Last time we left off with quote. Nothing could be simpler could it? After all, how hard can it be to tell me what it will cost to move my worldly goods from here to there?

Contrary to general belief, removal companies are not money grabbing organisations they are sometimes made out to be, well not all of them! The rate that you will be quoted, in general terms, is arrived at after a number of factors are taken into consideration. The load size, distance to be travelled, type of furniture, number of men required for job. To be able to give you a quote that will not vary, you then have to be able to provide removal company with as much detail as possible, and here an inventory is essential. In many instances a visit by removal company to house is proposed and can be beneficial. It is not however, compulsory, as after years of experience remover will know, after talking to you, roughly how much you have to move, and a full inventory will make this even easier.

You have no idea at all how much space your household contents will take up on a van and until now, no idea, as to how companies prepare their quotes. BUT you do have a sneaking suspicion that when you tell company that you think you have 35m3 that it is going to cost you more than if you tell them you only have 31m3. Above all RESIST this temptation.

Firstly, in reality extra 4m3 of load should not significantly change price, after all lorry is going to its destination anyway and only additional cost will be extra hours needed to load and unload. Secondly, if on day of move removal company announce that there is more than declared then you WILL be asked to pay more. When your belongings are already on van and you have to move, you are not in a very good bargaining position! Thirdly, if company has been told that load is “X” and in fact it is “X” plus 5m3 there is a good possibility that something will have to be left behind, simply because there is not enough room on van!

Contrary to general belief, removal companies are not money grabbing organisations they are sometimes made out to be, well not all of them! The rate that you will be quoted, in general terms, is arrived at after a number of factors are taken into consideration. The load size, distance to be travelled, type of furniture, number of men required for job. To be able to give you a quote that will not vary, you then have to be able to provide removal company with as much detail as possible, and here an inventory is essential. In many instances a visit by removal company to house is proposed and can be beneficial. It is not however, compulsory, as after years of experience remover will know, after talking to you, roughly how much you have to move, and a full inventory will make this even easier.

You have no idea at all how much space your household contents will take up on a van and until now, no idea, as to how companies prepare their quotes. BUT you do have a sneaking suspicion that when you tell company that you think you have 35m3 that it is going to cost you more than if you tell them you only have 31m3. Above all RESIST this temptation.

Firstly, in reality extra 4m3 of load should not significantly change price, after all lorry is going to its destination anyway and only additional cost will be extra hours needed to load and unload. Secondly, if on day of move removal company announce that there is more than declared then you will be asked to pay more. When your belongings are already on van and you have to move, you are not in a very good bargaining position! Thirdly, if company has been told that load is 'X' and in fact it is 'X' plus 5m3 there is a good possibility that something will have to be left behind, simply because there is not enough room on van!