France, Italy, Spain, Portugal — the four corridors we run from the Putney and SW-London riverside catchment. Below: where each route goes, who tends to make the move, and how the practical side works.
Each country has its own brief, framed for the SW-London-professional family. Click through for the considered version.
Paris · Provence · Côte d'Azur
Paris, Provence and the Riviera — the moves Putney makes
Read the France brief
Milan · the lakes · Florence and Rome
Milan, the lakes, Florence and Rome — considered Italian moves
Read the Italy brief
Madrid · Barcelona · the Balearics
Madrid, Barcelona, the Balearics — the moves Putney runs
Read the Spain brief
Lisbon · Cascais · Porto
Lisbon, Cascais and Porto — Putney's Portugal moves
Read the Portugal brief
Putney is the centre of gravity, but the corridor runs along the river and into the adjacent SW postcodes. SW15 — Putney, East Putney, Roehampton, Putney Heath, West Putney. SW18 — Wandsworth, Earlsfield, Southfields edge. SW13 — Barnes village, Castelnau, the towpath stock. SW6 — the Fulham edge facing Putney across the river. SW19 — the Wimbledon edge running south of Putney.
The Victorian and Edwardian mansion-flat stock, the Putney terraces, the Barnes village period houses, the riverside Embankment flats — we know the access typology. Most addresses are stairs-rather-than-lifts, narrow staircases, on-street parking that requires a council suspension for the move-day lorry. We handle the suspensions and brief the crew on the access from survey.
For UK origins outside SW London, our sister network sites — Removals Manchester, Removals Bromley, Removals Bexley, Removals Romford and others — cover their respective catchments. We refer honestly where the move starts outside Putney.
Four patterns. Each with its own rhythm and its own destination shape.
Couples in their thirties — partnered, often with a baby or pre-school-age child — making the lifestyle move before the family geography settles into a school catchment. Provence, the Italian lakes, Cascais, Mallorca-interior. Considered timing, often hand-in-hand with one partner moving to partial-remote work.
The career-driven mid-life move. Paris, Milan, Madrid, Lisbon for the role; central-city destination property typically with the corporate side handling the housing and visa; our side runs the household.
Family with primary or early-secondary children making the move before secondary commitments lock in. The school admissions calendar is the gating constraint. Cascais (international school), Milan and Madrid (international schools), Paris and Lisbon (international or bilingual schools). Considered, paced, well-planned.
Late-career professional household making the move while one or both partners are still working — partially or fully remote, often with the destination property bought over years of holidaying and now becoming the primary address. Florence, Rome, the Italian lakes, the Côte d'Azur, the Portuguese coast, central Madrid.
Road freight via Eurotunnel or Dover-Calais for France, Italy, Spain. Combination of road-freight and sea-route for Portugal, the Balearics, and the southern Atlantic coast destinations. Same crew door to door on all routes. Customs filings on our side (UK ToR1 + destination-country declaration); residency-evidence pack on yours.
We do not run corridors outside the four. If your move is to Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Scandinavia, the Republic of Ireland, or anywhere outside the cosmopolitan-European specialism, we refer to a sister network site. UK Worldwide Transport for broader international; Rhino Removals for general European; UK Holland Removals for the Netherlands corridor; and several others.
The country briefs link from here. A first conversation can also help if you are uncertain whether your move fits our specialism.