A House Is Not a Warehouse
Household and Relocation Packing
Domestic moves fail differently from commercial freight. Nothing is palletised, nothing is uniform, and the things that matter most are usually the ones with no replacement value at all. Homes are packed room by room with the inventory built as the work proceeds, so what is written on a carton matches what is inside it and unpacking at the other end is not an excavation. A house move has a rhythm of its own, and our guide to household packing in Dubai covers what to do before the crew arrives.
How a Move Is Packed
Room by Room
Order matters as much as materials on a domestic move.
- Packed and labelled by room
- Inventory built as cartons are filled
- Fragile items wrapped individually
- Furniture protected and dismantled where needed
- Wardrobe cartons for hanging clothes
- Cartons numbered against the inventory
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The packing standard changes considerably depending on how far the goods are going.
Moving within the UAE
A short road journey with few handlings. Protection matters, but the packing does not need to survive weeks at sea.
Moving overseas
Multiple handlings, a long transit and customs at the far end. Packing has to be more robust and the inventory has to satisfy an authority, not just you.
Timber and ISPM-15
International moves using wooden cases need treated timber. See crating and ISPM-15.
Storage in between
Where the new home is not ready, goods can wait in our warehouses rather than being moved twice.
Insurance and inventories
A move that is insured needs an inventory the insurer will accept, which means it has to be built while the packing happens rather than reconstructed afterwards from memory.
The Difficult Items
What Needs Extra Care
Every home has a handful of things that decide whether a move went well.
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Artwork, mirrors and glass
Wrapped and cased individually - see fragile and high-value packing.
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Large furniture
Dismantled where it has to be, protected, and reassembled at the far end rather than left in pieces.
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Personal and irreplaceable items
Identified with you before packing, so the things that matter most are not treated as ordinary contents.
Why Cannata
One Company for the Whole Move
A domestic move that involves a packer, a mover, a shipping agent and a customs broker has four places to go wrong.
Inventoried as packed
The list is built while the cartons are filled, which is what makes unpacking and any claim straightforward.
Moved on our own vehicles
The people who packed it also load and drive it, so nobody is handling it blind.
Storage if you need it
Three Dubai warehouses, so a gap between homes does not mean a second removal company.
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Our FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions
What people ask before a household move.
