Considered removals,
done thoroughly.
We move homes, flats, offices and everything in between — across a town or across the country, and on into France, Spain, Italy and Portugal. Surveyed before it is priced, planned before it is loaded, and written down before you commit.
Your move plan
Agreed in writing before anything is booked
01
Survey
A proper look at what is going and how it gets out — by video for most moves, in person for larger ones.
02
Plan
Crew, vehicle, access at both ends, parking, and the order things load in. Settled before the day.
03
Pack & protect
As much or as little as you want packed, and protection down at both properties before anything is carried.
04
Move & settle
Carried in, placed where you want it, beds rebuilt. Storage in between if the dates will not line up.
What we move
Six kinds of move, one standard.
House removals
Whole homes, surveyed before they are priced. Protection down at both ends, furniture dismantled and rebuilt, boxes in the right rooms.
Read more →Flat removals
Blocks, conversions and walk-ups. Communal areas protected, lift bookings handled, crew sized for the stairs rather than the floor plan.
Read more →Man and van
A room, a part load, a student move, one awkward heavy thing. The small jobs, done properly rather than squeezed in.
Read more →Commercial removals
Offices, studios, surgeries and small retail. Out-of-hours access, destination labelling, and people working the next morning.
Read more →Long-distance & nationwide
One end of the country to the other, planned around the drive rather than treated as a local move with a long tail.
Read more →Moving to Europe
France, Spain, Italy and Portugal. Export packing, customs paperwork prepared with you, and honest scheduling.
Read more →How we work
How Harvard
moves you.
There is not much mystery to a good removal. It is a survey that was honest, a plan that accounted for the awkward parts, enough people on the day, and a crew that protects the property before it starts carrying things through it.
What separates firms is whether they do that consistently or only when the job is easy. Most of the moves that go wrong went wrong at the quote — priced on a phone call, under-crewed to win the work, and then rushed to make the numbers back.
So we survey first and we put the figure in writing. If we get the volume wrong, we say so rather than adding it quietly at the end of the day. And if a job is not right for us — a grand piano down an external stair, a job better served by a local firm two streets away — we say that too.
Surveyed, not guessed
Twenty minutes on a video call settles volume, awkward pieces and access at both ends. It is the difference between a quote that holds and one that moves.
Crewed for the job
Sized by the stairs and the heaviest item, not by the number of bedrooms. An under-crewed move is slower and more expensive than an honest one.
Protected before loaded
Floors, frames, bannisters and communal areas at both properties. It costs a little time at the start and saves an argument at the end.
Written down
The figure, what it covers, and what would change it — before you commit to anything. No number appears on this website for the same reason: yours would be different.
Where we cover
Across the UK, and into four countries.
We are a named firm rather than a local one, so we do not claim a high street or a home postcode. We go where the move is.
Nationwide
Local moves, cross-country moves, and everything between. England, Scotland and Wales, with the length of the journey shaping how the job is crewed rather than whether we take it.
For the longer runs, see long-distance and nationwide removals — the drive is the job, and it is planned as such.
Into Europe
Four countries — the real list, not a sample.
Questions we get asked
Where are you based?
We work nationwide rather than out of a single shopfront, and we would rather tell you that plainly than claim a high street we do not have. What matters for your move is whether we can crew and vehicle it properly on your date, and whether we have surveyed it honestly. Ask and we will tell you exactly where the crew is coming from.
How is the quote worked out?
Volume, distance and access. How much is going, how far it is travelling, and what the load-in and load-out actually involve — stairs, lifts, parking, how far the carry is. For anything past a small flat we survey first, usually by video. You get the figure in writing before you commit to anything.
Do you cover long-distance and nationwide moves?
Yes, and it is a large part of what we do. A move from one end of the country to the other is a different job from a local one — driving hours, loading order, and sometimes loading one day and unloading the next. We plan it that way from the outset instead of treating it as a local move with a long drive attached.
Which countries do you move to?
France, Spain, Italy and Portugal. That is the actual list, not a sample of it. We are not going to claim Australia, the USA or the Gulf to catch a search — if your move is outside those four countries we will say so and point you somewhere better.
Do you do office and commercial moves?
Regularly. Offices, studios, surgeries, workshops and small retail units. Commercial moves run on the building's rules — access windows, goods lifts, insurance lodged with a managing agent — and on whether people can work the next morning. See commercial removals.
Tell us about the move
Both addresses, the floor at each end, and roughly what is going. That is enough for us to survey it and put a figure in writing.