Allied Pickfords Reviews

We had moved from AUstralia to the Uk a few years ago with Allied Pickfords. It wen tokay, so we selected Pickfords for our removal back home, even though they were slightly more expensive than others. Packers arrived late and kept on wandering off for breaks: 2 1/2 hours of breaks on a 7 1/2 working day. Team leader spent another 2 hours or ...  Read the complete review

I recently relocated and decided to use Bishop's Move as they came to evaluate the move and told me about their years of experiece, great service and competitive rates etc... I hesitated to use Interdean, who I had used previously. Now I really wish I had... If you're considering Bishop's Move's services. Don't. Here is the ...  Read the complete review

Wish I had known about this site before I chose Pickfords - the most expensive quote - to move my contents from Yorkshire to Birmingham. Assurances regarding care in packaging and transporting etc and a storage depot in Birmingham swayed me, because the majority of my goods would be in storage for nearly six months. Big Mistake. They arrived ...  Read the complete review

Well I used Pickfords to move house from The Uk to abroad. They totally lost my stuff. I mean all the 8 boxes and they finally turned up (after many frustrated calls) weeks and weeks later in another pickfords branch at the other end of the country from where they started. It was then weeks and weeks before the stuff arrived... in a quite bashed up state!
My so called "move manager" couldnt have cared less during the incident and never returned any of my calls when I tried to find out where all our belongings were.

I moved from the north east in February 2007 down to Buckinghamshire and employed Pickfords to manage a two stage move (furniture went into storage for a few months). Pickfords were booked for the final part of the move on 1st August - they failed to turn up! I rang the company and was told the removal van was "probably stuck in traffic" (err, no, it hadn't left the north east!). Then I was told they would deliver my furniture at 3 pm (instead of 9 am as arranged). At 2 pm I rang again and was told they would be with me the next morning at 9 am. Despite writing to them, I am still waiting for an apology. I received £200 refund as compensation. They also scuffed my leather sofa and dented my fridge freezer. Absolutely shocking service. AVOID AT ALL COSTS!

This was a hugely expensive move in more ways than one.Pickford's seem to have employed dyspraxic chimps who tries to force a leather sofa through a too-small doorway, bent an iron bedstead beyond repair, broke a wardrobe, dented every item of furniture and scraped the landlord's wallpaper off. They then tried to argue as this was ...  Read the complete review

We used Allied Pickfords for our move from Australia to UK. It was horrible - the packing was dreadful; for those who remember it, it was like watching the contestants as opposed to the professionals on 'The Generation Game' they didn't have enough wrapping, ran out of time and couldn't seal the container in front of us as required. Back in the ...  Read the complete review

I and my family recently moved from Tokyo back to London after 12 years in Asia, and five international moves in the region. We found the team in both Japan and the UK very attentive to our needs and extremely friendly and flexible considering the multiple changes to our removal items and dates. A great team globally and I would highly ...  Read the complete review

'Pickfords Removals was established in the 17th century and has been moving homes for generations. By popular belief within the company, the Pickfords family of Adlington, South of Manchester, and later of nearby Poynton, first entered the wagon trade in the 17th century. There is a tantalising mention of a Will Pickford, a ...  Read the complete review

The sales techniques are extremely questionable. There isn't a price list - you have to negotiate with the sales rep and I got the impression he was valueing the property and contents and working out his quote from that. When I questioned it with the senior management they agreed that all prices were by negotiation and people in the same street ...  Read the complete review

Having relocated a house of furniture etc plus 2 kids frm UK-Dubai-UK-Dubai-USA over the past few years, I've used a few removal companies. Allied Pickfords has given the most appalling service I've encountered which is particularly galling given the price. I used both sea and air freight services this time, paying over £11,000 for privilage of ...  Read the complete review

I have travelled substantially across Europe, Asia and Australia and have never had any bother with any removalists. I chose AP as they had offices both in Australia and in the UK. They were the most expensive and it cost in excess of 6,000 pounds (inc insurance) for our trip from the UK to OZ. We managed to recoup the costs for all the ...  Read the complete review

Moominmamma and Moominpapa wanted to decorate the lounge in their house in Scotland. One wall was being taken up by an upright piano which, after the two junior Moomins left home, was hardly played – a crying shame! However . . . since the eldest Moomin (that’s me!) and hubby bought their house, a space had been allocated into which ...  Read the complete review

We thought long and hard about this area of expense when moving house, and got a variety of quotes. Pickfords were the most expensive, but equally struck us as being the most professional. It turned out the money we spent on removals was the best decision we took in the whole process of moving house. Be under no illusions - if your move ...  Read the complete review

Just over a year ago, my husband’s company decided to transfer him from London to Ireland and gave him two weeks to move – nice! Without boring you with all the details, suffice it to say that we needed some things transporting straightaway, and the rest put into storage to be delivered at a later date. It also had to be sorted out ...  Read the complete review