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TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

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Evaluating 108 reviews, reviewers overwhelmingly had a great experience with this company. Customers consistently praise the staff for being professional, efficient, and friendly, making the moving process smooth and stress-free. Many highlight the excellent service, noting that the teams worked tirelessly and went above and beyond to ensure belongings were handled with care and delivered safely. Reviewers also frequently commend the customer service, citing clear communication and helpfulness from office staff and removal teams from start to finish. However, some people were dissatisfied with the quality of service, mentioning instances of unprofessional behavior from employees. Others noted issues with items not being packed securely or carefully, leading to potential damage, and some experienced poor communication regarding lost items. Additionally, a few customers reported very long delivery times for international moves and excessive use of packing materials that reduced container space.

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Whilst a little more expensive than most we now know that you are worth every penny. Communication is the key and we were kept informed by Andy before during and after our move, the crew, lead by... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Best moving company! Highly recommend Bournes if you are moving house. They were professional from the very start. Every associate we interacted with were kind and professional. The team who helped u... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Straightforward and friendly to deal with. Survey done promptly with comprehensive quote. Were generally competitive in price terms (one other was a fair bit cheaper but I wasn't comfortable with th... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Bourne's exceeded our expectations! The team worked tirelessly to make moving elderly parents as easy as possible. They were efficient, tidy workers who took care with everything they did and... See more

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Company details

  1. Moving Company
  2. Moving and Storage Service
  3. Storage Facility

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**Domestic Mover of the Year 2023 (Awarded by the British Association of Removers for outstanding customer experience** Local, National UK, European and International Household Goods Moving Company providing high quality, value for money removals, storage and shipping services wherever your destination. Service centres in Rye, Sussex and Tunbridge Wells, Kent providing services throughout Kent, Sussex and London.


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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

The team are great

The team are great. Very helpful and efficient. Took extra care to wrap delicate items and ensure they are safe. Great friendly service and diligent work practice. I would recommend Bournes as this is the easiest move I’ve made by far.

5 March 2026
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Reply from Bournes Moves - Removals, Storage & Shipping

What a compliment, thank you! We really appreciate it - that's exactly why we're here. Wishing you all the best in your new home.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent experience.

Excellent experience.
Office staff very helpful and our moving team were more than helpful and made us feel at ease during the normal stress of moving.
Well done Bournes, highly recomended.

6 March 2026
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Reply from Bournes Moves - Removals, Storage & Shipping

Thank you Martyn, great to hear the whole team were able to support to make the move less stressful for you. Wishing you all the best in your new home.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Recent move with Bournes

Julia in the office was excellent from start to finish…her tolerance and patience of my not infrequent phone calls was admirable! We had a couple of weeks between moving out of our old home and into the new one, so to have Scott on both legs was really helpful. No damage to either property and all our worldly goods intact. Extremely grateful to Bournes and would have no hesitation in recommending them.

27 February 2026
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Reply from Bournes Moves - Removals, Storage & Shipping

Thank you for your lovely feedback for Julia, Scott and our Aylesbury team. It's always lovely to hear that you felt supported throughout, as it's always our goal to be there whenever you need us to help you feel confident going into move day. We really appreciate your recommendation and wish you all the best in your new home.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Bournes are a very professional company…

Bournes are a very professional company who handled our move expertly. I was particularly grateful that they could reserve our move date before we had exchanged contracts, after another local company let us down badly on this aspect.

20 February 2026
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Reply from Bournes Moves - Removals, Storage & Shipping

Thank you Mr Peters, we could support you with a smooth experience for your move and appreciate you taking the time to leave a review. Wishing you all the best in your new home.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Want a stress-free move?

I found the service from Bournes to be fantastic, and took a whole lot of worry about my recent move away.

The packing service was perfect (no damage/breakages), and the team doing my move were very respectful and careful of property, doorframes etc.

I would definitely recommend them, and would not hesitate to use them again - kudos to the entire team!

18 February 2026
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Reply from Bournes Moves - Removals, Storage & Shipping

Thank you for your kinds words. Taking the worry out of moving house is exactly why we're here so it's great to hear every element came together to do that for you. We really appreciate the feedback. All the best.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Best moving company!

Best moving company!
Highly recommend Bournes if you are moving house. They were professional from the very start. Every associate we interacted with were kind and professional. The team who helped us on moving day were beyond brilliant! So efficient, professional and ensured our belongings were kept safe and secure. Despite working a very long 12 hour day they remained in high spirits. We couldnt of moved house without them. Thank you so much again!

