murky Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Hi All My family and I are hoping to move to NSW in Sept 11. At the moment we are living at my fathers house so all our belongs are in storage and it has cost us way more to store than what the items are worth i was gutted when i worked it out. Now its going to cost a whole lot more to get them over there, but, seeing as they are more or less packed i wondered which removal companies would let you pack your own stuff and does it work out a lot less? :eek: All help welcome Mrs Murky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike 6r4 Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 We self packed a 40ft container for our move, it was very close between Allied Pickford and John Mason, with Mason's being better in the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murky Posted January 15, 2011 Author Share Posted January 15, 2011 We self packed a 40ft container for our move, it was very close between Allied Pickford and John Mason, with Mason's being better in the end. Hi mike 6r4 Can I ask did you get quotes for them to pack your goods as well as self pack and if so was there a huge difference? I called at the offices of anglo pacific and told them our situation and they said they couldnt give us a price without seeing everything in the boxes. I really don't want to open the contents of all 40 boxes just to put them all back again, and if they brought their boxes so they know exactly how much we have we might not like their prices. I'm a bit stuck now:confused: Mrs Murky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike 6r4 Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 Yes there was a huge difference. Saved ourselves about £3k by self packing. I think you're getting confused over what they are asking you. It's normal for them to come and see all the goods that you have, be them pre packed or not so they can assess the volume of goods you have in cubic feet. Some of our stuff was in storage so I took them there to see it and to our house also for a full quotation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murky Posted January 17, 2011 Author Share Posted January 17, 2011 Yes there was a huge difference. Saved ourselves about £3k by self packing. I think you're getting confused over what they are asking you. It's normal for them to come and see all the goods that you have, be them pre packed or not so they can assess the volume of goods you have in cubic feet. Some of our stuff was in storage so I took them there to see it and to our house also for a full quotation. Thanks for that. I didnt think they would come out to a few different locations to see all our stuff but i suppose if they want the work they will. Did you pay the price quoted or did you have any further charges added on at a later date? The shippers could only give us a rough quote for them packing up to 500 cubic feet is that a 20 ft shared container? as £2900 would you have any clue as to how much they may get it down to if we self pack? It would be brill if we could get a couple of thousand off. Maybe wishful thinking Mrs Murky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike 6r4 Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Yes we paid what they quoted. Any import duties and quarantine fees are excluded as you pay them direct to AQIS / customs. Not sure on your volume, we had sole use of a 40ft hi cube container for our stuff. As for getting a couple of grand off.............you're kidding. The less stuff there is, the less there is to pack, the less difference self packing will make. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murky Posted January 18, 2011 Author Share Posted January 18, 2011 Yes we paid what they quoted. Any import duties and quarantine fees are excluded as you pay them direct to AQIS / customs. Not sure on your volume, we had sole use of a 40ft hi cube container for our stuff. As for getting a couple of grand off.............you're kidding. The less stuff there is, the less there is to pack, the less difference self packing will make. Thanks, yes I was kidding! It would be great if they would give you a breakdown of how much of the quote goes on the actual shipping and how much for packing so that you can see whether its really worth your while self packing because i'm worried about the insurance side of things. I know that the goods I have don't hold much value individually, but to not cover breakages, I'm a bit bothered about but it's a chance I might have to take.:eek: Mrs Murky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike 6r4 Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Depends if you're a betting person, take the chance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest loudu Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 we only sent a part of a container From dublin - it only cost us about €200 extra for them to pack it all up for us and they had it done in about 1.5 hours. (we had the large room in the house emptied out and we put everything for shipping in the 1 room and we had all the clothes in Vac bags etc- so we were well organised. We had to pay for packing materials either way- which was about 100-150 more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murky Posted January 19, 2011 Author Share Posted January 19, 2011 we only sent a part of a container From dublin- it only cost us about €200 extra for them to pack it all up for us and they had it done in about 1.5 hours. (we had the large room in the house emptied out and we put everything for shipping in the 1 room and we had all the clothes in Vac bags etc- so we were well