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In short: The cost of a UK to Ireland move depends on volume, access and whether you share a load. Part-load suits small moves; a sole-use load suits a full house.
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There is no single price for removals to Ireland, because no two moves are the same. The cost comes down to volume, route and access. A studio of a few boxes is a different job from a four-bed house. A Dublin delivery is cheaper than a rural one in Donegal or Kerry.
The biggest lever is shared versus dedicated. A part load shares the van with other people's goods, so you pay for the space you use. A dedicated van is yours alone, which costs more but gives direct delivery and tighter timing. Because the Irish Sea crossings are short and frequent, part loads are good value here.
Access matters as much as distance. A Georgian flat in central Dublin with stairs and no lift takes longer to load than a house with a clear driveway. Tight medieval streets in Galway or Cork can need a smaller shuttle van for the last stretch. Send access notes for both ends when you enquire.
International Removals Companies connects your enquiry with one FIDI-certified partner mover. We are not a removal company ourselves, and we do not carry out the move. The moving company contacts you with the price, packing options, insurance and the customs plan. DATACONTEXT (UK) LTD, company 07425576, has run the service since November 2010. The enquiry is free.
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List your rooms or items with rough sizes. Add the UK collection address, the Irish delivery address with Eircode, floor level, lift, stairs, parking, your date, and photos of large pieces.
One FIDI-certified partner mover checks the volume, the van size, the UK and Irish access, the ferry route and the customs paperwork. We connect you with one mover, not a shortlist.
The mover contacts you with a firm price, transit time, packing options, insurance and the Transfer of Residence plan. You decide whether to book. No charge, no obligation.
Use these as planning guides, not quotes. The firm price comes from the mover after they see your items, addresses and access. A part load of a few rooms to Dublin sits at the lower end. A full house to a rural west-coast address sits higher.
One sofa, bed, wardrobe or a few packed boxes
From about £300 to £900
Best value on a shared load. Price varies with item size, the delivery area and access.
Studio to two-bed, sharing the van with other Ireland moves
From about £1,200 to £3,000
Cheaper than a dedicated van. Needs a flexible date. Transit about 1 to 3 weeks.
Sole use of the van from the UK to Ireland
From about £3,500
Direct delivery and tighter timing. To Dublin often 1 to 2 days. Bigger homes cost more.
Hard-access, high-value or long-haul Irish deliveries
Priced after survey
Extra road time, crating or specialist handling is usually needed before the price is final.
Rural Irish deliveries with narrow lanes or long driveways typically add £150 to £400 to any route. Stairs without a lift add crew time at both ends.
Most quote surprises come from access, not distance. The drive and ferry to Dublin may be simple, but the move gets harder if stairs, lifts, parking or a narrow village street were not checked first. Give the detail below and the price will be accurate.
A move to Ireland goes by sea. There is no land route from Great Britain, so the van crosses on a roll-on roll-off ferry from Wales. The mover picks the crossing that fits your collection postcode and your Irish delivery area. The route, and whether the load is shared, are two of the biggest price drivers.
Irish Ferries and Stena Line. About 3 hrs 15 mins, several sailings a day.
The main route. Suits Dublin, the east, the midlands and the north-west.
Irish Ferries. About 4 hours.
Lands in County Wexford. Suits the south-east: Wexford, Waterford, Carlow and Kilkenny.
Stena Line. About 3 hrs 30 mins.
Also lands at Rosslare Europort. A second option for the south-east.
Because the crossings are short and run often, a shared load to Ireland is usually cheaper than longer European routes. The road time at the Irish end is the other factor. A Dublin drop is quick. A far-west or island delivery adds road time, and so adds cost.
This is the part people most often get wrong, so it pays to get it right. The Republic of Ireland is in the EU. The UK is not. So a move from Great Britain into the Republic is an EU import, and a customs declaration is needed. This has been the case since Brexit.
The good news is that you do not normally pay tax on your own used belongings. Revenue, the Irish tax and customs authority, runs Transfer of Residence relief. It removes Customs Duty and the 23% Irish VAT on used personal goods if you qualify. You claim it on Form C&E 1076, usually filed by your mover with a valued inventory, about two weeks before your goods arrive.
To qualify, you generally need to have owned and used the goods for at least six months, and to be moving your home to Ireland. A PPS number, the Personal Public Service number, is the Irish tax and identity number. It is not always needed for the customs entry, but it is worth having ready. If you do not claim the relief, the 23% VAT can apply, so the paperwork is worth doing.
One common myth costs people money. The Common Travel Area covers people, not goods. It lets UK and Irish citizens live and work freely in each other's country. Your belongings still go through the customs process, so the relief, not the Common Travel Area, is what keeps the tax off your move.
The Republic of Ireland uses the euro (EUR), not sterling. That matters for deposits and any charges at the Irish end. It is also a difference from Northern Ireland, which uses the pound.
We do not send your enquiry to a list of firms, so your phone does not ring all day. We connect you with one suitable FIDI-certified partner mover for your UK to Ireland route. They review your items, access and delivery area before they confirm the price.
FIDI FAIM is the main quality standard for international removal companies. Partner movers pass an independent audit by Ernst and Young covering more than 200 quality and money-handling criteria, repeated every three years. For a move across an EU customs border, that standard is the benchmark to look for, and it protects the money you pay.
As a rough guide, a single item or small load runs from about £300 to £900. A part load of a few rooms runs from about £1,200 to £3,000. A full house on a dedicated van starts from about £3,500. Islands, the far west and antiques are priced after a survey. The figure depends on volume, route and access.
Usually, yes. A part load shares the van with other people's goods, so you only pay for the space you use. The trade-off is timing. A part load can take one to three weeks, while a dedicated van to Dublin is often one to two days.
Five things: how much you move, shared or dedicated van, the route and ferry, the access at both ends, and the packing level. A Dublin delivery costs less than a rural Donegal one. Stairs, no lift and tight parking all add crew time and cost.
Usually not on your own used belongings. A move from Great Britain is an EU import, so a customs declaration is needed. Revenue's Transfer of Residence relief, on Form C&E 1076, removes duty and the 23% VAT if you qualify. If you do not claim it, the 23% VAT can apply. Check revenue.ie.
Not on the customs side. The Common Travel Area covers people, not goods. It lets UK and Irish citizens live and work freely in each other's country. Your belongings still go through the customs process, so the relief is what keeps the tax off, not the travel rules.
The mover picks the crossing for your route. Holyhead to Dublin Port (Irish Ferries, Stena Line) is about 3 hours 15 minutes and suits the east and north-west. Pembroke or Fishguard to Rosslare suit the south-east. Shorter routes and shared loads keep the cost down.
Yes. A single sofa, bed or a few boxes can go on a shared load from about £300 to £900, depending on size, the delivery area and access. Send the item sizes, photos, both addresses and the Eircode so the mover can quote a part load or a small dedicated run.
International Removals Companies connects your enquiry with one FIDI-certified partner mover for the UK to Ireland route. The mover contacts you with the price, transit time, packing options and customs plan. DATACONTEXT (UK) LTD, company 07425576, runs the service. The enquiry is free.
This guide is written and maintained by Darren Benjamin, founder of International Removals Companies (DATACONTEXT (UK) LTD, Companies House 07425576). Darren has worked in international removals and logistics for over 20 years and has been a director of a UK removals company since 2013.
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