My pleasure, I hope all goes well.
Kind regards
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I always use Milen Light Haulage they fill a van every couple of weeks going both ways. You can transport a full van load or a part one. Run by an ex copper who lives in Central France.
http://www.milenlighthaulage.co.uk
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We have a couple of pieces of furniture to come over, and annoyingly they are both a very small fraction off fitting into our large estate.
I had also thought of the hire van route but having read the comments above Iām happy to give that a miss.
However they have to come out somehow so Iāll now try the part load route.
Has anyone any experience of such companies operating from southern Scotland to Charente Maritime?
We hired a van in the uk and took it back to the uk.
It was the best option financially, watching out for any stinger extra charges.
Keep shopping around. Good luck
After reading this thread I contacted these people and was very happy with the quote for 2 luton vans taking our stuff from SE London to Charroux (86) Ā£1680 plus vodka and Tonic went the DIY route in July which cost Ā£1000. Hope to be moving middle of October 
Are you saying that despite getting a reasonable quote from CRM you were still able to do it much cheaper yourselves?
Iām very pleased that you are happy with the quote for the 2 vans. Good luck with your move. Kind regards Petra
Thanks
So, I am guessing that you have moved some bits yourself, during a trip overā¦ costing around 1000 and that your official move in the Autumn will be done by the company with 2 Luton vansā¦ ???
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Thats correct.
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Appreciate itās a while since you posted this reply but weāre doing the same with the help of a neighbour who has an HGv licence . Weāve run into the snag mentioned elsewhere here that our house insurance wonāt cover our contents whilst in transit. It wouldnāt even cover them in the U.K. unless we used a professional removal company- too late for that nowš. Did you overcome this issue and if so how? I canāt find any companies online that will insure āDIY ā removals.
@Essexness If there is an accidentā¦ provided it is not the fault of your Driverā¦ surely your Goods will be ācoveredā by the other personā¦ (the person at fault)ā¦
Of course, theft, fire or whatever elseā¦ mmmā¦ take a flier on that I suppose.
We moved masses of stuff in the back of the car/trailer UK- Franceā¦ and never thought/worried about whether or not it was insuredā¦but we kept a close eye on everythingā¦ all the wayā¦ 
Where will you b e crossing the channelā¦ ???
Thank you Stella . Appreciate the sentiment and I know youāre trying to help me stem the rising panic lol ! Yes weāve taken stuff down in the car before and not given it a thought but that was only small stuff like decorating materials, crockery, bedlinen etc to use whilst we were there for a couple of days /weeks. I know it sounds a bit overly dramatic but this will be our entire worldly goods . It would be catastrophic if the whole lot got destroyed in some freak accident . The ex project manager in me tends to explore all eventualities. Iām even trying to find out if our life insurance covers us while weāre in transit! Lol.
Surely Life Insurance covers youā¦ until you are deadā¦ or have I missed the small printā¦ 
Is your driver hiring a lorry for the trip? He should be able to get a single journey policy from someone like https://www.goodsintransitdirect.co.uk
Weāre going Eurotunnel- Freight or rather OH and our current neighbour are. Itās a huge lorry so Iāve tried calling our Mairie as it will block the road while we unload and will need to park it somewhere overnight other than outside the house . I canāt get in touch with anyone at the Mairie but left a message on their voicemail. I will try and go see them when Iām there but itāll be very short notice as they only seem to be open a couple of days a week. Emails to both addresses on their website got returned undeliverable with a message that their mailbox is full - lol! . Our neighbour is a mechanic and a qualified HGV driver . My OH was until revently a taxi/executive private hire driver so they should be ok . Weāre taking our elderly cats down by car the week before to help settle them in - also on Eurotunnel . OH will then fly back the next day and spend weekend finishing off any work needed on our house here . Itās a HA rental and we have to make good any holes from stuff on the walls, clean off cobwebs etc etc (list is endless and very annoying as the place was a hovel when we moved here but thatās another story). Hopefully weāll also have my neighbourās wife helping out. Sheās very practical & will hopefully keep the men in check but Iām mindful OH has never done anything like it before and sometimes he can be a bit too laid back if you follow my drift. 
Well so I thought too but they rang about something else recently (probably a sales rep). Hubby told them we were moving abroad and they said the policy wouldnāt cover us as itās only for UK residents. Iāve looked through it and canāt see that anywhere in the policy booklet. Strictly speaking I donāt suppose weād be resident anywhere whilst in transit nor until weāve declared ourselves to the French Authorities. I discovered my First Directory insurance doesnāt cover us either - that specifically says itās only available to U.K. residents. The only time I had to claim on it was when I broke my arm in Vietnam. How living in a different country makes any difference I fail to understand but I guess they have their reasons.
With quite a few things only UK residents can start/open them, but then you can continue to expiry. I had a couple of savings accounts that were only open to UK residents, but they were ok to keep them open once Iād left. I just couldnāt change them. Itās all about the financial regulations that company X is only able to provide services in X country unless they have a specific authorisation (called passporting).
Please do get insurance for the trip over. Your mate may be an experienced HGV driver, but accidents can still happen that would be deemed his fault. He presumably has his own policy to cover him driving.
Heās not a āprofessional ā lorry driver per se as he doesnāt do removals for a living - he just happens to have an HGV licence & drives them sometimes as well in his car repair business. I know he has cover that allows him to drive his customerās cars etc and he does often do breakdown recovery and drives heavy lorries for jobs occasionally.
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Yes Jane - Iāve found that too and my bank actually opened a new savings account for just that reason. Iāll ask our neighbour if he can organise insurance - none of the companies Iāve tried seem to insure private individuals- they only seem to deal with removal companies.