organised. We had to pay for packing materials either way- which was about 100-150 more. Hi there! Which shipping company did you use and did they tell you how many cubic feet your goods would take up in the container? I was told that I had 500 cubic feet and that it would take 2 days to pack or 1 day if I packed the boxes myself, I couldn't believe it! Mrs Murky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike 6r4 Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 I was told that I had 500 cubic feet and that it would take 2 days to pack or 1 day if I packed the boxes myself, I couldn't believe it! Mrs Murky They're talking out there ar**s. We packed our 40 footer in 3 hours 45 mins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murky Posted January 19, 2011 Author Share Posted January 19, 2011 They're talking out there ar**s. We packed our 40 footer in 3 hours 45 mins. It's a pity your not over here I would have employed you to pack mine:laugh: John Mason contacted me last night and said that they would indeed come to my home address and to the storage facility and are used to rummaging around in peoples lofts to give us a quote for packing and for self packing, but would not want to come out until April as we would need to ship in July for arrival at maybe the beginning of September. So thanks for that previous info! Mrs Murky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GMERIN53 Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 I have seen this website and they are cheap but you need to do all the packing and possibly paperwork yourself ! International Car Shipping UK| Exporting Cars to Kenya,Tanzania,cyprus south africa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest loudu Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Hi there! Which shipping company did you use and did they tell you how many cubic feet your goods would take up in the container? I was told that I had 500 cubic feet and that it would take 2 days to pack or 1 day if I packed the boxes myself, I couldn't believe it! Mrs Murky I just checked and it was 270 cubic feet. We used an Irish company called "careline", they were great. The stuff still had to go from Ireland to england to get packed into a full container there and then on to Oz. as i said, we were quite organisied, the fellas who came to pack said they go into some houses and all the stuff is in its normal place in the house and they have to pick between stuff that is being brought and stuff being left behind, and that takes some time. we thought it would be easier to have all the stuff in 1 room - more for us -so we knew we weren't forgetting anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bibbs Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Going to start looking into this too .. We'll have all our stuff in storage, and I can't see us getting much more than 250 cubic feet. Will let people know any pricing we get. (From Surrey to Perth) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murky Posted January 28, 2011 Author Share Posted January 28, 2011 Going to start looking into this too .. We'll have all our stuff in storage, and I can't see us getting much more than 250 cubic feet. Will let people know any pricing we get. (From Surrey to Perth) Hi Bibbs Your storage people will be able to tell you how many cubic feet your renting so you could use that as a guide. Our storage unit is 504 cubic feet and our belongings don't anywhere near fill it as they should in a container but one company have still quoted us for 500 cubic feet. On the shipping websites a box of L48cm, W44cm and H41cm is 3 cubic feet so if your belongings are in boxes of roughly that size then thats also a guide. Mrs Murky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewC Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Hi I moved from Bromley to Sydney with Bonners last year, we had 500 cubic feet, it cost £2380.00 with packing. The aqis fee was A$460.00, nothing needed cleaning so did not have any other charges. Bonners came in mid price, all arrived with nothing broken, my better half was very please which was the main thing! Can't find their number, the web site is doreebonner.co.uk hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bibbs Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Hi Bibbs Your storage people will be able to tell you how many cubic feet your renting so you could use that as a guide. Our storage unit is 504 cubic feet and our belongings don't anywhere near fill it as they should in a container but one company have still quoted us for 500 cubic feet. On the shipping websites a box of L48cm, W44cm and H41cm is 3 cubic feet so if your belongings are in boxes of roughly that size then thats also a guide. Mrs Murky What a massive underestimate I came up with. We've now a 100 sq foot room, and it's on average 3/4 foot high .. where does all this stuff come from?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murky Posted February 6, 2011 Author Share Posted February 6, 2011 What a massive underestimate I came up with.We've now a 100 sq foot room, and it's on average 3/4 foot high .. where does all this stuff come from?! Hi Bibbs If its anything like ours its the kitchen. I didnt know how much we had squirrelled away in the cupboards until we emptied them but i couldn't part with much because when you think of all the cost of replacing every last item and you would sell stuff for peanuts here because everybody loves something for nothing. We have ended up with at least 30 boxes:eek: Mrs Murky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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