{"id":114768,"date":"2020-03-07T14:00:02","date_gmt":"2020-03-07T07:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/should-i-pay-for-a-removal-firm-or-hire-a-van-myself\/"},"modified":"2020-03-07T14:07:42","modified_gmt":"2020-03-07T07:07:42","slug":"should-i-pay-for-a-removal-firm-or-hire-a-van-myself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/should-i-pay-for-a-removal-firm-or-hire-a-van-myself\/","title":{"rendered":"Should I pay for a removal firm or hire a van myself?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nWe\u2019re moving from our first-floor two-bed flat to a three-bed semi with a young baby Every week a Guardian Money reader submits a question, and it\u2019s up to you to help him or her out \u2013 a selection of the best answers will appear in next Saturday\u2019s paper.We\u2019re moving two miles from our first-floor two-bed flat to a three-bed semi with our young baby. I can hire a large van and get some mates to help out, or I can go with a removal firm for about \u00a3450. My wife thinks it\u2019s mad to do it ourselves, but we\u2019re broke at the moment. Is she right? Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2020\/mar\/07\/should-i-pay-for-a-removal-firm-or-hire-a-van-myself\" target=\"_blank\">Should I pay for a removal firm or hire a van myself?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; We\u2019re moving from our first-floor two-bed flat to a three-bed semi with a young baby&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-tR6","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":148798,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/labour-hire-firm-prolink-nz-linked-to-auckland-baby-smuggler-has-estimated-debts-of-3-8m\/","url_meta":{"origin":114768,"position":0},"title":"Labour hire firm ProLink NZ linked to Auckland baby smuggler has estimated debts of $3.8m","date":"January 15, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Migrants lose jobs at company linked to woman previously jailed over fake birth documents.\r \r Source : nzherald.co.nz\/Property\r Read more...Labour hire firm ProLink NZ linked to Auckland baby smuggler has estimated debts of .8m","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":51999,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/who-is-liable-for-20000-worth-of-jewellery-stolen-during-our-house-move\/","url_meta":{"origin":114768,"position":1},"title":"Who is liable for \u00a320,000 worth of jewellery stolen during our house move?","date":"April 16, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r A bag full of valuables went missing from the removals van and now the insurer won\u2019t pay outWe had jewellery worth \u00a320,000 stolen during our house move and our insurer is refusing to pay out. 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