A survey that establishes the route, not just the volume
Which banks are in play, which are ruled out, and how the vehicle actually reaches the door. In this county that is half the job.
The work
Household removals, planned for this county
The service is ordinary. What is specific to North Yorkshire is how it is surveyed and routed, and that is most of what determines whether a move goes well here.
The survey establishes the route
Elsewhere a removal survey is mostly a volume exercise. Here it is a volume exercise and a routing exercise, and the second half is the one that decides the vehicle.
Which banks are in play, which are ruled out, whether the lane is walled, how many steps there are, and whether a full-size vehicle can get within reach of the door at all.
Shuttles are routine here
In the Dales, inside York’s bar walls and in the older parts of the coastal towns, a full-size vehicle frequently cannot reach the property. We stage at the nearest hard standing and bring the load in with a smaller one.
Planned at survey it is a line on the quote. Discovered at the bottom of a track, it is a bad day for everybody.
Hand-carry crewing
On the cliff villages there is no vehicle answer at all, so the crew is sized for the carry rather than the cubic metres. The order of loading matters more than usual, because nothing is getting shuffled halfway up forty steps.
Packing, if you want it
Full packing, or just the kitchen and the fragile things, itemised separately on the quote so you can see it and decline it.
What we will say no to
A bank that is signed against us, and weather we should not be driving a high-sided vehicle in. Both are safety judgements rather than scheduling preferences, and we would rather lose the date than the argument.
Included as standard
What every quote covers
Blankets, straps and floor protection
Standard on every move. Stone flags and original staircases get covered before anything is carried over them.
Dismantling and reassembly
Beds, wardrobes and anything assembled in the room. Fixings bagged and labelled to the item.
A shuttle where the lane or the street will not take the lorry
Planned at survey and priced into the quote — routine in the Dales, in the cliff villages and inside York’s bar walls.
Hand-carry crewing for stepped and no-access addresses
On the cliff villages the crew is sized for the carry rather than the cubic metres, because the carry is what the day is made of.
A written plan, including what happens if the tops close
Weather is a real variable above 300 metres. The contingency is agreed at the quote rather than negotiated in a lay-by.
Tell us where you are on the hill
Both addresses, roughly how much there is, and — if it is up a dale, on the moors or down a cliff — how the last stretch actually works. That is what decides the vehicle.