Well the movers have been, and all in all it went pretty well
Luckily we managed to sort through a lot of stuff over last week and the weekend, but things were still in a bit of a state when they arrived this morning, plus of course there was no parking
The movers however never complained once; well not to us anyway. They happily parked in a restricted area (and got a ticket, which I guess we might have to pay), and steamed through packing everything up and loading it into a truck. The only things left for tomorrow now are our master bedroom, which we asked to leave last so we could still sleep there tonight, and our sofas and TV in the lounge, which they kindly enough left for our evening entertainment
We went with Pickfords in the end after reading a lot of recommendations here, plus being happy with their quote, and so far so good. So bring on tomorrow and the impending flights on Saturday.
And thanks again for all your great advice and for putting my mind at ease when I was panicking.