Professional movers

hazyjo

girl_withno_name wrote: »

Is it worth getting them to do half a job? By that I mean, getting them to do the furniture (beds, sofa, TV, fridge freezer, washing machine, dining table & chairs, two desks and two desk chairs) and doing the rest (clothes, CDs and DVDs, study notes, etc.) ourselves in boxes and a hired van... I'm not really sure where to start on what the price difference might be!

No idea if they'd even quote on that. tbh, I think you'd just be getting in each other's way. They don't usually add separate charges for say '10 books' or '20 DVDs' and they'll count the large items like sofas, bookcases, TVs, beds, furniture, etc... They'll just cost something up as say a '2 bed house'.

I can't really see the cost being any cheaper. I have a tonne of stuff, but don't think it cost me any more than someone who lived in the same size house with no books, CDs, DVDs, or all the kitchen 'stuff' me and hubby had between us.

Jx

phoebe1989seb

hazyjo wrote: »

Not sure how anyone would rather trust themselves to pack/move house over professional movers!

Jx

I guess it depends on a) the company used & b) how precious you are over your *stuff*

We used bishop's move, explained that much of our *stuff* was antique (eg, a sideboard made by Liberty's valued higher than a small family car), they took three days to carefully (or so we thought) load the vans, charged in excess of £4000 and still managed to break things :mad:

The guys we sold our last-but-one house to were very wealthy and she was a former Belgravia-based antiques dealer - used to having furniture and valuable items lifted and shifted - yet they told us they never trusted removals firms to pack for them either.......

When we moved ourselves last year (7 or 8 luton van loads plus several car journeys over a week or so) we managed to do it without damaging a single item!

Mr_Thrifty

Movers and Shakers

liubeliu

I have used profession movers for three of our moves and they are worth every penny. We packed ourselves to save money.

We have always used local firms that come recommended, on two occasions the owner was part of the moving crew.

The last firm we used had a floater who basically assisted whicr ever crew was falling behind. By 10.30 it didn't look like we were going to get loaded by noon (completion start time) so he was diverted from where he was as they were on schedule and managed to get everything on lorry in good time. Then in the afternoon he floated between various unloads as completions always seem to occur at different times, for us at 4.30 so he came back to become a 4th set of hands and was done by 6pm. Not saying all removal firms have floaters but this firm did and it worked very well for us, he also drove a luton box van in case the big bus sized lorry couldn't fit everything in.

As others have said, all hassle free. The only work we had to do was provide them with drinks during the day.