Our History

Through the Decades

A Timeline of Steve Frieze Removals

1970s

1970 - Lending a Van: Steve Frieze owns a grocery shop in Reigate Surrey and is regularly asked about the use of his blue transit at weekends. He lends the vehicle to a friend and asks what are you doing with it the man replies small removals and then he gets the idea to start this for himself.

1972 - Delivering Furniture: Steve starts working for Courts the furniture shop in Croydon and employs Steve Bleach and Steve Dean in assisting with deliveries.

1980s

1980 - Vans Galore: Steve has now bought several vehicles and is parking them in a car park in Coulsdon.

1986 - First Premises: Steve leases his first warehouse/ yard on Thornton Road Carshalton (The Trading Post) This is where he employs Eric Proctor, Mark Gibbons and Dave Gibbons who are his new drivers and estimator.

1990s

1990 - On the Move: Steve has to move to new premises as the lease has expired at Thornton Road. His new warehouse is in Greyhound Road, Sutton where he employs Darren Bosher and Shaun Winchester.

1991 - Another Move: Steve once again is on the move to another warehouse which is in Oval Road East Croydon. We are not there for long as the warehouse is being knocked down for housing re-development.

1991 - Final Move: Steve moves to his current warehouse in Croydon 3a Princes Way.This is where he shares the building with Dave Green another removal company and also shares with a company that sells records (Juke Box).

1994 - More Drivers: Steve employs John S and Stuart Hunt as his new drivers and as the year goes on along come more staff members.

1995 - Going Large: Steve employs Mick Gibson to assist in running the office with Erik proctor and purchases his first 18 tonne vehicle.

1996 - From Leaseholder to Landowner: Steve goes to auction to purchase 3a Princes Way.

2000s

2000 - 30 Years!: Steve Frieze celerbrates 30 Years of business.

2002 - Construction: Steve builds new offices inside of the warehouse.

2007 - Goodbye Eric: Eric Proctor retires as office manager.

2010s

2013 - All BAR None: Steve Frieze becomes a member of the British Association Of Removers

2014 - A Sad Farewell: R.I.P. Mick Gibson, who works to the end.

2014 - Growing Stronger: Steve Frieze becomes a member of Checktrade Trade and continues to grow from strength to strength.

2017 - Farewell to 998: Lost our huge 6 container lorry down to emissions.

2018 - Sorry to Say Bye to Del: Down to a few Health issues our Fantastic Warehouseman, Del had to hang up the forklift truck keys.

2018 - A Couple of Newbies: Acquired two new 7.5T lorries, a freeloader and one container storer.

2019 - Taking Confidential Shredding Seriously: Replacing our old shredding machine with a new Martin Yale industrial-grade heavy duty professional Shredder / Baler Combination 16.86 with dust extractor. This has given us a huge edge in confidential shredding allowing us to shred more on site.

2019 - Ah (UGA): Did somebody say a brand new Luton Transit was joining the team?

2020s

2020 - 50 years of Business: A huge business milestone celebrating 50 years in the industry!

That is around 599 months!
An incredible 2607.14 Weeks!
A Whopping 18250 Days!

We couldn’t even calculate the amount of hard work and the amount happy customers throughout this time but every customer means the world to us having supported us and having confidence in our services all these years. A huge thanks and long may our relationships continue. We pride ourselves on being built on recommendations and repeat business.

2020 - Started from the bottom now he’s Director!: After previous Directors Shandor Hallett and Darren Bosher left the business the next in line to pick up the company and make it his own was John S. He has driven the company onwards and upwards having been here for the majority of his working life starting with Steve Frieze as a Driver around 27 years ago!

2021 - The Quality of Quotes: After Paul took on a new role of Lead Surveyor and has been super-efficient, Incredibly organised and he Impresses every customer with his knowledge and thorough approach to his work.

2021 - A New Warehouseman: The mantle was passed to a Long serving member of the Steve Frieze team Dan who is now the current warehouseman doing a great job commanding and organising the daily warehouse operations.

2021 - Another John: John D joins as assistant manager to support the workforce. He has come into the business with a thirst to support in all areas and has a huge focus on strengthening the roots of the business and taking it to new levels with a focus on social media, marketing and commercial business.

2021 - Farewell Old Reliable: We sadly said goodbye to 09` The old workhorse which is now in transit heaven.

2022 - Bespoke Transits: We have purchased two brand new part hybrid Transit Luton van`s with a custom body built to spec for our removals by Bespoke Bodies which is a company we have used and trusted for many years.

2023 - A New Fleet Member and a Few Make Overs to Our Warehouse: We have acquired a new Luton van euro 6 compliant added to our fleet. (Big Zeus) – Double wheelbase rigid ford transit with a tail-lift.

We have modernised and decorated our office and staff quarters investing in our company to be the best for our customers.

2023 - Customer Feedback Milestone: Thanks to our customer first approach we have now reached over 1000 (10/10) online reviews – You can see them on Checkatrade, Instagram, which and Google.

2024 - The admin team has a little re-vamp!: John Dinkha steps into the role of the office manager - Using his creative mind to bring in new ideas to both the admin and removal side of the business.

Jordan White takes on the role of the assistant manager, ensuring that John has someone underneath him to deal with the day to day running of the office whilst also ensuring that our fleet of vehicles is maintained to high standard.

2025 - Moving things: We have acquired a new 18t 5 door containerized lorry built just for us by Bespoke Bodies, further expanding the fleet and enabling us to carry out more removals with fewer vehicles. - This is fitted with the latest and greatest safety features making sure that we are fully compliant with all safety standards in Greater London.

Ironically the registration of this vehicle is MV19 THG - not far from 'MOVING THINGS' which is what we do best!

2025 - CheckaTrade Regional Finalists: We are proud to share that we were nominated by our fantastic customers for a CheckaTrade award - The only removal company in London to be nominated is definitely something worth shouting about!

2025 - All systems go!: We have taken a leap into the future and upgraded our systems with state of the art office phones, new desktops to keep up with the ever increasing workloads and topped it all off with a brand new dedicated Removal and Storage software.

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