Moving Box Planner

How it works

List your rooms and how much stuff you own. The planner estimates boxes by size, packing supplies, load volume, a suitable truck class, crew size and hours, optional cost, and a packing schedule counting back from moving day. All counts are transparent rules of thumb you can check.

• Boxes per room = editorial base count for a medium room at average density × room size factor (small 0.7, medium 1, large 1.4) × stuff factor (minimalist 0.7, average 1, collector 1.4), rounded up per box type. One extra wardrobe box per person for hanging clothes.
• Box sizes: small 40×30×30 cm (0.036 m³, books/heavy), medium 50×40×40 cm (0.08 m³), large 60×45×45 cm (0.1215 m³, light/bulky), wardrobe 50×50×120 cm (0.3 m³).
• Furniture allowance per room (medium): bedroom 4, living 6, kitchen 2, bathroom 0.3, office 2.5, kids 3, garage 3, storage 1.5 m³, scaled by room size and stuff factor. Load volume = (boxes + furniture) × 1.15 for imperfect stacking.
• Truck: smallest vehicle class whose nominal volume ≥ load (panel van 12, Luton 20, 7.5 t 35, 12 t 50, 18 t 70 m³); larger loads need multiple trips of the 18 t class.
• Crew: 2 people up to 20 m³, 3 up to 40 m³, 4 above. Loading and unloading each at 2.5 m³ per person-hour, +10% per floor without elevator; driving at 60 km/h average one way.
• Supplies: 3 m of tape per box on 50 m rolls (+1 spare roll), packing paper and bubble wrap per box by room type (kitchen and living highest), 1 marker per 2 people (min 2).
• Packing pace: 10 boxes per day; rooms are packed in the order storage → garage → office → kids → living → bedroom → bathroom → kitchen, finishing the day before the move.

Rules of thumb, not a quote. Professional movers survey your home for a binding estimate.