As the name suggests, a company that helps people relocate houses is called corporate removals. Typically, they will give you a team of two or more workers known as“removals specialists” that have received professional training to load all of your furniture and possessions into their van, transport it all safely to your new house, and then unload it there.
As we all know, packing is a joyless experience. If you’d prefer not to pack yourself, several options exist that will also provide you with those services.
What should you expect from corporate removals?
Expect a Pre-move survey…
Your removal company will set up a pre-move survey to obtain an accurate price and guarantee that your relocation goes well. A trained move consultant (also known as a surveyor) from corporate removals will visit you at home to make mental notes of the items that need to be relocated and to discuss your needs.
Corporate removals may provide move counseling via the phone or video as well.
Depending on the size of your property, the pre-move survey should last an hour but not more than two. Plus, nobody gets charged for this. While it doesn’t take up to an hour for the pre-move survey, it is also expedient that the move consultant assigned to your house should be thorough and not just take a cursory look at the house.
By thorough, we mean that they should inspect each and every room of the house, as well as the loft, the garden, and any outbuildings or sheds you may have. Your quotation will be more accurate and your move will normally go more smoothly the more thorough the survey is.
Expect the corporate removals to check access for their lorry…
Checking access may not seem like a big deal, but knowing what access is like at both of your properties on move day can make or break how smoothly your move goes. This explains why when the move consultant/surveyor comes from corporate removals to visit, they should discuss access as part of their pre-move survey.
They should make their own initial assessment based on the parking availability or restrictions outside your home, and then they will ask you for more information about the property you are moving to. Sometimes it’s very simple – you may have a driveway where the removal truck can park directly, or you may be able to ask neighbors to temporarily move their cars if you all share a parking area. And, at other times, things may get a little complicated.
Expect corporate removals to ask about your moving schedule…
For corporate removals, getting this stage right is crucial since, without the necessary knowledge, the relocation would not be a success.
Expect them to inquire about every aspect of your anticipated moving schedule, from the exchange and completion dates (whether you’re buying or selling) all the way up to the time you need to vacate the home you’re leaving, in order to begin properly planning and preparing. The more information they have, the simpler and quicker it will be to organize your relocation and ensure that they can adhere to the timeframe you require.
Additionally, it enables corporate removals to assist you in comprehending availability and the various financial ramifications of shifting at various periods of the month or year.
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