Moving house · Home and routines
removal company
moving service
A company that transports people's furniture and belongings when they move.
This vs that
The removal company delivered our furniture.
We moved out on Friday.
Hear it in real life
How are you getting the sofa to the new flat?
The removal company is collecting it on Friday.
We used a removal company because we had too many heavy boxes to move ourselves.
Which sounds natural?
Psst — which one would you actually say?
'Removal company' is the normal British term; the stiff version sounds like a formal contract.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: We hired a removal company to move our furnitures.
Say: We hired a removal company to move our furniture.
'Furniture' is uncountable in standard English.
Say it together
Whole chunks natives use with it.
hire a removal company
We decided to hire a removal company for the heavy furniture.
It may be cheaper to hire a removal company than rent a van twice.
Phrases to borrow
More for talking about moving house.
settle into a new home
It took us a few weeks to settle into our new home.
pack up your things
I need to pack up my things before the removal van arrives.
Moving house words
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Your turn: say it out loud
We got a removal company to move everything.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
removal company
moving service
“We used a removal company because we had too many heavy boxes to move ourselves.”
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