Marketplace Terms

Plain-English summary

Movesmith is an online removals marketplace. When you book a move through us, you contract with Movesmith Ltd: we set the price, take your payment, and are responsible to you for the service. To carry out the physical move, we subcontract to a vetted independent operator from our network. Every Move includes Movesmith Cover up to £10,000 at no extra charge, with paid increased limits available up to and including £50,000 where shown in your Quote. Separately, we match your Declared Value to an Operator whose verified Goods in Transit limit is at least that amount. Movesmith is your single point of contact for putting things right. These terms apply to everyone who uses the Platform, including customers submitting requests or ordering services and Operators performing Moves on our behalf.

Bookings expressly priced under the 18%-before-VAT workload policy use the dated itinerary and fixed-offer provisions below. Already accepted Bookings and supplier offers retain their accepted prices and applicable terms. A multi-day Booking does not include undefined specialist work or a separate storage or retail service.

These terms are a legal contract. Please read them carefully. By using the platform you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to them.

Movesmith Ltd, registered in England and Wales (company no. 16634345), registered office 86–90 Paul Street, London EC2A 4NE. ICO registration ZC149218. Contact hello@movesmith.uk or 020 3143 1719.

What parts of these terms apply to me?

This agreement governs your use of the Movesmith platform at movesmith.uk (the “Platform”) and any services made available through it. It is divided into three parts:

• Part A (All Users) — applies to every User of the Platform.
• Part B (Operators) — additional terms for the vetted independent removal businesses that perform moves on our behalf.
• Part C (Customers) — additional terms for people who book a move through the Platform.

If you use the Platform as an Operator, Parts A and B apply to you. As a Customer, Parts A and C apply to you.

Your key information (customers)

Cancellation. Under the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013, where you book a move more than 14 days before the move date you may cancel within 14 days of booking for any reason and receive a full refund, subject to the cooling-off provisions in Part C.

Statutory rights. The Consumer Rights Act 2015 requires that the service is performed with reasonable care and skill, within a reasonable time, and as described. Nothing in these terms affects your statutory rights.

Declared Value and cover. Every Move includes Movesmith Cover up to £10,000 at no extra charge. Where you declare a value above £10,000 and up to and including £50,000, an increased Cover Limit may be added and priced clearly in your Quote. This customer protection is separate from Operator eligibility: the Operator allocated to your Move must also hold verified Goods in Transit cover with a limit equal to or greater than your Declared Value. Movesmith remains your single point of contact. See Part C.

This is a summary only. For detailed information from Citizens Advice visit citizensadvice.org.uk or call 0808 223 1133.

Part A — All Users

1. Definitions

1.1 In this agreement, unless the context requires otherwise:

• “Account” means an account registered through the Platform.
• “Authorised Representative” means an adult nominated by the Customer at booking, or any adult present at delivery to whom the Customer has given the Sign-Off PIN to share with the Operator on the Customer’s behalf.
• “Booking” means a confirmed request for a removal service under your contract with Movesmith. For a category-based Quote, the initial capacity check uses recorded availability and vehicle-category planning assumptions; assignment follows the Operator confirmation described in clause 27.6.
• “Customer” means a person who submits a Priority Request, books a Move, or orders a Packing Kit through the Platform for personal, family, or household purposes.
• “Collection Party” means a retailer, marketplace or private seller, auction house, business or other person holding Goods for collection who is not the Customer, Movesmith or the Operator.
• “Declared Value” means the total value of the Goods declared by the Customer at Booking, calculated from the per-item values and quantities supplied where the booking flow requests them.
• “Furniture Collection Move” means a Move collecting the listed furniture or appliances from one authorised pickup point and delivering them to one booked address on the confirmed dates, without supplier custody of the Goods overnight.
• “Goods” means the items being moved as part of a Move.
• “Journey Plan” means the dated operating itinerary disclosed in and accepted with the fixed Quote, including the planned collection and delivery dates, required resources and confirmation that Goods remain with the Customer between working days.
• “Move” means the removal service booked through the Platform.
• “Movesmith Cover” means Movesmith’s acceptance of liability for loss of or damage to Goods of up to £50,000 per Move, capped at the Declared Value, as described in Part C.
• “Operator” means a vetted independent removal business that Movesmith subcontracts to perform a Move.
• “Packing Kit” means a fixed configuration of packing materials selected as a Move add-on or, when standalone ordering is available, bought separately through the Platform.
• “Platform” means the Movesmith website, applications, and online booking system through which Moves are booked and managed.
• “Platform Fee” means the commission retained by Movesmith from each Booking.
• “Priority Request” means a submitted request asking Movesmith to confirm suitable local or route-based Operator capacity; it is not a Booking or a guarantee that capacity will be available.
• “Quote” means the fixed price displayed on the Platform for a requested Move and, where the request proceeds, confirmed at Booking.
• “Sign-Off PIN” means the one-time PIN sent to the Customer when the Operator marks a Move complete, used to confirm completion.
• “User” means any user of the Platform, including Customers and Operators.
• “Working Day” means Monday to Friday excluding English public holidays.

2. Eligibility

2.1 The Platform is not intended for unsupervised use by any person under 18 years old, or by any person previously suspended or prohibited from using the Platform. By using the Platform you represent and warrant that you are either: (a) over 18 and accessing the Platform for your own use; or (b) accessing the Platform on behalf of a person under 18 with their parent or guardian’s consent.

2.2 If you use the Platform on behalf of a company, employer, or other organisation (a “Represented Entity”), “you” and “User” mean that Represented Entity, and you warrant that you are authorised to bind it. Office and other business removals are custom-quote-only and are not covered by these consumer terms; please contact hello@movesmith.uk. A Business Customer Agreement must apply before a business Booking is completed.

3. Accounts

3.1 To use most functionality of the Platform you may be required to register for an Account and provide accurate information, which may include your name, email address, phone number, and billing and address details.

3.2 You warrant that all information you provide is accurate, honest, current, and complete, and you agree to keep it up to date.

3.3 You must not share your Account. You must notify us immediately of any unauthorised use of your Account or any breach of Platform security.

3.4 We may, in our absolute discretion, accept or decline your registration, and may suspend or cancel your Account for any failure to comply with this agreement.

4. User obligations and acceptable use

4.1 As a User you agree:

• (a) not to intimidate, harass, impersonate, stalk, threaten, bully, or endanger any other User, or distribute unsolicited or bulk commercial content;
• (b) to use the Platform only for arranging or performing removal services, and not in any way that is illegal or fraudulent or that facilitates illegal or fraudulent activity;
• (c) not to use the Platform for any commercial, promotional, or marketing purpose except as approved in writing by Movesmith;
• (d) not to act in any way that may harm the reputation of Movesmith or anything contrary to the interests of Movesmith or the Platform;
• (e) not to make any automated use of the Platform, and not to copy, reproduce, translate, adapt, vary, modify, decompile, or reverse-engineer any part of the Platform without our written consent;
• (f) not to introduce viruses or malicious code, gain unauthorised access, probe or test Platform security, or interfere with the normal operation of the Platform or its servers;
• (g) not to post false, misleading, or defamatory reviews, or misuse the Platform’s communication tools; and
• (h) not to circumvent the Platform’s payment flow, the Sign-Off PIN mechanism, or any technical limitation or access control.

4.2 Off-Platform contact and bypassing. You must not solicit or entice any other User to transact outside the Platform in order to avoid the Platform Fee or Movesmith’s service. This restriction applies during your engagement on any Booking and for 12 months afterwards. Operator-specific non-solicitation is set out in Part B.

4.3 Communication on the Platform. Correspondence between Users relating to a Booking must take place through the Platform’s messaging tools, except as needed to perform an agreed Move.

4.4 We may change any feature of the Platform at any time. We may suspend or cancel the Account of any User who breaches or is likely to breach this clause.

5. Posted materials

5.1 Warranties. By posting any content on the Platform (“Posted Material”) you represent and warrant that: you are authorised to provide it; it is accurate and true; any review or feedback is honest, accurate, and fair; it is free from harmful, discriminatory, defamatory, offensive, or unlawful material; it does not infringe any third party’s Intellectual Property Rights; and it contains no viruses or harmful code.

5.2 Licence. You grant Movesmith a perpetual, irrevocable, transferable, worldwide, royalty-free licence (including the right to sublicense) to use, copy, modify, reproduce, and adapt any Intellectual Property Rights in your Posted Material so that we may operate and promote the Platform. You release us from any moral rights claims, and indemnify us against any third-party claim that your Posted Material infringes their Intellectual Property Rights.

5.3 Removal. We have no obligation to screen Posted Material in advance but may review and remove any Posted Material at any time, in our absolute discretion, without explanation. You are responsible for keeping your own records of Posted Material.

