Packing a Boca Raton home is rarely a small project. Most of our clients here are retirees or seasonal residents in homes ranging from 3,000 to 12,000 square feet, with contents accumulated over decades and including art, antiques, oriental rugs, fine china, silver, crystal, jewelry, watches, wine, and the kind of curated furnishings that come from a lifetime of careful purchasing. Standard packing services do not fit these households. The materials are different, the timeline is different, and the level of specialized handling required is far above a typical mover's standard offering. Wadjet Logistics, with 30 years of estate-level work in South Florida, structures every Boca packing project around the specific protocols these collections deserve.
Our Boca clientele is heavily weighted toward the gated communities and country club neighborhoods of eastern Boca Raton: Royal Palm Yacht & Country Club, St. Andrews Country Club, Boca West, the Sanctuary, Mizner Lake Estates, Stonebridge, Bocaire, Boca Grove, and Long Lake Estates. We also serve the luxury condos along the ocean from Boca Raton Beach Club to Highland Beach. Each home is different, but the through-line is high-quality contents that require careful packing with specialty materials and an experienced crew.
The pace of a Boca packing project also differs from busier markets. We schedule fewer concurrent jobs than we do in Miami so each Boca project receives the senior coordinator attention and experienced crew it requires. A two-day pack in Miami might be a five-day pack in Boca because of the contents, the property, and the level of detail required. We price accordingly and we plan our calendar so the right people are on each Boca job, often the same coordinator and crew lead across multiple jobs as we build long-term relationships with families.
Art and antique handling
Most Boca homes we pack contain significant art and antiques. Our approach is built around three principles: identify, protect, document.
Identify
Before we pack anything, a senior coordinator walks the home with you to identify pieces requiring specialized handling. This includes any painting, sculpture, antique furniture, oriental rug, mirror, or decorative object valued above a baseline we agree on together (typically $2,500 to $5,000 per piece for crating consideration). We photograph and inventory each identified piece with notes on existing condition, frame condition, and any prior repairs. The inventory becomes the working document for both the pack and any future insurance claim.
Protect
For paintings and frames, we wrap each piece in glassine paper, then in foam, then in mirror cartons for smaller pieces or custom crates for larger ones. For sculptures we build custom crates with foam-lined interiors cut to the dimensions of each piece. For oriental rugs we roll, not fold, and wrap in clean kraft paper inside tied burlap to prevent damage from compression and tape adhesive. For antiques we use moving blankets secured with stretch wrap (never tape on finished surfaces) and disassemble carefully for any piece with removable components.
Document
Every high-value piece is photographed before and after packing. We provide the inventory and photographs to you for your records and your insurance. If an item is damaged in transit, this documentation is critical for any claim. We retain copies of the inventory and photographs ourselves for seven years after the move, which is the standard period for insurance claims and tax-related estate documentation.
Fine china, crystal, silver, and tableware
Many Boca homes have formal dining sets for 12 to 24, often with sterling silver, fine crystal, and porcelain china. We pack each category separately. Crystal goes in cell-divided cartons with double-walled corrugated dividers and individual paper wrapping. Sterling silver gets wrapped in tarnish-resistant cloth (we provide), then in tissue, then packed in compartmented chests when available. Porcelain and china get individual paper wrapping plus cell separation. Place settings are kept together so the family doesn't end up with one place setting in the dining room and another in storage.
For very large dining sets (settings for 20 or more) we use customized partitioned cartons that hold a complete set in one box, with each piece individually wrapped and positioned in a divider cell. This protects the set during transit and also makes unpacking faster at the destination because the family can find a complete setting in one box rather than searching through multiple cartons.
Wine and spirits
Boca wine cellars often hold 500 to 5,000 bottles. For collections of more than 100 bottles, we use wine-specific transport cartons with foam dividers, and for any move during summer months we coordinate refrigerated transport. Bottles are inventoried by varietal, vintage, and cellar location, and we provide chain-of-custody documentation. For aged spirits and very valuable bottles, we recommend you transport those yourself with separate high-value insurance. For collections of more than 2,000 bottles we typically split the pack across multiple days so each section receives careful attention and the inventory is verified twice.
