Moving without cardboard boxes

Because cardboard boxes have to be bought, assembled, reinforced with tape and then disposed of, and in the meantime they take up space at home. The Cangubox arrive ready, close with their lid, and at the end of the move we come and collect them. You pay for the use, not the object, and you're left with nothing to throw away.

As a guide: 20 for a studio or one-bedroom flat, 35 for a two-bedroom flat, 50 for a large home. If you're not sure, the configurator on the home page gives you a recommendation in four questions. If you're torn between two sizes, bear in mind that the boxes you don't use go back with the others, with no extra work for you. Running out halfway through packing instead means stopping, going out to buy cardboard and ending up with boxes to assemble and then dispose of: that is exactly what renting is meant to avoid.

No, and that's one of the reasons they exist. The lid is built in and closes without tape: no rolls to buy, no bottom to reinforce, no tape to peel off when you unpack.

Yes: they're rigid and the lid is flat, so they sit one on top of the other without the play you get with cardboard. Put the heaviest ones (books, crockery) at the bottom of the stack, and don't build columns taller than you can control on your own. When empty, with the flaps open, they nest inside each other: the ones you've already unpacked wait for collection in a low pile, without getting in the way.

Every Cangubox is checked and washed after it comes back, before it goes out again. If it is damaged or cannot be brought back to our cleaning standards, it is not put back into circulation: you receive it clean, dry and ready to fill.

The things of an ordinary move: clothes, linen, books, well-protected crockery, toys, household items and documents. On weight, a practical rule applies: if you can't lift it comfortably on your own, take something out. For appliances, write to us first, so we can tell you whether it fits.

To let us keep every Cangubox clean and safe for whoever uses it after you, don't use it for waste; paints, solvents, fuels or other chemicals; flammable, corrosive or hazardous substances; loose or opened food; liquids that are not perfectly sealed; soil, plants or organic material; materials that are very dirty, wet, or that could leave persistent smells or residues.

If in doubt about a particular item, write to us before putting it in.

With the Dolly, the trolley included in every rental, both with home delivery and if you come to the CanguPoint yourself: a platform on four swivel castors you stack the Cangubox on and push instead of carrying them by hand. It takes up to 400 kg, so the limit isn't the trolley but how high you can stack while still seeing where you're going. In corridors, in lifts and on landings it changes everything. It goes back with the boxes at the end of the rental, and costs nothing extra.

Yes. We can deliver the Cangubox to the address you're leaving and come and collect them directly at your new home. At the moment the service is available only if both the delivery address and the collection address of the Cangubox are within our active area. We don't do the move itself, we rent out the boxes and collect them: if you're moving outside the area, for example from Milan to Bologna, today we can't deliver them in Milan and come and collect them in Bologna. The service is currently available in Milan, in the covered postcodes of its hinterland and in the province of Monza and Brianza. Enter your postcode to check right away whether we deliver to you.

They're made of rigid plastic, not cardboard, so they take far more than a cardboard box. The marks of normal use are included in the rental and we don't charge you for them. If instead a box really breaks or doesn't come back, we write to you telling you how much it costs: we don't charge anything before letting you know.