Mannequins, taxidermied animals and a sword rack: What did home movers take with them in 2021?
As the stamp duty deadline causes a 200% year on year increase in demand for removals services from AnyVan, the UK’s largest removals company has analysed its data of more than 100,000 moves in 2021 to find the top ten oddest items home movers took with them including kitchen sinks, taxidermied animals and mannequins.
The top ten strange items AnyVan movers took with them in 2021 so far:
1. Sword stand
2. Taxidermied animals
3. Piles of compost
4. kitchen sinks
5. Mannequins
6. Toilets
7. Sets of stairs
8. Trees
9. Sheds
10. Doll houses
Angus Elphinstone, CEO, AnyVan, says: “The economy might have been at a standstill during the pandemic, but home movers certainly weren’t. The number of moves we booked in 2020 increased by a third on 2019 and we expect that with the extension of the stamp duty exemption, that will continue to increase.
“Our data shows that people are moving further, more frequently and with more stuff than previous years. So, it’s almost unsurprising that some people are even moving the kitchen sink with their house move. It is also telling that so many people are moving the contents of their gardens with them too as the pandemic has seen us all seek more outside space.
“While moving the lawn mower and the BBQ is relatively simple to do, making sure that the garden shed is taken apart properly and then fits into the van takes a lot of effort, but it is worth it if the new garden has a good shed straight away. During the pandemic the UK has certainly been moving, and we’ll keep helping people move across the UK every day in 2021.”
