Where things go
On to family
To children, grandchildren, relatives
A good deal of a downsized house goes sideways rather than onward — to a son in one county, a daughter in another, a grandchild in a first flat. It is the most satisfying part of the job and the most logistically awkward.
What it actually involves
Several destinations rather than one, usually at different distances and rarely alongside the main move. That is normal; it simply needs planning as its own leg rather than being improvised at the end.
The recipients have to actually want the thing, and have to have somewhere to put it. The commonest failure here is a generous gift that spends a year in somebody’s garage before being quietly disposed of, which costs everybody money and nobody says so.
Measuring applies here too. A wardrobe that came out of a 1930s bedroom does not necessarily go into a modern flat, and finding that out at the recipient’s door is a bad afternoon for two households.
Some of it is being given away because it is loved rather than because it is useful, and that changes how it should be packed. A thing that matters gets wrapped like it matters.
What we do
Take several drop-offs on one job rather than charging for separate deliveries
Ask you to check the recipient has measured, before we load rather than after
Pack pieces that matter to the standard they deserve, not the standard their size suggests
Deliver into the room, not onto the doorstep, at every address
The hard part
Asking family honestly whether they want it. It is a more awkward conversation than the move and it saves more money than anything else on this page.
Get in touch
Start whenever you are ready
Including if that is a long way off. We will come and look, talk it through, write it down and then leave you alone until you get in touch again. There is no obligation and we will not chase you.