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UK → Spain: Full Household to Marbella
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UK → Spain: Full Household to Marbella

A dedicated-vehicle door-to-door move from a 3-bedroom Henley home to a villa in Marbella, including customs paperwork, export packing and destination placement.

Henley-on-Thames → Marbella, Spain
Volume
42 m³ dedicated van
Route
Henley → Marbella
Transit
5 days door-to-door
Paperwork
Full ToR + inventory

How the move ran

  1. T-3 weeks
    Video survey + fixed quote

    Dedicated vs shared load costed. Client chose dedicated for delivery certainty.

  2. T-2 weeks
    Export inventory built

    Full item-level inventory prepared for Spanish customs (Certificado de Baja + non-EU goods declaration).

  3. T-3 days
    Full export packing

    Two packers on site over two days. All fine art crated, china individually wrapped.

  4. Day 1
    Load & depart

    42 m³ Volvo van loaded and sealed. Client sent van registration and driver contact.

  5. Day 2-4
    Transit via Portsmouth ferry

    Overnight ferry then continuous drive with two drivers. Client received GPS check-ins every 12 hours.

  6. Day 5
    Delivery + placement

    Local Marbella partner crew joined for door-to-room placement. Beds reassembled. Wardrobes rehung. Empty boxes removed.

Challenges & how we solved them

Challenge
Post-Brexit customs paperwork on 200+ line items
Solution
Full Transfer of Residence application filed on the client's behalf. Every box barcoded to the inventory.
Challenge
Villa access — narrow gated community
Solution
Dedicated van + shuttle discussed at survey. Small shuttle van hired locally for the final 400 m.
Challenge
Wine collection (78 bottles)
Solution
Temperature-controlled crating, upright transit, signed off separately by client on delivery.

Outcome

  • Zero customs delays at either border
  • Delivered on the exact day quoted
  • Fully unpacked essentials same day
"We were nervous about a full international move post-Brexit. Dimond handled every piece of paperwork, kept us updated across five days of transit, and the villa was set up by dinner time. Flawless."
Michael & Anna · Relocated to Marbella
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