Hayes Removals Based in Hayes · International removals

From Hayes, West London

Four routes from Hayes, compared: France, Italy, Spain and Portugal.

A removals porter holding a packed box at the back of a fully loaded van

Hayes Removals runs international removals from Hayes, West London, door to door, to four countries and no others: France, Italy, Spain and Portugal. Every move starts with a free survey at your home, then a single fixed written quote. We pack, prepare the UK export declaration and the destination customs relief claim, carry your belongings across the Channel and deliver them to the new address, where a partner team who speaks the language has already sorted the lift, the parking and the building rules. The four routes share a starting point and a standard of care; what differs is the road, the paperwork and the kind of front door at the end. This page compares them side by side.

Where can you move to from Hayes?

France is the route we run most. Our removals from Hayes to France cross at Dover or Folkestone for most addresses, or take a western ferry for Brittany. Moving from the UK to France usually feels like it should be the simple one, and the crossing is; it is the long-stay visa and the douane paperwork that need planning.

Italy splits north and south. Removals from Hayes to Italy cross France and meet the Alps at the Mont Blanc or Fréjus tunnel, or follow the coast into Liguria. Historic centres with restricted traffic zones mean a smaller vehicle for the last stretch more often than not.

Spain is two corridors: the Mediterranean road for Barcelona, Valencia and the Costa Blanca, and the Atlantic side for Madrid and Andalucía, with a ferry to Santander or Bilbao as a third option. Our removals from Hayes to Spain page walks through the NIE, the TIE and the padrón, which are what most people moving from the UK to Spain ask about first.

Portugal is the longest road, through France and across Spain, or by ferry to northern Spain. Removals from Hayes to Portugal start with the NIF, and both the residence and tax rules there have changed, so it pays to read up before you book.

How do the four routes from Hayes compare?

Customs is handled once on every route: an export declaration in the UK, then the transfer-of-residence relief claimed in the country you are moving to. There are no customs stops at borders inside the EU.

Comparison of removal routes from Hayes to France, Italy, Spain and Portugal
Destination Usual way there Customs relief Your paperwork Access to plan for
France Dover or Folkestone to Calais; western ferries for Brittany Franchise pour changement de résidence (douane) VLS-TS long-stay visa, then titre de séjour Paris parking suspensions; rural Dordogne tracks
Italy Across France, then Mont Blanc, Fréjus or Ventimiglia Franchigia per trasferimento di residenza (dogana) Codice fiscale, national visa, permesso di soggiorno ZTL town centres; strade bianche in Tuscany
Spain La Jonquera or Irun by road; ferry to Santander or Bilbao Franquicia por traslado de residencia (aduanas) NIE, national visa, TIE card, padrón Comunidad moving rules; pueblo lanes
Portugal Through France and Spain via Irun; or ferry to northern Spain Isenção por transferência de residência (AT) NIF, D7 or other visa, AIMA residence permit Lisbon hills and trams; Porto stairwells

The official guidance behind this table: GOV.UK on exporting goods, GOV.UK on EORI numbers and Your Europe on residence formalities. Each country page lists the national sources too.

Do you only collect from Hayes?

Hayes and West London are home: UB3, UB4 and the towns around them, from Yiewsley and West Drayton to Southall, Northolt, Hounslow and Greenford. That is where most of our surveys happen, and where our European removals from West London begin.

We also collect from elsewhere in Great Britain. Households in London, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Bristol have the same four destinations open to them, and so do second addresses such as a family home or a storage unit. Those collections are quoted per job, because an extra leg changes the plan, and we say plainly on the quote how the collection will run.

How does an international move from Hayes run?

It starts with the quote form or a phone call. A surveyor visits, walks every room and asks about the address at the other end. The written quote follows: one fixed figure, with everything included listed beside it. On collection day the crew packs and loads, the export declaration is lodged, and the load heads for the Channel. On delivery, the destination team places furniture room by room.

Packing, storage and customs paperwork are covered in more detail on our services page, and the questions we hear most are answered on the FAQ page.

Where we go

Four destinations, four worlds.

France, Italy, Spain, Portugal. Each country has its own crossing, its own paperwork ritual and its own kind of front door, and each has a partner team at the other end who knows the local rules.

  1. Hayes → France

    France

    Door-to-door from Hayes, Yiewsley and West Drayton to Paris, Brittany, the Dordogne, Provence and the Côte d'Azur, with the paperwork planned at both ends.

    Removals from Hayes to France

  3. Hayes → Spain

    Spain

    From West London to the Costa del Sol, the Costa Blanca, inland Andalucía, Madrid, Barcelona and the Balearics.

    Removals from Hayes to Spain
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