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Kerb space is the single hardest part of a Soho move. Nearly every street is controlled, loading windows are short, and a bay suspended through Westminster City Council is usually the only realistic option. Applications need ten working days.

Where no bay can be had, crews work from the nearest legal standing point and carry, which lengthens the job. Ask any firm to price that scenario as well as the ideal one.

Soho lies inside the ULEZ, so the removal vehicle has to meet the emissions standard. It also sits inside the Congestion Charge zone, which runs on set days and hours, so the charge is a real line on any weekday quote. Ask whether it is already in the price or added afterwards.

Expect a flat above commercial premises, reached by a shared staircase with tight half-landings and a street door used by other occupiers. Sloping ceilings on top floors and windows too small to hoist through are common. Listed and conservation status limits what can be taken out of a building to get furniture in.

Frith, Dean, Greek and Berwick Streets are narrow, one-way in places and busy with pedestrians and deliveries, so smaller vans are the norm.

An early weekday start, before deliveries and pedestrian traffic build, gives the best chance of holding a bay. Evenings and Sundays are calmer on the streets, though a suspension still has to be in place. Nightlife crowds make late Friday and Saturday work impractical.