6. Intellectual property

6.1 Movesmith retains ownership of all materials provided in connection with the Platform and the services, including text, graphics, logos, design, icons, images, recordings, pricing, downloads, and software (“Platform Content”), and reserves all Intellectual Property Rights not expressly granted to you.

6.2 You may make a temporary electronic copy of Platform Content solely to view it. You must not otherwise reproduce, transmit, adapt, distribute, sell, modify, or publish Platform Content without our prior written consent or as permitted by law.

6.3 “Intellectual Property Rights” means all copyright, trade mark, design, patent, semiconductor and circuit layout rights, trade, business, company and domain names, confidential and other proprietary rights, and any rights to registration of such rights, whether registered or unregistered, anywhere in the world.

7. Third-party content and terms

7.1 The Platform may contain content provided by third parties. We accept no responsibility for, and make no representation about, the quality, accuracy, or completeness of third-party content.

7.2 Payment partner. We use Stripe to process payments. Your use of Stripe is subject to Stripe’s own terms and privacy policy (available at stripe.com/gb/legal). You release Movesmith from all liability for any act or omission of Stripe, including any security issue, performance issue, or processing error, although we may correct or instruct the correction of any payment error.

8. Security

8.1 We do not accept responsibility for loss or damage to your computer, phone, or other device arising in connection with your use of the Platform. You should take your own precautions against viruses and other harmful code.

9. Privacy

9.1 We handle personal data in accordance with our Privacy Policy at movesmith.uk/privacy, which forms part of this agreement by reference. Movesmith Ltd is the data controller and is registered with the ICO under reference ZC149218. To facilitate a Move, we may share the minimum operational scope and approved access or item evidence with a named offered Operator, and relevant Booking information with the assigned Operator. For a Furniture Collection Move, the Customer authorises Movesmith and the assigned Operator to use and share with the Collection Party only the collection details reasonably required to identify and release the Goods. Each Operator must handle personal data in accordance with UK GDPR and their agreement with us.

10. Records and audit

10.1 To the extent permitted by law, we may keep records of transactions and communications made through the Platform, including messages, scope and move photographs, evidence approvals, sign-off and completion-review records, tracking milestones, Operator capacity and insurance confirmations, performance and trust records, review consent and moderation records, audit logs, and IP-address information. We use these records to operate and protect the Platform, resolve disputes and claims, demonstrate compliance and, where necessary, produce them in legal proceedings involving Movesmith. Our Privacy Policy explains the applicable purposes and retention periods.

11. Notices

11.1 A notice under this agreement must be in writing and in English and delivered by email to the other party’s most recently notified email address. Notices to Movesmith must be sent to hello@movesmith.uk. Notice is taken to be given 24 hours after sending (or the next Working Day if that is not a Working Day), or when replied to, whichever is earlier.

12. General

12.1 Governing law and jurisdiction. This agreement and any dispute or claim (including non-contractual disputes or claims) arising out of or in connection with it are governed by the law of England and Wales, and the courts of England and Wales have exclusive jurisdiction. Nothing in this clause affects a consumer’s statutory right to bring proceedings in the courts of the part of the United Kingdom in which the consumer is resident.

12.2 Third-party rights. This agreement does not give rise to any rights under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any of its terms.

12.3 Waiver. No party may rely on a waiver of any right unless it is in writing and signed by the party granting it.

12.4 Severance. Any term that is wholly or partly void or unenforceable is severed to that extent, and the remainder of this agreement continues in full force.

12.5 Assignment. You may not assign or transfer your rights or obligations without our prior written consent. We may assign or transfer our rights and obligations in connection with a sale, merger, or restructuring of the business.

12.6 Entire agreement. This agreement, together with the Privacy Policy, embodies the entire agreement between the parties and supersedes any prior arrangement in relation to its subject matter.

12.7 Interpretation. The singular includes the plural and vice versa; a reference to a person includes any entity; headings are for convenience only; “includes” is not a word of limitation; a reference to a statute includes any amendment or replacement of it; a reference to £ or GBP is to pound sterling; and no provision is interpreted against a party merely because that party prepared it.

Part B — Operators

13. Independent contractor status

13.1 You are an independent business and not an employee, worker, agent, or partner of Movesmith. Nothing in this agreement creates an employment, agency, partnership, or joint venture relationship. In particular:

• (a) you set your own hours and decide when to accept Bookings, and you may decline any Booking before acceptance without consequence;
• (b) you are free to provide services to other platforms, including competitors;
• (c) you provide your own vehicles, equipment, fuel, insurance, employees, drivers, and subcontractors at your own cost, and you bear the commercial risk of your business;
• (d) you are responsible for your own tax, National Insurance, VAT (if applicable), and statutory contributions, and for those of anyone you engage; and
• (e) we do not direct or supervise the day-to-day performance of Moves beyond the service standards in this agreement.

14. Onboarding and ongoing verification

14.1 To be approved and to remain on the Platform, you must at all times:

• (a) operate as a registered business in the United Kingdom (sole trader, partnership, or limited company);
• (b) hold and maintain valid Public Liability insurance with minimum cover of £1,000,000 throughout the term;
• (c) hold and maintain valid Goods in Transit insurance, arranged on a liability basis, meeting the minimum cover for your Operator tier set out in clause 18 throughout the term;
• (d) operate roadworthy, taxed, MOT-valid, V5-registered vehicles, ULEZ-compliant where your work takes you into a ULEZ-affected zone;
• (e) ensure you and all your drivers hold valid UK driving licences; provide any private identity and driving-entitlement evidence reasonably required for restricted Admin or Ops review; and, for each driver assigned to a Customer, provide a separate current customer-facing profile portrait with the driver’s specific, informed and affirmative display consent; and
• (f) complete the assigned current version of the Movesmith Supplier Readiness Course before final job-eligibility approval and complete any separately assigned material-revision refresher. An Operator with attributable evidence of a welcome call completed before the Course replaced that onboarding process is not required to repeat the full Course unless Movesmith assigns it for a recorded quality or remediation reason. A later human welcome or support call is optional and may provide a specific, reasonable accessibility, language, technical or other support route, but does not complete or pass an assigned Course or refresher; and
• (g) accurately confirm your fleet composition, maximum crew size, suitable job types, specialist capabilities and current capacity, and reconfirm that information at least every 90 days.

14.2 Vehicle Compliance Declaration. You self-certify, at onboarding and continuously, that every vehicle you use holds a valid MOT where required, is registered and taxed, is ULEZ-compliant where required, and is roadworthy. This is a contractual declaration on which we rely; a false declaration is a material breach.

14.3 You must upload current copies of all required documents and re-upload them before they expire. You must also keep the capacity and capability information in clause 14.1(g) accurate and complete. Movesmith may ask you to review that information periodically, but passing the requested review date does not by itself pause matching. Expired documentation, missing capacity information or materially incomplete capacity information blocks new job offers, assignment and dispatch until corrected and re-verified.

14.4 You must notify us promptly if your insurance is cancelled, declined for renewal, or materially amended; if you or any driver is convicted of an offence relevant to the safe performance of Moves; if you become insolvent; if your ownership changes; or if your VAT status changes.

14.5 Driver identity, portrait and consent. A driving licence or other identity document is private compliance evidence and is never used as the Customer-facing portrait. The portrait must be a separate, current, clear head-and-shoulders image. Before it is used, the driver must affirmatively agree that their first name, approved portrait and verified-driver status may be shown only to the Customer for whose Move they are assigned, including on that Customer’s booking confirmation, tracking page and relevant service emails. Uploading a portrait is not consent and does not approve it. An Operator may submit the portrait and consent itself, or authorised Admin or Ops staff may record them on the Operator’s behalf only where attributable evidence of the driver’s agreement is retained. A missing, rejected, replaced or withdrawn portrait or consent blocks that driver from Customer-visible assignment and dispatch until remedied; it does not expose the licence image and does not by itself remove another eligible driver or retrospectively cancel an Operator’s existing approval.

15. How bookings are allocated

15.1 Bookings are allocated only to verified, job-eligible Operators. Portal access or an active account does not guarantee work. Each offer requires current approvals and Terms acceptance, suitable insurance and Declared Value limits, verified drivers, suitable crew and vehicles, route, access, service capabilities and available capacity for every committed day. A category-based offer uses disclosed planning assumptions for vehicle space, payload and dimensions; these are not a physical inspection or verified specifications for your vehicle. Before acceptance you must confirm that your actual vehicles, equipment and crew can fulfil the inventory, fit, time and access requirements shown for every day. Do not accept if the plan cannot be fulfilled. Movesmith rechecks the resources and agreed economics before assignment; an unsuccessful check does not authorise a higher Customer price or a change to an accepted offer. The disclosed itinerary includes any positioning and return journeys and the prohibition on overnight supplier custody. Missing requirements prevent allocation. Acceptance confirms that you can perform that itinerary and scope; declining before acceptance is not a Strike.

