Shipping companies

Can anybody advise me on which shipping companies are the most reasonable, we live in Yorkshire and have a 3 bedroomed house to pack up and send to Perth later this year

Thanks

Kirstie

Hi Kirstie

Probably best getting quotes off 3 or 4 of the big players then see who you can negotiate down in price. John Masons seem to enjoy a good reputation on the forums, there's also Crown, PSS, Britannia etc. Also worth considering taking out your own transit insurance as it will probably be considerably cheaper than the removals companies own insurance. 'Insure Your Move' & Letton Percival specialise in transit insurance.

We used Doree Bonner. But we went "groupage" (part of a container rather than a full one and it only ships when they've filled the space up with other people's stuff) - we only had a smallish amount of stuff to ship. They seemed fine to us - nice folks at both ends of the move and nothing got lost/broken.

It's a complicated process and I know a few people who's stuff has never arrived. It's a small risk, but with things like photos or other precious stuff, you may want to consider other methods.

We used John Mason's who use Wridgeways at this end ... couldn't fault either from start to finish

Has anyone used Anglo Pacific? How do you go about getting quotes? do they come to your house to price up what need removing or do you give them an inventory? very exciting!

Hi to Simon and Helen

We just had AP come out and quote for us - the salesman was lovely - full of useful tips like put a dry teabag in the freezer and fridge compartments of your fridge freezer to keep them dry (don't know if this actually works or is just sales patter but sounded reasonable to us!). Seems like a reasonable quote but we have only had PSS out as well so will be looking for at least a couple more.

Get the impression they all come out for a quote - if a company didn't, I think I would worry!

Good luck with the impending move!

Cru

Has anybody used Pearsons removals for shipping ? If so were there any problems ?

we used john masons and they were excellent this end, we dont go for another 3 weeks, so i'll let you know about how they do over there.

Vote for Crown here. We had so little time to organise anything and with Mrs p already here I was running around like a headless chook.

They were extremely helpful UK side and the same here.

We shared a container, all arrived ok, just delayed by customs and considering the amount of artwork we bought only my sons bike and a piece of sculpture were damaged. The claim for this was simple and settled agreeably.

All good AFAIK

Definately recommend 'Atlantis overseas removals' -- based in Leeds....John Higgins if the managing director--mention my name and will do you an excellent deal ( Germaine wilkinson) - we used him, my parents are using him next month and our friends also used him

really fantastic!

Germaine

Hello

Friends of ours used PSS when they moved to Oz a couple of years ago & they recommended them to us. We've had a good quote from them for our move. We just called them & they sent one of their guys round to go through what we will be taking. We will be hopefully moving at the end of this year, so far found them really helpful.

Bec

We will be off from Rugby to Perth...has anybody got experience of Britannia?

Thanks

I can't find Crown!! Am I being a dumb arse?? x

hi Tomabbie,

. I have good experience with dhl and w.a.s. I found them via an international shipping website. Maybe you can search there your selves.

Good luck.

Greetz

Danny

I can recommend G B Liners in the UK who deal with Kent Storage over here as they gave great service and were not the most expensive. Their fees on arrival were much less than others too

I can recommend G B Liners in the UK who deal with Kent Storage over here as they gave great service and were not the most expensive. Their fees on arrival were much less than others too

:arghh:I've just been on their website and filled the price calculator for moving- Hope its wrong[h=1]:biglaugh:Removals Price Calculator[/h] For your move from a 4 bedroom house including packing services over a distance of 8998 miles (one way)

Provisional Cost £29,141.11 inc. VAT

From frum posts I think 2k-6k is the norm depending on what you have so it better be wrong !!!

:arghh:I've just been on their website and filled the price calculator for moving- Hope its wrong:biglaugh:Removals Price Calculator

 

For your move from a 4 bedroom house including packing services over a distance of 8998 miles (one way)

 

Provisional Cost £29,141.11 inc. VAT

OMG Really????!!!!!!

I can only assume that there is some sort of glitch in the system......hope so anyway. Just to give you some comfort that we are not millionaires and didn't pay as much as that

We moved from a 5 bed 3 bathroomed detached house with a double garage - and had loads of stuff particularly clothes/shoes and handbags - my husbands not mine honest lol! - to Perth and it cost us 4250 that's sterling not dollars, including VAT and a further 350 for insurance. That included 2 days packing - and we really did not lift a finger as they did everything for us, we just had to identify what was going and make sure it was clean and ok to go. The guys were brilliant and made what was a really stressful time, so much easier and it was all done so quickly. They custom made a box for a particularly large glass clock that we have - stands over 6 foot tall - which I was terrified would get broken and it arrived in one piece. We had a couple of items broken but I don't know anyone yet that hasn't and they were not things of great value or that could not be replaced - such as my microwave and a knife block but nothing major.

All our things arrived which was the main thing - I know of friends that have had 1 or 2 boxes go missing never to be seen again.........which is worrying as it could be things that you will never get back like photographs etc.

At the other end they deal with Kent Storage who again were brilliant and the guys that unpacked put all the furniture together for us like beds, dining table, coffee tables etc which was a major help and it only took them half a day to unload/unpack etc. They also come and pick up the boxes from you afterwards too.

If you give them a call, which is what I did, they will walk round your house and give you a written estimate and also walk you through what you can and can't take with you too so that you are prepared.

Oh and I should point out that my stuff was packed on 12th and 13th of December and set sail just before Christmas 23rd I think therefore shipping costs may have been more expensive at that time of year. Again if you speak to them on the phone once you have your estimate you can usually negotiate with them too. They will tell you which days in the month are cheaper to have it packed and which week in the month the shipping charges are lower so if you can be flexible you can utilise this knowledge to get the price down. We did and saved around 250 pounds just by not having the house packed on a Friday as is their busiest day. It also depends on how much stuff you want them to pack and how much you pack yourself. They did everything for us but you can negotiate if you are prepared to pack some things yourself for instance, however be aware that it is then on your head if it gets damaged.

