By Manuella Irwin
Updated: May 5, 2026
6 min read
Reviewed by Martin Pаnауоtоv
Hiring a removal company to move your entire home is a big deal.
We’ve researched over 1200 removal companies, cross-referencing customer reviews, and ensuring that they are legally registered businesses to find you the best long distance removing companies in the industry.
If you’re moving a 1 bedroom home worth of stuff or more, these are the best full service removal companies based on our research.
"Cannot recommend Marley and Kai enough. They turned up early, got the job done in under 4 hours. Full house move! Thought they were brilliant and I..."
"If there was 10 stars it would still not be enough. PTR took all the pressure of moving house from us as promised. We had an ace team looking after..."
"We moved home from Glasgow to Dumfries. From booking our move to completion was stress free & Easy. Very friendly team throughout. Guys did an amaz..."
"They delivered my container early and helped store it until I could receive it. The delivery team was also very accomodating."
"We moved a week ago, in short it was the most stressful move we have ever had. The day of pack up, only two people turned up who only packed about ..."
"I can highly recommend Pardys, my possessions and furniture were wrapped, covered and packed with great care…. No breakages. Some furniture was dis..."
"I have moved quite a lot internationally and not had to make and insurance claim before. But I do now. I would never use Purdie Worldwide again. ..."
"Excellent service! Highly recommended. The guys were prompt, efficient , very polite and very helpful. They were extremely careful when loading my ..."
"Avoid these scammers, charged £300 extra than I was quoted when they had agreed to pay me back. On the day of move I was told that not everything ..."
"Having seen the glowing reviews for Curries we hired them to move us from our 3 bed house to a 1 bed flat in Glasgow’s West End. To say we were di..."
"HORRENDOUS COMPANY! I had gone through the whole phone process and walk around of what I needed moving. I was quoted and paid the amount asked and..."
"Run as fast as you can from this removal company. Shocking packing service. Attitude of staff from the get go was unhelpful and obstructive. I have..."
"Forced to give it one star but deserves none. Avoid this company like the plague. Dilapidated van, never turned up on time, shockingly bad manageme..."
"Google and research before entering into an agreement with this company. It is well documented this companies dodgy behaviour."
"David Dale is rude, ignorant, and incompetent. They took our stuff to Spain and then simply didn't deliver it because they hadn't done their homewo..."
"Please avoid Lions Removals at all costs, they will raise the price for random reasons, then will attempt to extort money out of you, they will act..."
"Not a good experience. Leg torn off antique dining table. Also underestimated van space needed and refused to send a second van for ten days so had..."
"I made the mistake of paying these clowns in full, and am now trying to get them to return the £1540 they took off me. I had hired SGB the Remova..."
"Master Moves did an excellent job of moving several items of furniture for me from the initial contact, they kept me updated on arrival time, the g..."
"After 4 months and 3 separate deliveries we are still missing a number of our items which they appear to have now lost. Originally due to arrive on..."
"From the start we got great service from the office staff and on the day the Men doing the removal were amazing, nothing was too much trouble and t..."
"They made an appointment to price a move for my Mum and didn't turn no message no phone, not very good, waited in all morning after taking the day ..."
"DIDN'T TURN UP ..DIDN'T TURN UP ..DIDN'T TURN UP ..DIDN'T TURN UP .. Avoid NE Removals at all costs. Despite substantial correspondence and c..."
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