15.2 Binding commitment. Once you accept a Booking you are contractually committed to perform the Move on the agreed date within the agreed arrival window. The 06:00-08:00 early-start option is a two-hour arrival window and is not a promise of arrival at exactly 06:00. It is offered only where your explicitly declared working hours cover the window and the disclosed lawful access supports it. The Customer’s details are released to you and you must assign a specific driver whose private licence evidence is verified and whose separate Customer-facing portrait and consent satisfy clause 14.5. After assignment, Movesmith may show that Customer only the assigned driver’s first name, approved portrait and verified-driver status; it does not show the driver’s licence image, full identity, personal contact details or licence information. Card authorisation is scheduled for around 48 hours before the Move, or starts immediately where the Move is within 48 hours. You must not begin the Move unless the Supplier Portal confirms that there is valid payment coverage under clause 28, including verified collection where expressly agreed. Cancellation after acceptance is subject to clauses 20 and 21.

15.3 Evidence and performance gates. Where a Move is routed for scope evidence or high-risk pickup or delivery access, it must not be offered, assigned or dispatched until the Customer has completed the requested access reconfirmation and Movesmith has reviewed and approved the required evidence. A named Operator receiving such an offer can view the approved private access pack and must acknowledge the current evidence version before acceptance. The evidence is supplied only for planning, safety, scope verification and dispute or claim handling, and must not be copied or used for another purpose. Verified performance, complaints, upheld claims, cancellations, compliance and service outcomes may affect offer order and allocation priority. A red trust status blocks new allocation unless Movesmith records a reasoned, time-limited Admin override. You may ask us to explain or review an adverse status or allocation restriction, correct inaccurate information and consider relevant evidence by contacting suppliers@movesmith.uk.

15.4 Fixed-offer planning and Customer readiness. Before accepting, the Supplier Portal shows one fixed payout for the complete disclosed Move and may show positioning, loaded and assumed return/dead mileage; estimated loading, unloading, booked-work and total committed time; and access, parking and waiting assumptions. It may also show a privacy-safe Booking-readiness summary confirming whether the current scope, access and parking facts are recorded, whether Movesmith has a Customer contact route, and whether an approved scope change means you must review the latest version. This summary is operational information about that Booking, not a Customer rating, reputation score or assessment of the Customer, and it does not disclose the Customer’s contact details before acceptance. Journey and time figures are planning estimates based on the disclosed scope and mapped route, not a guarantee of duration. You may enter private vehicle, crew, fixed-overhead and waiting-buffer assumptions to calculate a private planning contribution. Those inputs and calculations are not shown to the Customer or other Operators and do not change the Customer price, fixed payout, job-fit eligibility, allocation ranking or acceptance outcome. You remain responsible for your business costs and for deciding whether to accept the fixed offer. Movesmith does not operate a reverse auction and you cannot bid a different price through this planner.

15.5 Return-work suggestions. If you opt in, the Supplier Portal may identify potential same-day work after one of your accepted Bookings by comparing your declared working days, operating areas, maximum wait and empty-connection preferences with your booked delivery corridor and the outward areas, route estimate and time window of another otherwise visible Booking. A suggestion is planning information only: it does not reserve, allocate, guarantee or promise the second Booking; does not widen the jobs you may see; and does not bypass price, job-fit, availability, driver-conflict, evidence, payment or two-step acceptance controls. Before acceptance, the suggestion identifies only outward postcode areas and route estimates, not the other Customer’s name, exact address or contact details. Estimated empty mileage avoided and paired contribution remain estimates based on mapped routes and your private inputs. They are not measured fuel, emissions, profit or a sustainability guarantee, and we will not make a public environmental claim without separately measured and supportable evidence.

16. Service standards and move-day obligations

16.1 You will perform each Move to a professional standard, with reasonable care and skill, safely and lawfully, and in accordance with the Booking details. On the day of the Move you must:

• (a) arrive within the agreed arrival window and record each required milestone accurately so the Customer’s tracking page can show the latest reported status;
• (b) perform a GPS-stamped arrival check-in at the pickup address;
• (c) For jobs first accepted after the photo-evidence release, Operators must save at least two different condition photographs at pickup before loading and two at delivery after unloading. High-value jobs require at least three at each end, as shown in the job. Existing accepted jobs retain their recorded requirement, including after reassignment. Photographs must cover the Goods, not repeat a view merely to meet the count. Add close-ups for relevant damage or incidents; additional room/group coverage is recommended for home moves and loaded-van photographs remain optional. Failed uploads do not count as saved evidence. The required saved photographs are necessary for completion; existing customer PIN, payment, dispute and completion-review safeguards still apply. Avoid unrelated people, credentials and unnecessary personal information.
• (d) mark the Move complete only when it is actually complete (the Platform rejects completion before the Move date or without the required photographs); and
• (e) Sign-off. ask the Customer or their Authorised Representative for the one-time Sign-Off PIN and enter it into the Supplier Portal. Successful PIN entry starts completion and settlement checks under clause 17; an already collected payment is not captured again.

16.2 PIN integrity. The Sign-Off PIN is sent privately to the Customer. You may only enter a PIN the Customer or their Authorised Representative has voluntarily provided. You must never obtain a PIN by deception, pressure, intimidation, threat, or coercion, and must never attempt to guess or circumvent the PIN mechanism. Any such conduct is a material breach, is a Major Breach under clause 21, and may result in immediate removal and recovery of any payout released under fraudulent sign-off.

16.3 Code of Conduct. You and your crew must comply with the Movesmith Operator Code of Conduct at all times, including: arriving sober, presentable, and identifiable; treating Customers and third parties with courtesy; following safe lifting and handling practices and protecting floors, walls, and Goods; not smoking, vaping, or consuming alcohol in or around the Customer’s property; not soliciting cash, tips, off-Platform contact, or off-Platform business; not discriminating against any person on the basis of a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010; and promptly reporting any damage, injury, prohibited item, or safety incident. Discrimination, intoxication, dishonesty, violence, or fraudulent PIN entry may result in immediate termination.

16.4 Scope changes. The job details and payout shown in the Supplier Portal reflect the agreed fixed scope, including separate pickup and delivery parking and access facts and any packing-package limits. If there is no lawful parking or loading position, furniture does not fit, access is unsafe, unplanned dismantling is required, delivery cannot be completed, or other work materially differs, you must pause the changed work and submit the structured Platform report with the required evidence. You must not enter or promise a price, negotiate or collect an extra payment directly from the Customer, or record access codes or credentials. Additional work proceeds only after Movesmith reviews the report and the Customer expressly approves and pays an additional fixed price, or Ops records another safe resolution.

16.5 Storage facilities and exceptions. Movesmith and the Operator supply the removal service only; neither supplies, manages or guarantees the storage unit. Before accepting, you must review the disclosed facility floor, lift, carry, loading, vehicle and timing conditions. If the facility refuses entry, booked access is missing or expired, the unit or route materially differs, access hours overrun, waiting occurs or redelivery is required, pause and submit the structured Platform report with the required photographic evidence. You must not record access codes or credentials, enter or negotiate a price, collect cash, wait beyond the authorised plan, make an extra journey or unload elsewhere. The launch rules are 15 minutes' waiting free, then £25 per started 30-minute block (maximum three chargeable blocks); £60 fixed for a configured failed-access event; and £120 for a short repeat visit only where the same booked locations and disclosed access still apply. A changed or uncertain journey/access requires a fresh fixed quote. Further work proceeds only when the Supplier Portal shows that the Customer approved and paid the configured variation, or Ops records another safe resolution.

16.6 Furniture Collection Moves. Before loading, you must follow the assigned collection instructions, check the release authority or reference presented in the Supplier Portal, and record the required item, quantity, packaging and visible-condition evidence. You must collect only the listed Goods and follow the confirmed delivery dates. You must not keep Goods in supplier custody overnight or add an unauthorised stay, stop or delivery date, pay a seller, handle marketplace cash, substitute an item or agree unlisted work. Where a retailer’s loading or access facts were unknown at Booking, confirm the lawful loading point and safe route on arrival. If the Goods are unavailable or not ready, release is refused, the item or quantity differs, packaging is unsafe, access is incompatible, the Collection Party is absent or delivery cannot safely be completed, pause the affected work and submit the structured Platform report. Do not leave with the Goods or unload them elsewhere unless the Supplier Portal records a safe resolution authorised by Movesmith.

