What might I be expected to pay to move the contents of a minimally
furnished three bedroom house from Maidenhead to Lincoln?

What alternatives to removal lorries exist? For example, on a recent
TV programme about moving to Australia, the people concerned had their
stuff packed and moved in a container.

MM

Mike Mitchell wrote:

Hello Mike

MM| What might I be expected to pay to move the contents of a
MM| minimally furnished three bedroom house from Maidenhead to
MM| Lincoln?

MM| What alternatives to removal lorries exist? For example, on
MM| a recent TV programme about moving to Australia, the people
MM| concerned had their stuff packed and moved in a container.

Are you serious? Containers are used for sea travels because they're
the way freight is shifted and doing it any other way gets EXTREMELY
expensive.

I freely admit geography is not my strongest suit, but AFAIK there
aren't many container routes between Maidenhead and Lincoln.

If you don't want to hire removals, hire a van/lorry and do it
yourself.

--
Simon Avery, Dartmoor, UK
uk.d-i-y FAQ: http://www.diyfaq.org.uk/

In message , Mike Mitchell
writes
What might I be expected to pay to move the contents of a minimally
furnished three bedroom house from Maidenhead to Lincoln?

Pass, the furthest I've ever had some one move me was a bout 20 miles
and they did it in about 1/2 a day so not of any use really (cost about
GBP 300 IIRC)

What alternatives to removal lorries exist?

Well, I know of someone who moved their house using bicycles, trailers
and the like, but Maidenhead to Lincoln would be a fair way by
cycle.......

For example, on a recent
TV programme about moving to Australia, the people concerned had their
stuff packed and moved in a container.

Well, yes that makes sense for shipping overseas, wherew the container
can just be offloaded the other end onto a trailer and taken to the
destination. what would be the point of doing this for domestic moves?

I can't really imagine what alternatives you imagine there are. Other
than DIY-ing it. Having done a number of DIY moves and then paid for the
last one I would only ever do it again if I just could not afford to pay
someone
--
Chris French, Leeds

On Sat, 6 Dec 2003 21:15:38 +0000, chris French
wrote:


OPFor example, on a recent
OPTV programme about moving to Australia, the people concerned had
OPtheir
OPstuff packed and moved in a container.

Well, yes that makes sense for shipping overseas, wherew the container
can just be offloaded the other end onto a trailer and taken to the
destination. what would be the point of doing this for domestic moves?


It makes quite a bit of sense - Hire the thing and have it put outside
your house - it's not a a vehicle so parking rules don't apply -
although you may have to light it. You can take your time about
filling it up.

And here's the really useful one - if the sale falls through (of your
target house) you can leave the stuff in the container - get it moved
to a secure yard, and you're then able to take a more reasoned
decision about whether you're going to carry on with your own sale -
which will give you plenty of cash leverage on the next attempted
purchase. A friend has just got caught with the the sale falling
through whilst the pantechnicons were on the road. It's cost a lot of
money to have everything palletted up and put into conventional
storage - MORE than the cost of buying a container outright and
putting it on a farm ...

Suspect you could even live in one if need be ...


Barley Twist
(Please put out the cats to reply direct)

"Mike Mitchell" wrote in message
...
What might I be expected to pay to move the contents of a minimally
furnished three bedroom house from Maidenhead to Lincoln?

What alternatives to removal lorries exist? For example, on a recent
TV programme about moving to Australia, the people concerned had their
stuff packed and moved in a container.

Any book or article on moving usually has a section on removal, with options
and costs. Unless you want to DIY with the help of mates, contact some
removal companies and ask for quotes. the costs vary among removers and what
exactly you want them to do: packing/unpacking everything, only packing
breakables, or DIY packing with boxes provided etc. A big firm like
Pickford's will charge in excess of £1000 even without packing, while a
small local but reputable firm will be a little cheaper. If they cannot
complete the move within a day, they'll charge more. Labour rates vary and
Maidenhead I'd have thought is a high-cost area. If you get it under £1000
you'd done it rather well IMO. Ask some friends and neighbours who've
recently moved for recommendations. In my experience reputable firms use
professional packers who work efficiently with care, while cowboys hire
untrained labourers who can cause a lot of damage and inconvenience
afterwards.

