Renting space in container
Jan 9th 2007, 2:20 am
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Renting space in container
Hi there
My son may be moving over from the UK towards the end of this year. He is at Uni at the moment so has stuff which we would need to get over to Brisbane.
Has any one ever rented part of a container. He is in Leeds but would be able to get his things to anywhere within reason.
Any ideas would be really helpful.
Sharon
My son may be moving over from the UK towards the end of this year. He is at Uni at the moment so has stuff which we would need to get over to Brisbane.
Has any one ever rented part of a container. He is in Leeds but would be able to get his things to anywhere within reason.
Any ideas would be really helpful.
Sharon
Jan 9th 2007, 2:28 am
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Re: Renting space in container
Hi there
My son may be moving over from the UK towards the end of this year. He is at Uni at the moment so has stuff which we would need to get over to Brisbane.
Has any one ever rented part of a container. He is in Leeds but would be able to get his things to anywhere within reason.
Any ideas would be really helpful.
Sharon
My son may be moving over from the UK towards the end of this year. He is at Uni at the moment so has stuff which we would need to get over to Brisbane.
Has any one ever rented part of a container. He is in Leeds but would be able to get his things to anywhere within reason.
Any ideas would be really helpful.
Sharon
Jan 9th 2007, 9:00 am
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Re: Renting space in container
Hi there
My son may be moving over from the UK towards the end of this year. He is at Uni at the moment so has stuff which we would need to get over to Brisbane.
Has any one ever rented part of a container. He is in Leeds but would be able to get his things to anywhere within reason.
Any ideas would be really helpful.
Sharon
My son may be moving over from the UK towards the end of this year. He is at Uni at the moment so has stuff which we would need to get over to Brisbane.
Has any one ever rented part of a container. He is in Leeds but would be able to get his things to anywhere within reason.
Any ideas would be really helpful.
Sharon
I'm doing a shared container. Anything below 1/3 to 3/4 full of a 20ft container is worth doing shared as its cheaper. I have around 650cuft and it works out slightly cheaper than a total one. Note anything below a 1/2 container and you start to not get savings, the costs start to level out.
Jan 10th 2007, 6:06 am
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Re: Renting space in container
Hi there
My son may be moving over from the UK towards the end of this year. He is at Uni at the moment so has stuff which we would need to get over to Brisbane.
Has any one ever rented part of a container. He is in Leeds but would be able to get his things to anywhere within reason.
Any ideas would be really helpful.
Sharon
My son may be moving over from the UK towards the end of this year. He is at Uni at the moment so has stuff which we would need to get over to Brisbane.
Has any one ever rented part of a container. He is in Leeds but would be able to get his things to anywhere within reason.
Any ideas would be really helpful.
Sharon
Hi Sharon
I don't know how much stuff your son has so don't know if this suggestion will be any good but there are shippers who do special deals for students. I am not sure of the limits on what is sent but it could be a starting point. I only know this from when I was at Derby uni we used to get stuff in our pigeon holes. I think upakweship was one and it was possible to send stuff as excess baggage.There is also student shipping so may be worth investigating.
http://www.studentshipping.co.uk/
Failing that most shipping companies worth their salt will sort out the sharing of a container for him. Hope this helps.
Mx
Jan 10th 2007, 6:15 am
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Re: Renting space in container
Hi Sharon
I don't know how much stuff your son has so don't know if this suggestion will be any good but there are shippers who do special deals for students. I am not sure of the limits on what is sent but it could be a starting point. I only know this from when I was at Derby uni we used to get stuff in our pigeon holes. I think upakweship was one and it was possible to send stuff as excess baggage.There is also student shipping so may be worth investigating.
http://www.studentshipping.co.uk/
Failing that most shipping companies worth their salt will sort out the sharing of a container for him. Hope this helps.
Mx
I don't know how much stuff your son has so don't know if this suggestion will be any good but there are shippers who do special deals for students. I am not sure of the limits on what is sent but it could be a starting point. I only know this from when I was at Derby uni we used to get stuff in our pigeon holes. I think upakweship was one and it was possible to send stuff as excess baggage.There is also student shipping so may be worth investigating.
http://www.studentshipping.co.uk/
Failing that most shipping companies worth their salt will sort out the sharing of a container for him. Hope this helps.
Mx
Thanks so much for that. I will definately get him to look at the student shipping website.
He does not have that much stuff but he does have a Roland electronic keyboard which weighs a ton and things like stereo system etc.
Sharon
Jan 10th 2007, 6:27 am
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Re: Renting space in container
I don't think it's so much the weight of stuff but the size when it comes to shipping. He could also try asking the usual suspects, e.g. Allied Pickfords, Abel if they do discounts for students. They probably don't ask you don't get.
Mx
