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Packing & Unpacking

Full-service or fragile-only packing, with unpacking available. Materials included, room-by-room labeled inventory, and specialty handling for kitchens, art, and electronics.

Packing & Unpacking — Fresh Start Movers
About this service

What we actually do on a packing & unpacking job.

You do not have to lift a box. We arrive with double-walled dish-pack boxes, unprinted packing paper, bubble wrap, tape, and a marker, and we pack room by room. Every box gets labeled with the destination room, a content note, and a fragile flag where it applies.

Fragile-only packing is the most common setup: you pack your own closets and books, and we handle the kitchen, the art, the china, and the electronics, the rooms where do-it-yourself packing damage happens most. Full-service packing wraps the whole home in one to two days, and unpacking service gets kitchens and closets put away at the destination.

What we do not do: rush a kitchen. Plates packed flat-stacked break in transit, and we will not pack them that way.

Where we do this

Packing & Unpacking is available across our central NJ coverage area: Middlesex County, Ocean County, Monmouth County, Union County, and Somerset County.

Real reviews 5.0 on Google

What packing & unpacking customers actually say.

Google

I have now used Fresh Start twice and I would never consider using any other moving company. They are terrific. Their service is exceptional, they are a pleasure to deal with, and their pricing is very fair. On this move, the team of Jim, Pablo, Eric and Gilbert was top notch.

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Google

Nathan and his team made our move from NJ to FL seamless. I felt I could trust Nathan after interviewing 3 other movers. He came to the house to see what had to be done and thought it would be OK. Believe me it was OK.. They picked up when promised and delivered when promised.. when we got to our building in FL there was an elevator inspection that was unplanned.. the boys were not rattled...they were more thanTerrific! i had a business trip planned and sent my wife to take care of our move.. needless to say I was concerned there was so much that could go wrong. Seamless, Ontime, personal, and kind.... nothing was a problem for them. THANK YOU

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Our process

Four steps. Every move.

The walkthrough is what makes the flat-rate work — we see the inventory, the stairs, and the parking, and that's how we hand you a number that doesn't move on move day.

01

Walkthrough

A 10-minute video tour or in-person visit. We see the inventory, ask about parking, stairs, and timing, and write a flat-rate number on the spot.

02

Plan & schedule

Confirm the date, send the binding quote in writing, issue COI to the destination building if commercial, coordinate freight elevators with property management.

03

Execute

The same crew from the first box to the last. Pad-wrap, floor protection, inventory at the truck, dedicated truck (no shared loads on interstate), GPS check-ins during transit.

04

Walk the result

Unload, reassemble, place every piece where the customer wants it. Final walkaround together. Nothing leaves until everything is signed off.

Where we work

Central Jersey is home.
We move the whole state.

Fresh Start Movers is a family-run moving company based in Central New Jersey, working Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Union and Somerset counties town by town since 2018. We serve all 21 New Jersey counties for local moves and run licensed long-distance out of state on a dedicated truck. Rated 5.0 across 372+ Google reviews. NJ Public Movers License #39PM00129400.

The five counties we know best

These are the counties our trucks run every week, so each carries town-by-town pages with neighborhoods, drive times and the local detail that actually changes a move. Distances are from our Wall Township base.

Middlesex County, NJ
30 mi from the yard

Middlesex County, NJ

Middlesex is our busiest county north of the shore. Heavy mix of Rutgers faculty and graduate-student moves around New Brunswick, plus the Route 1 corridor's tech and pharma relocations. NJ Turnpike and Route 287 access makes it straightforward to reach from Wall Township, and most Middlesex moves are scheduled inside the same week we get the quote signed.

Ocean County, NJ
12 mi from the yard

Ocean County, NJ

The closest county to our Wall Township base after our own, about fifteen minutes down Route 35. Ocean work splits three ways: family moves through Toms River and Brick, downsizing out of the retirement communities across Berkeley, Barnegat and western Toms River, and barrier-island moves at Ortley Beach and Normandy Beach where houses sit raised on pilings and a long carry is the rule. Those are three different jobs and we crew them differently.

Monmouth County, NJ
Dispatch yard

Monmouth County, NJ

Monmouth is home: our base is on Route 34 in Wall Township, so these jobs get the shortest drive times we can offer. Coverage runs from the bayshore villages through Red Bank and Holmdel out to the estate lanes of Rumson and Colts Neck, and down through the shore towns.

Union County, NJ
40 mi from the yard

Union County, NJ

Older, denser and largely pre-war. Westfield, Cranford and Summit bring narrow staircases, tight original doorways and plaster walls that need padding before anything moves. Two rail lines mean a lot of Union moves are timed to a first day in Manhattan.

Somerset County, NJ
42 mi from the yard

Somerset County, NJ

The widest range of access conditions of any county we serve: Bedminster estate drives and The Hills association rules at one end, Hillsborough's wide new subdivisions at the other, with Bridgewater's corporate corridor and Somerville's downtown apartments in between.

Every county in the state

All 21 of them. Five have their own pages with town-by-town detail so far; the other 16 are served exactly the same way.

North Jersey

  • Bergen County
  • Essex County
  • Hudson County
  • Morris County
  • Passaic County
  • Sussex County
  • Warren County

South Jersey

  • Atlantic County
  • Burlington County
  • Camden County
  • Cape May County
  • Cumberland County
  • Gloucester County
  • Salem County

Leaving New Jersey.

Long-distance runs on a dedicated truck. The same crew loads in New Jersey and unloads at the destination, never co-mingled with another shipment, with a delivery date in the contract rather than a two-week window.

How our long-distance moves work
New Jersey to Florida
Jacksonville, Tampa, Orlando, Miami
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New Jersey to The Carolinas
Charlotte, Raleigh, Charleston
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New Jersey to New England
Boston, Hartford, Providence
New Jersey to The Mid-Atlantic
Philadelphia, DC, Northern Virginia

Registered office: 1717 NJ-34, Building 10A, Wall Township, NJ 07727. Trucks dispatch from Wall Township. If your town is not listed, ask. We almost certainly get there.

FAQ

Packing & Unpacking: common questions

The questions people ask before booking this service, answered plainly.

Ask us anything

Can you pack just the fragile items?

Yes. Fragile-only packing is the most common way people use this: we handle the kitchen, the artwork, the electronics and anything glass, and you do the books, linens and clothes. It costs less than a full pack and covers the things most likely to break.

When should packing happen relative to move day?

Usually the day before for a full pack, so nothing is rushed and the truck loads first thing. Fragile-only packing can happen the morning of the move for a smaller home.

Do you supply the boxes and materials?

Yes, materials are included when we pack. Boxes, paper, bubble, tape and custom crating for artwork and televisions.

Do you unpack as well?

Unpacking is available as an add-on. It is most worth it for kitchens and closets, which are the two rooms that otherwise stay in boxes for weeks.
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