Separate your own load from new deliveries
List the belongings coming from your current address, then list purchases awaiting collection elsewhere. Retailer deliveries are separate unless you request and agree transport for them. Measure furniture against the room and entrance before buying it. Avoid assuming that everything advertised as flat-pack fits in a car.
Plan first-home moving guide at your Blockley address
At a hillside Blockley home, measure the route from the largest item to the intended loading position. Record steps separately from a continuous slope and explain any turning point where a sofa or wardrobe must be rotated.
Match the inventory to the actual carrying and preparation work. Tell us which items need help, whether you want packing or dismantling, and who will provide access at each property.
- For first-home moving guide, prepare: existing belongings and purchases; confirmed key arrangements; measurements for the new home.
- The street address does not describe the carrying route on a sloping site. Include the rise or fall from the agreed loading position to the doorway and any steps or tight turns.
Treat keys as a practical dependency
Ask when you will receive keys and who can authorise access. If the date is not settled, use a provisional enquiry and state what is still unknown. Plan a first-night box and keep paperwork with you. Confirm vehicle, crew, preparation, price and booking terms before treating the move as reserved.
Your first enquiry can be simple
- Both postcodes and a preferred or provisional date.
- Main furniture plus an estimated number of boxes.
- Stairs, lifts, parking distance and help needed with carrying.
Your Blockley enquiry checklist
- The entrance and usable approach to the Blockley property
- Photographs or measurements of slopes, steps and turns
- An unloading method suited to the actual surface
- For first-home moving guide, include existing belongings and purchases; confirmed key arrangements; measurements for the new home.
- Confirm the supplier, total price, handling scope and booking terms before accepting a quote.