Packing in East Sparks and Vista

East Sparks and Vista run along I-80 east of the Sparks center, toward the industrial parks and the river. The Census figures for the ZIP count 10,973 households, 63 percent of them owners, and a median of 5.2 rooms. The yard on Glendale Ave is about 6 miles and 13 minutes away.

The 1987 house

A house built in the late 1980s usually has a two-car garage, a living room and a family room, and three bedrooms. In this ZIP, about 4,400 homes have three bedrooms and about 3,400 have two, with another 2,400 at four bedrooms. The kitchen holds the most breakables, the garage the most weight, and the bedrooms the most closet volume, and those three set the number of cartons.

Established homes and what they hold

Households that have lived in a house since the 1990s or earlier have a lot of accumulated things: files, photo albums, kitchen equipment and tools. Sorting is part of packing. If you want to reduce what you take, the crew can pack in groups for the new home, for donation and for storage, with each group marked. For a deeper sort, see de-clutter and home-staging help.

Close to the freeway, close to storage

Because East Sparks is near I-80 and the warehouse is only about 6 miles away, it is simple to move cartons from a house to a vault. Vault storage starts at $40 per month, vaults measure 7 ft x 7 ft x 5 ft, and stored goods are ready to ship with about 2 to 3 weeks notice. See long-term storage.

Apartments and townhomes

About 37 percent of homes in the ZIP are not owner-occupied. For apartments and townhomes, the crew uses smaller cartons and plans stairs and parking at the estimate. Packs for these homes are usually completed in a single day.

Common packing requests in East Sparks

• Kitchen and china packed by the crew
• Garage and workshop packed ahead of time
• Pictures, mirrors and electronics in padded cartons
• Partial pack with a move date a week later