Alec

"Barley Twist" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 6 Dec 2003 21:15:38 +0000, chris French
wrote:


OPFor example, on a recent
OPTV programme about moving to Australia, the people concerned had
OPtheir
OPstuff packed and moved in a container.

Well, yes that makes sense for shipping overseas, wherew the container
can just be offloaded the other end onto a trailer and taken to the
destination. what would be the point of doing this for domestic moves?


It makes quite a bit of sense - Hire the thing and have it put outside
your house - it's not a a vehicle so parking rules don't apply -
although you may have to light it. You can take your time about
filling it up.

and how do you secure it whilst it is half empty?

tim

"Mike Mitchell" wrote in message
...
What might I be expected to pay to move the contents of a minimally
furnished three bedroom house from Maidenhead to Lincoln?

What alternatives to removal lorries exist? For example, on a recent
TV programme about moving to Australia, the people concerned had their
stuff packed and moved in a container.

I must say the last time I moved I got a real shock at the prices.
It was the only part of moving that had gone up about three fold
in 9 years - everything else was about the same. I got several quotes
from big and small firms at both ends of the move and even tried
for a discount for letting them choose the day (IIRC I got a
useless 20 quid off for this), but they all came in at around
800 quid for a 30 mile move.

However I was in the fortunate position of having both houses for a
while so I moved the valuable items myself by car and got a man and
a van (plus two more men) to move the heavy stuff for about a quarter
of the price. Though whether a man and van and his three mates will be
competitive for a move that probably requires an overnight stay is another
matter (the nationals will use their own staff at each end and only the
driver will go with the van)

tim



MM

Barley Twist wrote:



Suspect you could even live in one if need be ...



There was a program about this. In the USA I think. People were renting
lockable containers in a temp. controlled store and living in them. Cost
was very low for warm dry housing of the bedsit flavor.

Would make great housing actually - kit them out as blocks - the living
block, the sleepng block, the loo and bath block, and stack em.




Barley Twist
(Please put out the cats to reply direct)

On Sun, 7 Dec 2003 14:46:29 +0100, "tim"
wrote:
and how do you secure it whilst it is half empty?


umm - close the doors and put decent padlocks through the hasps?

I'm familiar (having helped fill the thing!) with one being used for
this purpose - very solidly built and I'd say the doors are much more
secure than on many cars and vans.

And if it's still close to the house whilst being filled then alarm
it...


Barley Twist
(Please put out the cats to reply direct)

In article ,
Barley Twist writes:
On Sat, 6 Dec 2003 21:15:38 +0000, chris French
wrote:

It makes quite a bit of sense - Hire the thing and have it put outside
your house - it's not a a vehicle so parking rules don't apply -
although you may have to light it. You can take your time about
filling it up.

You will need a licence from most local authorities to leave it
in the street over night.

--
Andrew Gabriel

tim wrote in message
...

"Barley Twist" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 6 Dec 2003 21:15:38 +0000, chris French
wrote:


OPFor example, on a recent
OPTV programme about moving to Australia, the people concerned had
OPtheir
OPstuff packed and moved in a container.

Well, yes that makes sense for shipping overseas, wherew the container
can just be offloaded the other end onto a trailer and taken to the
destination. what would be the point of doing this for domestic moves?


It makes quite a bit of sense - Hire the thing and have it put outside
your house - it's not a a vehicle so parking rules don't apply -
although you may have to light it. You can take your time about
filling it up.

and how do you secure it whilst it is half empty?

tim


when we did house clearance we had to store the house contents for 4 weeks
or so.

we used 2 20' ships containers, they gave us loads of room and we never had
any problem with security as the lock is hidden in an opened metal box

would use this method again in future but would get planningh permission
first but that is another story!

david

Barley Twist wrote:
On Sat, 6 Dec 2003 21:15:38 +0000, chris French
wrote:


For example, on a recent
TV programme about moving to Australia, the people concerned had
their
stuff packed and moved in a container.

Well, yes that makes sense for shipping overseas, wherew the
container can just be offloaded the other end onto a trailer and
taken to the destination. what would be the point of doing this for
domestic moves?


It makes quite a bit of sense - Hire the thing and have it put outside
your house - it's not a a vehicle so parking rules don't apply -
No but other rules do..
although you may have to light it. You can take your time about
filling it up.

