Moving house in Earl's Court
Earl's Court is the next district north of Fulham, so it is one of the shortest runs from our base. Brompton Cemetery and West Brompton station lie between us, and the streets of SW5 begin just beyond them.
Almost everything here is flats. Most of the tall Victorian terraces were divided long ago, and around Earl's Court Square, Nevern Square and Philbeach Gardens the houses rise four or five floors over a basement. Earl's Court Square also has late-Victorian mansion flats. Lifts are rare in the converted houses, so moving house in Earl's Court usually means a long, narrow staircase, and the big pieces have to come apart before they come down.
Earl's Court has always had a lot of people coming and going: renters, students and people new to London, often sharing a house. Many moves here are small, a room or a studio at the end of a tenancy, and a man and van booked by the hour suits them better than a full removal. Many of those moves fall at the end of the month, when tenancies change over, so book early if your date is fixed.
Getting the van to the door takes some local knowledge. Earl's Court Road runs one way southbound and Warwick Road one way northbound, so the direction you arrive from matters. We plan the approach so the van pulls up on the right side of the street.
SW5 is in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, which says a home removal does not need a bay suspension. West of the railway, around West Brompton, you are in Hammersmith and Fulham, where the rules are different. Send us your street and we will tell you which council covers it.
