Britannia Leatherbarrows in Gordon's kitchen.

When Bournemouth removals company Britannia Leatherbarrows had an e-mail from a Mrs Ramsay one Wednesday morning recently asking them to move the contents of a four bedroom house from Hampshire to London, they thought it was just another routine enquiry. 

But when they discovered the said Mrs Ramsay was none other than the wife of celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay the team suspected it would be no ordinary move.  They were right.  The Ramsays wanted a full packing service for the entire contents of the house and the move included a full-size tubular steel football goal from the garden. Simple enough for an experienced moving company, except that the whole job had to be completed by Friday!

A quick phone call to Mrs Ramsay by Sales Estimator David Bigglestone confirmed that the house had to be cleared within a day, so it was all hands to the pumps.  Never one to shirk a challenge, Leatherbarrows Operator Richard Fisher started checking all the existing bookings and scouring the rest of the network for resources. It was touch and go at one point but then the break he needed arrived with a last minute postponement for the next day. 

An urgent call to the Ramsays was made to arrange a survey at 4.30pm, and by 5.00pm a quote had been organised with the job confirmed at just past 6 o’clock that evening. The following day by 9.00am a crew, vehicle and materials were in place and the whole house had been packed and loaded ready for delivery by late afternoon.  “Fantastic efficiency,” said Tana Ramsay when she called to say thank you, adding, “The crew were great and it was so nice to deal with a company who just set to work right away and got the job done without any fuss.” 

As for the goal posts, they were dismantled and loaded into the van with six inches to spare!