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£ 280
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72% less than market avg.
£ 594
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63% less than market avg.
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David Pinto
Jul 28, 2021
Long-distance move from London, Greater London to London, Greater London

Con people! Do not use!

These are con people! do not use them. I booked them to move from a flat to a house 3 miles apart. They arrived late. 10 minutes into loading the van, head office calls me to say they would have to charge more because 3 pieces of furniture didn't fit in the lift (they never asked). In fact it was only the mattress that didn't go in the lift. They ended up moving a lot less furniture than quoted for in the first place. Also, the house has no lift. Once they arrived at the new place, they refused to unload unless I paid the remaining amount (50% plus the extra added in the morning) even though it had been agreed that I would pay upon completion of the service. They even threaten to leave with all my furniture. The two people doing the loading and unloading (which don't work for the company) were ok, but Yana and Pete are bullies and rude!

Move size: 2 Bedroom Home Service cost: £693

Official company response

Dear David Pinto, we are sorry to hear you are not satisfied. If you have an issue with the services provided, we would urge you to contact your move manager and discuss it or escalate this to the management.

Top Removals aims to full customer satisfaction and we follow the strict Code of Practice of the British Association of Removers, who can also offer customer support and dispute resolution. Your consumer rights are fully protected.
We are a holder of a quality standard - BS EN 12522 Domestic Removals, which is achieved through active monitoring and auditing process and is a standard which can only few companies can achieve based on following the code of practice, industry approved practices and constant customer support. It is a quality management standard, which we work actively to achieve and maintain and it is not something that can be just bough of the shelf. A company needs to work hard to earn it.

We further investigated the claims in your review and just found out the information provided by you, although valuable for our internal auditing process, is untrue and doesn’t match the facts.
Your move was what we consider a small man and van job. We collected the information we needed, assessed the items to be moved and the access and provided you with a price. We’ve asked and confirmed with you that a lift can be used and no manual lifting needs to be done above 1st floor. You’ve confirmed in an email to us that the lift can be used without any restrictions. Upon arrival the team found out that few pieces of furniture, including a very heavy and large mattress cannot fit in the lift. They confirmed to you that this needs to be reported to the office. The team leader said that you told him not to call the office, but you would give him £30 tip to move these through stairs. However, as this needs new risk assessment and is an issue that needs to be recorded, he followed the company guidance and called your move manager to report it. The move manager explained that the extra carry, which was not initially agreed would cost you £70 extra inc of VAT and with a discount offered. This was just to cover the extra time and efforts for the crew. You then became agitated and rude to her stating that you would not pay anything on top of what was originally agreed. The on-duty manager then took your call and explained to you and your lawyer why carrying furniture through staircase above 1st level cost extra and highlighted the point in the terms and conditions confirming the arrangements. We also gave you an option not to take the offer or contact the British Association of Removers, whose T&Sc we use and who can confirm to you the issue of manual handling through the stairs, extra efforts and charges this incurs. You’ve threatened our colleagues and crew that if we do not do the extra bits for free you would go public and leave a negative review.

We are really disappointed to read through your review, knowing the details of your move and circumstances surrounding it. We maintained professional throughout, the crew completed all the tasks, without further complaints and no damages were caused. It was a small man and a van type job and you asked for cheapest solution withholding key access information without the willingness of cooperation.


Top Removals will continue to serve its clients to the best of our abilities offering competitively priced services and aiming for complete customer satisfaction, while actively follows the Code of Practice of the BAR. In the last year we successfully completed over 1,200 moves and enjoy a lot of recommendations and repeat business because of the transparent, friendly and professional approach we adopted, making the company one of the leading removals and storage services providers in London.

Emily
Dec 09, 2019
International move from Leeds, Yorkshire to Bergen, Hordaland Fylke

Great service.

From starting to plan my move to the delivery itself the move went perfectly. I mostly spoke with Vicky at Top Removals and she was so helpful and answered emails quickly. When the moving men came they went out of their way and carried all my boxes up 5 flights of stairs for me despite that not being included in the price or the contract. The price for the whole move was the cheapest out there and all my things arrived in perfect condition. Top Removals made moving my belongings really easy and I'd highly recommend them.

Service cost: £1000

Babak
Sep 28, 2019
Long-distance move from Reading, Berkshire to Bristol, Bristol

Good experience.

I had a removal from Reading to Bristol. I did some research first and looked into the reviews. And I advise everyone to do the same. Some reviews are very alarming and help you avoid a bad situation.

My case was a relatively light move though and I didn't have any furniture. I packed everything myself and made sure everything is safely put in a box. And I also double-checked with company about the time and date. And again I advise others to do the same.

It was a smooth move. They showed up on time, even though it was a bank holiday, and there was no delay in delivering either. The cost was fair too.

Service cost: £700

Thomas
Nov 10, 2019
Long-distance move from Romford, Greater London to London, Greater London

Fantastic! Would absolutely recommend.

Excellent removals company. Fantastic value - much cheaper than many other quotes. Their spreadsheet that you fill in to figure out how much van/lorry space you'll need is a big plus - much easier than figuring it out yourself!

Annie, who coordinated the move was so helpful, friendly and responsive. The guys who did the move itself were absolute machines - couldn't believe how fast it got done! No damage at all, and they were very careful with any fragile things. I really cannot recommend them enough.

Service cost: £330

Pavlos
May 23, 2014
Long-distance move from London, Greater London to London, Greater London

Excellent company.

I have used top removals twice. I was so impressed from the efficiancy, care, politness and profesionalism the first time I used them that I once again contacted them for my second move.
The service again proved ot be like the first time. The guys were very poilte and they moved very quickly. The team is well trained and look after all of my belongings very well.

I highly recommend Top removals and cannot speak highly enough about them.

Service cost: £175

Janey Grainger
Jun 13, 2013
Long-distance move from London, Greater London to London, Greater London

Professional and very helpful.

I would like to thank you for all your help and the guys for a great move. As usual the move did not go expected to plan, despite the promises of the other party to be out, they were not and we ended up waiting for them to finish. The guys were very patient and sorted everything quickly once we could get in. This is the second time I have used Top Removals and both moves have been professional and the guys very helpful.

Service cost: £300

Ajay
Jun 13, 2013

Worst Service Ever Encountered!

They arrived late and not enough people to remove large items, so I had to help out. Items damaged as not protected properly. They arrived late at the destination and would not deliver the items until paid for in cash, which was contrary to the agreement. They didn't want to work to the prior agreement of payment on delivery and were very unhelpful. They wouldn't even open the door to the vehicle to view the items to ensure they were still there and had not been unloaded on route, which was a suspicion that arose out of the totally unprofessional demeanour of these people. Abusive and uncooperative from start to finish. Use at your peril!

Service cost: £1000

Petria
Jul 10, 2013
Long-distance move from London, Greater London to London, Greater London

Bad service!!

Very bad service, avoid at all costs.  They broke many of my plates and cups and told me it was my fault for packing wrong.  They also were happy for me to carry some of the boxes while they sorted the truck.  They were careless and unprofessional and didn't say sorry about my stuff. Tips:  Always tape everything up so the box can't break at all costs.  Have your camera ready to take pics of broken items as you will not be covered by insurance. Reception staff are helpful.  .

Service cost: £100

Catherine Weeks
Mar 18, 2014
Long-distance move from London, Greater London to London, Greater London

Amazing!

Through what is a usually a stressful process, the guys frim Top Removals operated in the most efficient, professional and polite manner possible and turned it into a very easy process.
They packed up my apartment for me remarkably quickly and did a really good job.  They could have easily slacked given I was paying by the hour, but they grafted non-stop.
Everything was packed well and handled with care - not one broken or damaged item which is unheard of in my experience.
i shall most certainly be using them when I move again in a couple of months.

Service cost: £579

Tijen Olcay
Oct 17, 2014
Long-distance move from London, Greater London to London, Greater London

Http://www.top-removals.co.uk/ EXCELLENT.

TOPREMOVAL has a very friendly, very discrete and extremely attentive and efficient staff - from the very beginning with the LIVE CHAT which made an immediate reservation possible. I had been searching for several weeks already and felt always, at some point a dissatisfaction and couldn't agree. TOPREMOVAL gained me with the very brief and clear and instant CHAT, integrated on their website. At the time, I was in Germany and made the reservation from Germany. Our pick up time was fixed to 6pm, but we needed 30 min. more and called TOPREMOVALS at 5pm to ask if this was possible. And there no problem at all and they arrived at 6:30pm sharp. They knew exactly what to do and how to do. Did not speak much. Did not stop. And finished everything quickly and very carefully ahead of time and respected our few specific demands. THANK YOU TOREMOVALS for making this move a very pleasant and memorable one.

Service cost: £120

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We have calculated an approximate local moving market average price from 209 reviews of people moving within Greater London to be £998.

From 63 local reviews for Top Removals, we have calculated an average moving cost of £280 for local moves.

This could mean that Top Removals is cheaper with about 72% from the market average.

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From 941 reviews of people moving long ditance, we concluded that the market average costs are around £1600 when moving long-distance.

For Top Removals, we estimate that their average long-distance moving costs will be around £594, based on 8 long distance moving reviews.

This could mean that long-distance moving services costs of Top Removals for moving between states is cheaper with about 63% from the market average.

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