That wouldn't work around here or in London.
You even have to have LA licence for a skip and the time you can have it on
the highway is limited..
Someone would complain about it obstructing the highway and the LA would
have it removed

On Sun, 7 Dec 2003 15:44:37 -0000, "BillR"
wrote:

Someone would complain about it obstructing the highway and the LA would
have it removed

Would they remove it to Lincoln, though?

MM

"The Natural Philosopher" wrote
| There was a program about this. In the USA I think. People were
| renting lockable containers in a temp. controlled store and living
| in them. Cost was very low for warm dry housing of the bedsit flavor.
| Would make great housing actually - kit them out as blocks - the living
| block, the sleepng block, the loo and bath block, and stack em.

A charity in Glasgow refurbishes old bikes and sells them cheap to people on
a housing scheme. The unfashionable models that the local neds won't be seen
dead on go into a container which is sent to Africa, and the container is
used for housing there rather than being sent back.

Owain

In message ,
Mike Mitchell wrote:

What might I be expected to pay to move the contents of a minimally
furnished three bedroom house from Maidenhead to Lincoln?

Can only give the example of moving our maximally furnished (with books
and junk rather than any real amount of furniture) 3 bed semi from near
Sheffield to Caerphilly (about 200 miles). We got three verbal quotes
from people at the Wales end because the bulky stuff is in storage while
the house is sorted out. Moved the china, computer, TV, HiFi, child's
toys ourselves over a couple of weeks as we had the "new" house before
having to vacate the "old" one and I was commuting anyway.

Verbal quotes came in at approx £600, £1,000, £1,200 plus VAT IIRC to
load lorry (four blokes) drop off some stuff at house and put the rest
into storage. We went for the £600 people on a couple of recommendations
and because they were the closest in location to the new place. The
final bill came to about £1,000 including the first four weeks of
storage (£28/wk). They set off from Caerphilly at about 3 a.m., had a
slow journey because of lorry trouble and arrived about 9. They left
sometime after 3 but didn't do the drop-off until the next day (suited
us fine).

Great bunch of guys, bit rough and ready, but no complaining about the
odds and ends we hadn't quite managed to fit into boxes :-) As I said,
we'd taken most of the important stuff separately but they did take the
piano - we hid in the front room while they manhandled it up the back
garden path. If it was worth any serious amount of money we'd have hired
in some specialist movers. Time will tell if it's been damaged, though
I suspect it'll be ok.

HTH

Hwyl!

M.

--
Martin Angove: http://www.tridwr.demon.co.uk/
Don't fight technology, live with it: http://www.livtech.co.uk/
.... A wise man once said.... I don't know...

On Mon, 08 Dec 2003 00:01:24 GMT, Martin Angove
wrote:

Great bunch of guys, bit rough and ready, but no complaining about the
odds and ends we hadn't quite managed to fit into boxes :-) As I said,
we'd taken most of the important stuff separately but they did take the
piano - we hid in the front room while they manhandled it up the back
garden path. If it was worth any serious amount of money we'd have hired
in some specialist movers. Time will tell if it's been damaged, though
I suspect it'll be ok.

Sounds good to me! I'm glad you found some decent blokes who didn't
rip you off. Who cares if they were a bit rough and ready!

Best of luck!

MM

On Sat, 06 Dec 2003 18:59:35 +0000, Mike Mitchell
wrote:

What might I be expected to pay to move the contents of a minimally
furnished three bedroom house from Maidenhead to Lincoln?

What alternatives to removal lorries exist? For example, on a recent
TV programme about moving to Australia, the people concerned had their
stuff packed and moved in a container.

MM
Easiest way to find out is ring round for quotes,failing that ring a
hire company and see how much a large van or 7.5 tonne truck costs per
day...

(Simon Avery) wrote in message ...
Mike Mitchell wrote:

Hello Mike

MM| What might I be expected to pay to move the contents of a
MM| minimally furnished three bedroom house from Maidenhead to
MM| Lincoln?

MM| What alternatives to removal lorries exist? For example, on
MM| a recent TV programme about moving to Australia, the people
MM| concerned had their stuff packed and moved in a container.

Are you serious? Containers are used for sea travels because they're
the way freight is shifted and doing it any other way gets EXTREMELY
expensive.

I freely admit geography is not my strongest suit, but AFAIK there
aren't many container routes between Maidenhead and Lincoln.


Plenty! They're called roads, ahh you don't have those on Dartmoor:-)