Hub · All four supported countries
International
removals from
Bexley.
Four supported European countries from the Bexley DA-postcode catchment, each with its own dedicated route brief — the Channel crossing into France, the Iberian run to Spain and Portugal, and the peninsular route into Italy. The same crew handles every move from collection at the Bexley address to delivery at the destination address.
How the four routes differ
Same crew, same lorry —
four very different drives.
What changes between these four is not the standard of work. It is the crossing, the paperwork and the last mile. France is the short hop: Dover to Calais or the tunnel, then a motorway run that can reach Paris the same day the lorry leaves Bexley. Spain is the longest-running UK-outbound corridor and the one with the most settled process — down through western France, over at Irún or La Jonquera depending on whether you are heading for the Atlantic side or the Mediterranean one. Italy means a decision about the Alps: the Mont Blanc or Fréjus tunnels when the weather allows, the Riviera coast road when it does not, and a destination city that may enforce a ZTL permit before a lorry can reach the door. Portugal is the far Atlantic haul, usually crossed at Vilar Formoso, and the one where the consular paperwork has to be started earliest.
The customs step is where the real difference sits, because each country anchors its transfer-of-residence relief to a different document. France wants a déclaration de domicile backed by the certificate from the mairie. Spain wants the NIE first and the empadronamiento behind it, in that order. Italy works from the residenza registration and a codice fiscale obtained before the move. Portugal needs a certificado de bagagem issued through the consulate ahead of departure. Getting the order wrong is the usual reason an inbound move sits at a bonded yard, and it is the part of the job we do before the lorry is loaded rather than after.
Every one of the four carries the same goods-in-transit cover, the same single document trail, and the same crew from the Bexley doorstep to the destination address. Send photos through every room and an inventory through the quote form and the written quote comes back route-specific, with the customs path for that country set out in it.
Collection beyond the DA postcodes
Bexley is the home depot,
not the limit of the pickup.
Most of this work starts inside the borough, and the DA postcodes are where the crew is based. But a European load is priced by the drive, not by the first ten miles of it, so a collection elsewhere in the country is routine rather than exceptional. We load regularly in London — the south-east boroughs especially, where a Bexley-based crew is already the nearest one — and run collections from Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Manchester, Edinburgh and Glasgow on the same four routes.
Two things change when the pickup is further out. The loading day moves earlier, because the lorry has to be at the Channel with the load already secured. And part-load consolidation becomes more useful: a household coming out of Manchester for Valencia is often sharing the drive with a Bexley load going to Alicante, which is what makes a long-distance European move affordable for a flat-sized consignment. If your collection address is outside the borough, say so on the quote form and the written quote will price the full drive rather than quoting a local rate and adding mileage later.
Dedicated routes · Channel, Iberian, Italian
Channel, Iberian, Italian —
four dedicated briefs.
Cluster · Iberian
Atlantic-coast Europe
Each Channel, Iberian and Italian route has its own dedicated brief covering the crossing, the destination cities, and the country-specific customs path. Submit photos and an inventory through the quote form and we'll come back with a route-specific written quote. Goods-in-transit cover, customs filing end-to-end, and same-crew door-to-door delivery apply on every supported route.
Pickup catchment · DA-postcodes
Seven SE-London areas
on the pickup roster.
Bexley
Area · 01
DA5. The hub. Most pickups load from the residential streets running south from the A2; access is generally good and parking permits are rarely required.
Sidcup
Area · 02
DA14, DA15. North-west neighbour. Family-home stock; the lorry handles direct collection without a transfer vehicle in most cases.
Welling
Area · 03
DA16. Inner-eastern Bexley borough. Steady volume of professional-relocation moves; access is straightforward.
Erith
Area · 04
DA8. Riverside catchment, closest to the Thames. Some properties have height-restricted access on the residential streets — we confirm with photos.
Bexleyheath
Area · 05
DA6, DA7. Town centre. Mixed apartment + family-home stock; town-centre lift access is the most-asked-about variable.
Crayford
Area · 06
DA1. East-end of the borough. Family relocations dominate; pickup is routine.
Belvedere
Area · 07
DA17. Eastern edge of the catchment. Family-home stock similar to Crayford; pickup unaffected by the slightly longer transit to the catchment hub.
Begin · Submit photos and inventory
Pick a destination,
submit a written brief.
The form takes the same shape for any of the four routes — photos, inventory, destination address, rough departure month. Route-specific notes go in the comments box if you have a preference on routing or scheduling.