Why should you hire a professional removals company?

If you have moved home before, you will understand that it is no easy feat. With stress levels rising, moving day can a terrible experience if it is not handled correctly. If you have a driver’s licence you might feel comfortable hiring a van and doing your own house removals yourself, with the help of some of your friends and family.

When you actually factor in all the costs that are involved in doing your removals yourself, you might find out that it may cost more than you think and for that little extra it may cost you to hire a professional removal company, it would be worth every penny. Here is a rough guide of the costs involved for doing a local removal within a few miles:

DIY Removals (estimate costs)

•         Van hire for the day = £80.00

•         Fuel = £30.00 (small house)

If you can get friends or family to help with the removals as a favour then there will be no additional charge other than having to buy extra tea bags, coffee and milk (maybe some biscuits too). You could try to source some old boxes from super markets all though this is being increasing difficult as supermarkets are more reluctant to help than they used to be.

You may find that you use more than the above estimated fuel as the van you will hiring will be much smaller than the removal vans a professional removal firm would use meaning that you would have to take more trips back and forth with your household goods and personal effects.

Total cost (estimate) = £110.00 - £130.00 GBP + VAT

Additional fees may include any corrections needed to repair any damage done to the hired vehicle; also you may have to include the loss of wages due to any time taken off work from result of damaging yourself from incorrect lifting of heavy goods which can make DIY removals very expensive.

Removal Company (estimate costs)

•         2 bed house = £190.00 GBP plus VAT

•         3 bed house = £390.00 GBP plus VAT

•         4 bed plus house = £495.00 GBP - £525.00 GBP plus VAT

Above is a very rough guide of prices for removal companies, almost all rates are generally tailored to your requirements so you could live in a 4 bed house however you only want a removal company to move the large furniture meaning you will be charged less.

For an all-in figure you are getting a complete service from a removal company without the stress and worry of doing all the heavy lifting yourself, in fact you can put your feet up and let them move everything for you; just don’t forget to move otherwise you may end up in the back of the removal van with your furniture!

By leaving the removals to the professionals, your goods are in trained hands. They will have all the correct professional equipment to get your goods out of your home and into your new home as safely as possible. Your goods will also be insured against any damage whilst in the care of the removal company to give you further piece of mind.

Make sure you check the insurance policy of the removal firm before booking.

For more details please visit www.houseremovalsworldwide.co.uk