Everything we do
Five things, done properly, in a town where the building is frequently more fragile than what is inside it. Everything below is surveyed before it is priced.
Whole households, surveyed before priced.
Regency terraces, Victorian villas, hill houses and Tonbridge family homes. Boards on original floors and padding on frames before anything moves — on lime plaster that is the baseline rather than an upgrade.
Read more →Wrapped, inventoried, racked indoors.
Needed here more than the town's size suggests, because chains are long and period property frequently needs work before anyone can move into it. Collected as part of the move rather than sought in a panic.
Read more →A room, a flat, one heavy thing.
Two people and a smaller vehicle, booked by the job — including saleroom and dealer collections, which this area generates a great many of and which are rarely as simple as the catalogue makes them look.
Read more →Protection before technique.
An agreed route through the house, the newel post wrapped, and a decision made in advance about which staircase carries what. Antique furniture comes apart only where it was designed to.
Full, part, or just the breakables.
Cell partitions for glass, purpose-made cases for framed work and mirrors, proper protection for lamps and marble. Materials chosen per item rather than per room.
Declared, cased, confirmed in writing.
Veneer, inlay, gilt, stone tops and long-case clocks turn up constantly in this town. Declared at survey so cover is arranged before you book, and cased or crated rather than blanketed.
Offices, consulting rooms, studios.
Town-centre offices, shops and practices, usually run out of hours so trading stops for the least possible time.
France, Spain, Italy and Portugal.
Route-pair framed from Tunbridge Wells, with the Kent crossings on the doorstep and the customs file built from the survey inventory.
Read more →Four things move the number: how much is going, the access at both ends, how much packing you want done, and how far it travels. Not the season, not how urgent it sounds, not what somebody else quoted.
That also makes quotes comparable. If you are weighing us against another firm, check both have measured the same volume and assume the same packing depth — most of the difference between two prices lives there.
Unsure which you need? Describe it on the quote form. Questions covers what comes up next, and coverage shows where we work.
Next step
Both addresses, roughly what is going, and your dates if you have them. We will arrange a survey and come back with a written quote.