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Straight talking moving advice from a Reading removals team that packs, lifts and drives every day of the week.
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How to Properly Pack When Moving House: A Complete Guide
Start six to eight weeks out, pack room by room from the top floor down and label every box. Here is the full professional method our Reading crews use.
Moving House With a Cat: Tips For a Hassle Free Move
Cats find moving day frightening and many go missing in the first week. Here is how to prepare, how to set up a safe room and when it is finally safe to let them outside.
The complete moving house checklist: eight weeks to moving day
Eight weeks, one list and nothing forgotten. Here is the week by week plan our crews wish every customer had on the fridge door.
The best time of year to move house in the UK
Fridays and month ends cost the most. Midweek mornings in the quieter months cost the least. Here is how removals demand actually works.
How to choose a removal company you can actually trust
Cheapest is rarely best value. Here are the ten checks that separate a professional removals firm from a van and two lads with a phone number.
Moving house with children without the meltdowns
Children cope with moving far better when they are told early and given a job. Practical tactics by age group from crews who have seen it all.
Office move checklist: relocating your business without downtime
Downtime is the real cost of an office move. Plan the IT, the labelling and the out of hours window and Monday morning simply works.
How to pack fragile items so nothing arrives broken
Plates travel on their edge, never flat. Glasses get paper inside as well as out. The small techniques that stop breakages.
What not to pack: items removal companies cannot move
Every removals firm has a no load list, and it is not red tape. Here is what cannot go in the lorry and how to dispose of it safely.
When storage saves your move and how to use it well
Sale and purchase dates rarely line up perfectly. Storage turns a two week gap from a crisis into an inconvenience.
Moving to Reading: a local guide to choosing your area
Caversham, Earley, Woodley, Tilehurst or Wokingham? A mover's view of the neighbourhoods, the commute and the streets that need a parking plan.
Downsizing and decluttering before you move
You pay to move volume, so every box you do not take is money saved. A calm, room by room method for letting things go.