Removals in Upminster, from the station streets to the big RM14 plots

House removals Upminster: what the RM14 streets ask of a move

Havering Council’s 2024 Character Study gives a fair picture of what we move out of here. It describes Upminster as a town centre with an early residential neighbourhood to its east, mostly Victorian suburban streets of semi-detached and terraced homes. Garden-suburb layouts with large gardens followed in the late Victorian and Edwardian years. Between the wars the newly electrified District line was extended east to Upminster, opening Upminster Bridge on the way. The same study puts parts of Upminster among the lowest-density housing in the borough, because of bungalows and other low suburban homes, large plots and wide roads. For a removals crew that adds up to three quite different jobs inside one postcode, and we price them differently.

The Victorian streets east of the crossroads

Semis and terraces from the first wave of building tend to have narrower halls and tighter stair turns than the later houses. A three-seat sofa or a tall wardrobe that came in through a modern house’s front door will not always go out through one of these, so we ask for measurements of the big pieces before we price, and we plan which ones come apart. Some of these houses have a drive and some do not. Where there is none, the van stops at the kerb, and close to the station the kerb is exactly where the trouble is: Havering’s own parking review of the area was meant to limit non-resident parking. We aim to have the van in place early, before the street fills, and we tell you in advance whether your road is a permit area so that a neighbour’s visitor voucher or a dispensation is ready.

Big plots, bungalows and the volume they hide

On the wider roads the access is easy and the volume is not. A detached house or a large bungalow that the same family has lived in for decades will usually hold more than its bedroom count suggests: a garage that has not seen a car in years, a boarded loft, a shed or two and heavy garden furniture. We count all of it when we look at the house, not just the rooms, because that is what decides whether the job needs one large van or two and a crew of three rather than two. Our guide to choosing the right van size for the amount you own shows how we work that out. If you are downsizing, clearing the garage and loft before the quote cuts the price more than anything else we can do, and our room-by-room decluttering checklist is a sensible place to start. Bungalows have one advantage: everything is on one floor, so a day that would be slow in a three-storey house goes quickly once the outbuildings are empty.

House removals Upminster Bridge: the District line stop by the Ingrebourne

Upminster Bridge is the District line station about a kilometre west of Upminster, where the River Ingrebourne runs through its small centre. Between the two stations, on St Mary’s Lane, stands Upminster Windmill, listed at Grade II*, with the listed Ingrebourne Cottages and Upminster Old Chapel close by. It is all still RM14 and all Havering, so the parking rules below apply in the same way. The practical point for a move here is the main road itself: we would rather load from a side road or a drive than hold a van on St Mary’s Lane, and we check the turn into your road before the day.

Flats over the shops and businesses at the crossroads

The town centre sits at a crossroads beside the Grade I listed Church of St Laurence, and Havering’s study picks out the older buildings along its shop fronts. Flats above shops are often reached by a side or rear door and a steep stair, so we look at the rear access first and plan a carry that keeps clear of the shop entrance. Our notes on what changes when the flat is over a shop cover the questions to ask your landlord. Practices, agencies and small shops in the centre can move on a Sunday or after closing, and our office removals team packs desks, files and equipment so you open on time at the new address.

Call 020 3983 5199 for a fixed price on your Upminster house removal.

Upminster removals price guide

What RM14 moves usually cost before we have seen the house. The written quote is fixed:

A full garage and loft, a second van for a large detached house or a long carry from a side road moves a job up the range. Upminster is far outside the Congestion Charge zone, and this is how ULEZ rules apply to removal vans across Greater London.

Around Upminster

Upminster Bridge, Hacton and North Ockendon are covered from this page. The places on either side have their own pages: