UK-USA Moving Company?

[TTG 8]

Does anyone have any recommendations for a moving company? I'm currently looking at Seven Seas move cube (freight) but reviews are patchy. Quote for door to door £1,348 plus $850 on the other side. All in all about £2,000

 

I've got about 20 boxes, and a bicycle. My worry is that shipping boxes separately will result in some getting lost. Move cube seems like a good idea as everything gets put into a big plywood container so it all stays together.

 

Seems expensive to me but I've also never done an international move before. Help greatly appreciated. 

[Ben&Zian 4,397]

5 minutes ago, TTG said:

Does anyone have any recommendations for a moving company? I'm currently looking at Seven Seas move cube (freight) but reviews are patchy. Quote for door to door £1,348 plus $850 on the other side. All in all about £2,000

 

I've got about 20 boxes, and a bicycle. My worry is that shipping boxes separately will result in some getting lost. Move cube seems like a good idea as everything gets put into a big plywood container so it all stays together.

 

Seems expensive to me but I've also never done an international move before. Help greatly appreciated. 

 

While having no personal experience in this, you can use the search bar top right of the page to search for UK moving or something, I know there has been several other posts about it and maybe you will find a good answer.

[TTG 8]

Just now, Ben&Zian said:

 

While having no personal experience in this, you can use the search bar top right of the page to search for UK moving or something, I know there has been several other posts about it and maybe you will find a good answer.

Thank you! Will do.

[Loren Y 2,732]

Try this place out. Looks like a 20 foot container is what you need, and your door to door price seems about right. You could probably cut it in half if you go port to port instead of door to door, but this site will get you some good quotes pretty easily.

 

https://www.movehub.com/us/

[TTG 8]

1 hour ago, Loren Y said:

Try this place out. Looks like a 20 foot container is what you need, and your door to door price seems about right. You could probably cut it in half if you go port to port instead of door to door, but this site will get you some good quotes pretty easily.

  

https://www.movehub.com/us/

Thank you!

[TTG 8]

Wow my quotes differ wildly from £1,300 to £5,700! Very strange.

[Gorkstop 0]

I don't really see a problem with shipping things separately if you decide to do that. The only down side might be that all the boxes don't arrive at the same time, though I'd probably want everything shipped together for ease and simplicity. I've used a mover from UK to New York called A1Auto Transport and they were affordable and efficient in my estimation. 

[yoda one for me 321]

I've got 24 medium-size boxes and a couple of pieces of small furniture coming via https://www.shipit.co.uk and they basically palletise your stuff and ship it over.

 

Cost me under 900 GBP but I'm looking at almost $400 in fees for it once it arrives in port (this is an extra fee and they do warn that port fees are not in their bill UKside). 

 

Still waiting arrival so I can't fully review but their UK-side service was very good.