16.7 Item services and appliance safety. Dismantling, reassembly, appliance disconnection and appliance reconnection are separate services and may be performed only for the specific item, endpoint and number of units listed in the assigned manifest. Appliance work is limited to eligible freestanding appliances using a standard plug or an accessible standard water connection, and only where you have confirmed through the job acceptance checklist that you can safely perform the exact displayed work. Gas, hardwired, integrated or otherwise non-standard appliances are excluded from the standard service. You must stop and report the issue without performing the affected work where there is unsafe wiring, leakage, corrosion, an inaccessible or failed isolation point, incompatible fittings, pre-existing damage or any other safety doubt. You must not improvise specialist work, promise that a connection is safe, or charge the Customer directly.

17. Your payment

17.1 For a new Booking expressly identified as net-vat-launch-2026-09-14-v1, Movesmith retains 18% of the transport price excluding customer VAT. The remaining 82% is your complete gross transport offer, including any applicable supplier VAT. Road charges are paid separately in full; increased cover and retail materials are outside this transport split. Your accepted offer is not reduced by customer discounts or later pricing changes. The operating-cost calculation sets a minimum acceptable offer, rather than replacing the 18% transport split. Cost and workload estimates do not guarantee your actual profit. Previously accepted Bookings, written supplier arrangements and offers retain their applicable terms and amounts. Changed scope or payout requires the existing acceptance process.

17.2 VAT. Your payout is inclusive of any VAT for which you must account. Where you are VAT-registered you must issue Movesmith a valid VAT invoice for each payout; we will not pay any additional amount on top of the agreed payout for VAT. Notify us promptly if your VAT status changes.

17.3 The fixed payout is the complete amount offered for the disclosed Move. Mapped mileage, expected driving time, confirmed crew, access, handling and the planned return to the operating area are internal pricing inputs, not separately payable operating amounts. Regulatory route charges currently supported by the Platform, including the Central London Congestion Charge, Dartford Crossing and relevant tunnel tolls, are included at the applicable amount without a Platform Fee deduction. ULEZ remains your responsibility.

17.4 Payment readiness and settlement. Customer collection and supplier settlement are separate. Customer prepayment does not establish completion or release your payout. For platform-collected bookings, after completion and applicable release or hold checks, Movesmith releases the agreed eligible supplier payment through Stripe to your connected account. A customer payment collected before the Move does not authorise early supplier release. Transfer to your Stripe balance and arrival in your bank account are separate events. The offer must disclose the settlement route and expected submission target before acceptance. A missing PIN requires a documented completion review; silence or elapsed time alone does not establish completion or authorise supplier settlement. Stripe destination-charge bookings retain their disclosed settlement route. Bank arrival depends on the applicable provider and bank; no guaranteed arrival date is introduced here.

17.5 Deductions. A deduction (for late cancellation under clause 20, a Strike under clause 21, or a Customer service credit or refund) is applied to your next eligible payout, with a clear breakdown in the Supplier Portal. Each Booking is treated separately; deductions are not carried forward as a running balance. Where the amount due exceeds the available payout, the unrecovered balance is a debt due to Movesmith and recoverable by any lawful means.

17.6 Evidence-led holds. We may withhold or delay a payout where we reasonably believe a Customer dispute is active, a damage complaint requires investigation, a chargeback applies, or you are in breach of this agreement. A Booking-linked hold shown in the Supplier Portal identifies the reason, Movesmith owner, review target and release condition. It remains separate from any other Booking hold. You may submit relevant evidence and request review through that Move. Movesmith records the financial outcome before release and restores the applicable settlement process only when no other Booking-linked or manual hold remains. A review target is not an automatic release time.

18. Operator insurance

18.1 You must hold and maintain, throughout the term, valid Goods in Transit insurance arranged on a liability basis (not a weight or rate basis) and valid Public Liability insurance with minimum cover of £1,000,000. The minimum Goods in Transit cover required to receive any Move is £10,000 per Move. You must evidence your Goods in Transit cover, and that it is arranged on a liability basis, at onboarding and at each renewal. The two protections are independent: your Goods in Transit insurance covers your own liability, and Movesmith is separately liable to the Customer under Part C and recovers from you under clause 24. Maintaining the required insurance does not cap your liability to Movesmith under clause 24: your indemnity and contribution obligations apply in full, including to the extent your own insurance does not respond.

18.2 Continuous cover matching and allocation. You are allocated a Move only where the required verified insurance remains valid on the scheduled Move date and your verified Goods in Transit limit is equal to or greater than the Declared Value of that Move. The matching ceiling is the exact verified limit: for example, £10,000 cover qualifies for Declared Values up to £10,000, £15,000 cover up to £15,000, £20,000 cover up to £20,000 and £25,000 cover up to £25,000. These examples are not a £25,000 ceiling; any suitably verified limit may qualify where it equals or exceeds the Declared Value. Expired cover, cover that expires before the Move, or a Move above your verified limit must not be offered, claimed, allocated or dispatched to you. Moves with a Declared Value above £50,000 are routed to the bespoke-quote process and are not allocated through the standard process.

18.3 You must provide your insurer name, policy reference, renewal date, and claim contact. We snapshot these at the time of any damage complaint so that later changes do not affect historical complaints or claims.

18.4 You must not proceed with a Move where the Declared Value exceeds your verified Goods in Transit limit. Bookings with a Declared Value above £50,000 are routed to the bespoke-quote process and are not allocated through the standard process.

19. Damage and customer disputes

19.1 Where a Customer reports damage to Goods during a Move you performed, the matter is handled as a damage complaint by Movesmith on the Customer’s behalf under Movesmith Cover. You must engage fully and in good faith, including responding to information requests within 5 Working Days, cooperating with any insurance claim, and honouring valid complaints. We may seek recovery from you and your insurer for any amount we pay where you are at fault, in accordance with the indemnity and contribution obligations in clause 24.

19.2 Where a service-failure dispute is raised, we may place your payout on hold pending investigation, request evidence, and resolve by releasing, reducing, reversing or withholding the payout. We will give you a reasonable opportunity to respond or appeal using the Booking-linked review route and aim to resolve disputes within 14 days. Where evidence shows the Operator is not at fault, Movesmith may refund the Customer while preserving the fixed Operator share at Movesmith’s cost. Where Operator fault is recorded, the related transfer and applicable fee may be reversed. A single damage complaint does not automatically trigger any consequence.

19.3 Shared case record. Where a Booking-linked cancellation, lateness, access, completion, payment or damage issue is opened, the Supplier Portal may show the case reference, a role-appropriate summary, the Movesmith owner, next action and update target, evidence state and relevant payout state. This does not give you access to the Customer’s private contact, claim, payment or internal case information. Only timeline updates expressly marked for Operators or both parties are displayed. An update target is a communication or action target, not a promise that an investigation will be finally resolved by that time. You may respond, correct inaccurate information or ask for review through Movesmith.

20. Operator cancellations

20.1 Where a Customer cancels a Booking allocated to you and a fee is retained, you receive a share as compensation for blocked capacity, as set out in the table below.

20.2 Where you cancel a Booking you have accepted, you receive no payment for the Booking and the consequences below apply. Movesmith automatically restarts suitable replacement matching. A cancellation with less than 24 hours’ notice, or a no-show, also opens an urgent operational case owned by Movesmith. We keep the Customer informed and maintain, replace, release or refund the payment authorisation according to the rematch outcome, without duplicate holds or charges. If no suitable replacement is secured, or the Customer elects not to proceed with a replacement, the Customer receives a full refund.

20.3 Genuine vehicle breakdown, illness with medical evidence, or other genuine emergencies (including force majeure affecting you) are reviewed case by case and may not result in a Strike, at our reasonable discretion.

21. Strike system

21.1 We operate a cumulative Strike system to maintain Platform quality. A Strike is recorded for: late or same-day cancellation or no-show by you; arrival more than 60 minutes after the agreed window without contacting the Customer (Customer credit of 5% of the Quote, min £25, max £150); obtaining a PIN by deception, pressure, intimidation, or coercion or circumventing the PIN mechanism (a Major Breach that may trigger immediate Strike 3 or 4); material breach of the Code of Conduct; failure to follow Move-day Platform processes where it prejudices the Customer; or a verified dispute upheld against you.

21.2 Declining a Booking before acceptance, cancelling 72 hours or more before the Move, and genuine emergencies do not count as a Strike.

21.3 You may appeal any Strike through My Record in the Supplier Portal, or by emailing suppliers@movesmith.uk, within 7 days of notification. You may give reasons and relevant evidence. We will conduct a human review in good faith, record the written outcome and aim to confirm it within 14 days. A pending appeal does not suspend an otherwise applicable safety, payment or allocation control. A successful appeal removes the Strike; account reactivation remains subject to any separate unresolved compliance or safety restriction.

