Removals to Spain
Aug 3rd 2006 | 6:28 am
#91
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Re: Removals to Spain
Originally Posted by paulnsoo
Hi there
we are moving in weeks and Taking only 4 boxes similar size to you.personal belongings (we sold the big stuff and will re-buy)
In My business i have a contract with PARCELFORCE £24.00 a box up to 30 kilo's i send stuff over all the time, and as long as you pack it properly its fine
bloody marvellous!!!!!!!!
we are moving in weeks and Taking only 4 boxes similar size to you.personal belongings (we sold the big stuff and will re-buy)
In My business i have a contract with PARCELFORCE £24.00 a box up to 30 kilo's i send stuff over all the time, and as long as you pack it properly its fine
bloody marvellous!!!!!!!!
Can you trace it to destination?
Aug 3rd 2006 | 6:33 am
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From: Miranda do Corvo portugal
Re: Removals to Spain
Originally Posted by Mitzyboy
Can you trace it to destination?
yes its tracked iternationall on a euro 48 service
has to be signed for
Aug 3rd 2006 | 6:45 am
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From: Miranda do Corvo portugal
Re: Removals to Spain
Originally Posted by paulnsoo
yes its tracked iternationall on a euro 48 service
has to be signed for
has to be signed for
you do need a contract though!
Aug 4th 2006 | 1:48 am
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Re: Removals to Spain
Originally Posted by Spain Bound
Could anyone tell me of a removals company they have used from UK to Spain that gave a good price and did what they promised.
We have just been quoted over £4000 to move us (2 people living in a detached house) to Torrevieja from Chester. We are not taking ANY white goods NOR any wardrobes, dressing tables or bedside tables. They would provide packing and would pack for us.
Insurance would be extra.
For all I know this may be a decent price but to me it sounds way over the top! I know its difficult to tell without seeing our stuff but what do you think, in ball park terms? I will be getting more quotes of course.... just wondered what you think.
We have just been quoted over £4000 to move us (2 people living in a detached house) to Torrevieja from Chester. We are not taking ANY white goods NOR any wardrobes, dressing tables or bedside tables. They would provide packing and would pack for us.
Insurance would be extra.
For all I know this may be a decent price but to me it sounds way over the top! I know its difficult to tell without seeing our stuff but what do you think, in ball park terms? I will be getting more quotes of course.... just wondered what you think.
Aug 4th 2006 | 3:48 am
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Re: Removals to Spain
Got my van booked with full euro cover for 10 days for £680, I'll give you full costs when I've got the route worked out and ferries sorted.
Aug 7th 2006 | 10:18 am
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Re: Removals to Spain
Originally Posted by Mitzyboy
Got my van booked with full euro cover for 10 days for £680, I'll give you full costs when I've got the route worked out and ferries sorted.
Dec 8th 2006 | 8:47 pm
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Re: Removals to Spain
Originally Posted by sarahbrown
We moved to almeria region last month and did things slightly differently. We did the normal thing of getting people in for quotes and during the course of one of them the company offered us a solution to one of the problems of doing it yourselves. They flew someone out to pick up the hire van and drive it back to the depot we hired it from. We got the best of both worlds as we new exactly where all our stuff was at all times and didn't have the long drive back from the south of spain. We met the driver when we picked up our hire van and everything went really well. If any of you want their details then send me a Personel message and I'll let you have all the contact details.
Not a good idea to post your email addy, you will get spammed. jdr
Not a good idea to post your email addy, you will get spammed. jdr
Dec 8th 2006 | 10:20 pm
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Re: Removals to Spain
Originally Posted by 5358tracey
Hi, can you tell me how this worked. I want to hire a van in the uk and drive my stuff over to spain but I don't want to have to drive it back. I was hoping that there is a way that you can arrange to return the van to a spanish sector of the hire company? Any thoughts. Thanks
Dec 12th 2006 | 12:39 am
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Re: Removals to Spain
Originally Posted by 5358tracey
Hi, can you tell me how this worked. I want to hire a van in the uk and drive my stuff over to spain but I don't want to have to drive it back. I was hoping that there is a way that you can arrange to return the van to a spanish sector of the hire company? Any thoughts. Thanks
Dec 12th 2006 | 6:46 am
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Re: Removals to Spain
Originally Posted by Spain Bound
Could anyone tell me of a removals company they have used from UK to Spain that gave a good price and did what they promised.
