Moving costs from the UK - Page 2

Thanks that’s great how much did they charge you. 
Emma

Hi Emma 

We moved over almost 4yrs ago now and paid £2.500. 

That was only for personal goods/items....furniture/white goods we didnt bring.

Will Pm you with a company we used ( but wouldnt recommend). 

Whish we had gome witords at the tome but they wernt able to do the move for us at the time we needed them.

 God luck with your move

Leginsenoj and Francis57 offer sound advice, Do you need to bring everything? What suits a U.K. residence does not suit a modern Spanish villa unless you opt fir an old country property or finca. Many properties in .Spain come either fully or part furnished so you will end up discarding furniture either your own or the previous property owners.

The property we are buying is unfurnished so will be fetching quite a lot of what we have in the UK apart from Washer Fridge etc as we will but this when we get over to Spain.

Yes

Depend of how much stuff did you have.

For one Luton van is VIP 2018 Ltd. Is the most reliable guy. Let me know if you want their details.

Hi Emma, Have you found an unfurnished place yet as I have one for sale at a good price ,3 bed semi in a village close to all golf but no fees for golf.If you are interested let me know and I will arrange to meet you.

Just looking in to my living room now and everything  I see we brought from UK including the wine rack due to quality issues we experienced in 10 years now. Even light fittings and curtains.. Exept ,,smart" TV I bought in Spain few years ago but it's keeping tripping off now as processor seems ,,expired".

Don't know what folks talking about fridges ,,not suitable for high temperatures", I got one from UK, my friends had it without an issue, took my washing mashine and tumbler dryer as they were too good to leave behind, been here fair amount of time working as new.

We moved so many people from UK to Spain or versa versus in the last year and only one thing I can say: everyone got their own reasons to move their stuff and this should be respected regardless. Don't know why so many punters jumping to ,,help" going in to off topics?

Customs clearance required these days to move everything that's for sure so preparation is the key making packing list with the valuation. 

Permanent move to UK would be covered with ToR application but from UK I'm afraid is too much bureaucracy to overcome to get a clearance hence most opting for full Customs declaration atracting IVA on the goods. 

Sorry for long post

For 4cbm it cost us £1250. That was all our personal items plus TV, printer, large double bird cage and cutlery & china. I don't recommend bringing all your lounge furniture because Spanish properties have sliding doors and windows all over the place and it may not fit. I suggest you get the rooms measurements first. Sometimes a " double bedroom" is not large enough to swing a cat and may only be suitable for a single bed plus furniture.

We used St.Georges European in Gravesend who were really on the ball and delivered when they said they would. No false promises just to get the business.

Don't forget to take out removal insurance as the roads they travel on might be bumpy and cause damage to glassware and fragile items.

Good luck

If I have a holiday home and want to transport some furnture from my house to Spain.  Do I need to declare it . What are the checks at the borders does anyone know please.  English and Spanish borders please

If you're driving yourself in your private car you still need to declare on the border and there's  a allowances what can you carry without paying the dutys or VAT. You can check allovances on the GOV.UK webside. French might thinks differently about your allowances...

If you're using a courier customs clearance required and IVA  and any duties due has to be paid from UK to Spain as VAT  payable at the point of the import/export so basically when submitting declaration electronically in order to generate GMR as most ports now required.

Full border checks from 1st of January so whatever your means of transportation correct paperwork required.