Removals in Sale
Covering Sale, Brooklands, Sale Moor, Ashton upon Mersey and the streets around them.
- Fixed written quote
- Short moves included, and they are not as easy as they look
Our customers' reviews
Moving a mile down the road is not the easy job people expect
Sale is big enough that plenty of moves never leave it. Brooklands to Sale Moor. A rented flat near the tram to a first house off Northenden Road. Three streets away, into something with a garden.
Everybody assumes that kind of move is simple, and it catches more people out than a long one does.
Here is why. A long move forces you to plan. Everything gets boxed, because it has to survive the journey. Nobody imagines they will pop back for the rest.
A short move invites the opposite. It feels like you could do it in trips, so half of it gets packed properly and half gets carried loose. Then the day arrives, there are two sets of keys, a car doing laps, and by four o’clock everyone is tired and there is still a shed to empty.
Short moves work best when they are treated exactly like long ones. Boxed, labelled, done in one go.
The one genuine advantage, if you use it
There is one thing a short move gives you that a long one does not, and it is worth planning around.
If you have both sets of keys for even a day, the move stops being a single frantic day and becomes two calmer ones. Beds and the kitchen first, everything else the day after. Nothing has to be unloaded at speed in the dark.
Not everybody gets that overlap. If you do, say so when you get in touch, because it changes what makes sense rather than what it costs.
If you do not, the answer is the opposite: get everything genuinely ready the night before, so the day is one clean run rather than a series of returns.
Three neighbourhoods, three kinds of house
Sale grew after the railway arrived and it kept growing, which is why the housing is such a mixture.
Victorian terraces and villas in some streets. Thirties semis in others. Seventies estates elsewhere again. They are different jobs: different hallways, different staircases, different parking.
So the useful thing to tell us is not the number of bedrooms. It is roughly what sort of house it is, where a van can stand at both ends, and anything large that will need thinking about. That is what makes a quote hold.
Get a price for your move in Sale
Tell us where you are moving from and to, roughly what is coming, and whether you will have both sets of keys at once.
If your move needs something different
Most moves fit one of our standard services, and for a straightforward job that is normally the simplest and cheapest way to book.
Some do not. Two addresses. Part now and part later. A collection on the way. An overlap of keys that lets the job run across two calmer days rather than one hurried one.
Say so and we will tell you what can be arranged around it. It is easier to build the job to fit the situation than the other way round.
The quickest route is the form. Give us the outline, we will call you.
Add what you need
- Packing, all of it or just the kitchen and the breakables
- Furniture taken apart and rebuilt
- Appliances disconnected and reconnected
- Storage, when the dates at either end do not meet
- Lofts, garages and sheds, provided we know they are part of the job
- Parking, if the street needs a permit for the van. We arrange it
Mention any of it at the first conversation and it goes in the quote.
Where we cover
Sale sits on the south bank of the Mersey, five miles south west of Manchester, with the Metrolink running through it and the M60 at junction 7.
- SaleM33
- BrooklandsM33
- Sale MoorM33
- Ashton upon MerseyM33
- UrmstonM41
Moves within Trafford, into Manchester, out towards Altrincham and Cheshire, or somewhere else entirely are all routine from our base. There is also a dedicated page for removals in Urmston.
Questions people ask
I am only moving a mile. Is it worth booking a removals company?
Usually, yes, and more often than people expect. Short moves get underplanned, and a day of car journeys costs more time than the move would have.
I have both sets of keys for a couple of days. Does that help?
It does. Say so when you get in touch, because it opens up spreading the move across two calmer days rather than one hurried one.
Do you cover Brooklands and Ashton upon Mersey?
Yes, along with Sale Moor and the streets in between.
Do I still need to pack properly for a short move?
Yes, and it is the single thing that makes the difference. Loose items carried by hand are what turn a two-hour job into a whole day.
How much notice do you need?
Thirty days or more where possible. Your price is held for 14 days while dates settle, and Friday and month-end slots go first.
Get a price for your move in Sale
Tell us where you are moving from and to, roughly what is coming, and whether you will have both sets of keys at once. We will come back with a fixed written quote.
RCM Removals
20 Swan Street, Manchester M4 5JW
Telephone: 0161 768 2056
Email: info@removalscompanymanchester.co.uk