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Hove to Hove, One Staircase at a Time
Wolves Removals, a family-run removals firm based in Ashington, West Sussex, moved a client from one Hove address to another on 9 October 2026. The client packed…
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Two and a Half Days, Two Counties, One Crew
Wolves Removals moved a household from Burpham, just outside Arundel in West Sussex, to a new home near Taunton in Somerset, over two and a half days, with the same…
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The Camden Market Delivery That Could Not Start Until Seven
This delivery was decided by the clock, not the item. A hand-built photo booth for Photomatic of Brighton — a long-standing customer whose booths we have been…
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The Wardrobe That Took Three Hours to Put Back Together
Three hours is a long time to spend on one piece of furniture. It is most of a morning, on a job that already had four days in it. Wolves Removals moved this…
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Hundreds of Antiques into a House Facing the Sea
A dealer can price a chip to the pound, which makes them the hardest client in the world to move and the best possible reference if it goes well. Wolves Removals…
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The Garden Made the 164 Miles As Well
A full house from Billingshurst to a village outside Dereham in Norfolk, two and a half days, 164 miles — and a garden of large clipped evergreens that came too.…
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The Cottage Decided How We Loaded in Chichester
Sixty-one miles is far enough that you only get one go at it. Everything difficult about this move was waiting at the far end — a turning staircase and doorways you…
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Six Days, a Horsham Bungalow and a Spiral Staircase
Most moves are booked as a day; this one was booked as six, and that was the point. A full pack, a country bungalow on the edge of Horsham, three lorries, the…
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We Took a Window Out to Get the Sofa In
Eighty miles, two days, and a front door that was no use at either end. Wolves Removals took the furniture out of London through a top-floor window on a hoist, and…
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The Oxygen Chamber on the Thirty-Seventh Floor
Some jobs are hard because of what you are moving; this one was hard because of where it was. Wolves Removals faced a hyperbaric oxygen chamber, a private apartment…
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A Friday Move, and What a Late Key Would Have Cost
In March these clients added £96 to their quote to take one risk off completion day. In June the keys arrived early and the risk never materialised, which is…
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