Removals in Blackburn
Covering Blackburn, Darwen, Wilpshire, Mellor and the villages around them.
- Fixed written quote
- No guesswork about the parts that make a move awkward
- Takes about two minutes
Our customers' reviews
Blackburn to Manchester, or Manchester to Blackburn
A good number of moves around here are not moves within Blackburn at all. They are moves along the corridor: into Greater Manchester for work, or out of it for more house than the same money buys further south.
It is a well-worn route. Roughly 47 minutes by train into Manchester Victoria, three M65 junctions inside the borough, and connections onto the M61, M66 and M6. People do it every day.
We are based in Manchester city centre, 21 miles south of Blackburn, which is a useful end to be at if your move runs in either direction. One crew loads and the same crew unloads. Nothing gets handed between depots, nothing gets held overnight unless you have asked for storage, and nobody at the far end is seeing your furniture for the first time.
If your move stays inside Blackburn or Darwen, none of that matters and it is simply a local job. If it crosses the county line, it is the sort of run that benefits from being planned as one day rather than two halves.
Terraced streets, and where the van actually goes
Blackburn built a lot of housing very quickly, for a very specific reason. At its peak the town ran more than 140 cotton mills, and the terraced streets that went up around them are still where a great many people live.
They are solid houses. They are also, from a removals point of view, a set of familiar questions:
- There is usually no driveway, so the van stands on the street or it does not stand at all
- Back alleys look usable on a map and frequently are not, especially once bins are out
- Front doors open more or less straight onto the pavement, which is fine until it rains
- Staircases are narrow, and often turn
Then there is the ground itself. Blackburn sits on a plain ringed by steep slopes, so a street that looks ordinary can be on a serious gradient, and that changes how a van is loaded and where it can safely stop.
None of it is difficult when it is known in advance. All of it is difficult at eight o’clock on a Friday morning. It is the whole reason we ask about the property before pricing rather than working from a bedroom count.
What we take care of
- Packing, the whole house or just the kitchen and the breakables
- Furniture taken apart and rebuilt, including beds and anything that went in before the room was finished
- Appliances disconnected and reconnected
- Parking, if the street needs a permit for the van. We arrange it and it goes on your quote
- Storage, when the dates at either end refuse to line up
- Lofts, cellars, sheds and the garden, as long as we know they are part of the job
Mention any of it when you get in touch and it becomes part of the plan.
Get a price for your Blackburn move
Tell us where you are moving from and to, roughly what is coming, and anything you already know about the access.
Longer moves are mostly a question of timing
A move across the county is not harder than a local one. It just has less slack in it.
A local move can absorb a slow start. A move from Blackburn into Manchester, or the other way, has an hour of driving sitting in the middle of the day, so a late start at one end lands squarely on the other. That is worth knowing when you are choosing a completion date rather than after.
Two things help more than anything else. Push for a realistic completion time rather than an optimistic one. And if the chain looks like it might wobble, say so when you book, so the day is planned around the possibility rather than assuming it will not happen.
Fridays and the last working day of the month are the busiest and the dearest across the whole region, and they are also the days most likely to slip. Midweek and mid-month are quieter, cheaper and calmer.
Where we cover
- BlackburnBB1, BB2
- DarwenBB3
- WilpshireBB1
- MellorBB2
- FeniscowlesBB2
- LiveseyBB2
Moves within the borough, down into Greater Manchester, across to Accrington and Burnley, or somewhere else entirely are all routine.
Questions people ask
Do you cover Darwen as well as Blackburn?
Yes, along with Wilpshire, Mellor and the surrounding villages.
Are you actually based in Blackburn?
No, and we would rather say so. We are in Manchester city centre, 21 miles south. For moves between Blackburn and Greater Manchester that is a useful place to be, because one crew handles both ends of the day.
My street is terraced with nowhere to park. Is that a problem?
It is common and it is manageable. Tell us the address when you get in touch and we will work out where the van goes before the day rather than on it.
Can you move me from Blackburn to Manchester in one day?
Usually, yes. It is worth booking a realistic completion time, because there is driving in the middle of the day and a late start at one end is felt at the other.
How far ahead should I book?
Thirty days or more if you can. Your price is then held for 14 days while dates get sorted, and Friday and month-end slots go first.
Do I need to sort the parking permit?
No. If the street needs one, we arrange it and it appears on your quote.
Get a price for your Blackburn move
Tell us where you are moving from and to, roughly what is coming, and anything you already know about the access. We will come back with a fixed written quote. If something about the job is likely to cause trouble on the day, we will tell you before you book rather than after.
RCM Removals
20 Swan Street, Manchester M4 5JW
Telephone: 0161 768 2056
Email: info@removalscompanymanchester.co.uk