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 around your Solihull access
For a Solihull move involving High Street or Mell Square, ask the building contact how furniture vehicles gain authorised access and which hours apply. A daytime key handover may not coincide with a permitted vehicle window. If loading must happen from another lawful point, measure the carrying route and identify lifts or shared corridors; agree the sequence before confirming the move.
Separate the tenancy or key handover deadline from your preferred arrival time. Label each person’s belongings and identify items that should remain in a shared house.
- For Solihull High Street or Mell Square, establish access permission and the allowed vehicle window before arranging the handover.
- For first-home moving guide, prepare: existing belongings and purchases; confirmed key arrangements; measurements for the new home.
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 Solihull enquiry checklist
- For first-home moving guide, have these details ready: existing belongings and purchases; confirmed key arrangements; measurements for the new home.
- Give both full postcodes and identify the exact entrance and receiving point. B91 is a location reference, not the whole service area.
- Explain any unresolved permission, timing or handling question before accepting a quote.
- Check the quote’s supplier, price, inclusions and booking terms before confirming.