if not thought out, is simply to cover the item with paper.  But in fact, the main concept in packing for a professional is to PAD things. Items such as crystal, plates, and serving platters must be padded to protect them from their neighbors and padded against the sides of the box in which they are ensconced. As a rule of thumb, crystal and other fine dishware should be padded to the extent that the box in which contains them could be dropped say 6” without anything inside being disturbed.  

For this to be possible, much more paper, usually rolled or twisted, needs to be involved than anyone might first guess.  For example, a professional might use a 25-lb bundle of unprinted newspaper to pack three or four big cartons (say, 20” high each).  At first glance, this seems a terrible waste of energy and materials. Not so for a professional packer whose aim, from the layman’s point of view, is to overpack.  Only by overpacking are delicate items made safe, so if you pack yourself, try to overpack.  If you hire movers to pack, you should make sure they are not “saving” on paper and boxes.  The time, energy and materials required are always more than you might expect. 

Need more advice on packing? Get in touch!

Phone: (718) 665-5000

Email: info@brownstonebros.com