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Looking at 108 reviews, reviewers overwhelmingly had a great experience with this company. Customers consistently praise the staff for their kindness, professionalism, and efficiency, highlighting their helpfulness and positive attitude even during long and challenging moves. The service provided is frequently described as excellent, with many people appreciating the smooth process, timely arrivals, and careful handling of belongings. Reviewers also found the pricing competitive and the delivery service prompt, often exceeding expectations. However, some people mentioned issues with the quality of service, citing instances of broken items or a lack of care with their possessions. A few other people also felt that communication was poor or that some employees were rude and aggressive, leading to dissatisfaction with their overall experience.

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Best moving company! Highly recommend Bournes if you are moving house. They were professional from the very start. Every associate we interacted with were kind and professional. The team who helped u... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

The removal team turned up on time. They were very friendly and helpful. They did not show any frustration when the kitchen table wouldn’t go through the doorway or when the large sofa wouldn’t fit... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Straightforward and friendly to deal with. Survey done promptly with comprehensive quote. Were generally competitive in price terms (one other was a fair bit cheaper but I wasn't comfortable with th... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I and my family have always used Bournes from the days of my Grandmother, and I would never choose any other firm. They are friendly, fun, incredibly clever at getting most things where they are wan... See more

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Company details

  1. Moving Company
  2. Moving and Storage Service
  3. Storage Facility

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**Domestic Mover of the Year 2023 (Awarded by the British Association of Removers for outstanding customer experience** Local, National UK, European and International Household Goods Moving Company providing high quality, value for money removals, storage and shipping services wherever your destination. Service centres in Rye, Sussex and Tunbridge Wells, Kent providing services throughout Kent, Sussex and London.


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4.7

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TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

954 reviews

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Very organised office staff dealt with…

Very organised office staff dealt with our move. The removal men were very helpful and polite and nothing was too much trouble. Move completed with nothing broken and nothing lost. I would certainly recommend Bournes.

May 17, 2024
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Reply from Bournes Moves - Removals, Storage & Shipping

Thank you Lori! We really appreciate you taking the time to leave a review. Thanks for choosing Bournes and best wishes in your new home.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Super easy process from first call to…

Super easy process from first call to finished move. Friendly, on time and also flexible. We had a few things we couldn’t fit in the car and they took the items and kept at their office for us to pick up the next day. Highly recommend the team at Bournes

May 2, 2024
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Reply from Bournes Moves - Removals, Storage & Shipping

Thanks for taking the time to leave your feedback Alex, and for the recommendation! Great to hear you had a good experience from start to finish. All the best!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Moved at short notice

Moved at short notice. Team were avaliable to help with sorting out all sorts of documents. Remival personnel were efficient and helpful

April 25, 2024
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Reply from Bournes Moves - Removals, Storage & Shipping

Thank you Anne! Glad we were able to help. Wishing you all the best.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

An excellent service from the first…

An excellent service from the first point of contact to removals day. The team could not have been more friendly and helpful.

March 6, 2024
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Thank you Lance! Best wishes in your new home.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent experience from beginning to end

At every point from the initial phone call to the final delivery, Bournes have been exemplary. I was kept informed at all times, the communication from Kirsty was excellent and all enquiries were dealt with immediately. I would without hesitation recommend Bournes.

March 4, 2024
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Thank you for your recommendation. So great to hear Kirsty and the team we were able to support you throughout your move. Wishing you all the best.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Really pleasant and efficient.

Really pleasant, efficient and helpful moving crew. Kept calm despite hitches with key release. We felt reassured that all would be well from start to finish.
We also appreciated the excellent communication from Kirsty and Wendy in the office

February 27, 2024
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Reply from Bournes Moves - Removals, Storage & Shipping

Thank you for taking the time to share your review, we really appreciate it. There's often a few hiccups on move day so we're glad the team were able to make this less stressful for you. Best wishes in your new home and thanks for choosing Bournes!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Recommendation

The estimate visit was clear about what was possible and not possible as well as laying out the options clearly. The quote was reasonable.
They were flexible when I was negotiating my completion dates.
Above all else the guys that undertook the removals were excellent. No hesitation in recommending

February 21, 2024
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Thanks for taking the time to leave a review and for the recommendation! Great to hear all went smoothly. We wish you all the best in your new home.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Very polite and helpful team

Very polite and helpful team. Nothing was too much trouble. Cheerful and hard working throughout the six days.

February 16, 2024
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Thank you! Best wishes in your new home.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I Highly recommend Bournes Removals

I Highly recommend Bournes Removals. They were brilliant and nothing was too much trouble. Thank you Dan and the rest of the team. Five Star well deserved!!

February 9, 2024
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Reply from Bournes Moves - Removals, Storage & Shipping

Thank you Julie! Best wishes in your new home.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

What a great company

What a great company, easy to book, accurate pre inspection, support up to moving day, fantastic team work by the team how arrived to complete the loading and move to our new house. Nothing was to much trouble, chairs and beds wrapped and unpacked without any damage. Highly recommended. Robert.

February 12, 2024
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Reply from Bournes Moves - Removals, Storage & Shipping

Thank you so much for the recommendation Robert - and thanks for choosing Bournes! Best wishes in your new home.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Very good service.