21.4 Strikes and claim contribution. Where a claim, complaint, refund, or insurance loss arises from a performance failure that is, or gives rise to, a Strike under this clause, that performance failure is treated as fault on your part for the purposes of the contribution obligation in clause 24.3. Your contribution in such a case is proportionate to your fault and to the loss actually arising, reflects Movesmith’s legitimate interest in being compensated for claims caused by Operator performance failures, and is not a penalty. A pattern of Strikes does not of itself create liability for unrelated claims; contribution applies only to the claim that the relevant performance failure caused.

22. Operator confidentiality and non-solicitation

22.1 You must keep confidential Customer personal data, our pricing and commission structure, our internal processes and strategy, and the terms specific to your Account. These obligations survive termination for 24 months.

22.2 Non-solicitation. During your engagement and for 6 months after its termination, you must not directly or indirectly approach, contact, or solicit any Customer introduced to you through the Platform in order to provide removal services outside the Platform. While you are working with us, this includes not soliciting any Platform-introduced Customer to book off-Platform. This restriction is limited in scope, duration, and geography to what is reasonable to protect our legitimate business interests. It does not prevent you from serving a person who was your customer independently of the Platform.

23. Operator data protection

23.1 In performing Moves you process Customer personal data. With respect to that data, Movesmith is the controller (ICO reference ZC149218) and you are a processor. You agree to: process Customer personal data only to perform the Move and only on our instructions; not use it for your own marketing or any other purpose; not contact a Customer except through the Platform; not retain it after the Move and any dispute are resolved, except as required by law; maintain appropriate security measures; notify us promptly of any data breach; and comply with UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018. You agree to enter into a Data Processing Addendum if and when we issue one.

24. Operator liability and indemnity

24.1 Nothing in this agreement limits either party’s liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, fraud, or any matter that cannot lawfully be limited. Subject to that, Movesmith’s total liability to you, however arising, is limited to the total Platform Fees you paid us in the 12 months before the event giving rise to the claim, and neither party is liable for indirect or consequential loss or loss of profit, revenue, business, or anticipated savings.

For a Move expressly accepted under the 18%-before-VAT workload policy, the reference above to Platform Fees is replaced by the total gross Supplier Payment agreed for the Move giving rise to the claim. Where the same event or series of related events gives rise to claims concerning more than one such Move, the limit is the sum of the agreed gross Supplier Payments for those Moves. This limit applies in aggregate to claims arising from that event or series of related events. It does not limit our obligation to pay sums properly due to you under an accepted offer, subject to the agreed refund and deduction provisions. The exclusions for death or personal injury caused by negligence, fraud and liability that cannot lawfully be limited remain applicable. This paragraph does not alter customer rights or cover under Part C, or retrospectively amend previously accepted bookings.

24.2 Operator indemnity. You indemnify Movesmith and its officers, employees, and agents against all losses, costs (including reasonable legal and claims-handling costs), claims, liabilities, and damages arising out of or in connection with: your negligence, breach of this agreement, or breach of statutory duty in the provision of services through the Platform; loss of or damage to a Customer’s Goods during a Move you performed; injury or damage you or your drivers cause to any person or property; fines or penalties from your non-compliance with road traffic, ULEZ, or other regulatory requirements; any breach of data protection law by you or your drivers; and any claim by your employees, drivers, or subcontractors against Movesmith.

24.3 Contribution to claim costs. Where a claim, complaint, refund, service credit, or insurance loss arises from a Move you performed and you are found, on Movesmith’s reasonable assessment, to be wholly or partly at fault, you are liable to contribute to the cost that Movesmith incurs in meeting the Customer’s claim, in proportion to your fault. This liability applies to the amount Movesmith pays or is liable to pay the Customer (including under Movesmith Cover and under any enhanced customer protection product Movesmith offers from time to time), up to the full Declared Value of the Move and in any event up to a maximum of £50,000 per Move. For the avoidance of doubt, this liability applies in full whether or not your Goods in Transit insurance responds, and is not limited to the amount recoverable under your insurance or to any per-item limit; where your insurance does not respond, or responds only in part, you remain liable for the shortfall to the extent of your fault.

24.4 Contractual cascade. Movesmith’s liability to the Customer is set out in the Customer-facing terms (Part C), and includes Movesmith Cover and any enhanced customer protection product Movesmith offers from time to time. Where that liability is triggered by a Move you performed and you are at fault, the indemnity and contribution obligations in this clause flow that liability through to you to the extent of your fault. Movesmith will notify you of any claim to which this clause may apply, give you a reasonable opportunity to respond before determining fault, and act reasonably in handling and settling the underlying claim.

24.5 Recovery and outside the cap. Your indemnity and contribution obligations under this clause are not subject to the liability cap on Movesmith in this clause, and are in addition to any deduction, Strike consequence, or recovery elsewhere in this agreement (without double recovery for the same loss). Movesmith may recover sums due under this clause from your insurer, by deduction from payouts under clause 17 (subject to the deduction cap in that clause), or as a debt due.

25. Suspension and termination (operators)

25.1 We may suspend your Account for a Strike reaching the suspension threshold, lapsed documentation, investigation of a dispute or damage complaint, a pattern of complaints or low ratings, suspected fraud or unlawful conduct, or any material breach. While suspended you receive no Bookings but retain Portal access to manage accepted Bookings and respond to investigations.

25.2 We may terminate immediately by written notice for a fourth Strike; failure to maintain required insurance; material misrepresentation at onboarding; fraud; criminal conduct relevant to the safe performance of Moves; insolvency; persistent or material un-remedied breach; or conduct likely to bring Movesmith into disrepute.

25.3 Either party may terminate without cause on 30 days’ written notice. During the notice period you must complete any Bookings already accepted. The clauses concerning payment, damage, disputes, data protection, confidentiality and non-solicitation, liability, and indemnity survive termination.

Part C — Customers

26. How Movesmith works

26.1 Your contract is with Movesmith. When you complete the booking flow and we send a Booking confirmation, a binding contract is formed between you and Movesmith Ltd. We are the merchant of record for your payment and are responsible to you for the service you receive, subject to and in accordance with these terms.

26.2 We subcontract the physical Move. To carry out the Move we subcontract to a vetted independent Operator from our network. The Operator performs the Move on our behalf. You are not required to deal with the Operator on any matter of contract, payment, or dispute; those are handled through Movesmith. Your statutory rights against the Operator in tort or otherwise are not affected by this agreement.

26.3 We provide the Booking, the Quote, payment processing, the Operator verification framework, dispute resolution, and customer support. Before an Operator becomes job-eligible, we check identity and Goods in Transit and Public Liability documents, record the declared vehicle type, require a Vehicle Compliance Declaration, and complete the other onboarding gates. Movesmith does not physically inspect vehicles.

26.4 Although the Operator performs the Move, Movesmith remains responsible to you under these terms and under your statutory rights as a consumer under the Consumer Rights Act 2015 and other applicable consumer protection law.

26.5 Per-Move suitability checks. Before an Operator can be offered or assigned your Move, we check the disclosed scope against recorded vehicle and fleet capacity, inventory or property volume, crew size, job type, specialist capabilities, route, availability, Declared Value and insurance valid on your scheduled Move date. A Furniture Collection Move requires a current furniture-collection approval; for supported dismantling, reassembly and eligible appliance work, the Operator confirms the exact displayed services through the job acceptance checklist before assignment. A missing saved capability entry alone does not block a category-based quote or job offer. Where your request requires scope evidence or has high-risk pickup or delivery access, matching remains on hold until you reconfirm the current access through your private tracking link and Movesmith approves the requested photographs. The named Operator must review and acknowledge the approved evidence version before accepting the offer.

26.6 Status tracking. Your tracking page shows recorded service milestones, such as assigned, en route, arrived and completed. Unless a particular screen expressly says otherwise, these are Operator- or Platform-reported status updates, not continuous live GPS tracking, and we do not provide a calculated live ETA.

27. Booking and pricing

27.1 Movesmith operates a fixed-pricing model. An unsubmitted Quote may expire after 24 hours. Once you submit a Priority Request, its displayed fixed price remains held while the requested Move date, inventory, access, route, selected services and other disclosed requirements remain unchanged. Operator-confirmation timing alone does not change that price. If the request proceeds, the Quote confirmed at Booking is the total price you pay, subject only to the agreed variations in clause 27.4.

