Packing Services
Packing Services in Montecito
Whole-home or collection-only packing with museum-grade materials, custom crating for art, antiques, and wine, and a signed inventory your estate manager can trust. Discreet in-house crews serve the Upper Village, Lower Village, and the East Valley Road corridors.
Elite Movers offers professional packing services in Montecito, CA, served from our Ventura headquarters, for estates and households from the Upper Village and Lower Village to the lanes off East Valley Road. Choose a whole-home pack or a collection-only pack for the art, antiques, wine, and china, and our in-house crew brings museum-grade materials, builds custom crates to the piece, and logs every box on a room-coded inventory. We coordinate with estate managers, designers, and household staff, and keep the work quiet and private. Family operated since 2010, fully CAL-PUC licensed and insured. An optional unpack service settles the new house faster.
Packing That Protects Everything
Whole-home packing
Our crew packs every room from kitchen to guest house, in a logical order, so the truck loads fast and unpacking is simple on the other end.
Collection-only packing
Many Montecito clients have staff handle the everyday items and bring us in for the art, the antiques, the wine, and the china alone.
Museum-grade materials
Glassine, acid-free tissue, dish packs, cell boxes, and double-wall cartons. Irreplaceable pieces never ride in a box that almost works.
Custom crating
Fine art, mirrors, marble tops, chandeliers, and antiques get built-to-fit wooden crates sized to the individual piece.
Room-coded labels & inventory
Every box is labeled by destination room and logged, so an estate manager can see exactly what left and where it lands.
Unpack service
We can return to unpack, set up the kitchen, and haul away the empty boxes and paper so the house settles quickly and quietly.
From Walkthrough to Loaded Truck
Walkthrough & quote
We assess your inventory with you or your estate manager, flag the fragile and high-value pieces, and send a written quote for the scope you choose.
Materials on site
Our crew arrives with proper boxes, packing paper, glassine, dish packs, and crating materials. No last-minute supply runs up the 101.
Pack room by room
We pack in a logical sequence, cushion every fragile item, crate what needs crating, and label and log each box by destination room.
Load or hand off
Packed boxes go straight onto our truck for a same-company move, or are staged ready for storage during a remodel or staging project.
The Right Materials and the Right Hands
Family operated since 2010
Background-checked, drug-tested, in-house packers. We never subcontract the people handling a collection.
CAL-PUC licensed & insured
Comprehensive liability coverage on the packing and the move, with a COI issued for gated estates and associations that require one.
Discreet in the home
Quiet crews who work around household staff, designers, and quiet hours, and keep what is in the house private.
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Ventura and Santa Barbara County clients trust our packers with stemware, fine art, wine, and family heirlooms.
Whole-Home vs Collection-Only Packing
| Whole-Home Pack | Collection-Only Pack | |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | Full estate relocations, tight timelines | Homes where staff pack the everyday items |
| What we pack | Every room, kitchen to guest house | Art, antiques, wine, china, chandeliers |
| Materials | Included, all rooms | Included, museum-grade for the collection |
| Crating | Built to the piece where needed | Built to the piece, signed inventory |
| Unpack option | Available | Available |
Packing FAQs for Montecito
Packing is priced by the scope you choose and the size of the home, so a collection-only pack costs far less than a full estate pack with crating. We fold packing into your moving or storage quote so you get one written price. Call (805) 697-6220 and we will size it for your Montecito home.
Yes. Montecito is a core service area and our crews are there weekly. Packers dispatch from our Ventura headquarters, about 30 minutes down the 101, with all materials on the truck. There is no Montecito or Santa Barbara branch; one company handles the pack, the move, and any storage.
Each significant piece is assessed first. Fine art and mirrors get glassine, corner protection, and built-to-fit wooden crates. Antiques are wrapped in acid-free materials before padding. Chandeliers and marble tops are crated individually. Everything is logged on a signed inventory and handled only by our in-house crew.
Yes. Bottles are packed upright in cell boxes, cases are inventoried, and transit is planned around temperature, with climate-controlled storage available if the collection needs to sit out a remodel. Tell us the approximate bottle count when you call and we will bring the right materials.
Yes, and in Montecito that is the normal arrangement. We take direction from your estate manager or designer, pack only the rooms in scope, supply the COI, and coordinate timing with the household. During remodels and staging projects we can pack, store the contents in our Ventura facility, and return everything when the work is done.
For a full estate pack, one to two weeks of notice is ideal, and more when crating and COI paperwork are involved. A collection-only pack can often be scheduled faster. Call (805) 697-6220 to lock in your date.
Need Your Montecito Home Packed?
Tell us your scope and dates and we will fold packing into one written quote.