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House removal costs

KarlF
KarlF Posts: 21 Forumite
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edited 2 August 2023 at 9:02PM in House buying, renting & selling
Can anyone give me a ballpark figure on how much it would cost to have a company to move the contents of my 2 bed bungalow half a mile down the road please?

Is there much of an increase if the company does the packing too?

We are Warwickshire based.

Thanks

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  • MultiFuelBurner
    MultiFuelBurner Posts: 2,928 Forumite
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    £400-£700 (let's all have a guess)

    Just get some quotes easy to do  as no one knows how stacked.the rooms are with furniture, is their a loft, a garage, an outbuilding with lots of things in?

    All things an online form may ask when you get a quote 


  • bluelad1927
    bluelad1927 Posts: 407 Forumite
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    edited 3 August 2023 at 2:37PM
    Last year I moved out of a 3 bed semi detached about 3 miles away. Packed ourselves and cost about 850 with a removal firm rather than 'man with a van'.

    Was absolutely worth it to us in practical and stress free terms as we moved to a 3 storey and some heavy furniture going up two flights
  • Chemistry777
    Chemistry777 Posts: 82 Forumite
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    Similarly we moved from 3 bed end terraced in Feb to 4 miles away, we did all the packing. £600
  • DullGreyGuy
    DullGreyGuy Posts: 17,149 Forumite
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    Our last removal was about 1km for a 100sqm/2 bed property and was about £850 inc the removers doing the pack on the same day. 

    Quotes we received ranged from £850 to about £2,500 with one company saying it was 4 guys for 2 days whereas 3 guys did it under 1 day
  • Flugelhorn
    Flugelhorn Posts: 7,114 Forumite
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    Just get some quotes - you can get these online, not all companies visit, some will just take your details and give a quote based on size of property and distance
  • deejaybee
    deejaybee Posts: 922 Forumite
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    Blimey reading some of these examples, the just over £1K i paid to move from Devon to Cheshire was a bargain !

    Sadly i am already homesick, so will be spending that again at some point  <sigh>
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