Booking a move should feel organised, not suspicious. Yet plenty of people in Ealing only discover extra costs after the van has turned up, the stairs look steeper than expected, or the clock has quietly kept running.

If you are planning a maisonette move in Northfields, you already know this is not quite the same as shifting from a standard ground-floor flat or a family house.

Moving in W5 can feel deceptively simple on paper. Then you hit the narrow streets, the station traffic near Ealing Broadway, a missing parking space, and suddenly the whole day feels a bit more complicated.