Moving back to the UK - removals recommendations

[Gruber]

I'm not sure where to put this, so mods feel free to move, but...

I'd welcome any recommendations, based on experience please, of a (UK based!) company to do a full pack, move and possible temporary storage of our worldly belongings from Switzerland back to the UK.

Thanks in advance.

Edited by Gruber on Thursday 31st May 08:52

[cml24]

We used Crown Relocations to move from the UK to Georgia (the country). They did a fully packed service, with furniture and large items going into UK storage, about 6m3 of air frieght and a 20 foot container by sea. All arrived OK. They then did another 6m3 air frieght about a year later from the UK again to Georgia. Again, no issues. They used a local company for the last bit in Georgia, but the one they work with is the same every time and were perfect as well.

I'm not sure on cost as my company paid, but a friend of ours did use them to move UK to Switzerland a year or two ago and they were reasonably priced.

Worth a quote I would say.

[SaulGoodman]

We moved back from Lausanne a few years ago and used MS Move. They were the cheapest of the three quotes we had to get. They organised everything, including the permits for parking outside etc. The packing was two guys over two days. We then had most of the stuff put into storage in the UK for about 6 months. Full pack and unpack - no problems at either end, and nothing other than the odd glass broken.

They are Swiss based though. When we moved out we used AGS Four Winds, similar requirements. They certainly have a UK base and staff. You'll probably have different companies either end, but it's all overseen by the one contact.

[Gruber]

Thanks guys - much appreciated. I'll contact each of those for quotes.

[CharlesdeGaulle]

I've moved back to the UK several times although never paid the bill so don't know what they cost. We were moved twice by Britannia and found them very good. In fairness, of the 15 or so moves, a chunk of them to and from overseas, we've not a had a bad one with any of the big name UK firms.