Adapting our services to deal with Coronavirus

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Protecting our staff and customers is of the utmost importance to us. We’re making a few changes to how we work to limit the spread of COVID-19, these include:

  • Asking staff each day if they’ve come into contact with anyone who may be showing symptoms
  • Staggered crew starting and finishing times
  • Maintaining fixed crew pairings
  • No more than 2 staff to travel in the cab of the vehicle at any one time, with open windows when possible; other crew members will travel separately
  • Provision of PPE (including sanitiser) for all staff
  • Reminding staff of best hygiene practices and the need for social distancing
  • Vehicle cabs (frequent cleaning of the steering wheel, dashboard, seats and door handles, etc.) and load areas, together with all equipment, will be deep cleaned daily
  • Asking team members to supply their own food and drink

If you have any questions about anything – on this page or otherwise – please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

Before your move

In normal times, we prefer to visit our customers before moving to provide an accurate quotation; unfortunately, for the foreseeable future, this may not always be possible. We’ll look to use video surveys wherever possible; we’re platform agnostic and can use e-mailed videos, WhatsApp, FaceTime, Zoom, Skype, etc. If you’re selling your current property, the online listing might be sufficient for us to provide a quote. We’re also launching our new website soon, which will have a great new online quote feature.

If we do visit, we’d ask that:

  • Any customer who is in a high-risk category should not be present on site
  • The customer is to wear a facemask during the survey visit
  • Request that no pets are free to roam around the house during that visit
  • Social distancing measures (2m apart) should always be maintained
  • Surveyor to carry a facemask and hand sanitiser

On moving day

If you’ve moved before, then moving day might be a little different from what you’re used to. We’ve listed some tips and general guidance below.

  • Confirm before the move that you’re not showing symptoms, or have recently been in contact with anyone who is.
  • Any customer considered to be in a high-risk category should not be on-site, and a representative may need to be appointed in their place
  • One family member only to be in attendance at the premises during the move, and the 2m social distance to be maintained at all times
  • The customer should wear a facemask/visor during the removal process
  • Deep clean your home and its goods and effects in preparation for the move
  • Request that no pets are free to roam around the house during the move
  • No other tradespeople to be in the property(s) during the move process
  • Windows should be opened to maximise ventilation
  • The customer should dismantle and reassemble furniture items wherever possible
  • During the move, although it will be inevitable that the crew cannot socially distance from each other, the customer must always maintain the 2m spacing from the crew