Moving...

[hawkida]

Does anyone know the approximate costs of removals companies?

Specifically I'm going to be moving stuff from a reasonably full mid-size 3 bedroom house approximately 100 miles. Like with storage firms, websites are bloody useless. They want to give me exact quotes, or send people out to asess my needs. All I want at this stage is a ballpark figure - I want to know if I'm talking about 250 quid or 2000 quid for this sort of thing in order to consider alternatives such as friends, family and van hire.

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[del-c.livejournal.com]

It was two hundred and fifty quid for two movers and their van when I moved from London to Reading around 2000. Admittedly I had less than a three bedroom house's worth of stuff, but I think the movers' time, and the van for the day, and the petrol over the distance, are the dominating factors, so it's fairly insensitive to size of move. You're unlikely to have to shell out four figures even now in 2009 and even with all your goods.

If you really wanted to save money you could just hire a van and fill it, drive it and empty it yourself. But the two movers are worth the money.