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Making the Move From Outside the EU
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 23/01/2008, 10:58
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dianne
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Thank you for that.will try them
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02/02/2008, 21:53
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Athene
 
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Hunts provided a nightmare quote for us - £7300! for a bed house! We are using a Leeds company who are charging considerably less than that! If you would like their web address please email me.
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03/02/2008, 7:34
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Llwyncelyn
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However with Hunts be careful on access situations and if furniture has to be taken apart.
We had problems with access and they said they would park elsewhere and we would have to 'ferry' the goods from our house to the waiting van. Again they would not touch an expensive and old armoire.
However we were moving from Normandie to the Vendee and used someone in St Lo. First class.
Point of this is to watch access both ends in the UK not likely to be a problem but in France possible?
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03/02/2008, 15:26
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lamaisondubluesnumerique
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Re: Removal companies
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Hi,
I am a new joiner and found this thread most interesting. We are moving to the haute Vienne in June and attended the French Exhibition in London in January where we spoke with four removal companies, all of whom we asked to contact us to arrange a survy & estimate. Of the four (all well-known names) three contacted us to arrange to visit, although one subsequently cancelled due to a dental problem and said he would call last week to rearrange his appointment. we have yet to hear from him! One has still not contacted us. We also decided to contact two other companies which are reasonably local to us but are still specialists to France. Both have arranged appointments and one has visited and given us a quote. One visits next week.
We have so far received three prices the cheapest of which is almost 50% of the most expensive which is the company mentioned in this and several other posts. We are likely to go with the cheapest simply because their attention to detail has, so far, been first class and their representative who visited (the managing director) was very pleasant, listened and made usefull suggestions.
Our move is complicated by the fact we are moving some 300 potted plants (both indoor & outdoor) and the company who is favourite took this in their stride without breaking step.
Of course, only time will tell whetehr we make the right decision and we will not really know until we are unloaded at our new French home in the second week in June. Hopefully then I will be able to post to advise what a good company xxxxxxxxx are!
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15/03/2008, 0:11
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Athene
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Well you can never tell with these companies! Our company let us down on Thursday night and we are due to travel out on Tuesday. It would have been a real nightmare had not the original company who we first contacted to price the job were not able to shuffle round their work and take out stuff!
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15/03/2008, 11:36
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Belle
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we used hunts, wouldnt recommend them, our furniture left our house in the uk all crated up, however when it arrived here it had been removed from the grates and put in the lorry with another customers, we lost two curtain poles, and a box of kitchen stuff, when we tried to make a claim, which was within three hours of the drivers leaving, it took 5 months to get any money, they argued the toss continualy, and left us to deal with the insurance company directly, who could never find anyone at hunts to discuss the claim
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15/03/2008, 11:43
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cooperlola
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15/03/2008, 17:49
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Belle
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sorry have missed something, I cant find any reference to plants
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16/03/2008, 0:17
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trizzy
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The Plant thing,
I moved here two years ago with 80 large potted plants, all companies that quoted which totaled about 6 said it wouldn't be a problem, just the amount of space they would take up on the lorry etc. I know a few years ago it wasn't possible, but now all is fine from what I understand. By the way I used a guy off 'ebay' as he quoted far less than other companies for the move and he was complete rubbish and loads of stuff got broken. I think its a gamble and really all down to the guys doing the move, you can either be extremely lucky or very unlucky. Besides that, alot of the guys doing the removals work for differant companies depending on what day of the week it is, who has business, and who wants to travel down to France or beyond etc. I've moved 28 times during the last 20 years and have always used professional companies, but i've never found that the more you spend the better service you recieve, its all been down to luck and alot of finger crossing.
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