Moving to the Costa del Sol, a local mover’s guide

MOVING TO THE COSTA DEL SOL

MUDANZAS Y GUARDAMUEBLES LA SEDA, REMOVALS AND STORAGE COMPANY BASED IN MALAGA

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MÁLAGA
SINCE 1975

Málaga · Costa del Sol · Axarquía

Removals in Málaga and the Costa del Sol

A Spanish removals company with its own crews, its own lorries and its own storage, based in Málaga city and working the whole province. We speak English. You deal with the people who will actually carry your boxes, not with a broker in another country.

4.1/5

across 28 Google reviews

Own storage

not subcontracted to anyone

Free survey

in person or by video call

Mudanzas y Guardamuebles La Seda · C. Alejandro Dumas, 17, Málaga

Mon–Fri 9:00–14:00 and 16:30–20:00

Sat 9:00–17:00

The short version

Five things worth knowing before you ask anyone for a removals quote on this coast.

We survey before we quote. Free, at the property or by video call if you are still abroad. A price given over the phone is a guess that gets revised later.

We look at the street, not just the flat. Access is what decides whether your move needs a smaller van, a furniture lift or a loading permit from the town hall.

The storage is ours. Sealed containers in our own facility in Málaga, inventoried and insured, by the month. Not a unit rented from somebody else.

Full loads and groupage, both directions. To and from the UK, the Netherlands, Germany and the Nordics, with the customs inventory prepared for you.

The quote is itemised. Furniture lift, loading permit and storage appear as separate lines so you can decide, rather than as surprises on the morning.

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Everything under one roof

What we move

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Home removals

Flats, villas and everything in between. Packing, dismantling, transport and reassembly, with a written inventory and transit insurance included.

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International removals

Full loads and shared groupage to and from northern Europe. We prepare the customs inventory in Spanish, which is the part most people do not know they need. More

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Storage

Sealed containers in our own facility, inventoried and insured, rented by the month with no long tie-in. More

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Furniture lift

For the sofa that will never fit the stairwell. Our own exterior lift, so you are not waiting on somebody else’s diary in July. More

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Pianos and fragile items

Uprights and grands, artwork, antiques and safes. Crated properly, moved by people who have done it before. More

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Cars and pets

Because the rest of the household moves too. Vehicle transport and pet transport across the province and beyond.

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From Nerja to Estepona, and inland

Where we work

We are based in Málaga city and cover the whole province. These towns have their own page for a reason: the access problem is different in every single one, and that is what decides the vehicle, the crew and the price.

The resort strip

TORREMOLINOS · BENALMÁDENA · FUENGIROLA

La Carihuela, El Pinillo, Los Boliches, Los Pacos. Narrow streets and high blocks: often a smaller van for the last stretch and the lift for the furniture.

The west

MARBELLA · SAN PEDRO · ESTEPONA · MANILVA

Villas and gated urbanisations. Security needs names, plates and notice in advance, and we arrange the access window before the day rather than at the barrier.

Inland

MIJAS · COÍN · ALHAURÍN · CÁRTAMA · ANTEQUERA

Steep pueblos and country properties with long approaches. We check the last corner before sending a long lorry up a hill it cannot turn at the top.

The east

RINCÓN · VÉLEZ · TORROX · NERJA

The Axarquía, including Torre del Mar. Further from the depot, so scheduling matters more here than anywhere else on the coast.

Outside the province? We also run regular routes to Barcelona, Valencia and Seville, and to Ronda up in the sierra.

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Three steps, no small print

How it works

No forms that go nowhere and no call centre. You speak to the office in Málaga, and the person who surveys the property is the one who plans the job.

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The survey, free of charge

At the property, or by video call if you have not moved over yet. We measure the real volume in cubic metres and we look at the access at both ends, which is the half of the job that decides everything else.

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The quote, itemised and in writing

Storage, furniture lift and loading permit priced as separate lines, so you decide what you want rather than discovering it later. No verbal estimates that grow between the call and the invoice.

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The move

Our crew, our lorry, our insurance. We apply for the loading permit with the town hall when your street needs one, and in summer we start early and work with the heat rather than against it.

