Removals from Kensington to Italy
Italy suits the kind of contents a Kensington home tends to hold — art, antiques, fine furniture heading for a Milan apartment, a Tuscan villa or a Rome townhouse. It is also the European move with the Alps in the middle, which rewards planning and a firm that has made the crossing before.
We load in Kensington, cross the Channel, and drive south through France and over or under the Alps into Italy, with the valuable pieces crated and condition-noted before they leave W8.
Fine handling, and the Alpine crossing
The care is the same as any of our premium moves — bespoke crates for paintings and mirrors, wrapping tuned to protect gilt and veneer, specialist handling for pianos and chandeliers, and condition-noting of the pieces that warrant it. What is different about Italy is the Alps.
The Alpine leg needs real planning: vehicle height, tunnel rules through Mont Blanc or Fréjus, and seasonal conditions. We sort all of that in advance so your consignment is not held at altitude, and it stays on one vehicle from Kensington to the Italian address.
- Bespoke crating and condition-noting for art and antiques
- Specialist piano, chandelier and long-case-clock handling
- Alpine crossing planned ahead (tunnel rules, height, season)
- One vehicle, Kensington door to Italian address
The route and post-Brexit customs
From Kensington it is the A4/M4 and M25 to the Channel, south through France, and over or under the Alps into the north — Milan, Turin, the lakes — or on down the autostrada to Tuscany and Rome. A move to Italy is an EU import.
For a genuine relocation, used household goods usually enter without Italian import duty and VAT under the transfer-of-residence relief, against a detailed inventory. Art and antiques carry their own paperwork, handled discreetly; the Italian residency documents (codice fiscale and so on) are your side to arrange.
We collect across the Royal Borough — Kensington (W8), South Kensington (SW7) and West Kensington (W14) — and pack your Italy move at the door, with the art and antiques crated first. See our fine-art and antique handling for how the valuable pieces travel.
Kensington to Italy, answered
How do you get a home to Italy from Kensington?
By road on one vehicle — out of W8/SW7/W14 via the A4/M4 and M25, across the Channel, south through France, over or under the Alps via the Mont Blanc or Fréjus tunnels, and on to your Italian address. Art and antiques are crated and condition-noted first.
Is the Alpine crossing a problem for a move?
Not when it is planned. Vehicle height, tunnel rules and seasonal conditions all matter, so we arrange the crossing before we set off. It is a routine part of an Italy move for us.
Do I pay Italian import duty after Brexit?
For a genuine relocation, used household goods usually enter without Italian import duty and VAT under the EU transfer-of-residence relief, against a proper inventory. A second home is declared differently — we clarify which applies.
Which parts of Italy do you cover?
Milan and Lombardy, Turin and Piedmont, the lakes, Tuscany, and Rome and Lazio. The destination sets the routing once we are over the Alps.
Other European routes from Kensington
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