Victorian seafront terraces and Leas mansion flats, the steep old-town lanes down to the harbour, Sandgate's coastal stock and the suburban streets behind. Measured properly, wrapped properly, written down.
Six things that shape a move in CT19 and CT20 — and only one of them is about the furniture.
The old-town streets down to the harbour are steep, narrow, cobbled in places and frequently have no standing at all. A full-size vehicle often cannot reach the door, so we look first and shuttle where we must — costed, not sprung on you.
A high-sided vehicle with an open tailgate on the Leas in an onshore gale is a decision rather than a detail. We check the forecast on clifftop jobs and will move a start time rather than push through it.
Gate hinges, railings and outbuilding doors on the seafront side have frequently had thirty years of salt air. We check at survey, because finding out by leaning on something is the expensive version.
On the Leas mansion blocks the lifts were fitted long after the buildings went up. Whether one takes a wardrobe rather than just people is a genuine question, and it is the first thing we ask.
The Creative Quarter means we move more of it than most town firms. Framed work gets purpose-made cases, unframed work gets boards and interleaving. Tell us it is artwork and it gets packed as artwork.
Very few towns in Britain are closer to a Channel crossing. A European load from Folkestone is at the tunnel inside the first leg rather than after a day of motorway, which changes what a move abroad actually involves.
Whole households across CT19 and CT20 — seafront terraces and villas, the streets behind the Leas, and the suburban stock at Cheriton and Morehall.
Read more →The Leas, the clifftop roads, Sandgate’s shoreline and the old-town lanes. The approach, the wind and the salt make it its own service.
Read more →Leas mansion blocks, Creative Quarter conversions above workshops and galleries, and the regeneration new-build by the harbour.
Read more →A room, a studio, a gallery collection, or one heavy thing. Same crews, smaller vehicle, booked by the job.
Read more →Containerised: wrapped, listed on an inventory and racked indoors. Frequently used here while European residence paperwork completes.
Read more →Removals from Folkestone to France, Spain, Italy and Portugal, with the tunnel terminal on the doorstep.
Read more →CT19 and CT20, plus Hythe and the downland villages. Morehall, Shorncliffe, Seabrook, Lyminge, Elham and Capel-le-Ferne are covered from the same yard.
Each has its own coverage on our network, and the Kent county site handles everything above town level including long-distance work. We stay on the SE Kent coast and point you at the right one rather than covering a town in passing.
Who covers what →The tunnel terminal is on this town's doorstep — a load leaving Folkestone is at the crossing inside the first leg rather than after a day of motorway. Four destinations, route-pair framed.
With planning. The lanes down from the old high street to the harbour are steep, narrow and in places cobbled, and several have no standing at all. Nothing down there is quoted without looking at the approach — where a full-size vehicle cannot get close we shuttle from the nearest legal point.
Regular work. The buildings along the Leas are handsome and their lifts were fitted long after the stairs were built, so the questions are whether the lift takes furniture, whether it needs booking, and how tight the stairwell turn is. We ask all three before pricing.
Restricted, and worse in season. The seafront and the roads behind are controlled, there is very little off-street standing on the Victorian stock, and summer fills the central bays early. We agree the loading point at survey and start early where the dates allow.
On fixings and ironwork, yes. Gate hinges, railings and outbuilding doors on the seafront side are frequently not what they look like, and we would rather find that at survey than by leaning on something.
Better placed than almost anywhere in the country. The Eurotunnel terminal is on the town's doorstep, which means a European load from here is at the crossing inside the first leg rather than after a day of motorway.
Send both addresses and a sense of what is coming. We survey — at the property or by video — then put a clear quote in writing.