Water, fire or smoke damage at home? Our packout services in Bakersfield remove your salvageable belongings, inventory each box and keep it in storage until repairs end.
We only contact you about this request. Your number is never shared.
In the March 2023 storms, evacuation orders covered more than 7,000 Kern County residents, and state damage counts listed 10 homes destroyed and 16 with major damage. When water, fire or smoke reaches a home here, the dry contents have to come out fast, before mold and repair work set in. Our packout services in Bakersfield do that job.
We photograph each room, pack what can be saved, number every carton and move it all to storage. Your adjuster and your restoration contractor stay your own contacts, and we hand you the inventory to share with them.
Packout days in Bakersfield are billed by the hour for movers and a truck, at the starting rates below, and each job gets a written quote after we walk the house.
The total depends on how many rooms we clear, how much needs careful wrapping, how long the contents stay in storage and the drive between the house and our warehouse.
Every local job has a 3-hour minimum plus billed drive time. Packing materials, storage, valuation and fuel surcharge are separate lines. Itemized invoices make it easy to keep packing and storage costs apart for any claim.
Two official tips shape how we document a job.
Keep our packing and storage invoices separate.
Mentors is owned by Jesse Lovan and Chris Shipp, both raised in Bakersfield, and every packout we run from our headquarters here follows this order.
We tour the house with you, photograph each room and mark what you want packed and what stays.
Dry and cleanable items are wrapped and boxed, and each carton gets a number and a room name.
You get the inventory with carton numbers, rooms and notes on visible damage.
Contents go to storage that is monitored 24/7 and wait there until the work is finished.
We deliver on the date you set, unpack the rooms you choose and put furniture back in place.
Four kinds of damage bring most of our packout calls.
Ground-floor rooms emptied fast, so drying equipment can run and floors can come up.
One wet room cleared while the rest of the house stays put, priced by the hour.
Belongings from smoke-damaged rooms boxed and stored while your contractor works.
The Governor’s disaster request after those storms found that about 35% of Kern County lacked homeowners or personal property coverage. Clear quotes and itemized invoices help with aid applications.
I hired this company for short term storage during a renovation. The 3 three young men were very polite and hardworkers! They got the job done under the estimated time, even though I added a closet full and a few other items! They were very careful wrapping all the items. I would highly recommend this company for your moving and storage needs!
The gentlemen that moved my things from storage did a wonderful job, they were so nice and helpful, and careful with my things ! Thank you guys
A+ Excellent service! Respectful. Good communication. Spot checked if my appliances would fit. Great great job.
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When water or smoke damage empties a home outside the city, we still send movers from Gilmore Avenue to pack out the rooms and take the contents to storage. A page for each of these towns is linked below.
Every room is photographed before a single box is filled, so the record matches the scene.
We pack the items you, your adjuster or your contractor mark to keep, and leave the rest.
Clothes, bedding and curtains go into bags or wardrobe cartons, kept apart from hard goods.
Sofas, tables and dressers get pads and shrink wrap for the trip to storage.
Each box carries a number tied to the room it came from and to the inventory you receive.
On return day, beds are rebuilt and furniture goes back to its original rooms.
Packed contents wait in climate-controlled storage for as long as the repairs take, listed carton by carton so you can ask for a single box back.
If the family has to move out for months, our packers can box the rest of the home too, room by room, with the same numbered labels.
New pieces bought to replace damaged ones can be received and carried into the right rooms before you move back in.
Offices and shops hit by water damage can be cleared, moved to a temporary space and moved back once the work is done.
Need furniture moved out of one wet room into the garage or a dry bedroom? Book movers by the hour, with no storage involved.
A piano in a damaged room is padded, strapped to a board and held in storage until the floor under it is repaired.
Storage, packing and the move back can all go on one written quote, so you see the full cost of clearing and refilling the house before work begins.
Moving to a new home after the repairs instead? Our Bakersfield movers handle household moves of every size.
Call with the address and the rooms affected, and we will set up a walk-through.
Call as soon as the home is safe to enter. We set a walk-through, then schedule packing around your contractor’s drying or demolition dates.
Yes. We give the inventory and photos to you, and you can share them with your adjuster or anyone else working on the claim.
They stay in the house for you, your adjuster and your contractor to handle. We pack and store only the items you mark to keep.
Yes. Packing hours and monthly storage appear on separate, itemized invoices, which makes them easier to submit or track.
Yes. Many Kern County families pay for packouts themselves. We price the job by the hour, in writing, before any packing starts.
Yes. We deliver on the date you choose, rebuild beds and place furniture in the rooms it came from.
Tell us the address, the rooms affected and when your contractor starts. Call (661) 325-6683 or send the form, and our Gilmore Avenue office sets a time to walk the house.
We only contact you about this request. Your number is never shared.
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Bakersfield, California:
3101 Gilmore Ave,
Bakersfield, CA 93308
(661) 325-6683
Santa Rosa, California:
3000 Dutton Ave Ste B,
Santa Rosa, CA 95407
(707) 326-4479
Tempe, Arizona:
5325 S Kyrene Rd #105,
Tempe, AZ 85283
(480) 619-8240
Hours: 7 AM to 7 PM, 7 days a week (local time at each office)
Toll Free Number:
855-526-6101
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