When it comes to moving you from A to B, it goes without saying that we handle your belongings with care and caution – but what about navigating other dangers, such as the nation’s roads? We’re a tried and tested family-run removals company with 44 years of experience under our belt, so we know that […]
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Moving home, no matter what type of transaction or chain you are in, can often include unpredicted delays. Whether you’re waiting on other parties, solicitors, funds, there is more often than not something holding up the final stages. This is why at Ballards, we don’t take bookings until the exchange of contracts. You’re welcome to
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When we help our clients move house, it can be a simple move down the street or around the corner, but others require complex journeys to hard-to-reach places, sometimes in the middle of nowhere. With larger or more unusual moves, you can often be met with moving goalposts and shifting sands – but that doesn’t
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Even if you’re excited to move house and you’re raring to go, it’s easy to overlook just how much a home can mean to you emotionally. As well as the initial excitement, it’s natural to feel anxiety, apprehension and a little sadness, but we’ll do everything we can to help you toward the greatest feeling:
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At Ballards, we’re proud to be aiding Support Ukraine UK: a national campaign that’s dedicated to providing humanitarian aid, supplies and monetary donations to children, families, medics, hospitals, schools and nurseries affected by the war with Russia. In coordination with the campaign’s Nottinghamshire coordinator, our headquarters has been serving as a drop-off point for donations
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With access to seemingly limitless resources, you may think that celebs have outlandish methods of moving their prized possessions from A to B, but that’s not always the case. Forget the rhinestone helicopter – even celebs know that expert advice and experience are essential for any home move. With the wealth of options available to
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Moving house is an exciting moment that requires planning, care and attention. Four years ago, after helping millions of customers move house, it was our turn as we relocated our business three miles up the A1 to our new Nottinghamshire HQ. As you’d expect, this was a major undertaking, with our fleet of vehicles, short-term
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Our team of home removal specialists helped score a flawless transfer for an international rugby star during a move from Newcastle to France. Rodney Ah You, known for being a prop for the Newcastle Falcons rugby team, recently made the move across the channel to Brittany, France to join the RC Vannes, a french rugby
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With temperatures dropping and thermostats across the nation creeping ever higher, we’re taking a moment to reflect on a successful summer for Ballards, moving so many satisfied customers into new homes across the country – and the world. Don’t want to take our word for it? Then pop the kettle on and check out our Google
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We’ve all witnessed – and been affected by – the ongoing shortage of hauliers across the UK. If there is one upside however, it’s that it reminds us of just how important professional drivers are to our economy. With many European drivers having left the country, with the pandemic having prevented people gaining new licences
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The ongoing shortage of fuel deliveries across the UK has dominated the news in recent weeks, but we want to assure our customers that we are continuing to operate as normal. While there may be a shortage of fuel in forecourts across the country, there’s no shortage of fuel in the country as a whole,
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Our next cohort of newly recruited removal porters are now fully trained and ready to help clients move home, relocate or put things into storage. As home removal specialists, we take great care to ensure your belongings are in safe hands, so we take training very seriously. Under the watchful eye of Dave Burns, who’s
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To make sure our lorries are always well maintained and suitable for your removal, storage, haulage or van hire needs, we’ve employed a new strategy of in-house brake testing. With Totalkare extension ramps and mobile brake testers, we ensure high levels of efficiency and accuracy when checking our lorries’ brakes, to make sure our vehicles
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It’s been an interesting year for the home removal industry. Demand has spiked with many homeowners trying to make the move before the stamp duty holiday deadline in September, and it is becoming more difficult to find a home removals service company that you can rely on. Up to 100,000 household moves each month With
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With a history spanning over more than 40 years, we’ve gotten some key insight over the years into proven methods for keeping the kids calm before, during and after moving house – knowledge we’re sharing with you in this blog post. Moving Home is a life event that has an immense amount of stress attached
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