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Cyprus to France is a short crossing and a long drive. Goods arrive at Marseille within days rather than weeks, and then the domestic leg begins. That for anywhere north of Lyon is the larger half of the journey.
Collection covers the whole Republic: Limassol, Paphos, Larnaca, Nicosia and the Famagusta free areas, with a road leg to the port of up to about 100 kilometres.
From Marseille, Provence and the Côte d'Azur are an hour or two. Lyon is around 320 kilometres, Paris around 780, Bordeaux around 650, and Lille closer to 1,000.
That imbalance is worth knowing when you read a headline figure. On this crossing the sea leg is cheap and the road leg is not.
Plenty of the people reading this are not British. What Britain calls removals, much of the world calls relocation or moving. The terms are interchangeable in practice.
The south is the easy part. Provence, the Var, the Alpes-Maritimes and Languedoc are mostly villas and low rise with somewhere for a vehicle to stop.
Paris is the hard part. Haussmann buildings have narrow stairwells, small lifts and inner courtyards a lorry cannot enter. Furniture is often taken through a window on a hoist, which is a specialist job that must be arranged in advance rather than improvised.
Rural France, the Dordogne, Brittany and the Massif Central, tends to have space but long approaches. Single track lanes and stone gateways too narrow for an articulated vehicle are the usual constraint.
If your French address is a Paris apartment above the second floor, ask about exterior lifting at the quote stage. A monte-meubles is common practice there and it is not an afterthought: it needs booking, and on some streets it needs permission.
The same applies in Lyon, Bordeaux and Marseille's older quarters. Anywhere with a nineteenth century building and a narrow staircase, the answer is likely to be the same.
A photograph of the building frontage and one of the staircase settle the question in seconds.
Village and hillside addresses in Cyprus need a shuttle rather than a lorry at the door. Say which town and which part of it at the enquiry.
Cyprus and France are both EU member states, so goods in free circulation move without extra customs duty. Proof of Union status, using T2L or T2LF documents, is what replaces a relief claim.
If you are keeping the Cypriot property as a holiday home rather than leaving entirely, say so. Rules change, so confirm with the Republic of Cyprus Department of Customs and Excise, and with GOV.UK if any leg touches Britain.
Marseille. The crossing is short by the standards of the journey, so goods arrive within days rather than weeks. What takes the time afterwards is the domestic leg to your address.
Provence and the Côte d'Azur are an hour or two. Lyon is around 320 kilometres, Paris around 780, Bordeaux around 650 and Lille closer to 1,000. On the service the sea leg is cheap and the road leg is not.
Haussmann buildings have narrow stairwells, small lifts and inner courtyards a lorry cannot enter. Furniture is often taken through a window on an exterior hoist, which is specialist work needing advance arrangement.
An exterior furniture lift. It is common practice in Paris and in older quarters of Lyon, Bordeaux and Marseille. If your apartment is above the second floor with a narrow staircase, ask about it at the quote stage.
Yes. The Dordogne, Brittany and the Massif Central usually have space but long approaches, with single track lanes and stone gateways too narrow for an articulated vehicle. A photograph of the approach helps.
The building frontage and the staircase. Between them they answer the access question in seconds and stop the crew arriving with the wrong equipment for the job.
Anywhere in the Republic: Limassol, Paphos, Larnaca, Nicosia and the Famagusta free areas. Village and hillside addresses need a shuttle rather than a lorry at the door, so say which part of the town you are in.
T2L or T2LF paperwork carries the Union status. With both inside the EU, goods already in free circulation attract no extra duty.
Every destination listed is served. The pages explain what to expect on arrival.
Tell the mover where from, where to, when, and what is coming with you. The mover looks at the real addresses, not a postcode, then quotes.
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