The Last Step of Any Sale Is the Van in the Driveway

Every closing this title records ends the same way, with a household packed into boxes and carried out the door. Architectural Digest has gone to the people who do that carrying for a living and asked how they would do it themselves, with the goal of spending fewer hours and fewer dollars on the move. The advice comes from working movers rather than from designers or agents, which is what sets this guide apart. For anyone who has just signed on a house in Palm Beach or Beverly Hills and is now staring at the contents of the old one, it is worth a read before the first box is taped shut.

With reporting from Architectural Digest.