27.2 Your Quote is one complete fixed price, including applicable VAT, for the disclosed inventory, quantities, endpoint services, access and dated itinerary. Ordinary home, furniture and single-item Moves may span multiple working days through separately identified batches, each collected and delivered on the same day. The confirmed itinerary identifies the Goods in each batch and requires access at both properties on every service day. Goods awaiting collection remain with the Customer between days. Overnight supplier custody is not available under this launch policy. An automatic Booking is unavailable where a supported itinerary cannot establish this boundary. The Platform presents the complete feasible operating plan before you accept. Where feasible, several fully delivered runs can occur within one day using the same paid crew. The recommended option is the lowest priced validated plan found; this is not a guarantee of the absolute cheapest arrangement. Where customer help is selected, the displayed arrangement identifies the endpoints and every visit requiring one capable adult. Movements requiring professional skills, including booked item services, remain with the paid crew. No automatic surcharge follows if help becomes unavailable; contact Movesmith to review a workable alternative before the arrangement changes. Every required crew and vehicle day, positioning journey, return journey and applicable route charge is included. Crew days can include return travel after the planned delivery completion date. The accepted scope, itinerary and price are versioned; changes require your express agreement. Undefined specialist services, storage or retail purchases are not included merely because a Move spans multiple days.

27.3 ULEZ is not charged to you; all Operators must run ULEZ-compliant vehicles where their work takes them into a ULEZ-affected zone. All prices are inclusive of VAT where applicable.

27.4 Quote revisions. The fixed price remains the same while the Move date, requirements, selected Journey Plan and disclosed scope remain unchanged, including while a priority request awaits suitable Operator capacity. Any post-Booking change to run count, vehicle, route, crew, price or another material fact must use Movesmith’s structured scope-change process and be expressly approved by you before changed work or a charge. The Operator pauses affected work and submits evidence; the Operator must not substitute a journey plan or promise an on-site amount. Silence does not authorise a change, and Operators cannot create a price or collect payment directly.

27.5 There is no automatic custom-quote cutoff based only on distance. Mapped outward and return travel, the platform-confirmed safe crew and the complete operating plan are calculated into the single fixed price and fixed payout described in clause 27.2. Movesmith calculates a safe minimum crew from the structured property, inventory, handling and access information supplied; you may request a larger crew but not reduce that minimum. Temporary route-data failures are retried and the fixed quote remains in a calculating state until a supported provider or recent safe route result is available. If a customer answer needed for calculation is missing, checkout identifies that specific answer and recalculates after it is supplied. A Move is routed to tailored review only where the completed route, access, value, commercial nature, complexity or handling requirement falls outside the published fixed-price rules.

27.6 Capacity confirmation. A category-based Quote uses your declared inventory and access, recorded Operator availability and explicit vehicle-category planning assumptions. The initial check does not mean a named Operator has accepted or that a particular vehicle has been physically verified. Before assignment, the Operator must confirm suitable vehicles, crew, handling time, access and availability for the complete itinerary, and Movesmith rechecks the offer. Your agreed price does not increase merely because an Operator declines or cannot fulfil it. Movesmith seeks another eligible Operator at that price; if the Move cannot be fulfilled, we cancel it, release any card authorisation and refund any amount collected for the unfulfilled Move. A material change you request or to the disclosed scope follows the express-agreement process in clause 27.4. Where the initial checks cannot establish a supported plan, direct Booking is unavailable; a Priority Request does not create a Booking or payment obligation.

27.7 Packing labour and materials. Packing labour and materials are separate. Only an expressly offered and accepted service is included. Any packing-labour offer must identify its crew, quantities, working allowance and fixed price; there is no automatic hourly overrun or direct Operator charge. Unavailable or undefined packing work is not part of an automatic launch Quote.

27.8 Packing Kit requests. Where the booking flow allows it, you may request a kit separately from the Move. Movesmith must confirm its delivery address, arrival date and final price before it can be purchased. A kit request does not add a kit charge or packing labour to the Move and does not prevent the Move continuing without it.

27.9 Standalone Packing Kits. Standalone ordering is a separate retail journey and may be unavailable while its launch controls are completed. Where it is available, Movesmith sells the Packing Kit as principal; the exact contents, total price and delivery classification are shown before payment. Standard mainland delivery is included in the displayed kit price. Remote, offshore or unresolved delivery postcodes pause for a fixed delivery quote before payment. Delivery normally takes 1–3 Working Days and we recommend ordering at least 5 Working Days before your Move, but this is not a guaranteed delivery date. Standalone orders are paid immediately through Stripe and are fulfilled only after captured payment is confirmed. Your cancellation, return, faulty-goods and other statutory rights apply; the ordering journey explains how to exercise them, including responsibility for disclosed change-of-mind return postage. Movesmith handles damaged, missing or incorrect Goods and provides the legally required remedy.

27.10 Storage-removal pricing. A Quote may cover one home-to-storage or storage-to-home leg where the storage facility details fall within the published fixed-price access rules. Normal on-site or legal kerbside loading, a booked loading bay, confirmed 3.5-tonne vehicle access, less than 50 metres carry, and ground-floor access or upper-floor access by a usable goods lift can be priced in the standard journey. Storage-to-storage, unconfirmed or incompatible access times, restricted vehicle routes, 50 metres or more carry, required stairs without a usable goods lift, missing authority or incomplete facility details require a tailored fixed quote. Each journey into or out of storage is a separate Move unless the Quote expressly says otherwise.

27.11 Furniture Collection Move scope and price. Your Booking identifies the authorised pickup, delivery address, items and actual quantities, crew and vehicle plan, access, collection date and planned delivery completion date, and any defined item-bound endpoint services. Work across multiple dates is available only with a supported itinerary keeping the Goods with the Customer between working days. The Operator must not retain collected Goods overnight. No unlisted seller, collection stop, storage service or delivery address is included. The Collection Party’s availability is a collection window, not a guaranteed delivery time. Your tracking page reports the service milestones described in clause 26.6.

28. Payment flow

28.1 Payment is processed through Stripe. A Priority Request does not save a card or collect funds. At Booking, Stripe saves your card; Movesmith does not receive or store its number. Normally the agreed total is authorised around 48 hours before the Move, or immediately where Operator confirmation occurs within that window, and captured after sign-off or documented completion review. For a multi-day Booking where you expressly accept the displayed payment agreement, Movesmith may collect the agreed total before work starts if the confirmed card hold cannot cover completion. Prepayment does not establish completion or itself release supplier payment. Your applicable cancellation and refund rights continue. Completion or a retry does not cause a second collection of the same agreed amount. Your statement identifies Movesmith.

28.2 Work must not begin until the Supplier Portal confirms valid payment coverage: a sufficient authorisation or verified collection under the expressly accepted multi-day payment agreement. Failed authentication is resolved through the secure payment-recovery process. A valid existing hold is not released until its replacement is accepted. If payment remains unresolved, the Booking may be cancelled under the applicable terms. Duplicate submissions or provider retries must not create duplicate bookings or charges.

29. Your obligations (customers)

29.1 At Booking you must provide accurate and complete information, including pickup and delivery addresses; property type and floor level; access conditions; the confirmed inventory, actual box quantity, volume and nature of the Goods used for the selected Journey Plan; the date and arrival window; and any special requirements.

29.2 You must ensure safe, lawful, and reasonable access to both properties at the agreed time, including any required parking permits, lift bookings, building-management arrangements and known access or noise restrictions. Selecting the 06:00-08:00 window does not override a lawful parking, loading, building or residential restriction and does not guarantee arrival at exactly 06:00. Where the Platform requests pre-Move access reconfirmation, you must use your private tracking link by the stated deadline, provide the minimum current photographs requested for each high-risk access point, and report any material change rather than confirming unchanged access. Do not include access codes, keys, passwords, faces or unrelated personal information in those photographs. A reported change pauses matching and follows the fixed scope-change process; it does not by itself authorise changed work or a charge. You are responsible for packing your Goods unless you select a packing service; we and the Operator are not liable for damage to inadequately packed items. You must be present, or arrange for an Authorised Representative to be present, at both pickup and delivery.

29.3 Ownership and authority. You confirm that you own the Goods, or that you have the owner’s authority to move them. If you do not, you indemnify Movesmith against any claim arising from our moving them.

29.4 Preparing appliances and connection services. You must prepare appliances for transport, including emptying, defrosting and draining them where relevant and securing loose parts. Ordinary unplugging is included in transport. Other eligible disconnection or reconnection work is included only when the Quote lists it for the specific appliance, endpoint and quantity. The standard service is available only for eligible freestanding appliances using a standard plug or an accessible standard water connection and only where a suitably approved Operator is available. Gas, hardwired, integrated and non-standard work is excluded. The Operator must stop the affected service where wiring, fittings, isolation, leakage, corrosion, access or condition is unsafe or materially different from what you declared. We are not liable for loss or damage caused by your failure to prepare an appliance, and the Operator may refuse to move or connect an unprepared or unsafe appliance without performing the affected service.

