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London Colney sits on AL2 between St Albans and the M25. This page is about the cheapest thing you can do on an international move, which is not negotiating the quote. It is shipping less.
International Removals Companies is a route matching platform, not a physical removal company. Your enquiry goes to vetted movers in the AGM Group network, and the partner best suited to your destination comes back with a single quote.
Every cubic metre costs money twice: once to ship and once in the space it occupies at the far end. A sofa that will not suit the new house is worth more sold here than delivered there.
The decision has to come before the survey, not after. A surveyor measuring a house that still contains everything produces a volume built on things you were never going to take.
For an international removal, selling takes the longest and returns the most, so start it six to eight weeks out. Storing suits anything you will want on a later move, and it is charged by volume and time like anything else.
Donating clears volume quickly and charities need notice for bulky items. Disposal is last and costs money, which is why leaving everything to the final week is the expensive way to do this.
Three questions settle most items before the international movers arrive. Will it fit and suit the new home, what would it cost to replace there, and would you buy it again today. Anything failing all three is paying for its own passage.
Flat packed furniture usually fails. Carcasses weaken on reassembly and a six week sailing is hard on them. A good overseas removals surveyor will say so without being asked.
These bands are volume bands. Moving down one by shipping less is the largest single saving available on any international move.
Shared space, by volume
around £930 to £1,850
Shared space, by volume
around £1,710 to £3,290
A container to yourself
around £4,620 to £6,680
A container to yourself
around £7,250 to £11,450
Ask for the volume in cubic metres, then ask what the band below would cost. The county page carries the full set.
Planning price ranges reviewed August 2026. Next review August 2027.
St Albans is next door and Watford and Borehamwood are close, so there is a wide choice of international movers within a short drive.
A surveyor willing to say a piece is not worth shipping is more valuable than one who quotes for everything. The second produces a bigger number and a worse outcome.
Buying replacements abroad in another currency is part of most overseas moves, so we include access to currency exchange through trusted partners.
Export declarations and shipping documents come from the matched moving company, built on the inventory you supply.
Take items off that list once you decide not to ship them, before the declaration is raised. An inventory listing goods that never travelled generates a query at the destination.
On the way back, the relief claim goes in before the vessel berths. GOV.UK sets out the qualifying conditions.
Enough to change the price band. Volume is what the quote is built on, so shipping less is the largest saving available.
Before the survey. A surveyor measuring a full house prices things you were never going to take.
Six to eight weeks for anything substantial. Start earlier than feels necessary.
Usually not. Carcasses weaken on reassembly and a long sailing is hard on them.
Storage is charged by volume and time, and for a two year posting it often beats shipping twice.
Yes, Bricket Wood shares AL2 and Colney Heath is close by.
Where London Colney enquiries usually look next.
Written and reviewed by Darren Benjamin, founder of International Removals Companies, working in international moving since 2010.
The advice here reflects what partner movers in the network see across household moves generally. Timescales for selling and donating depend on the item and the market. All figures quoted date from the year to August 2026.
Storage rates and terms differ by firm and are quoted separately.
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