10 February 2026
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Reply from Bournes Moves - Removals, Storage & Shipping

Thank you so much for your lovely recommendation, we really appreciate you taking the time to share your experience.

Moving day can be a long one for everyone involved, so it is great to hear the team’s positive attitude helped make the day feel that bit easier for you. We are so pleased you felt in safe hands throughout the process.

We will be sure to pass your kind words on to the crew. Thank you again for choosing Bournes, and we wish you all the very best in your new home.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

We have just moved to Europe

We have just moved to Europe. Cristina was great always keeping us updated and making sure that all paperwork was done correctly. The team worked really well packing our goods, they were really helpful both in the UK as well as in Germany. We have used them 3 times already highly recommend them....Bournes all the way

10 February 2026
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Reply from Bournes Moves - Removals, Storage & Shipping

Thank you so much for the lovely feedback for Cristina and the team. It's great to hear all ran smoothly. Thanks for choosing Bournes (again!) - we wish you all the best.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Two moves in 7 months long distance

Absolutely, from start to finish, all staff were so pleasnat, respectful and helpful. They work so hard and not one complaint even when we asked for furniture to be moved to another room when we knew it wasn't right.
We have used Bournes for our long distance move and our 91 year old mother in the past 7 months. Both moves perfect. They looked after my precious piano without a hitch. Fantastic.

6 June 2025
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Reply from Bournes Moves - Removals, Storage & Shipping

Thank you so much for your wonderful feedback, it really means a lot to us.

We are so pleased to hear that both your recent move and your mother’s move went so smoothly. It is especially lovely to know the team were accommodating when plans changed on the day, and that your piano was looked after so carefully. We know how important those special items are.

Thank you for choosing us not once but twice, we truly appreciate your trust. Wishing you and your family all the very best in your new homes.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Brilliant moving company - highly recommend

Brilliant moving company. Pat, Steve and Tommy were all amazing and couldn’t have been more accommodating especially as our move was during the pouring rain.

5 February 2026
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Reply from Bournes Moves - Removals, Storage & Shipping

Thank you! Great to hear all went well despite the challenging weather. Wishing you all the best in your new home

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Absolutely fantastic service from start…

Absolutely fantastic service from start to finish from phone call to coming out to measure how big a vehicle I needed to the two lovely gentleman that came and collected my home they were so hard working. My furniture was kept over night then night day they where at my new property waiting for me and keys they had cleaned out my garage while waiting once keys where given they absolutely was wonderful getting everything in garage in a order I could find what I need
Absolutely fantastic
Would tell everyone to use this company five stars don’t seem enough
Well done

29 January 2026
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Reply from Bournes Moves - Removals, Storage & Shipping

Thank you for your lovely feedback, we really appreciate it. We are so pleased to hear the team looked after you so well from start to finish and went the extra mile on the day. Thank you for the recommendation, it truly means a lot to us. Wishing you all the very best in your new home.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent service

Dan, Evan and Abel did a great job with our move, and Julia was an excellent point of contact both before and after. Highly recommend Bournes for your move.

30 January 2026
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Reply from Bournes Moves - Removals, Storage & Shipping

Thank you for taking the time to leave a review, we've passed on to our Aylesbury removals team who will be really proud to hear how well you felt they supported you with your move. We really appreciate it! all the best in your new home.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Professional

I found them straightforward to deal with and the price quoted was clear and competitive. On the day of the move the Team turned up on time and the house was cleared quickly. The move into our new property was equally smooth. The team were polite and helpful. A few days after the move they came back to the new property promptly at my request to collect a very large number of boxes and packaging for reycling. All in all an excellent and professional service and I would be happy to use them again and to recommend them.

2 January 2026
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Reply from Bournes Moves - Removals, Storage & Shipping

Thank you Mr Wood. We really apprecaite you sharing the details of your experience - from a clear, transparent quote to a smooth move day experience and post move support as you settled in. We hope it helps future customers picture what moving with Bournes might be like for them, so we're thankful for your recommendation. All the best in your new home.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Bournes Removals for a first class service

Bournes Removals provided a very efficient service. From booking the moving date to arrival at our destination, we were very well looked after. The office staff and removals team were extremely supportive and made sure that everything ran smoothly.
We would be very happy to recommend them.

