removal firms & skip hire.

golfaddick

Just looking for recommendations for the above.

Finally got a completion date for our long awaited house move & need to look at booking things in. Any recommendations for removal firms - Swanley to Bromley move so local & not far. Skip hire as there is a lot of junk to get rid of. I've heard of Hippo bags but wondered if they were any good.

So, c'mon lifers.....any recs (good and bad)

Thanks.

cazo

golfaddick said:

Just looking for recommendations for the above.

Finally got a completion date for our long awaited house move & need to look at booking things in. Any recommendations for removal firms - Swanley to Bromley move so local & not far. Skip hire as there is a lot of junk to get rid of. I've heard of Hippo bags but wondered if they were any good.

So, c'mon lifers.....any recs (good and bad

Rob7Lee

I'm now on about my 8th skip since I moved, have tried most, Easy-load are about the best for quick delivery and collection.

For removals we used Doree Bonner and were happy, did all the packing ourselves.

clb74

Rob7Lee said:

I'm now on about my 8th skip since I moved, have tried most, Easy-load are about the best for quick delivery and collection.

For removals we used Doree Bonner and were happy, did all the packing ourselves.

8th skip?
What have you been throwing away?

Rob7Lee

clb74 said:

Rob7Lee said:

I'm now on about my 8th skip since I moved, have tried most, Easy-load are about the best for quick delivery and collection.

For removals we used Doree Bonner and were happy, did all the packing ourselves.

8th skip?
What have you been throwing away?

Kitchen, bathrooms, doors, fences, half the garden! There's not a lot left from when we moved in. Just on the final run now, last bathroom being done then a bit of decorating downstairs.

SuedeAdidas

When I moved from Eltham to Bromley - I had murders getting the skip collected. It was still in the drive of the old house 3 weeks after the new people moved in. I was very popular 😄

AllHailTheHen

We've used Hearnden a few timesfor skips. Usually pretty good at delivering but can be a little tardy when it comes to collecting it when you're done.

Fumbluff

Robert’s & Denny’s 01322 310055

They were fantastic for me in 2019, Charlton supporters too…

Billyboy

James removals are good

Alwaysneil

used james removals based by Kidbrooke station a couple of times and they have been really excellent.

as to skips it depends how much you are throwing away: small amounts you're better off having someone turn up with vans, load and leave as it removes the cost of the skip licence. Larger amounts, all the skip companies seem much of a muchness and they all seem to Nick each others skips in some skip war that I do not understand. 

golfaddick

Thanks for the responses - sounds like James removals is in with a shout.

As for skips & what I need removed. Just lots of garage junk, including old bikes, surf boards, masses of clothes but a few big items like mattresses (x2) small divan bed and an old sofa. I will put a sign on the skip that people can take anything they like but there is a load of old tat that I am not going to transport to our new (small) gaff.

Lordflashheart

Pinbins for skips are excellent 

Valiantphil

I used Matthew James (Dartford), same family as the Kidbrooke ones. 

Had 2 have 2 vans of stuff taken and stored for 2 weeks, then reloaded and delivered. 

All went without a hitch and they were very helpful and efficient. 

jonseventyfive

Take care with who you choose, our last skip ruined our drive, it was very heavily loaded (not by me) and dragged when loaded on the truck, arguments are ongoing, we're in the Midlands so you obviously won't use them.

Rob7Lee

I always put a couple of scaffold boards under the skip.

clb74

Sheet and board before putting skip down

fat man on a moped

For rubbish collection can highly recommend The Lady and the Truck
https://ladyandthetruck.website/

Used her quite a few times and always does a good job. 

Also has a Facebook page 
https://www.facebook.com/ladyandthetruck.website

R0TW

5% off.
J Hearnden Skip Hire named as official stadium sponsors – Welling United

Strasburger

We used https://www.matthewjamesremovals.com We only found out late on the Friday that the completion was going to happen on the Monday and they came on the Sunday and packed the whole house up and stored everything until the Tuesday morning when they brought it all back. 
Was not cheap but with all the stress from everything else going on at the time is was money well spent.  

Elthamaddick

Fumbluff said:

Robert’s & Denny’s 01322 310055

They were fantastic for me in 2019, Charlton supporters too…

2nd for these - we moved in lockdown and they couldn't have been more accommodating, staying late on a friday night until the job was done

valleynick66

golfaddick said:

Thanks for the responses - sounds like James removals is in with a shout.

As for skips & what I need removed. Just lots of garage junk, including old bikes, surf boards, masses of clothes but a few big items like mattresses (x2) small divan bed and an old sofa. I will put a sign on the skip that people can take anything they like but there is a load of old tat that I am not going to transport to our new (small) gaff.

You likely won’t need a sign. A man in a van will appear by magic and take anything of perceived value!

Addicktion_to_red

Removals: Roberts & Denny’s, brilliant when I used them and can see another recommendation above. 

Skip Hire; J Hearden. Again, excellent service, drop off and collect same day is possible. Other skip hire companies will leave the skip on your drive for weeks until they are ready to collect. 

Addicktion_to_red

valleynick66 said:

golfaddick said:

Thanks for the responses - sounds like James removals is in with a shout.

As for skips & what I need removed. Just lots of garage junk, including old bikes, surf boards, masses of clothes but a few big items like mattresses (x2) small divan bed and an old sofa. I will put a sign on the skip that people can take anything they like but there is a load of old tat that I am not going to transport to our new (small) gaff.

You likely won’t need a sign. A man in a van will appear by magic and take anything of perceived value!

valleynick66 said:

golfaddick said:

Thanks for the responses - sounds like James removals is in with a shout.

As for skips & what I need removed. Just lots of garage junk, including old bikes, surf boards, masses of clothes but a few big items like mattresses (x2) small divan bed and an old sofa. I will put a sign on the skip that people can take anything they like but there is a load of old tat that I am not going to transport to our new (small) gaff.

You likely won’t need a sign. A man in a van will appear by magic and take anything of perceived value!

Absolutely spot on.