The day you have · MIDWK
While you are at work
A move that happens without you standing in it. It is a genuinely useful service for anybody who cannot take a day off, and it depends entirely on preparation — because there is nobody in the house to ask.
A move without anybody to ask is the version that goes wrong. So we agree the answers in advance.
What has to be in place
Preparation replaces presence
On an ordinary move a hundred small decisions get made by somebody pointing at something. Without you there, every one of those has to be decided beforehand or asked by telephone.
So the plan is genuinely detailed: what is going, what is staying, what belongs to the landlord, what goes in which room at the far end, and what should be treated differently. It takes a conversation rather than a form, and it is what makes the day work.
The named contact matters more than the plan
Because no plan survives an empty house entirely. Somebody has to be reachable and able to answer — a partner, a relative, a friend, a neighbour. They do not need to know where everything goes; they need to be able to make a decision.
Where nobody is reachable, we will not proceed with the doubtful items. They stay, and that is a worse outcome than a two-minute phone call.
Photographed at both ends
Every room as it empties, and every room as it fills. You get the set the same day. It is the substitute for having been there, and it settles most questions before they become questions — including, on a rental, what the room actually looked like when we left it.
The limits, stated plainly
We will not decide what is rubbish. We will not disconnect anything plumbed or hard-wired. We will not remove fitted items. And we will not move anything we think may belong to a landlord or a housemate.
Where there is doubt, the item stays and we ring the contact. That is the rule, it is not negotiable, and it is why this works.
While you are at work
Questions about while you are at work
01 Is this safe?
It is a normal, well-established way of working, and everything is recorded — keys in and out, rooms photographed at both ends, a written plan agreed beforehand. The recording is what makes it safe rather than trust alone.
02 Who holds the keys?
Whoever you arrange: an agent, a neighbour, a relative, or a secure handover. It is confirmed in writing beforehand and recorded both times.
03 What if you cannot reach the contact?
Anything doubtful stays where it is. We would rather leave an item and deal with it afterwards than move something we were not sure about.
04 Can you unpack too?
To an agreed plan, yes — contents out and placed in the named rooms. What we will not do is decide where things live in somebody else's kitchen.
05 Does this work for a rented property?
Well, provided the landlord's furniture is clearly identified in the plan. The photographic record is also genuinely useful at a check-out.
06 How far ahead do we need to plan it?
Further than an attended move, because the preparation is the service. The survey and the plan are where the time goes; the day itself is usually shorter.
When can you actually be there?
Both addresses and the shift pattern rather than a date. We will hold a slot against the rota and firm it up when the roster lands.