0800 0266 525
Ask anyone who has organised an office move and they will say that crate hire is the bane of their life. At the end of every move, invariably crates will go missing and or employees won’t get around to unpacking their crates.
The problem with crates is that staff often don’t realise the cost of hiring [...]
It’s such a daunting prospect and there are some many things to consider when moving home. If you are one of the very priviliged few there are companies that will do everything from sourcing the property, changing your address, packing and unpacking, cleaning, decorating, pet sitting and so on. However for most of us, we [...]
Amber Moves are riding out the credit crunch and the bulk of the work we have been doing is office removals. This is due to a combination of factors - companies downsizing, regular churning work or companies moving to new premises because of rent rises.
Regardless of the credit crunch the world will continue to turn [...]
As we are all being accused of living champagne lifestyles on Babycham budgets, we have to look at our spending and cut back on life’s little luxuries. Is hiring a removal company to move you a luxury or a necessity?
It really depends on the size of the property you have to move and your lifestyle. [...]
It seems that not a day goes by without another report of a company going bust, unemployment rising and general bad news on the economy.
Everyone booking a holiday must now be thinking - what if I book and the airline or holiday company goes out of business? The same should apply to your removal and [...]
It is often said that moving home can be one of the most stressful life experiences - throw into the mix, the complications and stresses of moving home with small children and this is almost a guarantee.
I moved home in March of this year with my 22 month old daughter. Now it should be easy [...]
A very gloomy title for a blog but apparantly the only 3 reasons why anyone should be moving according to an estate agent quoted in the Sunday Times.
These are also probably the three most stressful life experiences so couple it with moving house and you may have meltdown.
As a removals company we can’t help tackle [...]
Today we are totally in shock following a comparative quote a potential customer showed us. The job in question was a larger than average 3 bedroom flat on the 2nd floor, without a lift, plus a basement full of stuff. The couple in question admitted they were hoarders.
We did a full survey and, based on [...]
This is the question that is on everyone’s lips at the moment. Now there is talk of the Chancellor removing stamp duty so anyone considering buying or selling is going to sit tight and wait and see, bringing the housing market to even more of a halt, if that is at all possible in this [...]
Moving home in London is never easy but there is almost always one certainty - that you will get a parking ticket. Often these are issued even when the van in question has been given dispensation to park. As everyone knows it is often a case of the traffic warden trying to reach his quota [...]
We are often asked what makes us different from any removal company. A good analogy would be that we are to the removals industry what boutique hotels are to the hotel industry.
We are an independent firm with no preconceptions about how removals should be done and neither do we have the old guys saying, “but [...]
Today’s blog is all about the positives of moving. Instead of focussing on the doom and gloom of the housing market, the cost of moving house and the stress involved, we’ve taken a light hearted look at moving home.
How often do you have fit, good looking young men in your house and at your beck [...]
Too often we are asked why are we more expensive than another company that has quoted on a house removal? I explain that removal companies are like supermarkets - they all sell food but each offer’s a different shopping experience and level of quality. In a nutshell - we’re Waitrose!
Look at the value of the [...]
Not a day goes by without another article in the media saying how the credit crunch is affecting families and the cost of living. Thoughts will turn to cutting costs and saving money. If a family is moving home, no doubt, the idea of doing the removal themselves will crop up.
A good deal of our [...]
A recent article in the Times investigated the costs of self storage. At Amber Moves we have been providing containerised storage for several years and have learnt a lot along the way.
People store their goods for many reasons:
- a landlord who has tenants who want to rent his flat unfurnished
- house sale and purchase not [...]