What is always included. Blankets and protection for furniture, dismantling and reassembly of standard items, a written inventory and transit insurance. What never appears without being agreed first: the furniture lift, the loading permit and storage. Those are line items, not surprises.

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The gap between landing and living

Storage while you settle in

Most people arriving on the Costa del Sol rent furnished for six to twelve months before they buy, precisely so they do not commit to the wrong town. Which leaves their own furniture with nowhere to go.

We store it here, in our own facility, and deliver it the week your real home is ready. One international move instead of two.

Self storage

A unit and a key. You drive there, you load it, you manage it. Good if you already live here and want access at midnight.

What we do

Custodial storage. We collect, inventory, seal and store, then deliver when you say. Usually the right one when you are not even in the country the day your shipment lands.

Planning the move itself? We wrote the long version: the paperwork order, the best month to arrive, what really drives the price and where your furniture waits. Moving to the Costa del Sol: a local guide.

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You will be understood

We work with international clients every week

The Costa del Sol is not only British. Fuengirola’s Los Pacos district is known locally as Little Finland, La Carihuela has a long-standing Dutch community, and Málaga province is home to significant German, Swedish and Belgian populations. We quote, survey and deliver in English and Spanish, and we are used to coordinating a move with somebody in another time zone who has not arrived yet.

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Tap a question to open it

Common questions

How much does a removal on the Costa del Sol cost?

It depends on volume in cubic metres, distance, access at both ends, how much packing you want and whether you share a lorry. We do not quote before seeing an inventory, because a figure given over the phone is a guess that gets revised later. The survey is free and takes under an hour.

Can you survey the property if I am still abroad?

Yes. We do video surveys regularly for clients who have not moved over yet. Walk us through the property on a call and send photographs of the street outside, which is the part that decides whether a large lorry can reach the door.

Do you provide storage as well as the move?

Yes, in our own facility in Málaga rather than a subcontracted unit. Your belongings are collected, inventoried, sealed into containers and stored by the month, then delivered when your permanent home is ready. Most international arrivals need this for six to twelve months.

What if my furniture will not fit up the stairs?

It goes up the outside on a furniture lift, which we own rather than hire in. Sofas, wardrobes, American fridges and pianos routinely travel this way on the coast. It is priced as a separate line on the quote, and it needs booking early in July and August.

Do you handle removals from the UK or the Netherlands?

Yes, both directions, as a dedicated load or as shared groupage if you can wait a little longer for a lower price. Used household goods enter Spain without duty but need a detailed inventory in Spanish and a signed declaration, which we prepare as part of the service.

Do I need a permit to park the lorry outside my building?

Often, yes. Reserving loading space is a municipal authorisation and the rules and fees differ from one town hall to the next along this coast. We apply for it on your behalf when the street requires one, and we tell you the cost before the day.

Tell us about the move

Send us the address, the floor, whether there is a lift and roughly when. We will tell you honestly whether the lorry fits and what it will cost, in English, by somebody who lives here.

WHAT A SURVEY COVERS

Whether the lorry actually fits your street

Real volume in m³, so the quote holds

Furniture lift and loading permit, if you need them

Storage for the months between arriving and settling

TALK TO A PERSON

951 55 04 60

OPENING HOURS

Monday to Friday 9:00–14:00 and 16:30–20:00 · Saturday 9:00–17:00 · Sunday closed

FIND US

C. Alejandro Dumas, 17 · Carretera de Cádiz · 29004 Málaga

4.1 out of 5 across 28 Google reviews

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT

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You tell us the street

Address, floor, lift or no lift, and roughly when.

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We survey it

In person or by video if you are still abroad. Volume, access, equipment.

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You get a quote that holds

Itemised, with storage priced separately so you can decide.

Book a free survey

We cover Torremolinos, Benalmádena, Fuengirola, Mijas, Marbella, Estepona, Coín, Cártama, Alhaurín el Grande, Antequera, Rincón de la Victoria, Vélez-Málaga, Torrox and Nerja.

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