How long is the transit from the UK to Paris?

The shortest French corridor — UK pickup, Eurotunnel crossing, ground onward to Paris. The exact transit window is on your written quote and depends on consolidated-route timing.

Do I need a carte de séjour before the move arrives?

Strictly, no — the move itself does not require it. Practically, yes for almost everything afterwards (rental contracts beyond a short stay, utility setup, banking). We time the delivery to align with your prefecture appointment.

Can you load into a Paris apartment with a small lift?

Usually yes. The destination team measures the lift at the survey-handoff brief; if anything will not fit we plan a window-hoist or the staircase route. Long-stem furniture sometimes needs disassembly.

My Paris building has a syndic. Will you coordinate with them?

Yes. The destination coordinator contacts the syndic ahead of move day, confirms the building's rules on lift use and moving hours, and agrees the move-in sequence with the gardien.

Will I be charged customs duty on my household goods?

Not usually. If you have lived outside the EU for at least 12 months and have owned and used your belongings for at least six months, they enter France under the transfer-of-residence franchise, free of duty and VAT. The claim goes to the French douane with a dated, signed inventory; our customs agent handles the UK export side. We prepare both.

Can you handle a move into a permit-controlled zone (1st, 4th, Marais)?

Yes — we book the parking-bay permit through the relevant mairie well before move day and time the load around the permit window. Pedestrian-only streets get a small-van shuttle from a nearby loading point.

UK → Paris

Removals to Paris
and the Île-de-France

UK→Paris specialist service to all twenty arrondissements and the wider Île-de-France région — Versailles, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Boulogne, Neuilly, Saint-Denis. Permit-restricted zones, syndic coordination, prefecture timing — all handled.

Quote to Paris / Île-de-France Call 0800 069 6870

A woman leaning over a carton to write on the lid, packing materials spread around her. — Delivering into Paris / Île-de-France.

The Paris / Île-de-France corridor

Moving to Paris / Île-de-France
— what we know about it

Paris is our shortest French corridor from the UK and the destination where access logistics matter most. The twenty arrondissements span everything from listed Haussmannian apartments in the 6th and 7th to converted industrial loft conversions in the 11th and 12th, modernist towers in the 15th, and gentrified working-class quarters in the 18th, 19th, and 20th. Our destination team in Paris knows the access constraints across all of them — which streets in the Marais will not take a 7.5-tonne lorry, which arrondissements require a parking-bay permit booked through the mairie well before move day, which buildings need the gardien briefed and the syndic's agreement on lift use.

The Île-de-France région extends well beyond the périphérique — the 75, 78, 91, 92, 93, 94, and 95 départements form the wider Greater Paris catchment. We deliver across all of it. Suburban moves to Versailles (78), Saint-Germain-en-Laye (78), Boulogne-Billancourt (92), Neuilly-sur-Seine (92), Sèvres (92), and the gentrifying inner-ring towns of Vincennes, Montreuil, and Saint-Mandé (94) form a substantial part of our Paris workload. These suburban destinations often have easier access for the lorry than the central arrondissements, but trade that for longer journey times across the Île-de-France network on move day.

Paperwork specific to a Paris-area move includes the carte de séjour (residency permit, applied for at the prefecture for your destination département — different prefecture for each), the avis d'imposition or alternative documentation that long-let landlords ask for, and for households holding Withdrawal Agreement residence rights or arriving on post-Brexit visas, the validation of those rights through the prefecture's service des étrangers. We do not file the carte de séjour for you — that is yours to manage with the prefecture — but we time the move so your goods arrive after your appointment is confirmed and your address is recognised.

Move-day logistics in Paris are an art. Permit-controlled zones in the 1st (around the Louvre and the Tuileries), the 4th (the Marais), the Quais, parts of the 5th and 6th around the Sorbonne and Saint-Germain-des-Prés, and increasingly the gentrified 11th around République, all require advance permit booking through the relevant mairie. Pedestrian-only streets in the historic centre often need shuttle-loading from a small van that meets the main lorry several hundred metres away. We book all this in advance and the destination coordinator manages the day-of access. Concierge clearance for buildings with a gardien is standard practice — we brief the gardien in good time and confirm how the lift may be used.

Cities & towns we serve

Where we deliver
in Paris / Île-de-France

Central Paris (1st-8th)

Listed Haussmannian apartments, permit-restricted zones, syndic coordination, gardien briefing — all routine.
Inner Paris (11th-15th, 16th-20th)

Mixed stock: converted lofts, modernist towers, gentrified working-class blocks. Often easier access than central but with strict syndic protocols.
Versailles (78)

Suburban affluence with listed Versailles townhouses and modern developments around the château.
Boulogne-Billancourt / Neuilly (92)

High-end Greater Paris with corporate-relocation profiles. Tight underground parking access in some buildings.
Saint-Germain-en-Laye (78)

RER A commuter belt; popular for UK families on Paris postings looking for outside-périphérique housing.

Local terms & paperwork

French paperwork
specific to Paris / Île-de-France

French paperwork terms for moves to Paris / Île-de-France: the term, what it means, and what it requires of you.
Term	What it is	What it means for your move
Carte de séjour	Residency permit	British nationals need one to stay beyond the short-stay limit of 90 days in any 180. In Paris the competent authority is the Préfecture de Police rather than an ordinary préfecture, and most applications now begin online. We time the move so your goods arrive after your appointment is confirmed.
Justificatif de domicile	Proof of address document	Required for opening utilities, banking, the carte de séjour application itself. Often the rental contract initially, then a utility bill once the property is occupied.
Syndic	Managing agent of the building	Most Parisian apartment buildings are run by a syndic — the managing agent appointed by the co-owners, overseen by an elected conseil syndical. Building rules on lift use and move hours come from the syndic, and our destination coordinator clears the move with them before the lift is touched.
Gardien / gardienne	Building concierge	Many older Paris buildings have a resident gardien. We brief them ahead of move day so the move-in sequence is expected.
Permis de stationnement	Parking-bay permit	Required in many central arrondissements for the moving lorry to occupy a roadside bay. Booked through the relevant mairie well ahead of the move — leave it late and the bay goes to someone else. Our team handles this.

Prefectures

Where you'll apply
for your carte de séjour

Préfecture de Police (75 — Île de la Cité): residence-permit applications for addresses inside Paris itself.
Préfecture des Yvelines (78 — Versailles): for moves to the Versailles, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines suburbs.
Préfecture des Hauts-de-Seine (92 — Nanterre): for moves to Boulogne, Neuilly, La Défense corporate residential.
Préfecture de Seine-Saint-Denis (93 — Bobigny): for moves to Saint-Denis, Aubervilliers, Saint-Ouen.
Préfecture du Val-de-Marne (94 — Créteil): for moves to Vincennes, Saint-Mandé, Charenton-le-Pont, Maisons-Alfort.