How many boxes to move with 5 bedroom house?

Deciding how many boxes to purchase or collect for your upcoming move can be tricky – although you can probably give yourself a rough estimate, keep in mind that you may end up having to get more boxes once you begin packing. The more rooms you have, the more belongings you can accumulate over the years that you may have forgot about, until now.

First thing’s first: A good way to get started in the process of figuring out what packing materials you will need, isto first know exactly how much stuff you actually have. You may even want to hold a yard or garage sale to begin with, to dispose of any unnecessary items.

You can use our moving estimate weight calculator to get an idea of how much the most common household items weigh and cost to move, but you still need to figure out just how many boxes you need, and what size. When you’re figuring this out, don’t forget about outside areas like sheds or garages. A lot of times, online calculators you may find tend to only consider the rooms inside the house.

Also, the larger the box is, the heavier it is. If you’re going to be moving everything yourself, you may want to steer clear of the extra large boxes when possible, to avoid over packing them and then being unable to move them.

Just how many boxes will I need?

For a five bedroom house, you will typically need a box count that could look something like this:

• 40-50 small boxes
• 25-35 medium boxes
• 15-25 large boxes
• 10-15 extra large boxes
• 2-5 bulky/oddly shaped boxes
• 8-10 wardrobe boxes (if needed)

Realistically, depending on how much stuff you have, the amount of boxes can vary drastically. While you may have a total somewhere in the 80 – 150 boxes range, some families move with close to 300.

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