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What is the best age to downsize your home?

What is the best age to downsize your home?

The best age to downsize your home depends on various factors such as your financial situation, life stage, and personal preferences. While there isn't a one-size-fits-all answer, many individuals...

How long does it take kids to adjust to moving?

How long does it take kids to adjust to moving?

Moving to a new home can be an exciting yet challenging experience for families, especially for children. Adjusting to a new environment, making new friends, and coping with changes can take time....

Who do I need to tell I’m moving house?

Who do I need to tell I’m moving house?

Moving to a new house is an exciting journey, but amidst the hustle and bustle, it's crucial not to overlook the essential task of informing the relevant parties about your relocation. From...

Unipol Donations to Slate

Unipol Donations to Slate

Another drop to SLATE in Armley, this time with a van load of unwanted furniture donated very kindly by Unipol Student Homes.

Round and Round and Round We Go….

Round and Round and Round We Go….

The week before last was a particularly strange week for Greenbox Removals in the sense that we did 3 house moves in 7 days that had a spiral staircase in them. One of the house moves even involved...

A lovely Tweet

A lovely Tweet

Greenbox completed a house move on behalf of Hannah last Wednesday but Hannah was down in London so her mum – Ruth – was there to show us what was required. We moved all her belongings into Big...

Big Yellow Tetris

Big Yellow Tetris

Completed a move into Big Yellow Storage for Nita last weekend. It was a lovely little move, she was in a ground floor flat and most of her belongings came straight through the window of the flat so...

Let it snow…. but just as Greenbox goes…

Let it snow…. but just as Greenbox goes…

On Saturday we completed a housemove for Antonia from Monk Fryston to Wakefield. Because it was a 40 minute drive from our base I hadn’t managed to visit Antonia to quote but she gave me a very...

Second House Move in Five Months

Second House Move in Five Months

On Thursday we moved the lovely Alice and James for the second time in 5 months. They weren’t moving far at all, only 0.25 miles, but it did take 3 van loads. They even said that they will be moving...

House Removal from Leeds to Birmingham

House Removal from Leeds to Birmingham

Today Greenbox completed a house removal from Leeds to Birmingham for Gerry. It was a 2.5 hour drive and we talked plenty about computer software/advertising/SEO and a whole manner of things that...

House Removal From Leeds to Sheffield

House Removal From Leeds to Sheffield

Carried out a house removal from Leeds to Sheffield on Monday for the lovely Jo and Sarah. They were really well organised – everything was dismantled and all the boxes labelled – which certainly...

Leeds to London Relocation

Leeds to London Relocation

On Saturday, Greenbox did a small relocation from Big Yellow Storage, in Leeds, to London – the rather affluent area of Kensington. The move went well with most of the time taken negotiating the...

Flood Damage

Flood Damage

On our first day back after the Christmas break, last Tuesday, we helped a client move all her salvaged belongings from her flooded house in Tadcaster. It truly is a terrible thing, seeing all those...

Green Box Joins Big Yellow Storage

Green Box Joins Big Yellow Storage

A beautiful, colourful relationship has formed between Greenbox Removals and The Big Yellow Storage in Leeds. Greenbox Removals is now the removal company who Big Yellow recommends should any of...

Oh Lucky Day

Oh Lucky Day

Sunday in Pudsey and the church bells were ringing early morning. Rachel and Keith were ready and waiting, even though the clocks had gone forward and we lost an hour sleep. Everything went...

Bass-ic Move

Bass-ic Move

Completed a house move for Lisa and Scott last Thursday. It wasn’t the smoothest of moves as the people hadn’t finished moving out of their new house when we were trying to move Lisa and Scott’s...

Leeds to the Hills

Leeds to the Hills

Successful house move for Lindsey and Ross from Leeds up to Oldham’s hills They were well versed in the art of moving and everything was packed/dismantled and perfectly ready for us, making the move...

More Quotes, Less Moves

More Quotes, Less Moves

Well, house removals have certainly slowed down; I guess people aren’t too keen to move when it’s dark and miserable. However balls are definitely rolling as it’s been another tremendous week for...

