Removals in Hampstead

Removals in Hampstead, planned round the house and the street

Sal Removals moves houses and flats across Hampstead and NW3, from the village streets round Heath Street and the High Street down through Belsize Park and Swiss Cottage, with our own professionally trained team and our own branded vans. Hampstead moves are rarely just a matter of volume. The houses are old and tall, the flats are often on upper floors of converted villas or mansion blocks, the streets are steep and narrow, and a lot of what goes on the van is valuable or fragile. We survey every Hampstead job before we quote it, so the crew, the van and the parking are right for the building, not for an average move.

Parking a removal van in Hampstead

Hampstead is in the London Borough of Camden, and Camden runs controlled parking across effectively the whole borough. Round Flask Walk and Church Row the houses have no drive and no off-street access at all, so the practical answer on almost every street is a parking bay suspension outside the door, applied for well ahead of the day. We make the application to Camden in your name, put the council’s current charge into the written quote rather than adding it later, and tell you when it is confirmed. Book early: the suspension, not the van, is usually what sets the earliest date.

The edges are different. Childs Hill and Hampstead Garden Suburb (NW11) are in Barnet, where a bay suspension is £69.63 per bay per day plus a £171.39 admin fee with 7 calendar days notice, and a single-vehicle dispensation is £51.90 a day with 2 working days notice, at the time of writing. West Hampstead in NW6 splits between Camden and Brent. We check the exact street before quoting so the right council gets the application. Our parking suspension guide sets out each borough’s process in full.

The homes we move in Hampstead

Georgian and Victorian houses split into flats. A second or third-floor flat in a converted house means a narrow, turning staircase, original banisters and cornicing to protect, and furniture that sometimes has to come apart to get round the landing. We measure at the survey and dismantle and rebuild beds, wardrobes and tables as part of the job.

Edwardian mansion blocks on Fitzjohn’s Avenue and Finchley Road. High ceilings, large rooms and a lot of furniture, but often a small lift or none. We contact the managing agent before the day for move times, lift use and any protection they ask for, and plan the crew round how long the stairs will take.

Village houses round Flask Walk, Church Row and Heath Street. Steps up to the door, steep pavements and no room to park two vehicles, so we plan the loading order and, where a big van cannot get close, shuttle with a smaller one.

1930s modernist flats in Belsize Park. Usually easier access, with a lift and a communal entrance, but tight turns in the hallways for sofas and large pieces.

A typical Hampstead move

A three-bed period house off Heath Street is a typical example. At the survey we list the antiques, pictures and mirrors, measure the stair and doorways, and agree the parking. If packing is booked, the fragiles and the kitchen are packed before move day. On the day, a three-bed move is typically three movers with two Lutons or one 7.5 tonne lorry: pictures and mirrors wrapped individually and carried upright, glass and marble tops taken off their bases, antiques blanketed and strapped, and the house protected on the way out.

A two-bed mansion flat on Fitzjohn’s Avenue is typically two movers and one Luton, with the lift booked through the managing agent and a suspended bay outside the entrance. For advice on the difficult pieces, see our guide to packing fragile and awkward items, which covers artwork, mirrors, marble and pianos item by item.

What is included

• Free on-site survey and a fixed written quote
• Our own professionally trained crew and our own branded vans
• Furniture dismantling and reassembly
• Sofa, mattress and armchair covers, wardrobe boxes and blankets on the van
• Parking suspension applied for on your behalf
• Optional fragile or full packing, from £99 for fragiles and the kitchen only
• Storage at our NW9 facility between a sale and completion
• Unwanted furniture cleared as a house clearance or waste removal job, as a registered waste carrier (CBDL469340)

Why people in Hampstead book us

Checkatrade member. Fully insured. Our crew is our own team, not agency labour, and the vans are ours, so the people who survey your home are the people who move it.

Services in Hampstead

• House removals: period houses, mansion flats and conversions across NW3
• Office removals: evenings and weekends, IT reconnected
• Man and van: single items and smaller flat moves, from £80 an hour for two men
• Storage, packing materials and house clearance

We also cover Finchley, Archway and Marylebone. If you are moving into Hampstead, our guide to changing the address on your passport covers the admin most people forget until after the move.

Recycling before the move

Camden residents can take a car load to Regis Road Reuse and Recycling Centre, Kentish Town NW5 3EW, daily 9am to 4pm. Vans must book 24 hours ahead on 020 3620 4026, and there is no trade waste. North London Waste Authority sites are open to all north London residents, so Summers Lane in North Finchley is an option too. Anything we clear for you goes to a licensed transfer station instead.

Call 020 3475 0377, Monday to Sunday 8am to 8pm, or request a free quote and we will survey your Hampstead move.