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Removal Men or Self Move?

ultimatedingbat
ultimatedingbat Posts: 750 Forumite
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We're buying a house that's about 1.3 miles away. Last time we moved we just did it ourselves in cars except the fridge, washer and dryer. This time we've already decided if we're moving it ourselves we need to hire a van.

Do we seek out removal men to do it for us, or just do it ourselves qwith a hired van?
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  • glentoran99
    glentoran99 Posts: 5,821 Forumite
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    removal men, well worth it,
  • marksoton
    marksoton Posts: 17,516 Forumite
    ultimatedingbat wrote: »
    We're buying a house that's about 1.3 miles away. Last time we moved we just did it ourselves in cars except the fridge, washer and dryer. This time we've already decided if we're moving it ourselves we need to hire a van.

    Do we seek out removal men to do it for us, or just do it ourselves qwith a hired van?

    Amount of gear, how many rooms you moving?
  • Browntoa
    Browntoa Posts: 49,298 Forumite
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    Done both , removal men for sure
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  • zagubov
    zagubov Posts: 17,885 Forumite
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    Yep, another vote for removal men. Perhaps we could do it ourselves but it 'd be like saving dental bills by drilling and filling our own teeth. :)
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  • phoebe1989seb
    phoebe1989seb Posts: 4,452 Forumite
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    edited 8 October 2016 at 3:55PM
    If you've only got a small amount of stuff I guess it might not make much difference. When we had smaller houses/were moving locally we always hired a self drive van for the move.

    These days our moves tend to be long distance. We're also very big on DIY - have restored several period houses to their former glory - and thought we'd try DIYing our removals on our last-but-one move in 2011 after the previous one cost us in excess of £4k (yep, we have serious amounts of stuff, lol!), but tbh it wasn't worth it, either financially or physically :(

    Next move - 2014 - we reverted back to removal guys. The extra expense was well worth it imho!
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  • ultimatedingbat
    ultimatedingbat Posts: 750 Forumite
    IT's our first bought house but we've lived together for 3 years now so have a fair bit of stuff. 2 bedroom house with a living room and kitchen as well as a shed with some stuff in.
    There's alot more stuff this time as we actually have a sofa! The boxes are mounting up already as I've started to pack the non-essentials (books dvd's etc)
  • NicNicP
    NicNicP Posts: 249 Forumite
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    We moved ourselves. We hired a van for £90 and moved ourselves.
  • Marvel1
    Marvel1 Posts: 7,171 Forumite
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    If you have to be out of the house by a certain time on the day then removal men, if not then self removal.
  • ultimatedingbat
    ultimatedingbat Posts: 750 Forumite
    We will be handing in our notice hopefully next month so will ahve to be out by a certain date. However this was the case last time when we moved and we self moved ok
  • ceh209
    ceh209 Posts: 876 Forumite
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    I think it sounds like a self move, especially if you get a few strong mates to help out in return for a few drinks.

    We moved into our first bought house ourselves. I would get removal men in future though, as we've added a pool table and granite topped kitchen island since then!
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