What 1,140 moves say about us

• 3-bed house, full packing
• 4 miles
• 3 movers

“The surveyor walked round on a Tuesday evening and the price on the email was the price on the invoice, to the pound. Our stairs are ridiculous and nobody mentioned them again.”

• 2-bed flat, fragile-only
• 6 miles
• 3 movers

“Moved us from a second-floor flat in the Bay with no lift. They were packed and gone by one o’clock and the piano went up our new steps without a scratch.”

• Office, 40 desks
• 14 miles
• 6 movers

“Forty desks out on Friday night, forty desks set up and labelled by Monday at eight. IT got a floor plan back with every crate on it.”

• 4-bed house + 3 weeks storage
• 13 miles
• 4 movers

“Our completion slipped by three weeks. They stored the lot in two containers and brought it back on the new date with the same crew. No drama at all.”

• 1-bed flat, self-pack
• 44 miles
• 2 movers

“Long way, one day. Loaded in Canton at seven, unloaded in Bristol by three. The driver rang half an hour out so we had the keys ready.”

• Man and van, 2 hours
• 5 miles
• 2 movers

“Booked the man-and-van for a sofa and a bed from my mum’s. Two hours, fixed price, and they took the old mattress to the tip for a tenner.”