Griffin Transport UK Ltd

Griffin Transport UK Ltd is a removals company based in Newcastle upon Tyne that specialises in the transportation and moving of pianos and furniture across the United Kingdom and Ireland. It is a rebranding and restructure of G&R Removals Ltd, which was established in London in 1968. Both G&R Removals and Griffioen Transport are family companies, and the business has been moving and transporting valuable goods for over 90 years. Henk Griffioen is 3rd generation family Griffioen.

Griffin Transport UK works with sister company Griffioen Transport NL for moves to Europe. The company offers long-term and short-term storage of upright and grand pianos in temperature controlled storage warehouses. Its staff are trained in company and highly experienced in moving upright and grand pianos. International piano removals include export packing, crating, shipping, and arranging necessary documents. Removal by mobile crane is available, with a skilled team trained and equipped to move pianos via staircases or using a crane.

Households, a church and a business office all appear among the jobs described, and piano transport emerges as a particular specialism. Several customers describe using the firm repeatedly for home moves, with possessions properly secured and nothing reported damaged, including a relocation abroad carried out in torrential weather. Careful handling of upright and grand pianos features strongly, whether the instrument travelled from London to Newcastle, across the country or on a challenging route solved on the spot, with one crew pushing a piano up a drive after trees blocked closer access, treating the instrument with evident expertise.

Reliability and punctuality recur, alongside friendly, efficient crews who work within agreed timescales, whether moving filing cabinets and crates of files or emptying a family house. Communication before and after the work is praised, with David and Danny in the office named for coordinating moves, and Dave, James, Joe and Davey credited for the physical work. Several accounts note fair pricing and a smooth, painless process, and flexibility when moving dates shifted. Piano moves, often long distance, remain the theme that comes up most often.