Founded in 1928 by Jack Hadley and Herbert Ottaway our company has a long history of removals in East Anglia. With a single van Jack and Herbert offered a domestic removals service around Norwich. More than a decade later the company offered its growing fleet of box vans to the war effort transporting RAF pilots and their equipment from Norfolk to Lincolnshire.
Moving home can be a very stressful time and Hadley & Ottaway can help you with every step of the journey. Our estimators will begin by taking you through your various options for home removals, such as removal or storage.
Moving home can be a very stressful time and Hadley & Ottaway can help you with every step of the journey. Our estimators will begin by taking you through your various options for home removals, such as removal or storage.
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Founded in 1928 by Jack Hadley and Herbert Ottaway our company has a long history of removals in East Anglia. With a single van Jack and Herbert offered a domestic removals service around Norwich. More than a decade later the company offered its growing fleet of box vans to the war effort transporting RAF pilots and their equipment from Norfolk to Lincolnshire.
Moving home should it be local or overseas removals, can be a very stressful time and Hadley & Ottaway can help you with every step of the journey. Our estimators will begin by taking you through your various options for home removals, whether it be a direct A to B move or via store Hadley & Ottaway can provide a quotation that's tailored to meet all your requirements.
We understand that your possessions are precious to you and your family and we treat your household contents with the utmost respect and care during your move. Security is a core principle of our service and should you need to place your home's contents into storage for any length of time we ensure that they are fully protected at all times.
With Overseas Removals it's very important to ensure your belongings are securely packed, particularly for bulky and fragile items. Most international removals are serviced with pantechnicon vehicles using 'roll on - roll off' ferries. For transatlantic and other distant locations, all your belongings are carefully packed into lined, steel containers which are carried by ship to a local port.
Reviews (12)
Graham Ayres
Jun 16, 2022
An excellent service from a professional team. Everything went smoothly, from quotation to removal. All the team were courteous, conscientious and careful with our belongings. Our two day removal was completed without any issues and the team worked so hard to make it easy for us on the day. Would thoroughly recommend.
MrG
May 20, 2022
Nigel Wagg
Apr 11, 2022
Pauline Tooth
Apr 10, 2022
Nick Burton
Jul 25, 2021
Andrew Pover
Apr 25, 2021
Gareth Austin-Mills
Dec 18, 2020
K. G.
Dec 10, 2020
I had an upright Yamaha black gloss piano moved from a second floor apartment. A rep from the company came to look at the location and piano and quoted me accordingly. The team sent on the day included members of ad-hoc staff who otherwise have unrelated jobs. The piano was neither covered or secured so the piano keyboard cover kept opening. Whilst taking the piano down the second flight of stairs the piano was dropped onto a step and the veneer ripped from the instrument. Granted the company sent the piano to approved repair specialists to have it repaired but this was a timely process and when it was finally relocated to my new home it had other marks, dents and scratches to the veneer.
The company refused to rectify these and instead offered an embarrassingly insignificant small partial refund which did not compensate for what I had lost in terms of the damage. They also damaged the piano stool on its final delivery and the member of staff refused to record the damage on paper and said he would verbally report it to the office, therefore the company could not be held accountable.
I have had the piano moved by multiple other firms since o brought it and on no accounts experienced any damage or such confrontational customer service. Should have stuck with what I knew, not moved to a firm just because it was over the road.
The company refused to rectify these and instead offered an embarrassingly insignificant small partial refund which did not compensate for what I had lost in terms of the damage. They also damaged the piano stool on its final delivery and the member of staff refused to record the damage on paper and said he would verbally report it to the office, therefore the company could not be held accountable.
I have had the piano moved by multiple other firms since o brought it and on no accounts experienced any damage or such confrontational customer service. Should have stuck with what I knew, not moved to a firm just because it was over the road.
Sarah Blyth
Jun 11, 2020
From the first initial meeting with Chris I felt completely reassured that I was in good hands, having had other quotes it was apparent to me Chris was by far more competent, professional, straight talking and experienced in what he does. It was clearly explained to me what the plan would be to remove and store the items and I promptly received an email detailing everything we had discussed. Talking on the phone/email with Kerrie and the others who I can only assume deal with the business in house was very easy, professional and to top it off they just seem like lovely people.
Nothing was ever too much trouble. The chaps who packed and loaded the lorry again were extremely prompt on arrival, professional and a pleasure to talk to. From start to finish my experience using H&O has been nothing less than excellent. I deal with a lot of companies on a daily basis and if I'm honest I haven't received this level of service in a long time, very refreshing. Can whole heartedly, 100% recommend! Sarah
Nothing was ever too much trouble. The chaps who packed and loaded the lorry again were extremely prompt on arrival, professional and a pleasure to talk to. From start to finish my experience using H&O has been nothing less than excellent. I deal with a lot of companies on a daily basis and if I'm honest I haven't received this level of service in a long time, very refreshing. Can whole heartedly, 100% recommend! Sarah
Joanna Storey
Dec 10, 2019
David Priest
Jul 30, 2019
Mark Thornhill
May 31, 2017
Very unprofessional and extremely rude staff. Company parked their removals van and blocked our driveway exit. No decency to knock and ask if they could do this and when we asked them to move they said no and would be 4 hours! I telephoned the Head Office and they refused to listen. Terrible company and would never use them.