House removals
Houses around the Rye
A Peckham house is usually taller than it is wide, frequently has a basement, and often has a loft conversion that nobody counted when they estimated how much there was. That is the job, and it is a good one when it is planned.
What a Peckham house actually contains
More than the room count suggests. The basement has been a workshop, a gym and a storage unit in turn. The loft conversion is somebody's office. The garden has a shed, a bike or four, and a barbecue nobody wants to move but everybody wants moved.
The survey counts all of it. Quotes built on "three bedrooms" and optimism are the reason moving days run into the night.
Stairs, and how many
Three or four flights between the top room and the vehicle is normal on the Rye-side streets and up through Nunhead. It does not make the job harder so much as longer, which is a crew-size and hours question rather than a difficulty one.
It also makes the loading order matter. Heavy and awkward pieces come down while the crew is fresh, not at four in the afternoon.
Conservation streets
Around Bellenden and Holly Grove the fabric deserves care: original doors, tiled paths, coloured glass and floorboards somebody has spent money restoring. Protection goes down at both ends before anything moves, nothing leans against the render, and nothing is dragged.
What is included
- Floor and door-frame protection at both ends
- Blanket wrap on upholstery and case furniture, corners protected
- Dismantling and reassembly of beds, wardrobes and tables
- Wardrobe cartons so clothes travel hanging
- An inventory, checked with you at delivery
- Goods-in-transit and public liability cover, limits stated on your quote
When the dates do not meet
Sales in this part of London slip as reliably as anywhere else. The household goes into storage, inventoried as it loads, and comes out when you have keys.
If you are moving a flat rather than a house, the flat page covers the communal-stair problem properly.
Worth knowing
House moves, the practical questions
Our house has a basement and a loft conversion.
Common around the Rye and Bellenden, and it means three or four flights between the top room and the van. That changes crew size and hours rather than whether the job works — and it is exactly what the survey is for.
Will you dismantle furniture?
Beds, wardrobes, table legs and anything that will not pass a Victorian doorway assembled. It is included, and it is rebuilt at the other end.
What protection goes down?
Floor runners and door-frame protection at both ends before anything moves. Blanket wrap on upholstery and case furniture, corner protection, crates for mirrors and glass, wardrobe cartons so clothes travel hanging.
We are in a conservation area. Does that matter?
For the fabric rather than the furniture: no fixings, nothing leaned against render or tiled paths, and protection on original floors. We work to that as standard on the Bellenden and Holly Grove streets.
How early should we book?
As soon as a date looks real. End-of-month dates and Fridays fill first everywhere, and in SE15 the end of the summer is busy with share and student moves on top of everything else.
Book the survey before you book the date.
The basement, the loft and the garden are where every underestimate comes from. Half an hour settles all three.