Halls to a house share
The end of first year, usually in a hurry, usually with more belongings than arrived. Halls have a loading area and a time window; tell us which and we work to it.
Student moves
Rooms, houses and the summer gap
Two universities in one county mean a moving season rather than a moving day. Everything here is built around it — single rooms, whole house shares, halls with a booked loading window, and storage across the summer.
Room to room
One bedroom out of a shared house and into another, which is the commonest student job in this county. Two crew, a van, and no requirement for you to carry anything.
House share, whole
Several people moving together at the end of a tenancy. Cheaper per person than separate bookings and considerably less chaotic.
Summer storage
Out at the end of June, held over the summer, delivered to the new address in September. The point of the service for a lot of people.
Home and back
Belongings to a parental address in another county and back again in the autumn — ordinary work, and often cheaper than storing twice.
Postgraduate and staff
A full flat rather than a room, frequently arriving from another country or another city, and usually with a fixed start date attached.
What makes a student move different
Timing, mostly. Tenancies in this county end and begin in the same few weeks, so everyone needs a van at once and the good slots go early. The other difference is that the load is usually one room rather than a household, which makes it a man-and-van job in scale even when it feels like a removal in significance.
Halls, and their rules
University halls generally have a loading bay, a time window and occasionally a booking system. None of that is a problem when we know about it in advance and all of it is a problem when we do not.
Send the hall name, the block and any window you have been given. If you do not know, say so and we will plan for the more restrictive case.
Storage over the summer
The single most useful thing we do for students. Belongings are collected at the end of the tenancy, inventoried, held over the summer and delivered to the new address when you are back — which is almost always cheaper and simpler than taking everything home and bringing it back.
Pack it properly before it goes in: everything dry, nothing perishable, no half-used bottles of anything. The storage page sets out what that means.
Who books, and who is there
Frequently a parent books and a student is at the door, or the reverse. That is entirely normal — just tell us who will actually be at each end, with a number that will be answered, so the crew are not standing outside a locked house ringing the wrong phone.
Loughborough
We work across Loughborough for moves in and out of the county, but the town has its own removals firm — removals-loughborough.co.uk — who know those streets daily. For a move that starts and ends inside Loughborough, ring them first.
Worth knowing
Student moves, the practical questions
Do you move single rooms?
Constantly — a room out of a shared house is the commonest student job we do. Two people and a van, the same wrapping as a full removal, and no requirement for you to carry anything.
Can you store things over the summer?
Yes, and it is the point of the service for a lot of students: out of the house at the end of a tenancy, held over the summer, and delivered to the next address in September or October.
Who packs?
You, usually — most student moves are boxed by the student. We will drop materials off beforehand if you want them, and pack anything fragile if you would rather not.
Can parents book on our behalf?
Often how it happens. Whoever books gets the quote and the paperwork; tell us who will actually be at each end so the crew know who they are meeting.
Is August impossible?
It is the busiest stretch of the year in this county because the student market and the family market move in the same weeks. Not impossible, but the good slots go early — book as far ahead as you can.
What about halls with restricted access?
Common, and manageable. Halls usually have a loading area and a time window; tell us which and we will work to it rather than turning up and negotiating at the door.
Book the summer slot early. They go fast here.
Tenancies end in the same fortnight across two university towns. Tell us the dates and we will hold a sensible slot.