Out to Europe · route-pair moves
Four routes we run often — France, Italy, Spain and Portugal. You bring the reason to go; we bring the van, the plan and the paperwork to get you there.
Plenty of moves that start in Edgware don’t end in London. A family trading the North Circular for the Costa Blanca; a couple retiring to the Algarve; someone taking a job on a campus outside Milan. For all of them, an international removal from Edgware is really one long, well-planned journey — and the planning is the part we love. Every run leaves on the A41, joins the M25, and crosses at Folkestone or Dover before peeling off to wherever you’re headed.
We keep to the four routes we know properly — removals to France, Italy, Spain and Portugal — because knowing the crossings, the roads and the customs steps by heart is worth more than a map with a hundred pins on it. And while Edgware is home base, we’re just as happy loading from elsewhere: London, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Bristol are all origins we’ve pulled away from on the way to the Channel.
The shortest hop of the four — first off the shuttle, widest choice of drop-offs.
Who moves it Families heading south, remote workers, and people with a second place in the countryside.
We route to Paris & the Île-de-France · Normandy & Brittany · the Loire · the Dordogne · Provence & the Côte d’Azur
Removals from Edgware to FranceThe long one — planned around driver hours and the way through the Alps.
Who moves it Returning Italian families, lake-and-Tuscany lifestyle moves, and academics on the northern campuses.
We route to Lombardy & Milan · the Italian Lakes · Piedmont & Turin · Tuscany · Lazio & Rome
Removals from Edgware to ItalyThe busiest route for a fresh start in the sun — a steady run down France’s Atlantic side.
Who moves it Retirees, families chasing the weather, and people trading a NW-London flat for a place near the coast.
We route to the Costa Blanca · the Costa del Sol · Catalonia & Barcelona · Madrid · Valencia
Removals from Edgware to SpainThe furthest west — routed clean across Spain, most often for the Algarve and Lisbon.
Who moves it Sun-seekers, remote founders on the D7 route, and families drawn to the coast and the schools.
We route to the Algarve · Lisbon & the Setúbal coast · the Silver Coast · Porto & the north
Removals from Edgware to PortugalA full home usually wants a dedicated vehicle — your things, your timing, door to door. But not every move fills a lorry. A flat, part of a house, or a move you’re in no rush to complete can travel as a shared or part-load, riding along on a vehicle already heading that way. It’s the same care either way; your written quote simply tells you which suits what you’re sending.
Since the UK left the EU there’s paperwork on both sides — an inventory, a transit declaration for the goods crossing Europe, and the transfer-of-residence forms where they apply. It sounds heavier than it is. We prepare it with you and lodge what needs lodging, so the border is a formality rather than a headache. It’s a process, not a wall — and it’s the part we take off your plate.
Moving the business abroad rather than the household? The same route knowledge applies — see the office removals page for how we handle commercial kit, and the service tiers for what each level includes. Staying closer to home for now? That’s the Edgware removals side.
Good to know
Customs, loads, timing and which countries we actually cover — without the guesswork.
There’s paperwork both ends now — an inventory, a transit declaration for the goods crossing the EU, and the transfer-of-residence forms where they apply. We prepare it with you and lodge what needs lodging. It’s a process, not a wall, and it’s the part we take off your plate so you can get on with the move itself.
Both. A full home usually wants a dedicated load. If you’re sending less — a flat, part of a house, or you’re not in a hurry — a shared or part-load puts your things on a vehicle already heading that way. Your quote will say which suits what you’re moving.
It depends on the route, the crossing, whether it’s a dedicated or shared load, and how customs clears at the far end. Rather than quote a figure that turns out wrong, your written quote gives you an estimated window and we keep you posted as the load makes its way across.
The four we run regularly are France, Italy, Spain and Portugal — we know those roads, the crossings and the customs steps for each. If you’re weighing up somewhere else in Europe, ask anyway; we’ll tell you honestly whether it’s something we can plan properly or not.
Your move starts here
Tell us where you’re going and roughly what’s coming with you. We’ll come back with a plan, the load type that fits, and a written quote — no transit-day promises we can’t keep.