South Kensington moving preparation guide

Confirm the inventory and current building instruction

List every piece, box and additional stop, identifying the table’s prepared sections and the mirror’s handling needs. Agree who prepares each item before collection.

Ask the authorised contact for the furniture entrance, permitted lift or stairs and any moving or protection arrangement. Use the piece-and-route quote record before choosing space and help.

Label parts and preserve the agreed item routes

Keep table legs and fixings labelled with the correct piece, protect fragile surfaces and close manageable boxes. Measure the largest prepared section through its actual outside and internal turns.

Keep both the lift and stair approaches clear where the load uses different routes. Reconfirm who provides any requested protection or supervision and who can open every relevant door.

Reconfirm street use and the two property contacts

Use the position-and-building record for actual loading and private admission. Have the recipient confirm keys, their own permitted routes and final-room fit for all prepared pieces.

Give fixed seller, keyholder, building or facility limits before booking. Connect checking, preparation, all item carries, loading, every stop, travel, unloading and placement. With customer loading and unloading, arrange sufficient people throughout at both ends and report changed goods or access promptly.

The labelled table parts and mirror follow the agreed routes

Illustrative example: a South Kensington customer prepares a table, mirror and boxes for a building collection. Labelled fittings remain with the table and the current opening contact confirms the permitted routes.

The recipient uses the same inventory to check keys and room placement. Both contacts retain the full sequence and fixed periods, with any change reported before arrival.

Finish the fragile-load handover

• All goods, prepared sections and additional stops.
• Labelled fittings and separately protected fragile pieces.
• Clear permitted item routes and current building instruction.
• Actual loading, both opening contacts and receiving keys.
• Final rooms, fixed limits, selected help and reported changes.

Keep the building-to-room sequence with London scheduling guidance. A suitable vetted provider is allocated after booking according to requirements and availability.