removal quotes

nics_4

Does anyone know a cheap and efficient way to move to scotland we've just had various quotes for moving from leicestershire to central scotland all around £1500 - £1800 pounds. I think thats way too much. Any ideas?

mike_paterson

The problem is the distance - time and diesel.

Assuming 2 lorries (or 1 lorry 2 trips) 300 miles each way at 10mpg - diesel close to £4 a gallon
They will both use 60 gallons - i.e fuel cost is £480 not counting running costs etc.

On top of that is the time - the return journey must be 10 hours - 2 people for each lorry = 40 man hours. even at £10 per hour that is £400.

The removal can be made cheaper if you pack and unpack everything yourself.

I cannot imagine that you will get much below £1300, but prices to vary so it is definitely worth phoning several companies to get more quotes.

[Deleted User]

How big is your house? Do you have many pieces of furniture? The last time I moved (within London) I paid £800, I had a 3 bedroom house. That was 3 years ago.

woodysmum

Hi.. We moved from leics area to fife last year and got a good deal as we were able to be flexible and fit in with the removal company. Basically they fitted us in as a return load , we kept in contact re dates and they let us khow when they had a return drive coming up. The main saving, I believe was
that as the first user going south had already paid the fuel costs, we were in effect a bonus for them . I appreciate you may not be able to fit in with this but even so it is worth giving it a go.Apart from anything else the company were really professional and I would definately recommend them.
We only had a small load as my husband had been working up here and we had moved a lot of stuff over the weekends.(the company was Flemings of Rosyth who are a family company but seem quite big up here.

jockettuk

im looking at quotes for my move in july next yr.i wont be moving as im moving in with my partner and we already bought stuff for the house.. basically im moving 95 miles away taking 3 piece fridge freezer washing machine childs bedroom furniture but no beds. boxes of personal items and the tvs pc etc... the rest im selling or binning ive been quoted average £500 and to be truthful it would cost us to hire a van a couple of trips diesel etc approx £300 and not forgetting all the stress it will cause to move ourselves so i thought sod it im going to be stressed out on the day as it is so dont need added stress so i would say shop around do it on the net get multiply quotes ... oh the joys of moving house arghhh lol

eamon

£1100 to £1300 range is a fair price for a dedicated vehicle. As already mentioned time, distance, labour and fuel costs are the factors involved. Its common in the haulage business to use "back loads" as a means of keeping costs down etc. You should contact removal firms in the area that you are moving to, you could be lucky and find that they have vehicles in your present local on a regular basis.

Eamon