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Streets here are permit-controlled through the day and there is little slack, so a bay suspended with Westminster City Council is the usual arrangement and needs ten working days' notice.

Mansion blocks add their own layer: porters, restricted loading hours, lift bookings and rules about protecting communal floors. Speak to the building manager before confirming a date.

The ULEZ covers this address as it does the whole of London, so vehicles used on the move must meet the emissions standard or attract the daily charge. The Congestion Charge zone does not extend to St John's Wood, though it will apply if the move continues into central Westminster or the City.

In the blocks, lift dimensions decide almost everything, and where a sofa will not fit the alternative is a long stair carry or a hoist through a window. The villas bring wide, heavy furniture down elegant staircases with tight bottom turns. Listed and conservation status restricts taking doors and windows out for access.

Wellington Road and Finchley Road carry heavy through traffic, and the villa streets between them are narrow, tree-lined and edged with permit bays.

Match days at Lord's put real pressure on the surrounding roads and parking, so check the fixture list before fixing a date. Otherwise mid-morning, after the block's loading hours open and before the afternoon school traffic, works best.