Moving house in Putney
From our base, Putney is straight along the New Kings Road and over Putney Bridge. Fulham and Putney face each other across the river, and plenty of people move from one to the other.
Close to the High Street and either side of the Lower and Upper Richmond Roads, most streets are Victorian and Edwardian terraces, many divided into an upper and a lower flat. They move much like a Fulham terrace: a narrow hall, a stair with a turn, and big furniture that comes apart to get out. Further up Putney Hill and towards the Heath, the houses get bigger, with more rooms, a loft and often a garden shed to clear.
By the bridge and along the river there are newer apartment blocks with lifts and concierges. West of the bridge is the Embankment, lined with rowing clubs, where the Boat Race starts each spring. On race day the riverside is crowded, so a move near the Embankment is best on another day.
Roehampton is part of SW15 too. The Alton Estate and the other post-war estates there have tower blocks, slab blocks with long corridors and low-rise houses, so we check the lift, the walk from the van and any parking rules on the estate before moving house in Putney's western end.
Traffic is the thing to plan for. Hammersmith Bridge has been closed to vehicles since 2019, so more of that traffic now uses Putney Bridge, and the Upper Richmond Road is part of the South Circular. We set the start time to miss the worst of it. The High Street is busy with buses all day, so if you live just off it, we look at where the van can stop safely before the day.
