Removals to Portugal

How much do removals to Portugal cost?

Every Portugal move is priced on volume, access at both ends, how much packing you want and when you need it there. As a guide, a part load of boxes and a few items of furniture is usually £850 to £1,500, a two bedroom home is £2,900 to £4,000 and a three bedroom home is £3,800 to £5,300. Larger houses, pianos, vehicles and fine art are quoted individually.

We do not quote by the hour and we do not add fuel or waiting charges on the day. After a free survey by video call or in person you get one written figure covering collection, materials, transport to Portugal, transit through the EU, delivery and placement and goods in transit cover. If your dates move, we move with you.

Sharing a vehicle is the cheapest way to send a smaller load, because you pay only for the space you use. The trade off is timing: a part load runs to a consolidation schedule and takes 10 to 18 days, while a dedicated vehicle leaves when you want it and arrives in 3 to 5 days.

The route: UK to Portugal

Eurotunnel or Calais, the A10 and A63 down western France, across the Spanish border at Irun then the A1 through Burgos and Salamanca into Porto and Lisbon or the A49 for the Algarve.

Distance from our base to Lisbon is around 1,250 miles. Algarve deliveries run at first light in July and August, because loading in thirty five degree afternoon heat is bad for the crew and worse for polished furniture.

Drivers are on tachograph hours and we plan legal rest into the schedule rather than pushing a single driver too far which is one of the reasons our delivery dates hold. You get the vehicle's progress by phone or message so you know the day before it arrives.

Customs and paperwork for Portugal

No duty within the EU. Madeira and the Azores add a sea leg with its own manifest and sailing schedule which we build into the quoted window.

Whatever the destination, we build a full inventory at packing. It is the document that supports your insurance claim if anything is damaged, and it settles any question at a roadside check in seconds.

A NIF tax number is the first thing to arrange in Portugal, as you cannot sign a lease, buy a property or set up utilities without it.

Delivery and access in Portugal

Lisbon's Alfama, Bairro Alto and Graca have steep cobbled lanes, tram wires and steps so deliveries there use a small vehicle and often a hand carry from the nearest square. Algarve villas usually have driveway access but gated urbanisations need the vehicle registered with security in advance.

We survey the destination as carefully as the collection address. Lift dimensions, doorway widths, stair turns, height barriers and parking restrictions all change the crew size and the vehicle and finding out on the day is what turns a smooth move into an expensive one.

Delivery does not stop at the front door. Furniture is placed in the room you want, beds and wardrobes are rebuilt and boxes are stacked where you can work through them. Full unpacking with the packing debris taken away is available if you would rather start straight from an empty floor.

Packing, part loads and storage

A long European journey is harder on furniture than a local move so everything is packed to export standard: double walled cartons, wardrobe boxes for hanging clothes, bubble and tissue for glass and china, corner protection on case goods and export wrap over upholstery and mattresses. Televisions, mirrors and artwork travel in purpose made cases.

We collect anywhere in the UK for Portugal so a load can combine your current home with items held elsewhere, such as a family member's garage or a storage unit. Cars, motorcycles and bicycles can travel with the household on the same vehicle where space allows.

Dates rarely line up perfectly across borders. Secure containerised storage in the UK bridges the gap: your goods are inventoried, sealed into containers and held until your Portugal property is ready then delivered without being handled again in between.

Why choose BlueSky for your move to Portugal

Fifteen years of European relocations, our own directly employed crews rather than agency labour, fully branded vehicles and full goods in transit and public liability cover as standard. We are rated 4.9 out of 5 by our customers and the same coordinator handles your move from survey to final placement.

You will get a written quote you can hold us to, honest advice about whether a part load or a dedicated vehicle suits you better and a straight answer about what a Portugal move really involves. Call us or send your inventory and dates and we will price it properly.