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Removals are charged by the hour, from £75 for smaller jobs and from £110 when a two-person crew is needed, with no VAT on top. That pricing is simple and honest, but it does mean the clock is the thing you control. Every box already sealed and stacked by the front door is time you are not paying for.
None of the advice below is complicated. It is just the difference we see between a move that runs to time and one that overruns by two hours.
Pack properly, and pack finished
Seal every box. Open-topped boxes cannot be stacked in the van, so they waste space and take two trips instead of one.
Keep boxes to a weight one person can carry. Books in a big box is the classic mistake. Small boxes for heavy things, big boxes for light things.
Write the room on the side of the box, not the top. You cannot read the top of a box once it is stacked.
Finish the kitchen the night before. It is always the room that runs over, and it is always the room people leave until the morning.
Tell us about furniture that needs dismantling
Beds, wardrobes and some flat-pack units have to come apart to get down a staircase. We are happy to do it and we will bring the tools, but only if you tell us when you book. If it is a surprise on the day, it is time on the clock and it can hold up everything behind it.
The same goes for anything unusually heavy or awkward: a piano, a safe, a full-size American fridge, a stone garden ornament. Mention it and we will send the right number of people and the right kit.
Sort the parking before the day
In Bath this matters more than almost anything else on the list. A Luton van needs a workable place to stop, and the difference between parking outside the door and parking at the end of a terrace is real time on every single trip.
If you are on a narrow street, ask your neighbours to leave a gap for the morning. Most people are fine about it if you ask in advance. Where a bay suspension or a permit is needed, that is arranged through the council and it takes a few working days, so start early.
Keep a box that does not go in the van
Kettle, mugs, tea, phone chargers, medication, passports, the paperwork for the move, a roll of loo paper. Keep it in the car with you. When you arrive at the other end and everything is stacked in the hall, you will want a cup of tea long before you want to start unpacking.
What we bring as standard
Blankets, straps and a sack truck come with the van on every job. You do not need to supply any of that. What we cannot supply is boxes already packed, so that part is yours.
If you are not sure how long your move will take, call and describe it. A rough room-by-room list is enough to give you a realistic idea before you book anything.
