Do removal companies pack for you in the UK?
Yes, and you choose how much. The removals team uses its own materials.
- Full packingThe whole home packed for you, using the team's own materials.
- Part packingThe rooms you name, while you pack the rest.
- Fragile-onlyGlass, china, mirrors and pictures. You pack the rest.
How much do removal companies charge for packing?
There is no price list. The packing is priced after the survey. Ask for it to be listed on the quote alongside the move.
- How much you ownFull cupboards take longer than half-empty ones.
- Fragile and awkward itemsGlass, artwork and anything wrapped piece by piece.
- Furniture to take apartBeds, wardrobes and tables that travel in pieces.
Empty boxes everywhere after the move? The removals team collects them
Book the box collection and the team takes them away. If you packed yourself, BCP Council's own rules decide where the boxes go.
- The box collection. The removals team collects the empty boxes after the move.
- Your recycling bin. It takes cardboard, corrugated card included, and is emptied every 2 weeks. Polystyrene and plastic wrapping are not accepted.
- Poole Recycling Centre, Nuffield Road. No booking needed. Take proof you live in Bournemouth, Christchurch or Poole.
Extra cardboard left next to or on top of the bin is not collected, and the lid must close. BCP's guidance says to keep the overflow on your own property until the next collection, or take it to a recycling centre.
How it works
Three steps from your call to packing on a written quote
If you want packing with the move, ask for both on one quote.
- Ask for packing
- Survey at home or by video
- Packing on the quote
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Ask for packing when you ring
Give the two postcodes, the size of the move and a phone number, and say you want packing.
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Open every cupboard for the surveyor
Packing is priced on what is inside them. Point out the glass, the pictures and anything you want packed on its own.
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Find the packing on the quote
It should name full, part or fragile-only, the rooms covered, any furniture to take apart and the box collection. Then agree it.
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Pack some rooms yourself, and the quote covers only the rest
Tell the surveyor which rooms are yours, so the quote covers only the rest. Fragile-only sits well beside your own packing: you box the books and clothes, and the glass and pictures are left to the team.
Will the team take furniture apart? Yes, and rebuild it at the new home
Yes. Beds, wardrobes and tables can be taken apart before the move and put back together at the other end. Name each one at the survey, so it is on the quote.
In what order should I start packing for a move?
Start with what you use least and finish with what you need on the first night. Packing yourself, or packing alongside the team? Work through it in this order.
- The loft, the garage and the shed. Out-of-season clothes, books and anything stored.
- Spare rooms and display things. Ornaments, pictures and the cupboards you rarely open.
- The rooms you use every day. Most of the kitchen and the bedrooms, in the last few days.
- The first-night box. Kettle, mugs, chargers, medicines, toiletries and bedding, packed last and opened first.
Label each box with the room it goes to at the new home, not the room it came from. Then every box can go straight to the right room.
The council's bins stay behind for the next people in
The rubbish and recycling containers stay at the property, left clean for the next people in (food waste containers too, in Bournemouth and Christchurch). A garden waste bin you pay for can go with you, once you have told the council you are moving, so it is the only bin that goes on the packing list.
Questions
Do you need to buy boxes, and are your own boxes covered?
Rather ring?
Do I need to buy boxes and tape?
Not if the removals team packs. It supplies its own packing materials, and the box collection takes them away after.
Are boxes I pack myself covered?
The cover includes goods in transit and public liability, but self-packed boxes may be handled under specific terms. Ask about those terms at the survey, before you choose which rooms to pack.
Can I pack some rooms and leave the rest to the team?
Yes, that is part packing. Name the rooms at the survey, so the written quote lists them.
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Want the packing done for you?
Say which rooms you want packed when you ring, or send the form, and the removals team books the survey.