29.5 Sign-off by PIN. When the Operator marks the Move complete you receive a one-time Sign-Off PIN by SMS and email. You (or your Authorised Representative present at delivery) read the PIN to the Operator, who enters it to confirm completion. By providing the PIN you confirm the Move is complete and you are satisfied with the work at sign-off. Where sign-off cannot take place via the PIN, we carry out and record a completion review using the available evidence and audit trail, normally within 48 hours. There is no automatic timer- or silence-based sign-off. Providing the PIN does not waive your right to raise a later complaint for damage or other issues that become apparent after sign-off; see clause 32. The Operator may only enter a PIN you have voluntarily provided; if you suspect a PIN was obtained by deception, pressure, intimidation, or coercion, raise it immediately under clause 32.

29.6 Your storage facility. You arrange and pay for the storage unit separately. You must identify the facility and unit, confirm opening hours and any booked access slot, disclose loading, lift, stairs, carry and vehicle restrictions accurately, and ensure you, an Authorised Representative or confirmed facility staff can lawfully give access at the agreed time. Do not provide storage account passwords, online credentials, access codes or payment details through the Platform. If entry is refused, access is unavailable, the unit is unsuitable, the disclosed access is materially wrong, or the Move runs beyond the facility window for a reason within your control, the Operator pauses and records structured evidence. The authorised launch rules are 15 minutes' waiting free, then £25 per started 30-minute block up to three blocks; £60 fixed for facility refusal, missing booked access, access-hours overrun or a unit/access mismatch where the rule applies; and £120 for redelivery only as a short repeat visit using the same booked locations and disclosed access. Any material or uncertain route/access change returns to a fresh fixed quote. You must expressly approve and pay a proposal before varied work proceeds. Rejection creates no variation charge and Ops coordinates the safe next step or rebooking. No silence-based, hourly, free-form Operator or doorstep charge applies, and the original fixed Move price remains separately recorded.

29.7 Parking and ordinary access incidents. Pickup and delivery parking are recorded separately. You must disclose the lawful parking or loading type, who will arrange it, whether it is confirmed, any time window, carry distance and known vehicle restrictions. Unknown, incomplete or unsupported access may be routed to Ops for a tailored fixed quote and is never treated as confirmation that no restriction exists. If an ordinary Move encounters no lawful parking, furniture that does not fit, unsafe access, unplanned dismantling or a failed delivery, the Operator pauses the changed work and records structured facts and evidence. You must expressly approve any additional fixed proposal before changed work or a variation charge. Rejection creates no variation charge and Ops coordinates the safe next step, rebooking or fresh quote.

29.8 Furniture collection information and authority. For a Furniture Collection Move, you must identify the collection source accurately and provide the Collection Party’s name and operational contact details, the agreed collection window, the delivery recipient and any order, release, lot or collection reference reasonably required. You confirm that the Goods are ready or state truthfully where readiness is awaiting confirmation; that the Collection Party permits the assigned Operator to collect them; that you are authorised to give us the supplied details; and that the recipient can receive the Goods on the confirmed delivery date. You must disclose known packaging, condition, dimensions and access restrictions and must not guess information you do not know. For a retailer collection, you may mark store floor, lift, carry, parking or loading facts as unknown rather than provide pickup-access photographs you cannot reasonably obtain; the assigned Operator confirms the safe collection route on arrival. You remain responsible for accurate delivery access information. Do not upload payment-card details, passwords, account credentials, government identity documents or unrelated personal information as release evidence.

29.9 No overnight supplier custody. A Furniture Collection Move follows the dates expressly confirmed in the Booking. Collected Goods must be delivered on the same day; they must not remain with the Operator overnight in a vehicle, depot, hotel parking area or other supplier location. Work across more than one day requires expressly booked daily batches, each collected and delivered that day, with access at both addresses and suitable vehicle capacity confirmed by the Operator before assignment. Goods awaiting collection remain with the Customer. No unbooked storage service, additional delivery address or redirection is authorised. If the agreed itinerary becomes unavailable or unsafe, pause the affected work and use the structured resolution process; do not leave Goods at an unbooked address or with an unauthorised person.

30. Prohibited items and declared goods

30.1 Declaring your goods value. When the Booking flow requests itemised values, you must declare each item’s value per unit and quantity and confirm the Platform-calculated total of those lines. For other Moves, you must declare the total value of all the Goods. That confirmed total is the “Declared Value”. The Declared Value is the most we will pay for loss of or damage to your Goods, up to £50,000 per Move. Every Move includes a £10,000 Movesmith Cover Limit at no extra charge. A Declared Value from £10,001 to £25,000 requires the £25,000 increased Cover Limit, and a Declared Value from £25,001 up to and including £50,000 requires the £50,000 increased Cover Limit. The applicable increase is added and priced clearly in your fixed Quote before you proceed. Separately, the Declared Value determines Operator eligibility: we allocate only an Operator whose exact verified Goods in Transit limit equals or exceeds your Declared Value (see clause 18). £10,000 is the minimum Operator Goods in Transit limit accepted for any Move, not an automatic ceiling on the value you may declare. Values and uploaded listings, receipts or order evidence are supplied by you and are not independently verified merely because the Platform accepts them. Please declare accurately: if the actual total value of your Goods materially exceeds the Declared Value, any claim is reduced proportionately (see clause 31).

30.2 The following must not be included in your Move under any circumstances and we will not be liable for any loss if you include any such items: cash, bank notes, or negotiable instruments; jewellery, watches, or precious metals; passports, original deeds, or other irreplaceable documents; firearms, ammunition, explosives, or weapons; illegal substances or items prohibited under UK law; hazardous materials (flammable liquids, pressurised gases, corrosives, toxic substances); perishable or temperature-controlled goods; live animals, restricted plants, or biological materials; and unlawfully obtained items.

30.3 The following must be declared at Booking and may attract a specialist surcharge or specific handling: items valued over £8,000; antiques, fine art, or items of significant sentimental value; pianos, safes, or other items requiring specialist handling; items above standard two-person lifting thresholds; and goods requiring special permits or licences.

30.4 Value over £50,000. Where the total value of your Goods exceeds £50,000, contact hello@movesmith.uk before completing your Booking so we can arrange a bespoke scope and confirm suitable cover. Where the actual value or items materially differ from what you declared, the Operator must pause and report the difference to Movesmith. Any revised fixed price or handling requirement must be agreed with you through Movesmith before the affected work proceeds; the Operator may not impose or collect a direct additional charge.

31. Movesmith Cover — loss and damage

31.1 Movesmith accepts liability for loss of or damage to your Goods up to a total of £50,000 per Move, and not exceeding the Declared Value (“Movesmith Cover”), subject to the exclusions below. Movesmith Cover applies to accidental loss, theft, fire, water damage, and damage during loading, transit, and unloading (including drops, handling, and breakage), subject to the exclusions below. Movesmith is your single point of contact: we handle your complaint, assess the loss or damage, and make any payment to you directly.

31.2 For Goods declared above £50,000 the Booking is routed to a custom-quote process, and we agree the basis and limit of our liability with you.

31.3 How we put things right. Where we are liable, we satisfy our liability at our option by repairing the item, replacing it, or paying the cost of repair or the current market value of the item, taking account of its age and condition. We do not pay on a new-for-old basis. Any payment is within the Declared Value and the £50,000 per-Move limit.

31.4 Where we repair an item, you have no further claim on the basis that the item is worth less after repair.

31.5 For a pair, set, or suite, we pay for the damaged item alone, or its proportionate share of the value of the pair, set, or suite. We do not pay for any special value the set has as a whole.

31.6 We are not liable for items reported missing unless they are evidenced by the photographic record kept under this clause or by an itemised inventory you provided before the Move.

31.7 Where the actual total value of your Goods materially exceeds the Declared Value, any claim is reduced in the same proportion that the Declared Value bears to the actual total value of the Goods.

31.8 Damage that is not reasonably apparent at delivery must be notified to us within 7 days of completion of the Move. This time limit does not affect your statutory rights and operates alongside the fast-track process in clause 32.

31.9 Exclusions. Movesmith Cover does not extend to: items prohibited under clause 30; items required to be declared but not declared; cash, jewellery, watches, precious metals, original documents, or items of exceptional sentimental value; loss or damage caused by inadequate packing where you were responsible for packing; pre-existing damage and normal wear and tear, assessed against the photographic record under this clause; and internal electrical or mechanical failure with no physical external damage, unless caused by fire, flood, or vehicle collision.