The company were extremely thorough from providing the initial quote through to following up daily during our actual move. Emily checked in with us to ensure all was going well and has also arranged a collection of the numerous boxes. The team, led by Steve, was friendly, polite and considerate at all times.

January 26, 2024
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Thank you! We really appreciate you taking time to leave a review - lovely to hear Emily, Steve and the team were a good support to you during the move.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Made the call

Made the call, from start to finish great service, great team, follow ups excellent.
Made the move, one thing I didn’t have to stress about. They had everything under control. Our team was exceptional.

February 8, 2024
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Reply from Bournes Moves - Removals, Storage & Shipping

Thank you Mrs Haswell! We know by the time you get to move day you've had quite enough stress with the moving process, so glad we were able to make this bit easy for you. Best wishes in your new home. Thanks for choosing Bournes!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent service

The guys were very prompt, polite, efficient, tidy, nothing was too much trouble, excellent work.
Very pleased with the whole package from Tom who originally viewed the property to Jake and Gabriel who coordinated the move.

February 5, 2024
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Reply from Bournes Moves - Removals, Storage & Shipping

Thank you Lorraine, best wishes in your new home!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Definitely use Bournes if moving abroad

Bournes were brilliant from start to finish. If you are moving abroad I would definitely recommend them, we had a tricky move to Milan and they managed the whole thing without any issues. Their Italian partner delivered everything right on schedule and had the how place unpacked by 4pm that day! Very impressive.

February 1, 2024
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Reply from Bournes Moves - Removals, Storage & Shipping

Thank you Sophie, we really appreciate the recommendation. Best wishes!

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Packing and unpacking

O the whole the service was very good apart from some poor packaging on the part of the company collecting from Spain. A couple of small items were damaged - broken glass on picture frames and more major damage to a three tier standard lamp where one of the tiers has been broken off. This has been reported by the unpackers in England and myself but nothing has been communicated with me about this. Apart from that the English chaps who unpacked everything were very helpful and pleasant.

January 30, 2024
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Reply from Bournes Moves - Removals, Storage & Shipping

Thanks for taking the time to leave feedback - we really appreciate it, good and bad!. Great to hear on the whole you had a great experience but i'm sorry to hear about the damage. I've chased up with our customer services team to ask them to get back to you ASAP about this if they've not done so already. Best wishes in your new home.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Good pick up, delivery and communication; delivery timescales are not impressive.

The pick up team in the UK back in July 24th were great, helpful, and focus, albeit some of our belongings got moved out of the original boxes which was a bit disconcerting when unpacking.

The delivery team on January 3rd in AU was prompt and disposed of all the boxes we could empty, waiting for us to distribute the contents around the house in a meaningful way. The whole operation took about 2 1/2h, which I think it was a triumph.

When unpacking the items, and with the knowledge of their team, there were four (4) pictures that were damaged, either the frames or the glass.
We're awaiting if something can be done in terms of compensation for this.

Mind you, we were not that impress with the waiting for nearly 6 months for the belongings to arrive.
Consolidation took nearly 2 months, and once our belongings arrived at the beginning of December (1st of December to be precised), and inspection was approved the following week (btw, Bournes UK tells that they don't know if this is necessary, but their partners in AU say this is ALWAYS necessary, so be ready to pay this) then we still had to wait for nearly another month because there were no delivery slots left.

We have now finished unpacking and putting away all our belongings and, aside for the damaged ones described above, we are not missing or have found any more damage to any other item.

I would like to thank Emily and Helena for your constant support and communication.

January 3, 2024
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Reply from Bournes Moves - Removals, Storage & Shipping

Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback, we really appreciate it. We're pleased that overall you had a good experience and that our crews plus Emily and Helena were a great support to you during the move. I'm sorry to hear that the delivery time was longer than expected and about the minor damage, but we do appreciate the constructive feedback - I'll ask our team to review this further to see if we could have done anything to improve in future. Best wishes!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

The men who packed all my belongings…

The men who packed all my belongings were careful with everything and remained cheerful all through.
At the new property there was one change of remover but still as excellent as before.
My family and I unpacked boxes as fast as we could so the men were able to take the empty ones away.

December 11, 2023
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Reply from Bournes Moves - Removals, Storage & Shipping

Thank you Mrs Benson! We really appreciate you taking the time to leave a review and are always glad to hear everything has run smoothly. Thanks for choosing Bournes!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

An absolutely excellent removal…

An absolutely excellent removal company! We found Bournes via Sonny’s Removals in Sevenoaks, having noted their 5* reviews when researching on the internet. It seems that Bournes are the parent company. From our first enquiry to waving the team goodbye, we felt in capable hands throughout the whole process. Everyone in the team, from office staff to those we met in person, was efficient and helpful. On the day Kevin, Rick and Charlie were friendly, cheerful and very professional, packing everything speedily and with great care. After a long wait because of a slow legal process, they unloaded at our new house incredibly efficiently. Bournes certainly lived up to their many 5* reviews.

December 8, 2023
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Reply from Bournes Moves - Removals, Storage & Shipping

Thank you! We appreciate you taking the time to leave a review. Best wishes in your new home.

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