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How much is fair for removals?

Tori_Bellatrix
Tori_Bellatrix Posts: 1,310 Forumite
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in Is this quote fair?
As I'm moving soon I had someone round today to quote for removals. The journey to my new place is around 15-20 minutes from where I live now and I have the standard amount of furniture you'd expect to find for a 1 bedroom property ... I have been quoted £200 and this includes loading up from old property and unloading at the new ...is this a reasonable price ?

Before I've always hired vans and had help with lifting and carrying stuff but this isn't really an option at the moment ...
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  • ormus
    ormus Posts: 42,714 Forumite
    depends where you live?
    it seems fair enough to me. if you hired your own van you are looking at nearly 100 quid with the fuel etc..
    Get some gorm.
  • sarahluv
    sarahluv Posts: 162 Forumite
    seems very fair to me too
  • Canucklehead
    Canucklehead Posts: 6,254 Forumite
    Good morning: Is the 'moving company' insured i.e. professional liability and will your insurance cover your possessions in transit?

    Canucklehead
    Ask to see CIPHE (Chartered Institute of Plumbing & Heating Engineering)
  • Tori_Bellatrix
    Tori_Bellatrix Posts: 1,310 Forumite
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    Canucklehead wrote: »
    Good morning: Is the 'moving company' insured i.e. professional liability and will your insurance cover your possessions in transit?

    Canucklehead

    Yes, I beleive they have PL ... not sure about my insurance - will have to look into that ...
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  • Dick_here
    Dick_here Posts: 1,605 Forumite
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    A bit too cheap.
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  • Sunny_Saver
    Sunny_Saver Posts: 3,062 Forumite
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    Tori_Bellatrix wrote: »
    Yes, I beleive they have PL ... not sure about my insurance - will have to look into that ...

    Hi Tori

    Where are you based? I am looking for a van too, like you, it's only 15-20mins away, but we don't have much furniture.

    Thanks.
    “It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living.”

    F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • Tori_Bellatrix
    Tori_Bellatrix Posts: 1,310 Forumite
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    !!!!!!_here wrote: »
    A bit too cheap.

    Lol .. I'm not worried about them being cowboys ... The guy who own the removal firm is close to another friend of mine ....
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  • Tori_Bellatrix
    Tori_Bellatrix Posts: 1,310 Forumite
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    LW128 wrote: »
    Hi Tori

    Where are you based? I am looking for a van too, like you, it's only 15-20mins away, but we don't have much furniture.

    Thanks.

    Hampshire ... South Coast ...
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  • ormus
    ormus Posts: 42,714 Forumite
    very few chaps who do this sort of thing (van and a man) have all the proper insurance. its expensive for full "goods/handling damage" insurance.

    its a risk you take for a budget service. its either that, or pickfords for 1000 quid and more.
    Get some gorm.
  • Tori_Bellatrix
    Tori_Bellatrix Posts: 1,310 Forumite
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    ormus wrote: »
    very few chaps who do this sort of thing (van and a man) have all the proper insurance. its expensive for full "goods/handling damage" insurance.

    its a risk you take for a budget service. its either that, or pickfords for 1000 quid and more.

    If that's the alternative ... I'll definately take the risk ... :eek:
    :happylove Tori Bellatrix :happylove

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