Moving US to UK: Bringing Computers and a Television
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Re: Moving US to UK: Bringing Computers and a Television
We moved from Houston to England in January this year and the quotes we got for a full service removal, 20' container went as high as $11k from Allied. We went with United Van Lines for $4,500 and that included all the packing and unpacking, removal of all boxes etc. Insurance was on top of that. We were extremely satisfied and only hope they are as competitive again when our son moves in September.
We did bring a number of electrical devices including a 50" TV which needed a step down transformer but works just fine with HDMI connector to the cable box.
We did bring a number of electrical devices including a 50" TV which needed a step down transformer but works just fine with HDMI connector to the cable box.
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Re: Moving US to UK: Bringing Computers and a Television
International Movers Network: $3000 (I will be strongly following up with this one).
Blue Horizon: 20 foot container door-to-door = $3800 + full packing service $1150 + documentation $95. Turns out not too bad if you do your own packing.
Western Express International: 20 foot container $7600.
When I asked about storage for a couple of months while we buy a house in York, one of these said $450 a month for that. Bear in mind the typical self storage firms in Maryland charge about $150 per month. You can get storage in the UK at: York 39 pounds per week; Liverpool 32 pounds per week; Blackburn area 18 to 25 pounds per week.
I'm trying to stipulate shipment to Hull, to minimize the road trip (25 miles to York), but may have to settle for Liverpool (75 miles to York). Hull is 20 pounds per week for storage.
When I came back to the US in 2006 I shipped through Atlantic International Movers, based in the UK, and it was 1890 pounds back then. I'll check with them to see if they do the reverse direction.
After packing our own stuff, I'm inclined to let the movers take the stuff to Baltimore from this side, but then pick it up from Liverpool or Hull in a 15 foot Luton van, on the other side. Then I can choose a place to do the storage, and then take from the storage in ad-hoc quantities.
Cheers,
Stephen N.