Quotes

Quotes

Well, it’s all about the quotations at the moment, seems like the housing market is definitely picking up again with 3-4 quotation for house moves in Leeds coming in every day. Completed 3 quotes...

Happy New Year

Happy New Year

Well it’s been a great start to the New Year for Greenbox Removals, hence we haven’t had much time to update our Blog. But with the weekend comes a little rest and an opportunity to say a little...

Stormy Move

Stormy Move

Well, we’ve worked in some terrible weather before but never in winds as strong as yesterday. It felt as though the van was going to tip, and everything we carried became a sail! All that being said...

The Eagle Has Landed

The Eagle Has Landed

Just wanted to say a great big thanks to Peter and Jenny for being such wonderful customers. They were downsizing from their little farmhouse in Yorkshire and relocating to Cheshire to be closer to...

Small but perfectly packaged

Small but perfectly packaged

A wonderfully easy start to the week – a very small house move from LS17 to LS17. Taesha had everything perfectly boxed, downstairs and ready to go. There wasn’t a great deal of stuff, only just...

Leeds To Maidenhead House Move

Leeds To Maidenhead House Move

Greenbox completed a move for the lovely Ella down south on Saturday. We’ve moved Ella before from a flat to a flat in Leeds and she was really great to work for then, just as now – full of smiles...

3 Pick-ups, 1 House Move Leeds

3 Pick-ups, 1 House Move Leeds

Greenbox completed a quotation for Sylvia way back in June for a house move from Otley to Otley, Leeds. I must admit that I was quite surprised to hear from Sylvia earlier on in November when she...

For Those About To Move – We Salute You

For Those About To Move – We Salute You

It’s always great to get repeated business from a client and today was just that. We moved Simon and Karen about 6 months ago from Harrogate to Wakefield and today we moved them again, though this...

A Good Move for A ‘Bad Girl’

A Good Move for A ‘Bad Girl’

Well, after Greenbox took a week off holiday, it was great to get back to it first thing Monday morning for a house move from Leeds to Stratford. The customer was Victoria Pritchard who, for those...

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Honest Reviews

Grief Series
Grief Series
We have used Greenbox Removals over the years for a number of various jobs & each time the service has been wonderful. Definitely recommend to anybody who wants a highly organised, prompt, professional & friendly removals service. Thanks again so much.
Tara
Tara
I would definitely recommend Ed and his team. They helped us move house recently from Leeds to Gateshead. There was great communication throughout the process and they arrived promptly on moving day. They put us at ease with what can be a stressful process. They were reasonably priced too, charging a lot less than other quotes we had.
Emma Harveyq
Emma Harveyq
Really excellent service from owner Edward and mover Dan - organised, helpful, friendly, polite and caring. All good - def recommend.
Glenys Mitchell
Glenys Mitchell
Just amazing....from the 1st enquiry with Edward to meeting Dan and Harry on removal day.....organised, hard working, respectful, approachable, polite and kind. They worked well as a team and moved all my worldly goods smoothly and with great care. I can highly recommend!!!
Z M
Z M
Edward and his team were absolutely fantastic. Really helpful, organised and got everything sorted for us at both ends of the move. Thanks again - we really appreciated the great service!
Katie Moore
Katie Moore
Ed and Dan were brilliant - arrived promptly, so friendly and got us sorted with ease. Leeds - Norfolk in a matter of hours! Would absolutely recommend them! Thank you! (Katie and Jack)
Laura Craig
Laura Craig
Thank you so much for making a stressful move extremely pain free. Ed and Dan were both incredibly professional, friendly and skillfull- making the day so easy. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend them for whatever size of move, and I will be definitely booking them for the next part of my move. Thank you again!
Nick Saxton
Nick Saxton
I used Greenbox for a recent house move in Leeds and they were absolutely brilliant! Super friendly and nothing was too much trouble. Would absolutely recommend to anyone.
Ashlea-Ann Osborne
Ashlea-Ann Osborne
Amazing service! I would not use another service. They are brilliant and great value. Thank you!!!
Pamela Hanlon
Pamela Hanlon
We can't thank Ed and the boys enough for all their hard work, patience, skill and Professionalism, they were amazing. We would highly recommend them to anyone and everyone. Thank you so much

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