23 January 2026
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Reply from Bournes Moves - Removals, Storage & Shipping

Thank you for taking the time to leave your wonderful feedback. It's great to hear that from start to finish your journey was smooth and you felt taken care of by our team. We really appreciate the recommendation! Best wishes in your new home.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Rude and aggressive!

Rude and aggressive!

Bourne removals van blocking a road today, just a short manoeuvre would have allowed traffic through, but obviously this was too much trouble, one of the employees was rude, threatening and aggressive when asked to allow access.

Excellent work with the name of the employer on the front of the truck!

28 January 2026
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Reply from Bournes Moves - Removals, Storage & Shipping

Hi Andy, I'm sorry to hear about your experience. I have sent your comments to our operations team, who will investigate and address with the crew involved. As you can see from the majority of our reviews, this is not the standard of behaviour and respect our customers normally experience nor that we expect of our crews. Rest assured we take this sort of feedback very seriously. Please accept our apologies once again.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Easy

Easy, patient, helpful, more than punctual(early!)

25 January 2026
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Reply from Bournes Moves - Removals, Storage & Shipping

Thank you! best wishes in your new home.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

The team at Bournes were fantastic from…

The team at Bournes were fantastic from our initial assessment and information session right through to the day of our move. Emily managed the move brilliantly and was at the end of the phone to answer any questions and make the changes that we needed. We had the excellent full packing service the day before, which was a massive help for us, and we had a totally smooth move without any breakages or damage
thanks to the great crew. Thank you!

20 January 2026
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Reply from Bournes Moves - Removals, Storage & Shipping

Thanks so much for your lovely review. Emily and the crew will be delighted to hear how their support and skill made this a great move for you. All the best in your new home!

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Lack of care for our precious things

They didn’t wrap some precious items (irreplaceable pictures just floating around in the back of their van so glass broken and custom frames damaged). The only reason they are getting 2 stars is their customer service lady was very kind and the packing service was actually useful (just a shame they didn’t think my newly framed pictures - yes they were told this - were of value or needed protecting).

I also watched as they pulled the top off a chest of drawers because they wanted to carry the whole thing down the stairs (in spite of the drawers being empty and easily removed which would have made this much easier to manoeuvre)

We were told there was insurance up to £50 per item, however when I mentioned this (after finding another damaged picture) I was told that as we hadn’t paid extra for insurance we couldn’t make a claim. Please note the items were precious and irreplaceable to US. They weren’t great works of art or valuable trinkets - they were personal and no amount of money could replace.

In all I was really disappointed and I’m still very angry. They just didn’t take any care with our things. Items stacked against other items that could cause damage. A lot of our items will be in boxes for a long time due to refurbishments and I dread to think what I’ll find down the line

18 December 2025
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Reply from Bournes Moves - Removals, Storage & Shipping

Thank you for taking the time to share your experience. We're so sorry to hear that your move didn’t go as it should have and that some of your items were damaged. That’s understandably upsetting, and it’s certainly not the standard we aim for, as you can see from the majority of our reviews.

Your feedback has been shared with the team involved so we can properly understand what went wrong and take steps to prevent similar issues in future. I believe your move manager has been in touch and sent over a claim form. While you didn’t opt for full insurance cover, we are still able to review this under our standard BAR terms, which offer limited liability as per our quotation. Once we receive your completed form, we’ll be able to take a closer look and advise on next steps.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

The team at Bournes was professional

The team at Bournes was professional, responsive, and adaptable to our needs. Our items were moved from the UK to the US without any issues, and the cost was very reasonable.

15 December 2025
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Reply from Bournes Moves - Removals, Storage & Shipping

Thank you for the kind review. Wishing you all the best in your new home!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Moving is never a particularly pleasant…

Moving is never a particularly pleasant event in itself but Bournes have been exceptional in their customer care. I was surprised to see the company be so professional at every stage of the process: Booking a survey, getting a quote, making the payment, and the move itself were all done professionally and you could trust that on the day, your move will be in good hands.
Emily was an absolute standout!

12 December 2025
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Reply from Bournes Moves - Removals, Storage & Shipping

Thank you for your lovely 5* review - we will make sure to pass this back to Emily and the team so they know their efforts at each stage of your move helped make it such a great experience for you. Best wishes in your new home, thanks for choosing Bournes!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Highly recommend

Helpful friendly, professional staff.

Competitive on price too.

Definitely recommend!

9 December 2025
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Reply from Bournes Moves - Removals, Storage & Shipping

Thank you! It's great to hear you found your move a positive experience and good value for your money. Wishing you all the best in your new home.

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