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How Do I Prepare My Dog for Moving House?

How Do I Prepare My Dog for Moving House?

When it comes to moving house, the prospect can be both thrilling and overwhelming, not only for yourself but also for your furry companion. If you’re planning a move in Leicester or the surrounding areas, ensuring a smooth transition for your beloved pet is paramount. Stokes Removals in Leicester is here to assist you on this journey. By entrusting us

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Server room

At What Stage of the Process Should You Move Your Business IT Equipment?

Moving your business IT equipment to a new office can be an exciting time, signaling growth and progress. However, it is crucial not to underestimate the importance of proper planning in this process. Whether you are relocating locally within Leicester or embarking on a more significant office relocation, ensuring that your business removals go smoothly is essential for minimising downtime

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Donating furniture to charity

5 Charities Accepting Furniture Donations in Leicester

When it comes to moving house, one of the most important tasks to complete is to de-clutter your home. This means going through all your belongings and getting rid of anything that you no longer need or want. A moving house clear-out is essential for several reasons. Firstly, it makes the moving process much easier. By getting rid of unnecessary

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Selling a house

When is the Best Time of Year to Sell Your House?

There are many factors to consider when selling a property and one that is often overlooked is choosing the right time of year. You might think that houses are selling all year round and you’d be right to a certain extent. However, as one of the leading providers of home removals in Leicester, we can tell you that house sales

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Moving furniture

Top Tips for Moving Large Pieces of Furniture

Whether you’re moving home or putting items into storage, one of the biggest challenges you will face is getting your furniture from one place to another. Large, bulky items like sofas, bookcases, tables, display cabinets, and the like, can all be difficult and potentially dangerous to move unless you know what you’re doing. As a well-established provider of removals in

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Keeping your property secure during a house move

Keeping your property secure during a house move

Moving Day can be a hectic time for anybody. You’re trying to synch up your last minute packing with getting your belongings loaded onto the removal truck. People are in and out of your house. Neighbours and other locals are coming to say farewell, or just to have a good nose at what’s going on. You may have pets or

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Moving house with a child

5 top tips for moving house with small children

Moving house with young children can be difficult. Whether they’re upset about leaving their old home or excited about moving to their new one (or a mixture of both) emotions can be high. Being so small, they already feel that the wider world is something outside of their control and they have no say even in something as life-changing as

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Moving boxes

Disposing of Packaging After a House Move

Average house removals in Leicester utilises between 60 and 100 boxes of various sizes for packaging purposes. Even if you break them down and fold them up, that’s a lot of space taken up by cardboard boxes you don’t need any more. In this article, we take a look at some ways to dispose of your packing materials, to create more room

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Essentials box

What to Include in a Moving Day Essentials Box

Moving house is a big event in most peoples’ lives. From the moment you confirm the exchange of contracts, there is so much that you need to organise, from booking a removal company, to cancelling your utilities at your current address, and so much more. By the time your moving day rolls around, a lot of the work will have been

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Contact details:

Stokes Removals & Storage is regulated by the British Association of Removers and Trading Standards.

Memb No: A108

Dispute Resolution:

We adhere to the British Association of Removers Alternative Dispute Resolution Scheme which is independently operated by The Furniture & Home Improvement Ombudsman www.fhio.org.

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CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY HOURS

The office will be closed from 1pm on Tuesday 24th December and open again at 9am on Thursday 2nd January. The self storage will be open reduced hours as below. There will be no staff on site during these times.

 

OFFICE

SELF STORAGE

Tuesday 24th December

9am – 1pm

8am – 1pm

Wednesday 25th December

CLOSED

CLOSED

Thursday 26th December

CLOSED

CLOSED

Friday 27th December

CLOSED

10am – 4pm

Saturday 28th December

CLOSED

CLOSED

Sunday 29th December

CLOSED

CLOSED

Monday 30th December

CLOSED

10am – 4pm

Tuesday 31st December

CLOSED

10am – 1pm

Wednesday 1st January

CLOSED

CLOSED

Thursday 2nd January

OPEN AS USUAL

OPEN AS USUAL