Packing list for a house move from Pakistan to the UK
A house move from Pakistan to the UK starts with a list of what is worth shipping. Most arguments happen because the family packed for a full house and the flat in the UK cannot take it, or because a commercial sample was hidden in a clothes carton.
After the list, get the papers right: documents for cargo from Pakistan to the UK.
Decide what actually travels
Clothes, bedding, personal books, and a few pieces of furniture are the usual air or sea shipment. Large sofas, local kitchen fittings, and anything cheaper to replace in the UK should be questioned in the survey. Shipping a cheap item by sea can cost more than buying it again.
Keep passports, school certificates, jewellery, and medicines with you. Do not bury the only copy of a document in a crate that will sit at a port.
How to write the list
Number the boxes. Write the room and a plain description: “kitchen glass, 1 carton” is useful. “Misc” is not. The list Marsoos prepares has to match the boxes. If you add a carton after the list is closed, say so before the shipment moves.
Commercial goods need their own invoice and their own boxes. A buyer’s samples are not personal effects. Mixing them is how a household file gets held up. This is not a way around UK customs. Missing or misleading paperwork means the shipment waits.
Air or sea
Air freight fits a dated arrival and a small volume. Sea freight fits furniture and is slower. The Pakistani exit is named on the quote: usually an airport in Islamabad, Lahore, or Karachi, or the Karachi port for a container. Marsoos does not have a crew waiting in London. You still have to describe the UK address, the floor, and who will receive the goods.
Call cargo on +92 333 5371111. The UK page on this site is the right starting point, together with the international relocation page.
One more thing to settle
Write the UK city and the Pakistani pickup city in the same email. A move from Karachi to Manchester and a move from Peshawar to Birmingham do not share a timetable, even though both are Pakistan-to-UK jobs. Say who will receive the goods and whether that person can be at the address on a weekday. Marsoos can survey the Pakistani side. The UK stairs still have to be described by you.