Where we work, and what each street actually does to a removal van

Access

The old town is the tightest work we do. Crooms Hill, Royal Hill and the streets between them are narrow, parked solid and almost entirely without driveways. Suspended bays through the Royal Borough are routine here, and a handful of streets will not take a Luton at all — for those we shuttle from a workable point and say so at quote stage.

Timing

Visitor traffic between the Cutty Sark, the market and the park gates builds through the morning, so loads start early where the street allows it.

Most common job

Period house moves, conversion flats, part loads and a steady run of tenancy changeovers.

Access

Concierge buildings with booked service lifts, timed loading bays and a goods entrance that is very often not the door on the map. Some blocks want insurance documents and a method statement in advance; a few restrict moving hours entirely. We handle that correspondence before the date so the day is a move rather than a negotiation.

Timing

Set by the building, not by us. Where a lift slot is available we plan the load order around it so the lift runs full.

Most common job

Flat moves in and out, young professionals, and relocations for work.

Access

The village streets are tight and the heath edge is exposed — genuinely windy, which matters more than it sounds when you are carrying a wardrobe across open ground. Parking varies street by street and the roads around the station fill early.

Timing

Blackheath straddles the Greenwich and Lewisham boundary. We work the Greenwich side regularly and will point you at a Lewisham-based firm when a job clearly sits with them.

Most common job

Large period house moves, family moves, and downsizing out of houses that have held a lot for a long time.

Access

Long front paths and tiled steps, and streets that fall away sharply. Vehicles get chocked properly here — a loaded Luton on a Westcombe gradient is not something to improvise with. Front gardens are often narrow, so the carry from door to tailgate is longer than the map suggests.

Timing

Straightforward most of the day. The station end gets busy around the commuter peaks.

Most common job

Family house moves, and a good share of the period-handling work.

Access

Steep, narrow at the top end, and parked from end to end. This is where we most often plan a suspended bay lower down the hill and shuttle up, because getting a long vehicle to the door is frequently not possible and pretending otherwise just costs everybody the morning.

Timing

Early, and dry if we can choose. The hill plus wet stone steps is the combination we least enjoy.

Most common job

Conversion flats, period terraces, and single awkward items that need four hands.

Access

The easiest of our core areas — driveways genuinely exist. The catch is the village: the roads around the church are one-way and unforgiving, and the approach from the A102 slip roads dictates what time a large vehicle can sensibly arrive.

Timing

Avoid the school run and the match-day traffic, both of which turn a ten-minute approach into something else entirely.

Most common job

Family house moves, moves up from flats in SE10, and part loads out to Kent.