Mike Hacking from removal company Movers Not Shakers offers these helpful hints on how to find the best removal firm
Word of mouth is always a good way of finding a reliable removal firm. Make sure you pick one that knows your area well – you don’t want them getting lost or not knowing where to park. Mike Hacking from removals company Movers Not Shakers offers these helpful hints: ‘A lot of removals companies will charge an hourly rate. The more organised you are, the quicker the move. This is really crucial to the length of time the move will take. Have everything packed up; loose items add time and also hinder safe delivery.
‘Make sure that furniture which is too large to fit through the doors, down the stairs etc is disassembled (most good companies will do this for you and reassemble it at the destination). Be clear where you want the furniture to be placed in your new home. All crockery, glasses etc should be individually wrapped in tissue paper (newspaper is okay but can leave ink smudges). All paintings, vases and large fragile items should be wrapped in bubble-wrap.
‘Boxes should be separated into two categories, one for heavier items (books, crockery etc) should not be bigger than about 18"x18"x18".
Boxes of clothes and linen (ie lighter things) should not be too big for one man to carry. All boxes should be clearly labelled with a description of what is in them and which room in the destination address you want them placed.
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‘Ideally, all TV and audio equipment should be bubble-wrapped. Make sure that you have the associated cables and remote controls boxed safely.’
Movers Not Shakers
This SW1-based removals company caters for all sizes of job, from a simple ‘man-with-a-van’ service from £40 an hour (min two hours) to packing up your entire house contents and transporting them to your new home/storage facility. The company will also move you to other cities or even countries.
(020 7630 9005/www.moversnotshakers.co.uk).
Dulwich Removals
Heartily recommended.
Railway Arch 884, Rosendale Rd, SE24 (020 8678 1774).
Fast Forward
A Time Out favourite based in White Hart Lane happy to take on a job at very short notice.
(020 8888 1050/www.fast-forward-group.co.uk).
Rogers Removals (Finchley)
(020 8953 6777/www.rogersremovals.co.uk).
Shirley’s Removals
Originally specialising in moving house for the gay community, this small but well-run company promises to treat your possessions with care, and to move them swiftly.
(020 7254 5580).
Post redirection
www.iammoving.com
Informs, for free, a personal list of companies, such as utilities, of your new address.
Post Office
Will redirect your mail from the UK to any address in the UK or overseas – priced from £7.10 for redirection to a UK address for one month.
(0845 722 3344/www.postoffice.co.uk).
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35 comments
We used a company called Yes Removals for our house move. They were great, gave us great advice, turned up on time, worked well and even went the extra mile and did some dismantling for us. They weren't the cheapest that we had a quote from but I always believe in the motto 'you get what you pay for' and for such a large move I just didn't want the stress, so I went with them as they were recommended by a friend.
We used Best Rates Removals,
We were very pleased with the service we received: they supplied a Luton Van and two professional,helpful and polite movers who arrived on time and worked extremely hard. They got the job done very quickly and nothing was too much trouble for them.
We would definitely use Best Rates Removals again.
We used Best Rates Removals,
We were very pleased with the service we received: they supplied a Luton Van and two professional,helpful and polite movers who arrived on time and worked extremely hard. They got the job done very quickly and nothing was too much trouble for them.
We would definitely use Best Rates Removals again.
We have used safe removals,
The crew arrived on time, very friendly and nice, They have provided very good packing service using a lot of protecting covers and bubble wrap. When they got to our new home, we had everything assembled and all boxes put into each room.
It was very relaxing experience having experienced crew doing the proper service.
We were impressed with their hard work and professionalism
Definitely use safe removals again
I can highly Recommend Ois removals who I found from reading the comments here, I found this company to be very refreshing and a pleasure to deal with, they arrived on time, the guys were very pleasant, done everything properly, wrapped the mattress in plastic, protected the tv and furniture properly and didnt charge me for anything except the removal service, no travel times, congestion, lunch break etc, they even took away some rubbish and a broken bed for free as they said it could all be recycled, Big thumbs up
I've used Movethebox the guys was fantastic, affordable price and stress free, thank you guys, i will recommend you to my friends. Cheers
The team of three men were really efficient and very kind, really knew what they where doing, work run smoothly, nothing was broken, valuables were wrapped up and covered with blankets. I was recommended Inbox Removals by a friend now I will recommend this company for my friends and relatives. Good value for supreme service!
I used Dolphin Movers Ltd for an international move. Distaster. Delivery very late, as it sat in LA for 2.5 months racking up fees. I had to pay, again!, to get control of my posessions. Dolphin proved derelict. Went to arbitration against them and won a hollow victory of 5100.00 GBP. Of couse rouge traders who do not honor their contracts also do not pay damages to those they treat poorly! Use them at your peril.
just beware that there is a lot of false feedback out there which makes it really difficult to choose a company. Review sites seem to be full of obviously fake 5* feedback presumably placed by the companies themselves. Go with a recommendation from a friend if possible
I have used a London-based company called City Mules on several occasions (2 moves plus individual heavy items taken from one place to another). It always went to plan and I was always extremely impressed with their approach. The removal men were well-mannered, accommodating, patient, efficient and on time and left no mess. All very impressive. Also, their office staff are bilingual French-English, extremely polite and helpful.
We decided to use Movers Not Shakers after reading a positive article on them in Time Out. Our experience was very good.
Mike visited our property at short notice and provided a very reasonable quote - almost half the amount quoted by Pickfords. We booked a date and everything was set.
Our team on the day comprised Clint and Silvio. Both were very nice guys, who worked extremely hard and were very careful with all of our things.
Our well-stocked one bedroom flat was wrapped, boxed, loaded, transported and unloaded in 7.5 hours - no mean feat considering we were moving from the second floor, with no lift. Silvio actually managed to (carefully) take 70 boxes from our top floor flat and load them into the van in 35 minutes. A personal best apparently!
During the move not one item was damaged or broken, and the guys displayed a friendly and helpful attitude throughout.
We would recommend.
We used a company called Rightmove-4u and they were superb, couldnt fault them at all. After having a bad experience before hand these guys renewed our faith in removal men by completing the job fantastically and the cherry on top was the price. They are professional and great value which is something you dont find very much at the moment
I have told that the best moving company in London which I have used moving man and van and am happy with their services.
We recently Used Ois removals for our move, they were great, no complaints from the team even though it was raining and a miserable day, they managed to move everything seamlessly and without damage within the time they said, the men were very pleasant and the office staff very friendly, great customer service and highly recommended
Last February I utilized Home Removal Services to move from one two bedroom flat to another two bedroom flat in South East London.
Attrocious service! For a two bedroom flat located on the first floor I was given an estimated time of 2.5 to 3 hours with a three man team. For starters only two workers arrived 1 hour prior to the specified start time while the other person showed up 2 and a half hours late. While you would expect some milking of the clock as they are being payed by the hour I couldn't believe that they took 7.5 hours! I would stay well clear of this company as they offered a terrible service and did not bother to follow up with me after I complained about this entirely unacceptable business practice