Moving house to Portugal from UK
If you are thinking of removals to Portugal from London, Bristol, Cardiff, Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Newcastle, Aberdeen, Nottingham, Sheffield or from any other location in England, Scotland, Wales or even Ireland we are the network of international house moving companies that have the expertise and resources to provide a bespoke and cheap estimate. Moving home with UK to Portugal movers will be a pleasant experience and you will keep coming back to us every time you need a removal service.
Tax free removals
Moving household goods to Portugal – standard home equipment, garden and house furniture, plants, car, motorcycle, personal effects, clothes may be moved tax free. However there are a few conditions that have to be met:
- All goods must be owned by you for at least 6 months
- You must be moving to Portugal for indefinite period
- Items you are moving will be used by you
Each house removals must be well documented as it is a subject to customs inspection. Required documents include full inventory of items being moved and a copy of your passport.

Items that can’t be moved
When packing boxes, container of a removal van you must know that some items are restricted or prohibited from moving to Portugal. To move some goods you will require a permit and have to use a removal company that is eligible to move dangerous goods. Below you can see a list of most popular goods that are considered dangerous, are prohibited from removals or there are some restrictions on moving them:
- Weapons and ammo
- Inflammable liquids like petrol, diesel, solvent
- Gas bottles
- Perishable food
- Drugs
- Excessive amount of alcoholic beverages and tobacco products
How long it is to move home content from the UK to Portugal?
Depends on the option you will choose the moving time will be different. If you plan a full 1, 2, 3, or 4 bedroom house removals to Portugal and your move will fill a full van then it will take no longer than 48 hours to get your goods delivered. Once we know your current and new addresses we will be able to tell you how long it will take to complete your boxes and furniture removals. Should you need more time before the collection and the delivery we can provide removals and storage services. Sole use man and van removals is not the cheapest way of moving domestic goods overseas as you have to cover all the removal costs to Portugal on your own. The advantage of such service is the possibility of a scheduled delivery. You can how the goods delivered on a particular day and time. Much cheaper is shared van removals service or if you can keep the delivery time flexible. This option is suitable for small rather than for large removals. Shared or groupage van load removals take approximately 1 week to complete. The quickest way of moving goods abroad is air freight – port to port. It’s ideal for excess baggage removals. You can have your goods within 12 hours.
International pet transport
Domestic pets like cats, dogs, hamsters, ferrets, canaries, parrots and others can be moved to Portugal without any problems. You just need to follow our pet moving guide to meet the international pet transport regulations. We will email you step by step pet moving guideline which includes a list of all required documents and veterinary procedures.
Moving a car or motorcycle to Portugal from UK
As long as you have owned and used your car, caravan or motorbike for at least 1 year you can move it to Portugal from United Kingdom tax free. You will have to fill out and submit appropriate documents within 1 month after your removals.
Compare removals to Portugal and find out how much is to move a few boxes, some furniture or full house content abroad. Our moving costs are very competitive. Request prices from a number of UK to P0rtugal moving companies.