Jewelry, watches, and small valuables
We strongly recommend you transport jewelry, watches, gold coins, and small valuables yourself in a hand-carried locked case rather than including them in standard packing. Our cargo insurance specifically excludes small high-value items unless declared in writing, photographed, and covered under separate high-value coverage at additional premium. For most Boca clients this means flying with the most valuable items or driving them in a locked case. For very large watch or jewelry collections that cannot reasonably be hand-carried, we coordinate separate insured transport through specialized carriers like Brink's or Malca-Amit.
Downsizing and editing during packing
Many Boca clients are downsizing significantly when moving, often from a 5,000 to 8,000 square foot home into a 2,500 to 4,000 square foot condo or villa. Packing for a downsize is fundamentally different: we are not packing everything, we are packing what's been decided to keep. We pair clients with a senior coordinator who walks every room ahead of packing to help make keep-donate-sell-distribute decisions, and we coordinate with local estate sale operators, consignment houses, and donation organizations to handle items leaving the home.
Pricing for Boca Raton packing
A 3,000 square foot home typically runs $2,000 to $4,500 for full-service packing. A 5,000 square foot home typically runs $4,000 to $8,500. Larger estate homes of 8,000 to 12,000 square feet run $7,500 to $18,000 depending on contents, specialty crating, and the complexity of any downsizing component. Custom crating for art and antiques is quoted separately at $150 to $600 per crated piece. Materials are otherwise included in the flat-rate packing quote.
Coordinating with appraisers, conservators, and insurance agents
For estate-level Boca Raton packing projects, we routinely coordinate with appraisers, conservators, and insurance agents. Appraisers may need to update valuations before the move so that insurance coverage is current. Conservators may need to assess condition of artwork or antiques before the move, particularly for pieces that have had prior restoration work. Insurance agents may need updated inventories and photographs to extend coverage to the new location. We schedule these professional visits in coordination with our pack timeline and provide them with the access and documentation they need to do their work without disrupting our pack.
Office and commercial packing in Boca Raton
Boca Raton hosts a substantial professional services sector and we handle commercial packing for law firms, financial services, medical practices, and corporate offices in the Town Center, Glades Road, and Spanish River Boulevard corridors. Commercial packing requires careful handling of files, IT equipment, and confidential documents, scheduling around business hours, and coordination with building management on freight elevator access. For medical practices we use HIPAA-compliant file handling protocols. For law firms we use chain-of-custody tracking for client files.
Discretion for high-profile clients
A meaningful share of our Boca Raton clientele includes high-profile individuals: business leaders, public figures, and clients whose family or personal situations require discretion. Our crews are trained to maintain client confidentiality, our coordinators do not discuss client identities outside of project necessity, and we sign non-disclosure agreements when clients require them. Photographs we take for inventory purposes are stored securely and accessed only by the senior staff who need them for the project. This level of discretion is one reason many of our Boca clients return to us for multiple moves over the years.
Pacing and the senior coordinator role
For estate-level Boca packing projects, the senior coordinator we assign is essentially the project manager for your move. This person walks the home with you, designs the pack sequence, supervises the crew, coordinates with appraisers and other professionals, manages the inventory, and serves as your single point of contact throughout the project. The same coordinator typically stays with the project through the actual move and into the destination home, providing continuity that is rare in the moving industry. For many of our long-term Boca clients, this means working with the same person they have known for years across multiple moves.
Working with senior move managers
For Boca clients who are downsizing or transitioning life situations, we sometimes work in partnership with certified senior move managers. These specialists focus on the emotional and logistical complexity of moves later in life, helping families make decisions about what to keep, what to pass to children, what to donate, and how to set up the new home for safety and accessibility. We coordinate our pack and move with the senior move manager's plan, providing the physical execution while they manage the broader family and life-transition aspects of the move.
Booking and timing
Call +1 (305) 970-6538 or email info@wadjetlogistics.com. For estate-level Boca packing projects, plan four to eight weeks of lead time so we can complete the in-home walk-through, plan crating, coordinate gate community access, and align our senior crew schedule with your dates. October through December is our busiest Boca packing season as seasonal residents arrive and as snowbird permanent relocations cluster around year-end planning; book early for those months.