The climb and the narrow lanes
Reaching Combe Down is a steady climb, and the lanes at the top can be narrow. We settle the van's route and stopping point before setting off, and bring enough hands so nothing is carried further up a slope than it needs to be.
From stone cottages to family homes
The older cottages carry the low doorways and tight stairs of their age, while the newer family homes bring bigger loads. We match the van and crew to whichever it is, wrap the furniture properly, and aim to finish in a single trip where the volume allows.
Trading up, and downsizing out
Combe Down sees two opposite moves more than anywhere else we work. Families arrive from smaller places lower down in Bath, wanting the space and the outlook the hill gives them, and older residents leave the larger stone houses for something with fewer rooms and no garden to keep on top of. The first is a growing load, the second a shrinking one, and they need quite different handling.
Downsizing in particular is rarely just a move. It usually involves deciding what is not going, which is why we can take surplus furniture to a charity shop or a licensed disposal site on the same day rather than leaving you to arrange a second trip. Families coming the other way tend to underestimate how much a house on the hill can absorb, so we would rather size the van generously than find ourselves a wardrobe short at four in the afternoon.