We were wondering if anyone can advise us on the cubic capacity of a part (shared) container, has anyone got the costings of such?
We have decided not to take any large furniture with us, but probably have too much to box and send.
We have personal items, Joinery tools (quite an amount). Fishing tackle, 2 Cycles, CDs and various other small items. Has anyone had the same dilemma? We would like to keep the cost down as much as possible.
Obviously if we did decide on a part container i am sure we would fill it!!!!
Likewise if the cost outweighed the need for certain items we would not take them with us.
Good luck to all that are trying
Regards Chris and Andrea.

Hi there

I had a quote from PSS based upon 442 cubic feet (estimate formed by reference to a questionnaire I completed) of GBP1928 from essex UK to Adelaide, Au.

We have a small two bed house and are not taking any beds or wardrobes - but pretty much everything else, including bikes and garden equipment.

Thought this was v good quote.

Our stuff will be in a shared container. Pack and removal = 1 day. Arrival time = 8/12 weeks.

PS. It would cost us way more than GBP1928 to re-acquire a whole house of furniture!!!

I deduce from a quote that we've had that a 20' container holds 1000 cubic feet. For that you should budget around £3000-4000, I would imagine (just a rough estimate, obviously. There are plenty of postings on this forum with actual quotations, which I haven't checked).

Of course you'll need to know what your volume is, but surely that's for the removals people to work out, isn't it?

P.S. Olive, 442 cubic feet? Sigh, I just wish we had anything like that little. I think we'll be discarding that much in junk alone!

This was a bargain at £1,700, something was dropped from the original price, after some haggling.

Loading up, after all the hardwork:

I'm budgeting about 2500 pounds to take what we have which is basically 3 double beds (all can be broken down), a bar billairds table, a bar which is about 5 ft by 6ft when broken down (cant live without it too many memories) and all the other small crap that I have collected over my life. no sofa/ electrical items etc as hubby already has all that in OZ. I have got a few quotes and I am probably over budgeting but I'd prefer that.

How a my 1ft by 5inches cat costs more I'm not sure but that's life i suppose

Kala

That whole container cost 1700 pounds?????????????? yay my day made, my stuff is only gonna cost about a fiver

Kala

Hate to be picky (not!), but just to be sure about apples with apples: from where, to where and when? (I mean, you claim to be in Ontario, so you can see why I'm asking.)

Too right! Especially the cat - make sure they wrap it in breathable bubble wrap, though

Anya.

I bet it would be cheaper if you broke it down!

Now there's a specialist skill, cat-wrapping. Takes years of training.

Not so sure on that, she is being a right pain today (seems to think that clawing the C**p out of my leg is the way to get more food), maybe non breathable bubble wrap is the answer!?!?!

To all animal friendly people out there that was a joke.

Kala

A bit nosy aren't you? Am in Cairo actually, at least that is what the GPS tells me That was my my aunty moving to brissy earlier this year, the container was from Allied Pickfords !

Like i said, some haggling was done, and it was door-to-door !

So that container was your Aunts, was it that one that cost 1700 pounds? and where in the Uk was it from? or have you had one from Ontario or Cairo that cost 1700 pounds?

Kala