Flat & apartment removals
Four kinds of flat across the county's towns, each with a different constraint. Find the one that sounds like yours and you will know most of what your quote depends on.
The single most useful thing you can tell us about a flat is the floor and whether there is a lift. Almost everything else follows — crew size, how long the day runs, and whether the awkward pieces are a problem or an afternoon.
An original staircase, a shared street door and a landing that turns.
The turn gets measured at survey. Sofas go up on their backs or come apart at the back; a few genuinely will not go, and you hear that beforehand rather than on a half-landing.
A lift that may not take long items, and a bay with a time limit.
We check the lift's internal dimensions rather than assuming, and split the load so long pieces take the stairs while the rest goes up properly.
A managing agent, a booking sheet and sometimes restricted hours.
Insurance documents and a booked window sent ahead, so the day is a move rather than a negotiation at the front desk.
A door between two shopfronts, a straight steep flight, and nowhere to stop.
A loading arrangement agreed with the shop and the council where needed, and a crew sized for a carry rather than a lift.
The same standard as a house, sized down. Furniture blanketed in the room, boxes labelled for where they are going, beds and flat-pack dismantled and rebuilt, and runners on communal hallways — shared carpet is somebody else's problem right up until it is yours and your deposit's.
Packaging goes away with us at the end, which matters more than it sounds when a check-out inspection is booked the same week.
A single room or a part load is a man-and-van job. A whole house is house removals.
Without a lift, more than almost anything else. Every item makes a round trip on foot and that is time rather than effort. With a working lift that takes your furniture, the floor barely matters at all.
We measure the turn at survey and tell you straight. Many sofas come apart at the back and go through flat. A few will not go, usually because they were carried in before a bannister or a wall changed.
In a managed block, usually yes — agents commonly want notice, insurance details and a booked slot, and some restrict moving hours. Ask as soon as you have a date; it is the most common cause of a late start.
Most of the time. It depends on the furniture rather than the floor area — a one-bed with a corner sofa, a double wardrobe and a bike or two is not a single-trip job, and we size the vehicle from what we have seen.
Yes, and they are quoted as real jobs rather than as favours squeezed between two bookings. A room out of a shared house still has a staircase and a parking problem attached.
Three facts and we are most of the way to a quote. Send them over and we will do the rest.