Full house removals UK to France
Door-to-door, end-to-end
Complete household removal from any UK address to anywhere in France. Survey, packing, customs paperwork, transit, delivery, and unpacking on request — all on one written quote.
About full house removals uk to france
— in detail
Full-house removal is the bulk of what we do. A typical full-house move runs to 30-60 cubic metres of household goods — a 3-to-4-bedroom property with the usual furniture, soft furnishings, kitchen equipment, books, and personal effects. Our crew loads in the UK, the same crew (or a paired second team for the longer journeys) hands off to the destination team at the French frontier, and the goods arrive at your French address with the inventory matched against your survey notes.
The full-house quote covers door-to-door transit, customs paperwork at both ends (EORI, ToR1, French douanes), all-risks goods-in-transit insurance, and the destination handling for whichever French region you are heading to. Optional extras (full-pack, custom crates for fragile items, vehicle-and-piano specialist add-ons, climate-controlled storage either side) are itemised on the quote so you can see what each costs.
We do not subcontract the full-house move to mystery third parties. The team that comes to load is the team responsible for the journey; the destination team is briefed individually for your specific property and access situation. This is the difference between a route specialist and a generalist removals firm with a France brochure — we run this corridor every week and the people involved know each other.
On the quote
- Door-to-door from any UK postcode to any French address
- In-person survey at your UK address before any quote
- Same crew loads in the UK and hands off at the French frontier
- EORI and ToR1 filed with HMRC on your behalf
- French douanes paperwork filed at the entry point
- All-risks goods-in-transit cover with every move
- Optional full-pack the day before collection
- Custom crates for art, glass, instruments, wine
- Destination-region handling for every French region we cover
- Bilingual destination coordinator briefed for your specific job
Right for
- Households relocating permanently from any UK address to a French address.
- Families completing a French property purchase and moving in fully.
- Retirees making the long-planned move to a French property they may have used as a holiday home for years.
- Corporate-relocation households on French postings (Paris, Lyon, Bordeaux, the Côte d'Azur, Marseille).
Common questions
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Volume (cubic metres of household goods), distance from UK origin to French destination, route specifics (Eurotunnel vs western ferry), access at both ends, and any optional extras (full-pack, custom crates, climate control, storage). The surveyor visits and the figure follows by email.
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Loading: someone trusted at the UK property — usually the household. Delivery: someone authorised to receive the goods at the French address. Where one or both are not possible, the destination coordinator can sometimes accept the load against a documented authorisation; we discuss that case-by-case.
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Common — French conveyancing is unpredictable. We hold goods at our partner depots in your destination region until the property is accessible. Storage charged separately, flexible duration.
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Depends on volume, route, and customs. The written quote includes a likely transit window for your specific corridor.
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Yes — rural Aquitaine, Provence, Brittany, Loire are routine corridors. Where access requires final-mile transfer to a smaller vehicle, we plan that at survey.