Hope this helps and good luck with the move!

Hi Im all booked with Pearson home movers an they are due to start my packing on April 4th x im paying around £4000 for a 3 bed house an all its contents an that also includes £20,000 ins, Will re post when its all arrived and give feed back x

Nicky x

OMG Really????!!!!!!

 

I can only assume that there is some sort of glitch in the system......hope so anyway. Just to give you some comfort that we are not millionaires and didn't pay as much as that

 

 

We moved from a 5 bed 3 bathroomed detached house with a double garage - and had loads of stuff particularly clothes/shoes and handbags - my husbands not mine honest lol! - to Perth and it cost us 4250 that's sterling not dollars, including VAT and a further 350 for insurance. That included 2 days packing - and we really did not lift a finger as they did everything for us, we just had to identify what was going and make sure it was clean and ok to go. The guys were brilliant and made what was a really stressful time, so much easier and it was all done so quickly. They custom made a box for a particularly large glass clock that we have - stands over 6 foot tall - which I was terrified would get broken and it arrived in one piece. We had a couple of items broken but I don't know anyone yet that hasn't and they were not things of great value or that could not be replaced - such as my microwave and a knife block but nothing major.

 

All our things arrived which was the main thing - I know of friends that have had 1 or 2 boxes go missing never to be seen again.........which is worrying as it could be things that you will never get back like photographs etc.

 

At the other end they deal with Kent Storage who again were brilliant and the guys that unpacked put all the furniture together for us like beds, dining table, coffee tables etc which was a major help and it only took them half a day to unload/unpack etc. They also come and pick up the boxes from you afterwards too.

 

If you give them a call, which is what I did, they will walk round your house and give you a written estimate and also walk you through what you can and can't take with you too so that you are prepared.

 

Oh and I should point out that my stuff was packed on 12th and 13th of December and set sail just before Christmas 23rd I think therefore shipping costs may have been more expensive at that time of year. Again if you speak to them on the phone once you have your estimate you can usually negotiate with them too. They will tell you which days in the month are cheaper to have it packed and which week in the month the shipping charges are lower so if you can be flexible you can utilise this knowledge to get the price down. We did and saved around 250 pounds just by not having the house packed on a Friday as is their busiest day. It also depends on how much stuff you want them to pack and how much you pack yourself. They did everything for us but you can negotiate if you are prepared to pack some things yourself for instance, however be aware that it is then on your head if it gets damaged.

 

Hope this helps and good luck with the move!

I think your right about the glich... Will call them tomorrow- Thanks for your post xxx

I think your right about the glich... Will call them tomorrow- Thanks for your post xxx

No worries, happy to help!

Spoke to GB Liners today, even the girl at the end of the phone hada chuckle about the online calculator He's coming round in 2 weeks to give me a more accurate quote. Thanks XXXX:smile2:

Haha, I thought it was a bit weird! Good luck!

Thank you for such detailed advice!

We have asked GB Liners for a quote and they are coming tomorrow. Britannia have been.

We are still waiting for Crown who are so busy that survey visits are almost 4 weeks wait.

OMG Really????!!!!!!

 

I can only assume that there is some sort of glitch in the system......hope so anyway. Just to give you some comfort that we are not millionaires and didn't pay as much as that

 

 

We moved from a 5 bed 3 bathroomed detached house with a double garage - and had loads of stuff particularly clothes/shoes and handbags - my husbands not mine honest lol! - to Perth and it cost us 4250 that's sterling not dollars, including VAT and a further 350 for insurance. That included 2 days packing - and we really did not lift a finger as they did everything for us, we just had to identify what was going and make sure it was clean and ok to go. The guys were brilliant and made what was a really stressful time, so much easier and it was all done so quickly. They custom made a box for a particularly large glass clock that we have - stands over 6 foot tall - which I was terrified would get broken and it arrived in one piece. We had a couple of items broken but I don't know anyone yet that hasn't and they were not things of great value or that could not be replaced - such as my microwave and a knife block but nothing major.

 

All our things arrived which was the main thing - I know of friends that have had 1 or 2 boxes go missing never to be seen again.........which is worrying as it could be things that you will never get back like photographs etc.

 

At the other end they deal with Kent Storage who again were brilliant and the guys that unpacked put all the furniture together for us like beds, dining table, coffee tables etc which was a major help and it only took them half a day to unload/unpack etc. They also come and pick up the boxes from you afterwards too.

 

If you give them a call, which is what I did, they will walk round your house and give you a written estimate and also walk you through what you can and can't take with you too so that you are prepared.

 

Oh and I should point out that my stuff was packed on 12th and 13th of December and set sail just before Christmas 23rd I think therefore shipping costs may have been more expensive at that time of year. Again if you speak to them on the phone once you have your estimate you can usually negotiate with them too. They will tell you which days in the month are cheaper to have it packed and which week in the month the shipping charges are lower so if you can be flexible you can utilise this knowledge to get the price down. We did and saved around 250 pounds just by not having the house packed on a Friday as is their busiest day. It also depends on how much stuff you want them to pack and how much you pack yourself. They did everything for us but you can negotiate if you are prepared to pack some things yourself for instance, however be aware that it is then on your head if it gets damaged.

 

Hope this helps and good luck with the move!

Thank you for such detailed advice!

 

We have asked GB Liners for a quote and they are coming tomorrow. Britannia have been.

 

We are still waiting for Crown who are so busy that survey visits are almost 4 weeks wait.

No problem at all - happy to help :ssign15: