International removals from Kensington
The care we bring to a Kensington townhouse doesn’t stop at the Channel. We move considered homes — art, antiques, fine furniture — from W8, SW7 and W14 into Europe, on one vehicle, with the crating and the customs handled. Choose a destination, or read how a European move works from here.
How a European move works from Kensington
Every European move begins the way a local one does: a discreet look round the property, an agreed inventory, and a written quote built around the contents, the access and the destination. The difference is the drive. We leave Kensington on the A4 or M4, join the M25, and head for the Channel — Eurotunnel at Folkestone or a Dover ferry — then on through Europe to your address, be it a Paris apartment, a Marbella house, a Tuscan villa or a Geneva flat.
One vehicle, valuables crated
Fine art and antiques don’t belong in a lorry that gets tipped and re-loaded at a depot. We keep the consignment on a single vehicle from your Kensington door to the far end, and the pieces that warrant it are crated to measure and condition-noted before they leave the room. It is the same white-glove standard, extended across a border.
Customs — EU and Switzerland
For France, Spain and Italy, a genuine relocation runs on the EU transfer-of-residence relief: used household effects usually enter without import duty or VAT, against a detailed inventory and declaration, which we prepare. Switzerland sits outside the EU, so it is a full import against the Swiss household-goods declaration — we handle that and coordinate with a Swiss clearing agent. Art and antiques carry their own documentation, handled discreetly throughout.
Beyond Kensington
Most of these moves load in the Royal Borough, but a European road move can collect elsewhere too — across London, Manchester, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Bristol and the wider UK when it suits the route. Kensington is where we are based, not the boundary of where we go.
Moving from Kensington into Europe
Do you handle international moves as well as London ones?
Yes. Alongside premium removals across Kensington, we run road moves from W8, SW7 and W14 into Europe — France, Spain, Italy and Switzerland — with the same white-glove packing and the customs handled.
Can you move fine art and antiques abroad?
That is a large part of what we do. Paintings, mirrors, sculpture, antiques, pianos and chandeliers are crated to measure and condition-noted before they leave the house, and the art documentation is handled discreetly alongside the customs declaration.
How does a move from Kensington to Europe travel?
By road on one vehicle — loaded in Kensington, across the Channel by Eurotunnel or ferry, and on through Europe to your address. Nothing is tipped into a depot and re-handled in between.
What about customs — and is Switzerland different?
For France, Spain and Italy, a genuine relocation runs on the EU transfer-of-residence relief against a detailed inventory. Switzerland is outside the EU, so it is a full import against the Swiss household-goods declaration. We prepare the paperwork and coordinate with agents at the far end either way.
Do you collect from beyond Kensington?
We are a Kensington firm, and that is where most of these moves load, but a European road move can collect elsewhere in London and across the UK when it fits the route.
Moving from Kensington to Europe?
Tell us about the property and the contents. We’ll return a considered, written quote.