Channel ports a fast run from Tottenham High Road. Destination network covers Paris, the Dordogne, Provence, and the Côte d'Azur. Carte de séjour and customs paperwork handled both ends.
France is the route we run most. Tottenham to a Channel boat is the easy bit.
France is the route we run most. Tottenham to a Channel boat is the easy bit — what shapes a move is the destination side. Which Provençal villages have unsealed access roads. Which Parisian arrondissements need a permit chain through the mairie. Which Dordogne stone houses sit a kilometre down an unmade lane.
After the Channel, the move becomes paperwork. France runs on the carte de séjour, the avis d'imposition, and a tolerance for the right form filed in the right order. We file EORI and ToR1 at the UK end. We file douanes paperwork at the entry point. The bilingual destination coordinator handles the gardien, the syndic, the regional courier — none of which should fall to you on delivery day in your second language.
All included
What sits inside
your written quote.
Door-to-door collection from your N17/N15/N22 address
A surveyor walks the property — Tottenham Green, Seven Sisters, Wood Green, Bruce Grove, Northumberland Park, Stamford Hill. Same crew loads in North London and meets the destination team at the French frontier.
Bilingual French coordinator
Native French-speaking. Handles gardiens, syndics, regional couriers — the calls a household should not have to make in a second language.
EORI and ToR1 filing
Both filed on your behalf with HMRC. Free; we sort the EORI application if you do not already have one.
French douanes paperwork
Bilingual customs inventory and entry-point declaration — settled at the French frontier, not on your doorstep.
Goods-in-transit cover
All-risks underwritten cover from the moment we leave Tottenham until the keys go in the French address.
Storage either side
Indoor depot in N17; partner depots in Lille, Lyon, and Marseille for flex on either end.
Custom packing for fragile items
Pianos, art, glass, wine, library books — itemised at survey and packed accordingly. We have moved all five through this corridor.
The paperwork side
What you will need
to bring with you.
Carte de séjour · French residency permit
Required for stays over 90 days in any 180. Apply at the prefecture for your destination département. We time the move so your goods arrive after your appointment is confirmed; the boxes will keep.
EORI number · UK Economic Operator Registration
Free from HMRC for any UK-EU goods movement. We file the application if you do not already have one.
ToR1 declaration · Transfer of Residence relief
Most household goods owned more than six months move duty-free. Filed by us at the UK end.
Avis d'imposition · French tax notice
Some long-let landlords and notaires ask to see one. Newcomers will not have one yet — speak to a French notaire on substitute documentation. Outside our scope to advise on.
Bilingual customs inventory · Inventory document
Itemised list with values, in English and French. Prepared from the surveyor's notes — not a form you fill in yourself.
Where we go
Five regions,
one corridor.
Paris
The 75 to 78 départements. Permit-restricted zones in the centre — the Marais, the Quais, parts of the 1st and 4th. We coordinate the parking-permit chain with the mairie where required.
Provence
Aix, Avignon, the Lubéron villages. Stone steps, narrow lanes, the occasional crane lift for a piano. The kit travels with the crew.
Dordogne
Périgord stone houses, rural drop-points. We carry our own generator and ramps for properties off the mains — more common than you might expect.
Brittany
Saint-Malo, Rennes, Vannes. Where the schedule favours it, the Portsmouth or Plymouth ferry replaces the Dover crossing.
Côte d'Azur
Nice, Cannes, Antibes. Gated developments; concierge clearance handled by the destination team — not a chase from you on delivery day.
On price
A surveyor visits your Tottenham property in person before any figure goes on paper. The written quote is one number: transit, customs, insurance, door-to-door handling. The variables are volume, distance to the French address, access at both ends, and whether the dates allow consolidated routing. No menu of bolt-ons.
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A surveyor walked our Bruce Grove flat on a Tuesday; the written quote landed two days later — one figure, no caveats. The crew that loaded us met us at the lane in Aix. They had already spoken to the gardien, which we had not thought to do ourselves. The carte de séjour appointment held. The lorry held to it. A long-arranged move went without incident.
The Adeyemi familyBruce Grove (N17) → Aix-en-Provence
Common questions
On the France route,
specifically.
Depends on the route, your volume, and the customs queue on the day. The written quote includes a likely window. The Dover crossing from N17 is the shortest leg; Provence and the Côte d'Azur add the southern French stretch beyond that.
No — that one is yours to file at the prefecture. What we do is time the move so your goods arrive after your appointment is confirmed. No point delivering boxes to a property you are not yet free to occupy.
Most household goods owned more than six months qualify for the EU's transfer-of-residence relief and move duty-free. We file the ToR1 with HMRC and the French equivalent on your behalf. Items under six months — recent electronics, vehicles — are flagged at survey.
A common constraint in old village centres. The crew transfers the load to a smaller delivery vehicle on the village outskirts and finishes the last mile by transit van. We flag the staging plan at survey and confirm the access on the day before delivery.
Yes. Indoor partner depots in Lille, Lyon, and Marseille. Flexible duration; charged separately. We use them most often when conveyancing slips by a fortnight or two.
Yes. Pianos travel in dedicated cradles with specialist movers; art ships in custom crates with art-grade wrapping. Both are itemised in the quote so the cover applying to each is explicit. We have moved both through this corridor regularly.
The bilingual destination coordinator does. They brief the gardien — or the syndic, or the regional courier — on access timing and any same-day connections you need. None of those calls should fall to you on delivery day.
Yes. Where the schedule favours it — Saint-Malo, Rennes, Vannes deliveries especially — the western ferry replaces the Dover crossing. We use whichever crossing makes the timing kindest.
It rarely happens, because we file the documentation directly rather than handing it over. If a query is raised at the entry point, the destination coordinator handles the clarification with the douanes officer. The lorry waits; you stay informed.