31.10 Move evidence. The Operator’s saved-photo minimum is set out in clause 16.3(c) and shown in the job; previously accepted jobs keep their recorded requirement. Before the Operator can mark a Move complete, the Platform requires photographic evidence of the Goods at pickup and delivery. The required pre-Move evidence depends on the source and risk: it may include item or condition photographs, delivery-access photographs, and private listing, order, receipt, ready-notice or release evidence. A retailer Customer is not required to supply store access photographs they cannot reasonably obtain; the assigned Operator records the required collection and condition evidence. Evidence may be enhanced according to your Declared Value or the nature of specialist items. It is used to identify the agreed Goods, plan and protect the Move and assess a complaint, not for advertising or wealth profiling. Uploading value or condition evidence does not itself verify your declaration or guarantee a claim outcome. The evidence is retained and handled as described in the Privacy Policy. Where damage occurs, you raise a damage complaint under clause 32, and it is resolved through Movesmith Cover, with Movesmith as your single point of contact.

32. Disputes and the 24-hour fast-track window

32.1 If you are unhappy with any aspect of your Move, raise it through the sign-off link or by emailing hello@movesmith.uk. You have 24 hours from the moment the Move is marked complete to raise a dispute for fast-track resolution. The fast-track window does not extinguish or affect your statutory rights, which remain available for the period permitted by law, including under the Consumer Rights Act 2015.

32.2 Path A — service-failure disputes. For items missing on delivery, significant lateness, Operator behaviour, or other service failures, we investigate and may request evidence. Where upheld in your favour you may be entitled to a partial or full refund under clause 33.

32.3 Path B — damage to Goods. Damage during the Move is handled as a damage complaint, resolved through Movesmith Cover up to the £50,000 limit and not exceeding the Declared Value, with Movesmith as your single point of contact. Movesmith assesses it and settles your complaint directly and ensures you are made whole within the limits of Movesmith Cover and your statutory rights. To support a damage complaint, photograph the damage immediately and notify us within 7 days; we acknowledge within 4 working hours, investigate within 3 Working Days, and aim to resolve within 21 Working Days.

32.4 We aim to resolve all disputes within 14 days of receipt. Where a dispute cannot be resolved through the Platform, the governing law and jurisdiction provisions in clause 12 apply; if it remains unresolved within 30 days either party may refer it to mediation through CEDR or another agreed mediator (costs shared equally), and failing resolution within 60 days of referral, either party may pursue the courts of England and Wales. External options include Citizens Advice (0808 223 1133), Trading Standards, an approved ADR scheme, card-issuer chargeback, and the small claims court.

32.5 Your case record. For a Booking-linked cancellation, lateness, access, completion, payment or damage issue, your secure Booking or tracking page may show the case reference, a role-appropriate summary, the named Movesmith owner, next action and update target, evidence state and relevant payment state. Internal investigation notes, the Operator’s private information and material that is not necessary for your case update are not displayed. Only timeline updates expressly marked for you or both parties appear. An update target is a communication or action target and does not replace the resolution aims above or your statutory rights.

33. Refunds, cancellations, and reschedules

33.1 If you cancel your Booking, the following cancellation fees apply, based on the time of cancellation relative to the start of your arrival window.

33.2 Reschedules. Your first reschedule has no administration fee if requested at least 48 hours before the Move. Reschedules with less than 48 hours of notice, and all subsequent reschedules, attract a £35 administration fee. Any change to the Move price and any administration fee are shown separately before you confirm; no administration fee does not promise that a different itinerary costs the same. The new date must be within 90 days of the original, failing which the Booking is treated as a cancellation.

33.3 You are entitled to a full refund where we fail to assign an Operator in time, the Operator cancels less than 24 hours before the Move with no replacement, the Operator fails to attend, or the Move is not completed for reasons within the Operator’s or Movesmith’s control.

33.4 Service credits. In addition to a full refund (where your Booking was made at least 48 hours before the Move), you may receive a Movesmith service credit (min £25, max £150): 5% of the Quote where the Operator cancels with less than 24 hours’ notice; 8% where the Operator no-shows; or 5% where the Operator arrives more than 60 minutes after the agreed window without contacting you in advance. Where the Operator communicates a delay in good faith and a reasonable revised time is agreed, no credit applies.

33.5 You are not entitled to a refund for: cancellations outside the fee structure above; damage to Goods (handled under clause 32); subjective dissatisfaction not amounting to a service failure; or failure to complete the Move because access was denied for reasons within your control. Refunds are processed to the original payment card. A refund before capture normally releases the authorisation; where clause 19.2 requires Movesmith to preserve a no-fault Operator share, we may capture and then fund the Customer refund at Movesmith’s cost. Refunds after capture typically arrive within 5 to 10 Working Days. Nothing in this clause affects your statutory rights.

34. Cooling-off period

34.1 Under the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013, where you book a Move more than 14 days before the Move date you have a statutory right to cancel within 14 days of Booking without giving any reason and without incurring any fee.

34.2 Where you book a Move within 14 days of the Move date, by completing the Booking and ticking the relevant acknowledgement at checkout you expressly request that Movesmith and the assigned Operator begin performance during the statutory cooling-off period. You acknowledge that your right to cancel without fee is reduced or extinguished to the extent we have begun performance, and the cancellation fee tiers in clause 33 apply.

34.3 Where your statutory cooling-off right applies and you exercise it, you will be refunded in full within 14 days of notice. To exercise it, notify us in clear terms by email to hello@movesmith.uk or via your Booking record before the deadline expires.

35. Ratings and reviews

35.1 Who may review. You may rate and review a Move you booked through the Platform. We describe a review as “verified” only where it is linked to a completed Movesmith Booking. Reviews must be true, fair and accurate, concern your own experience, and must not be submitted by an Operator, competitor or person with an undisclosed personal or professional relationship to the Operator.

35.2 Consent and moderation. A rating may be used privately for service quality and Operator performance. We publish written review content or a customer display name only after you give a separate, affirmative public-display choice and Movesmith completes moderation. Consent to publish is separate from Booking, marketing and cookie consent. You may withdraw public-display consent by contacting hello@movesmith.uk; withdrawal affects future display and does not affect processing already lawfully carried out.

35.3 Fake, misleading and incentivised reviews. Fake reviews, review manipulation and concealed incentivised reviews are prohibited. A review must not be bought, fabricated, copied, selectively altered or submitted in return for payment, a discount, a refund, preferential treatment or another benefit unless the incentive is lawful, does not depend on sentiment and is prominently disclosed. We do not present an incentivised review as independent or verified merely because a Booking exists.

35.4 Publication policy. We may refuse, delay, label, redact or remove a review where reasonably necessary to verify authenticity; protect personal data, confidential information or safety; address unlawful, defamatory, abusive or irrelevant content; disclose a lawful incentive; or comply with law. Moderation must not be used merely to suppress genuine negative feedback. We maintain records of verification, consent, moderation and publication and may suspend review privileges or Operator accounts involved in manipulation.

35.5 Operator response and review. The reviewed Operator may submit one factual response for Movesmith moderation and may ask Movesmith to review inaccurate or materially incomplete feedback using the Supplier Portal. A response is displayed only with the related consented, moderated and published review, must not reveal Customer personal data and may be rejected for the same safety, relevance and legality reasons that apply to review content. Requesting review does not automatically remove the rating from performance or allocation controls. If a human reviewer upholds the appeal, we record the reason, end public display and exclude that rating from trust-band calculation; if declined, we record the written reason.

36. Events outside our control

36.1 Neither party is liable for any failure or delay arising from causes outside its reasonable control, including severe weather, flood, fire, or natural disaster; pandemic or epidemic and related public health measures; strikes or industrial action; war, terrorism, or civil unrest; government or regulator action; failure of utilities, telecommunications, or internet networks; cyber-attack; or prolonged failure of payment infrastructure not within our control.

36.2 Where such an event prevents your Move on the scheduled date, we offer a free reschedule or a full refund at your election. Where it affects your ability to attend (for example illness with medical evidence or government travel restrictions), we offer a free reschedule on production of reasonable evidence; this does not extend to general inconvenience or change of plan. Where it affects the Operator, we will, as far as reasonably practicable, assign an alternative Operator.

37. Customer liability

37.1 Nothing in these terms excludes or limits our liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence; fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; or any matter for which it would be unlawful to limit liability under English law, including breach of statutory rights under the Consumer Rights Act 2015.

37.2 Cap. Subject to the clause above, our total liability arising out of or in connection with your Booking, however arising, is limited to the greater of the total Quote you paid for the affected Booking or the applicable Movesmith Cover amount of up to £50,000 per Move and not exceeding the Declared Value, in respect of loss of or damage to Goods, in each case subject to the exclusions in clause 31.

37.3 Subject to the above, we are not liable for indirect or consequential loss; loss of profit, revenue, business, or anticipated savings; pure economic loss; or loss arising from your inaccurate Booking information, from undeclared or prohibited items, or from third-party events outside our reasonable control.

37.4 You indemnify Movesmith and its employees and agents against all liability for loss, damage, or injury suffered by any person arising from your breach of these terms, your use of the Platform, or your receipt of services.