Removals in Kingsbury

Kingsbury is where the vans live

Sal Removals is registered at 19 Uphill Drive, London NW9 0BU, and that is also where the vans are kept and where the storage is. Every other page on this site describes an area we drive to; this one describes the streets around the yard. A survey in Kingsbury is a walk or a five-minute drive, the crew know which roads are controlled without looking them up, and a move that starts at 8am starts at 8am. We do house and flat removals, man and van, packing, storage, office moves and house clearance across NW9 and the Queensbury edge into HA3 and HA8.

Parking in Kingsbury: Brent rules, and where they bite

Kingsbury is in the London Borough of Brent, though NW9 as a postcode straddles the border: Kingsbury and Roe Green are Brent, while Colindale, The Hyde and West Hendon on the far side are Barnet. Brent has 44 controlled parking zones and publishes a map, but in Kingsbury they cluster round Kingsbury station and along Kingsbury Road. The side streets off Church Lane and around Roe Green Park are largely uncontrolled, and most of the Metroland semis have a drive, so the majority of Kingsbury moves need no paperwork at all.

Where a street is controlled, Brent lists home removals as a reason for a bay suspension and charges £67 per bay per day if the application goes in 14 or more days ahead, plus a one-off £133 fee under 14 days, at the time of writing. Changing a booked suspension is £30 and cancelling is £101, which is why we confirm your completion date before we apply. For a short job that fits inside four hours, a yellow line dispensation is cheaper: £38 per vehicle per day on a single yellow, £73 on a double, with £31 added under 3 days notice. The council asks for at least 7 working days on any application. We handle all of it and price it into the quote.

The housing stock, and what it means on the day

Kingsbury is classic 1930s Metroland: semis with bay windows, a drive and a garage at the side. A three-bed semi here is our most common job: three movers, two Lutons or one lorry, a loft that needs emptying, beds and wardrobes dismantled and rebuilt, all typically inside one day. Roe Green Village is the exception, an Arts and Crafts estate of cottages on narrow greens with short front paths and no driveways, so we park on the road and carry a little further. The interwar flats along Kingsbury Road and around Kingsbury Circle are walk-ups with a shared stair, and the newer blocks on Kingsbury Road have lifts that need booking with the managing agent.

Three typical Kingsbury jobs

A three-bed semi off Church Lane, moving to Edgware. Drive at both ends, so no suspension. Three movers, two Lutons, loft and garage packed the day before with a partial packing service, wardrobes rebuilt in the new house by late afternoon.

A cottage in Roe Green Village to storage. A downsizing move where the new flat was not ready. Two movers, one Luton, everything into storage containers, then redelivered six weeks later on the completion date. No paperwork needed; the crew carried from the green.

A second-floor flat on Kingsbury Road. Controlled street, so a Brent bay suspension booked 14 days ahead at the £67 rate. Two movers, a walk-up stair, loaded by midday and unloaded into a new-build in Wembley Park, with the lift booked there through the concierge.

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
• Mattress, sofa and armchair covers, wardrobe boxes and blankets on the van
• Brent suspension or dispensation applied for on your behalf
• Optional full or partial packing, from £199 for a one-bed flat, materials supplied and priced per pack
• Storage: from £20 + VAT a week per container
• Loft, garage and garden clearance as a house clearance or waste removal job, as a registered waste carrier

Why Kingsbury books the firm round the corner

Checkatrade member. Fully insured. The crew are our own team and the vans are our own, so the people who quote your move are the people who turn up on the day, and they are usually the same faces your neighbours have already used.

Services in Kingsbury

• House removals: flats, semis and cottages across NW9
• Man and van: from £80 an hour for two men, two-hour minimum
• Office removals: evenings and weekends
• Storage, packing materials and house clearance

The same yard covers Wembley, Edgware and Harrow. Moving into Kingsbury from outside London? Our guide to changing the address on your passport is the admin task most people forget.

Recycling before the move

Brent residents can take a car load to Abbey Road Reuse and Recycling Centre, Park Royal NW10 7TJ, Brent’s only site, open Monday and Thursday to Sunday 8am to 4pm and closed Tuesday and Wednesday. Cars need no booking, but any van counts as trade and has to register with West London Waste first, so anything we clear goes to a licensed transfer station rather than the tip.

Call 020 3475 0377, Monday to Sunday 8am to 8pm, or request a free quote. For a Kingsbury address we can usually survey the same week.