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Irwins (L to = R) Jody=20 Keith Steve An

All our readers will remember = our=20 reporter Jill Attfield leaving us to = retire to=20 France last month with her husband Ron. = Here,=20 she speaks of her experience of one of = our=20 regular advertisers Irwin International = Removals=20 Services S.L. who moved them from the = Costa=20 Blanca to France.

When you need to put your trust in a = removal=20 company to look after your most = treasured=20 possessions you hope and pray that = everything=20 will go along satisfactorily.

My husband, Ron and myself did just = that=20 when, after contacting a few companies = decided=20 to put that trust into the hands of = Irwin=20 International Removals Services S.L. = from=20 Dolores.

Irwin, who deliver locally, = nationally and=20 internationally were offering all that = we needed=20 in the way of collection, storage and = delivery=20 from the Costa Blanca to the south of = France.=20 They were not the cheapest but from the = onset we=20 had that gut feeling that these were the = ones we=20 should choose.

Would we be happy with their service? = Would=20 we have any broken hearts due to broken=20 treasured sentimental items which could = never be=20 replaced? These were some of the = questions we=20 asked both ourselves and Irwin as prior = to this=20 move we had always hired an appropriate = vehicle=20 and moved ourselves, which not only = included=20 local moves but our departure ten years = ago from=20 the U.K. to La Marina.

Chris, the manager, came around at = the onset=20 to see what was involved and a couple of = days=20 later we received their quote. Ann = Brown, in the=20 office, made sure that everything from = the very=20 start concerning the monetary side and = dates=20 went to plan, and although she carried = this out=20 very officially and professionally, her = friendly=20 and happy nature came through and made = things=20 much easier for us.

Irwin had provided us with boxes, = sticky tape=20 and wrapping paper and when they arrived = during=20 the morning of May 19th to our home in=20 Torrevieja which we had just sold, we = and a=20 close friend had already packed up 60 = boxes. We=20 thought we had the bulk of the packing = finished,=20 but by the end of the day and two trips = to=20 Dolores, Steve and Keith had increased = that=20 figure to 171 assorted items which = included many=20 more boxes, all of which they took to = their=20 storage depot.

During the next few weeks whilst = renting an=20 apartment close by, we packed up the = items we=20 still had stored in our garage and Ann = and Irwin=20 were extremely obliging and helpful when = we=20 asked if we could add two trailer loads = of items=20 to our storage containers. On top of = that a few=20 days before we were due to leave = Torrevieja we=20 took over four more items, including a = very=20 large television and yet again the = reception=20 could not have been better.

We made our departure from the Costa = Blanca=20 the weekend of July 22nd and had = arranged with=20 Ann to have our worldly goods delivered = on the=20 following Friday. A few days before the = planned=20 delivery Ann checked that everything was = still=20 going to plan where we were concerned = and she=20 informed us that their = =E2=80=98boys,=E2=80=99 Jody and Paul=20 would be in France on the Thursday and = would be=20 with us in the village of La Redorte, as = planned=20 on the Friday.

Yet again I was wondering how = stressful would=20 it be with boxes plonked here, there and = everywhere and how many damaged or = broken items=20 would there be? We had a dedicated lorry = load,=20 so you can imagine the quantity we would = be=20 receiving, in fact the first figure of = 171 items=20 had, during the previous few weeks, = increased to=20 243 items.

I need not have worried at all as = Jody and=20 Paul arrived as planned, had a cup of = tea or two=20 and set to work immediately. They spent = the rest=20 of the morning and all afternoon = unloading and=20 carefully marking off all the items from = the=20 inventory.

Items for the bedrooms were taken = directly=20 upstairs, which was not always an easy = task with=20 a spiral staircase I can tell you, but = there was=20 never a moan or groan from the boys and = they=20 were always willing to help, even with = things=20 not related to their unloading.
It = was not=20 an easy task for them working in = temperatures of=20 more than 38=C2=B0 and with our south = facing=20 conservatory which they had to come = through with=20 everything.

Now, some two weeks later and still = unpacking=20 boxes in between decorating, we have not = found=20 one broken or damaged item and no = damaged items=20 of furniture.

Both Ron and myself would not = hesitate to=20 recommend Irwin International Removal = Services=20 S.L. to any one contemplating a move. = Ann not=20 only kept in contact with us in Spain = via=20 e-mails and telephone calls but equally = during=20 the run up to our furniture being = delivered with=20 no internet facilities available and no = land=20 line telephone she kept in contact via = mobile=20 phones.

Well done to you all at Irwin = International=20 Removals Services S.L. you can all give=20 yourselves a huge pat on the back. Many = thanks=20 once again for all your help.

Email ann@irwinremovals.com=20 for more = information.

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