Moving tips & tricks
Everything we know about moving, written down
Eighteen years of other people's moving days, turned into guides you can actually use — what it costs, what to pack first, and the mistakes we watch people make every week. No fluff, and nothing you need to give us an email address for.
The 8-week moving house checklist
Week by week, from the day you accept an offer to the moment you hand the keys over. Print it, tick it, panic less.
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What removals really cost in the North East
Real 2026 prices for Durham, Newcastle and Sunderland moves — plus the hidden extras that turn a cheap quote expensive.
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How much do removals cost in the UK?
Every cost guide in the country quotes the same national averages. They are averages of quotes rather than invoices, and they blend Kensington with Consett.
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How to pack boxes properly
The way removal crews actually do it — what goes heavy, what goes light, and the five things people always get wrong.
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Moving day, hour by hour: the timeline nobody gives you
Eight in the morning until about six. The awkward bit is the two hours in the middle, when the van is loaded, the door is locked and the money has not landed.
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What size removal van do I need?
Volume is the number van hire sites advertise. Payload is the number that decides whether your move takes one trip or two, and it runs out first.
Read the guide →How to choose a removal company
Almost all of this is decided before anyone lifts anything. It is decided in the quote, and in whether the firm that wrote it employs the crew who turn up.
Read the guide →End of tenancy: moving out without losing your deposit
Move out first. Clean second. Get that order the wrong way round and you will be walking mud back through a house you have already paid someone to clean.
Read the guide →Student removals in Durham: what a room move costs
One room, one van, two hours. Book a Durham student move by the hour, not by the house, and work out the housemate split before anyone pays a deposit.
Read the guide →Removals from Durham to London: what 260 miles really costs
260 miles, one van, and a set of London charges a Durham van never meets at home. Being billed by the hour for motorway miles is the worst way to buy this.
Read the guide →The community discount: 10% off, and who it is for
Ten per cent off your move if you work for the NHS, the emergency services, the forces, a school, a care home or a registered charity, or if you foster or care for…
Read the guide →How to start a removal business in the UK
A Luton, a mate and a mobile number is not a business. Here is the arithmetic that decides whether it turns into one, from an operator eighteen years in.
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