Are you really a family firm?

Yes — Cooch Removals is family-run, and it shows in how we work. You’ll deal with people who take it personally, turn up when they say they will, and treat your things the way we’d want ours treated. It’s the whole reason the name is on the van.

We move people right across the UK — local moves, moves out of the city, moves the length of the country — and internationally across Europe, with France, Spain, Germany and Ireland among the routes we run most. We collect from anywhere in the UK, not just the big cities.

What sorts of moves do you do?

Homes of every size, business and office relocations, single items and small moves when you don’t need a whole van, and international moves across Europe. Whatever you’re moving and wherever it’s going, we’ll scope it honestly.

We can do the lot, just the fragile and awkward bits, or supply materials if you’d rather pack yourself. For anything going abroad we’d strongly recommend proper export-grade packing — the road is long and it’s no place for a cut corner.

How much will it cost, and how long will it take?

Both depend on the specifics — where it’s going, how much there is, the access at both ends, and (for international moves) customs. Rather than quote a number that might not hold, we scope your move and send a clear written quote with a realistic transit window for your particular job.

Do you handle customs for European moves?

Yes. Moves from the UK into Europe now involve customs formalities for household goods. We prepare the documentation ahead of departure and tell you what you need in good time, so paperwork never becomes the thing that holds your belongings at the border.

Moving House Checklist — A Family Firm’s Guide

Well before the move

The earliest jobs are the ones people leave latest. Book your mover once you’ve a date you can rely on, start telling the people who need to know your new address, and begin the slow, satisfying work of decluttering room by room.

Be honest with yourself about what’s coming with you. A move is the best excuse you’ll ever get to let go of what you’ve kept out of habit — sell it, gift it, or donate it, and arrive lighter.

Sorting the admin

Line up the address changes — bank, doctor, dentist, DVLA, insurers, the electoral roll, subscriptions — and arrange redirection of your post so nothing important slips through the cracks.

Sort your utilities at both ends: readings on the way out, accounts set up on the way in. It’s dull, but it’s the difference between arriving to a warm, lit home and arriving to a cold one.

Packing well

If we’re packing for you, this bit’s ours. If you’re doing it yourself, invest in proper cartons, pack heavy items in small boxes, and label everything by room — your future self, unpacking, will thank you.

Keep an "essentials" box aside: kettle, mugs, tea, chargers, medicines, a change of clothes and anything you can’t face hunting for on the first night. It travels with you, not in the van.

Moving day itself

On the day, a good crew does the heavy lifting — literally. Your job is to be reachable, keep the essentials box and valuables with you, and do a final walk-through of the empty place before you hand over the keys.

Tell us anything that matters — the wardrobe that won’t take the stair turn, the neighbour’s awkward parking, the piano. Surfaced early, none of it is a problem. Sprung on the day, any of it can be.

The moving house checklist: a family firm’s guide

Well before the move

Sorting the admin

Packing well

Moving day itself

Planning a move?

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