House move, DIY or professionals?

[TheDriverCom]

Hi Chaps, due to losing our storage here in sunny Oxfordshire we are having to move around a Luton box van full of stuff down to our place near to La Chatre, a total of 500 miles door to door. I'm trying to decide what's the best way, rent a van and take a long weekend to load, travel, unload and return or buggered the cost and let the movers do it...suggestions please


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[TheDriverCom]

Spare tyre said:

V8RX7 said:

I suspect the issue with a rented van is taking / insuring it in France

When a friend moved stuff to Spain and had an empty run back, he found a quick post on FB found people happy to pay to shift stuff back to the UK - it ended up becoming a sideline.

Edited by V8RX7 on Friday 13th January 15:11

We hire vans for Le Mans, most people do it for a small premium


Op, what's van rental like in France?

Most of the bigger supermarkets, SuperU etc all have vans for hire but not sure about oversea use...thanks for all your suggestions, got a couple of weeks before I need to panic. Had a man and van quote me £1000 to do it so got to do my sums