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F Smith & Son (Croydon) Ltd

4.9

102 Reviews

Opening Hours
Today - 09:00–17:00
  • Monday 09:00–17:00
  • Tuesday 09:00–17:00
  • Wednesday 09:00–17:00
  • Thursday 09:00–17:00
  • Friday 09:00–17:00
  • Saturday 09:00–13:00
  • Sunday - Closed

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About

F. Smith & Son is a family run removal company that has been operating in South London since 1930.

We offer a personal and professional service within all sectors of the removal industry, with all our staff undergoing extensive training and CRB checks to give peace of mind that your goods are in safe hands. Every move no matter how large or small will have a foreman assigned, to sucessfully guide your move from beginning to end.

We offer a full range of Domestic and Commercial relocations within the UK and Worldwide.

Visit our website today for full details of all services offered.

www.fsmithandson.co.uk

What we do

  • Removals

    • Home removals
    • International removals
    • Storage services
  • More Services

    • packing
    • materials
    • commercial services
    • crates

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As a longstanding WHICH? member I thought we had selected the best. Pay well get well. How wrong we were. The initial estimator seemed knowledgeable gave us quotes and options. We accepted the quote, and agreed a move date. Packers arrived on time, one employed by Smith's and other by another company. When they turned up, they knew in advance they would have to disable our furniture but they turned up with no tools. We gave clear instructions and let them pack. This was a mistake. Little did we know they consolidated our belongings into various different boxes, and didn't even even use the preprinted location/identification labels on the boxes. We also noted all staff except foremen where from other companies...... Arrived at our new home (a spotless new build) where they unloaded the boxes and our belongings. During this time they damaged the property walls, dropped the top of our lovely wooden dining room on the drive, and we later found several of our belongings were damaged by the packers. Four weeks later we were still unable to find some of stuff belongings. Advised the company who sent an insurance claim form, which says £50 excess per claim and 30 day max claim period after job. Please do not use this company, either we were incredibly unlucky or ............ If you do use them insist as a condition of the contract they only use their own staff if you value your belongings.
Customer in Greater London Posted on 06/09/2024 , work completed 07/08/2024
The trader replied (on 26/09/2024)
Please accept our sincere apologies that your move didn't go as well as one would have liked. Whilst we make our best endeavours to carry out removals seamlessly, we recognise that we are engaged in manual handling work and it's unfortunate that on occasions accidents can happen. This is why we offer a comprehensive insurance policy. Whilst I'm disappointed that there were some damages to your goods, we wrote to you following the move to acknowledge the damages and subsequently asked for you to complete and submit a form to detail your claim. I am unsure why you chose not to complete and submit your claims form for the damages, and instead posted this review. If you were to submit a claim form, we would present it to our insurers for you, which does have a one-off £50 excess. When packing, it is important to fill cardboard boxes to minimise the risk of crushing during the move. Generally cartons can be filled up with contents from the same location, however, with the integrity of the carton in mind, they may well be filled up with contents from another location. Unfortunately, your observation of our team being made up of staff from another company is incorrect. During peak seasons and when our staff take holidays, we occasionally supplement our team with other experienced removal operatives, however, our employed staff were never in the minority during your move. If I can be of further assistance, please do get in touch. David Smith Director
Brilliant work from the movers and stressless day for us
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We booked packing and removal service from a 3 bedroom split level flat to a 5 bedroom house. Lee, John and Charlie were brilliant on the moving day, and made our day stress free. They showed up on time and early, dissemble the furnitures and loaded to the truck before midday. Everything were packed safely and no damage at all. We can’t thank them enough for their hard work on quite a hot day! Highly recommended and will definitely use F Smith & son again.
Customer in Kent Posted on 12/08/2024 , work completed 09/08/2024
Reliable and professional
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Customer service was extremely good from initial survey of the move, to the reliability of the move team. Very friendly but also professional. The guys worked extremely hard during the heatwave, arrived on time, packaged everything very well and carried some very heavy furniture up stairs for us. Amazing job! Would recommend.
Customer in Surrey Posted on 05/08/2024 , work completed 31/07/2024
Nice company to do business with
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Every thing happened as they said it would and nothing was too much trouble for the guys to do for us on the moving day
Customer in Hampshire Posted on 15/07/2024 , work completed 12/07/2024
Friendly and efficient team - great delivery guys!
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Excellent service from F Smith and Son. No-pressure quote was competitive with others. Excellent service from the removal team that loaded up the vans, hard-working, friendly and efficient. They took care of everything, easing our worries about our move. We had to use their storage facilities for 6 weeks, and the delivery of everything onto our new home was just as good. Nothing broken or damaged! Thank you everyone!
Customer in West Sussex Posted on 15/07/2024 , work completed 21/05/2024
Stress free removals and great VFM !
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I experienced great service from start to finish. My circumstances were tricky as I exchanged and completed on the same day so I could only confirm and finalise my booking the night before moving! The team on the day worked really hard and nothing was too difficult for them. Everything went smoothly with zero damages. I highly recommend this company. You get what you pay for with removal companies and these guys were worth every penny.
Customer in Greater London Posted on 14/06/2024 , work completed 13/06/2024
Excellent Service
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Excellent service from start to finish, our exchange of contracts kept getting delayed, they held our removal date, they arrived on time, packed, unpacked and re assembled everything perfectly without any breakages. Both teams were very pleasant. Would highly recommended this family run removal firm.
Customer in Surrey Posted on 10/06/2024 , work completed 07/06/2024
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Absolutely brilliant -made my move exceptionally easy …Arrived promptly & all men were polite, friendly and professional. Took amazing care of my furniture ….I was also very happy with the price …. Would definitely use them again and will be recommending them 5* …Thank you so much xx
Customer in Greater London Posted on 13/05/2024 , work completed 10/05/2024
Best thing we did!
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Wow, what a wonderful company and staff! we were completely overawed by moving after 25 years in the same house and the company and the men who came were THE BEST! So helpful, kind, accommodating and friendly - they were such hard workers and were just brilliant!
Customer in Surrey Posted on 19/04/2024 , work completed 18/04/2024
Move to Docklands
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I was very pleased with the service F Smith & Son provided. That ran from the individual who surveyed my flat and moving needs, the drop off of the packing materials, the two individuals who moved my boxes and furniture out of my old flat into my new home, and the office staff who processed the payments. Very courteous and efficient. Very glad I took the recommendation from a friend who had used them earlier this year.
Customer in Greater London Posted on 08/03/2024 , work completed 05/03/2024