We have just been quoted over £4000 to move us (2 people living in a detached house) to Torrevieja from Chester. We are not taking ANY white goods NOR any wardrobes, dressing tables or bedside tables. They would provide packing and would pack for us.
Insurance would be extra.
For all I know this may be a decent price but to me it sounds way over the top! I know its difficult to tell without seeing our stuff but what do you think, in ball park terms? I will be getting more quotes of course.... just wondered what you think.
We have just been quoted over £4000 to move us (2 people living in a detached house) to Torrevieja from Chester. We are not taking ANY white goods NOR any wardrobes, dressing tables or bedside tables. They would provide packing and would pack for us.
Insurance would be extra.
For all I know this may be a decent price but to me it sounds way over the top! I know its difficult to tell without seeing our stuff but what do you think, in ball park terms? I will be getting more quotes of course.... just wondered what you think.
We are at present getting quotes for removal from Chorley in Lancashire to Alhaurin el Grande in January. We have a semi cottage and including wardrobes etc plus our motorcycle the first quote is £ 2,350 inc vat.
This was from Andrew Porter Ltd who cover all the North West area from 01257 482398. Maybe we could swap quotes as we go along ?
Hope this is of some help
Les
Jan 21st 2007 | 9:00 pm
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Re: Removals to Spain
We've just had the items that we had in storage delivered to us. The company that we used before have now stopped trading but one of the owners has set up working by himself. He brought a full load in a large transit van over and the costs were very good and as cheap as hiring a van and doing it yourself. I'd highly recommend him and I will certainly use him in the future. His contact details are on the following website http://www.balanceyourjourney.co.uk 
Jan 22nd 2007 | 9:35 pm
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Re: Removals to Spain
Hi thanks for this, we are already here but this is worth knowing in case we decide to bring more stuff over.
Jan 22nd 2007 | 10:20 pm
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Re: Removals to Spain
Can't remember if I posted this before, but heres something I wrote for another forum from experiences gained in the past as a director in the shipping industry:
One of the most difficult experiences in re locating is the actual shipping of your worldly goods and chattels. Not only are there a huge number of companies offering you the opportunity to use their services, but they all tell you that it will be trouble free and that all will arrive at destination in good order. In reality this is often far from the truth. We’ve all read posts from people arriving at destination only to find that their furniture is elsewhere. Whats that old saying? ….. breakfast in London, dinner in New York, luggage in Bombay!
Here are a few hints from someone who spent his life in the ever so stressful shipping industry and is glad to be out of it!
There are so many different destinations worldwide that it’s difficult to be specific so I will generalise as much as possible. If you want specific help then I have contacts in the industry and can point you in the right direction.
Get three quotes from different removal companies. Prices can vary enormously. Many carriers will not honour insurance claims unless they have packed the goods themselves. When you get their quote ask about full marine insurance cover (get a separate quote from them) and check their conditions of carriage carefully. Check to see if they are members of the British Intl Freight Association (http://www.bifa.org/Content/Home.asp )
It doesn’t mean they are perfect but at least they will be an established company.
Gain separate quotes for insurance. Again be careful about the conditions of cover, i.e. do the goods have to be packed by you, do they have to be packed professionally. How extensive is the cover. Check the exclusions and look for clauses about “atmospheric conditionsâ€. If your goods arrive damp (usually deep sea long voyages) you don’t want the insurance company copping out.
If you pack your goods yourself, always make up a detailed packing list in triplicate of what is in each box with a nominal value (I’m assuming the effects are all used and not new). DON’T attach this to the box but number the boxes (and the packing lists) and keep the list separately as it will be required for (a) the shipping line (b) the Revenue & Customs and (c) you. Mark each box with your destination name, destination address and a destination telephone number.
If you are shipping to sea voyage destinations then your effects will probably ship in a steel shipping container. Although these are checked regularly it is not unusual for holes to appear. When you receive your goods you must check them carefully for wet damage as they come off the container. Once you have signed for them it will be more difficult to make a claim.
