Corporate relocation from London to France & Italy
Not every European move is chasing the sun. A significant share of moves from Barnet are corporate relocations — a role in Paris, Lyon, Milan or Turin — and they run on different constraints from a retirement move: a start date that will not move, an employer with a documentation checklist, and a flat that was chosen quickly.
France: the short corridor, the difficult doorway
France is the shortest run we do and the one where people most often assume the crossing is the hard part. It is not. Paris addresses are reached through a porte cochère into a courtyard, up a stone stair that turns, or into a lift added a century after the building. The transfer-of-residence certificate from the mairie is the document that governs the customs side, and it is worth starting early.
Corporate moves into Paris and Lyon are frequently into smaller flats than the London ones being left. We scope the access before the vehicle leaves Barnet, and where a hoist or external lift is the only route in we plan it rather than discover it.
Italy: access decides the day
Italy is an EU move, so the paperwork is a familiar shape — the codice fiscale first, then the residenza registration. What is not familiar is the building. Milan and Turin blocks have courtyards, a portineria and a small lift; Rome and Florence addresses frequently sit inside restricted traffic zones a large vehicle cannot enter at all.
This is a move where scoping the access before the vehicle leaves London matters more than anything else. We arrive with the right kit for the stairwell, and where a balcony route is the only way a piece goes in, that is established in advance rather than improvised on the street.
Making a corporate move seamless
Corporate moves run on timelines that do not flex easily, which is exactly where a single coordinator earns their place: one person holding the plan, the packing standard, the customs file and the access arrangements at both ends.
Whether your employer is covering the move or you are managing it yourself, we bring the discretion and precision these relocations demand — and the honest advice on what a particular building will and will not allow.
Planning a move from Barnet?
One coordinator, from the first survey to the final box. Tell us where you’re heading and we’ll take it from there.