Removals from Cheshire to Spain

Spain is the longest of the four from here by a wide margin: the length of England, the length of France, then the Pyrenees and most of Spain. Distance on that scale changes the packing specification rather than just the price — everything travels further, is handled more, and sits in a hot vehicle for longer.

The route

the M6 south, then across to the M20 for the Kent crossings — most of the length of England before the Channel Then France end to end. Vehicles for Catalonia and the east coast cross at La Jonquera and run down the AP-7; those for Madrid, the south and the west go via Bordeaux and the border at Irún, then across northern Spain. Multi-day, under driving-hours rules, and quoted with an expected window rather than a promise.

Where deliveries go

• Costa Blanca — Alicante, Torrevieja, Jávea, Dénia, Altea
• Murcia and the Costa Cálida — Mar Menor, Mazarrón, Águilas
• Andalucía — Málaga, Marbella, Nerja, the Axarquía, inland to Granada
• Valencia and the interior — the city and the villages behind it
• Catalonia — Barcelona, the Costa Brava, Tarragona
• The Balearics — Mallorca, Menorca and Ibiza, with a mainland ferry leg

The far end is the hard end

Urbanisation gates that will not take a full-size vehicle, apartment lifts built for people rather than wardrobes, and a village street that narrows past the church. Anyone can drive to Spain; the difficulty is the last two hundred metres. We ask about gates, lifts, stairs and street widths at the destination while the load is still in Cheshire, because that is the only point at which the answer can change the plan.

Customs and the document order

Relief on household effects entering Spain is routine provided the documents exist in the right order: the NIE first, then evidence you have left the UK system, then evidence you are entering the Spanish one — the padrón at your new address being the proof usually wanted — with a valued inventory alongside. What delays these moves is almost never the inventory; it is discovering late that a document needed early takes weeks to obtain.

Dedicated vehicle or shared space

A dedicated vehicle means your dates and the fewest handlings. Shared space means a lower cost, a delivery window rather than a named day, and more handlings along the way. On a household with pieces you would mind losing, the handling count is a real argument for a dedicated vehicle, and we will make that argument rather than quietly selling the cheaper option.

Starting the move

Both addresses, rough dates, a sense of the volume, and whether shared space is an option for you. We will survey and quote in writing. See European removals for how the four compare.