Terms of Business
These are the contract terms that apply when you book an international removal with Camberwell Removals. Specific durations and windows in this document are the legally meaningful ones; qualitative descriptors used elsewhere on the site defer to the specifics here.
1. Quotes
Our written quotes are valid for thirty days from the date of issue. If you want to book the move after that window has expired, we will normally re-issue the quote rather than honour the original.
2. Booking and deposit
Confirmed bookings require a deposit. The deposit is fully refundable if you cancel within fourteen days of payment; after fourteen days, the deposit is held against committed costs.
3. Payment terms
The balance is due seven days before the pack date. Late payment may delay the pack-and-load schedule because crew and vehicle slots are released on the working assumption that the balance has cleared.
4. Customs paperwork
We prepare the UK-side export declaration and coordinate with a customs broker on the destination side for the import declaration. The customer is responsible for the accuracy of the inventory information provided at survey, for documentation of declared values on high-value items (especially art works and antiques), and for residency-status information affecting tariff classification.
5. Inventory and condition
The inventory agreed at the survey, supplemented by the pack-day check, is the binding record of what leaves the property. The customer (or named receiving contact at the destination) signs to acknowledge delivery against that inventory.
6. Claims
Any damage or loss claim must be reported in writing to support@camberwell-removals.co.uk within seven days of delivery. Claims reported after the seven-day window may not be covered.
7. Items we do not move
We do not move firearms, hazardous materials (paints, fuels, gas cylinders), perishable food, plants subject to import restriction, or items of a kind requiring special permission. Certain antiquities and art works require CITES or cultural-property paperwork that adds complexity; we raise those at the survey.
8. Storage
We offer short-term storage on the UK side at separately quoted rates if the destination property is not yet ready or the academic / residency timing requires it. Long-term storage is available on request.
9. Cancellation by us
We reserve the right to cancel a booking only if the survey reveals materially different conditions to those described at quote stage (significantly larger inventory, undisclosed access constraints, undisclosed items requiring special handling). In that case we re-quote on the new information and the original deposit is refundable in full.
10. No institutional relationships
Camberwell Removals is independent. We are not affiliated with Camberwell College of Arts, the University of the Arts London, King's College Hospital, the Maudsley, Bethlem, or the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. References to these institutions on the website are for geographic context only.
11. Governing law
These terms are governed by the law of England and Wales. Disputes are subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.
Contact
Camberwell Removals, Camberwell, SE5, London. Email: support@camberwell-removals.co.uk. Phone: .