Moving house in Wandsworth
From our base, Wandsworth Bridge Road runs straight down to the river, and on the other side you are in Wandsworth Town. The borough is named after the River Wandle, which meets the Thames here, and the old wharves along the river are now mostly apartment blocks.
Away from the river, Wandsworth is family-house country. Southfields is a grid of long Edwardian terraced streets running down towards Wimbledon Park, and Earlsfield has similar Victorian and Edwardian terraces either side of Garratt Lane. By Wandsworth Common, the streets known as the Toast Rack are lined with large Victorian houses. Moving house in Wandsworth often means a whole family home: three or four bedrooms, a loft, a garden shed and sometimes a garage.
Wandsworth Town is the other side of the story. The Ram Quarter, on the old brewery site by the Wandle, is one of the newest neighbourhoods, and along the river there are more blocks with lifts, concierges and loading bays. Most ask residents to book the lift and a moving slot, and we load around it.
Traffic is the thing to plan for. The town centre is one big one-way system carrying the A3 and the South Circular past the Southside shopping centre. We set the start time and the route to keep the van out of it at the busiest hours. Traffic off Wandsworth Bridge feeds into the same roads, so leaving Fulham at the right time matters as much as arriving.
And in Southfields, check the calendar. During the Wimbledon Championships the council combines the local parking zones into one event zone with controls every day, so a move in late June or early July needs more planning.
