if moving four hours/250 miles away

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anyone have a rough guess/experience as to what the removal truck would cost??

standard three bed house...

two years ago it was £540, we did all our own packing. They were prompt, careful, courteous and efficient.

shop around though, we had quotes for four times that.

wow, £540 would be great-can i ask who with?

we did a self hire - a company that had a depot in the south

so picked it up at north depot, dropped it at south depot

can't remember how much - but nothing near £540

I think driving the truch yourself is the cheapest way

odd bits of shit in your car too

Ours was 800 I think with packing too. Got 5 men for that (!) they came on fri and packed, then transported sat morning. Was Pickfords I think about 3 years ago, definitely recommend.

Use a company from the area you are moving to, on moving day they will be less likely to be careless in a rush, as they have a long journey ahead,

It's also a good way to start in a new community. £540 is amazingly cheap.

We moved ourselves last time but unfortunately for various reasons it just wouldn't work this time.
That is a good idea re getting someone from where we are going to, will check that out.

With packing or not?

Custardo you do make chuckle

either packing or not. just wondered about a rough cost for such a long move, never done it before.

Pure guesstimate but id say 800 with, 600 without

That prob wont incude insurance though

Sorry factor in 8 hours driving too prob another 300. No help at all really but I would think it was around that

Simply Removals. Keep the cost down by not moving on a Friday and avoid school holidays.

thanks , that helps.

We've just had quotes for moving 150 miles, also from a 3 bed house (although we do have a lot of books)

Quotes have come in from £1600 to £2300. That's with us doing packing ourselves too.

We're in the SE.

Gosh, I just got a quote for 750 (and one for £1000)but it was a total guess about how many boxes we'd have! Getting another quote tomorrow from someone who will visit first to see what we've got....