If you are shipping to Europe then it is more likely that your goods will travel in a box van / truck. The same rules apply when receiving the goods although quite often the effects will have been transhipped at least twice (unless you’ve commissioned a full load) before they get to you. Also remember that if your new home is in a difficult location then the effects may have to be transhipped to a smaller vehicle. Again, count the number of cartons and check for impact / wet damage.
If (in the case of international removals) the cartons have been examined by customs then there will normally be evidence of this. In the UK they are re sealed with security tape. If any cartons look as if they have been tampered with then call it to the attention of the delivery driver and then open to investigate.
Buy decent tri wall boxes to pack your effects in. Most removal specialists will supply them. Try to avoid cardboard boxes that you bought your last supply of baked beans in. They will collapse in transit.
Complaints: http://www.removalsombudsman.org.uk/yourqas.htm
Google: http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en...ociation&meta=
Marine insurance: http://www.marine-insurance-uk.net/i...=google&kw=all
One of the most difficult experiences in re locating is the actual shipping of your worldly goods and chattels. Not only are there a huge number of companies offering you the opportunity to use their services, but they all tell you that it will be trouble free and that all will arrive at destination in good order. In reality this is often far from the truth. We’ve all read posts from people arriving at destination only to find that their furniture is elsewhere. Whats that old saying? ….. breakfast in London, dinner in New York, luggage in Bombay!
Here are a few hints from someone who spent his life in the ever so stressful shipping industry and is glad to be out of it!
There are so many different destinations worldwide that it’s difficult to be specific so I will generalise as much as possible. If you want specific help then I have contacts in the industry and can point you in the right direction.
Get three quotes from different removal companies. Prices can vary enormously. Many carriers will not honour insurance claims unless they have packed the goods themselves. When you get their quote ask about full marine insurance cover (get a separate quote from them) and check their conditions of carriage carefully. Check to see if they are members of the British Intl Freight Association (http://www.bifa.org/Content/Home.asp )
It doesn’t mean they are perfect but at least they will be an established company.
Gain separate quotes for insurance. Again be careful about the conditions of cover, i.e. do the goods have to be packed by you, do they have to be packed professionally. How extensive is the cover. Check the exclusions and look for clauses about “atmospheric conditionsâ€. If your goods arrive damp (usually deep sea long voyages) you don’t want the insurance company copping out.
If you pack your goods yourself, always make up a detailed packing list in triplicate of what is in each box with a nominal value (I’m assuming the effects are all used and not new). DON’T attach this to the box but number the boxes (and the packing lists) and keep the list separately as it will be required for (a) the shipping line (b) the Revenue & Customs and (c) you. Mark each box with your destination name, destination address and a destination telephone number.
If you are shipping to sea voyage destinations then your effects will probably ship in a steel shipping container. Although these are checked regularly it is not unusual for holes to appear. When you receive your goods you must check them carefully for wet damage as they come off the container. Once you have signed for them it will be more difficult to make a claim.
If you are shipping to Europe then it is more likely that your goods will travel in a box van / truck. The same rules apply when receiving the goods although quite often the effects will have been transhipped at least twice (unless you’ve commissioned a full load) before they get to you. Also remember that if your new home is in a difficult location then the effects may have to be transhipped to a smaller vehicle. Again, count the number of cartons and check for impact / wet damage.
If (in the case of international removals) the cartons have been examined by customs then there will normally be evidence of this. In the UK they are re sealed with security tape. If any cartons look as if they have been tampered with then call it to the attention of the delivery driver and then open to investigate.
Buy decent tri wall boxes to pack your effects in. Most removal specialists will supply them. Try to avoid cardboard boxes that you bought your last supply of baked beans in. They will collapse in transit.
Complaints: http://www.removalsombudsman.org.uk/yourqas.htm
Google: http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en...ociation&meta=
Marine insurance: http://www.marine-insurance-uk.net/i...=google&kw=all
Re: Removals to Spain
Sep 25th 2007 | 12:30 am
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Re: Removals to Spain
Hi, we have been gettng quotes from Kent to Valencia, moving contents of 4 bed house and precious motorbike, most of our quotes are for around £2500, the best so far has been from Stubbs international who have offices in Valencia and Wales, hope this helps 
