Boarding house collections
We agree collection windows with the house team, so trunks, cases and boxes leave on the day that suits the school.
SCHOOLS, GUARDIANS & FAMILIES
A student’s belongings, looked after from first term to last.
We collect from boarding houses at the end of term, store everything on a photographed record in Bath, and have it back in a student’s room for the first day of the next. Parents, guardians and schools all deal with one team and one price list.
Paid upfront
Item records
One contact
London runs
The problem
Four suppliers, three time zones and a boarding house deadline.
End of term arrives at once for a whole house. Parents are often overseas, guardians are juggling several students, and belongings end up spread across friends’ garages, rented units and couriers that each need booking separately.
Our solution
One managed record for a student’s entire UK education.
MoveAssist plans collections around the school calendar and keeps a single record of what each student owns. Whether it is a summer of storage, an exeat or the final move home, the belongings and the paperwork stay in one place.
Everything below is available as part of this service, each element priced on its own line of your quote.
Term-time & summer storage
Belongings are stored in Bath for as long as needed, from a single half-term to a long summer, priced per item, per week.
Photographed item records
Every trunk, case and box is labelled and photographed at collection, so parents can see exactly what is held.
Exeat & half-term moves
Short breaks can be covered too, with items brought back in good time for the student’s return.
Return to school or new accommodation
At the start of term we deliver to the boarding house, a new house or university accommodation, ready for move-in day.
Shipping home at the end of school
When a student leaves, we pack and ship their belongings home, in the UK or overseas, from the same record.
The same calm sequence every time, with a record at each stage.
1
Register with your school or guardian
Tell us the student, the school, the term dates and who is authorised to arrange collections.
2
Collection at the end of term
We collect from the boarding house in the agreed window and label every item before it leaves.
3
Recorded and stored in Bath
Items are photographed, logged and stored, and the record is shared with parents and guardians.
4
Returned for the new term
Everything comes back for the first day of term, or goes onwards to wherever the student is heading next.
Schools, families and businesses on what it is like to hand their belongings to MoveAssist.
MoveAssist collected for our whole boarding house in a single afternoon, and every family had a photographed record the same week. It was the calmest end of term we have had.
Eleanor Whitcombe
Director of Boarding, Independent School
We live overseas, so knowing exactly what is in storage and where it is makes a real difference. The quote listed every cost, and nothing changed on the day.
James Okafor
Parent of a Year 12 Boarder
I arrange collections for several students at a time. Having one contact and one record for each student saves our team hours every term.
Priya Raman
Guardianship Coordinator
MoveAssist collected for our whole boarding house in a single afternoon, and every family had a photographed record the same week. It was the calmest end of term we have had.
Eleanor Whitcombe
Director of Boarding, Independent School
We live overseas, so knowing exactly what is in storage and where it is makes a real difference. The quote listed every cost, and nothing changed on the day.
James Okafor
Parent of a Year 12 Boarder
I arrange collections for several students at a time. Having one contact and one record for each student saves our team hours every term.
Priya Raman
Guardianship Coordinator
Education & Boarding, answered.
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