Specialist removals to Pattaya handled end-to-end from our Lower Dicker depot — full and shared-container sea freight, air freight, export-grade tropical packing and full Thai customs clearance. BAR member, fully insured, on the Eastern Seaboard beside Laem Chabang port.
Removals to Pattaya from the UK have a logistical advantage few Thai destinations share: the city sits right beside Laem Chabang, the country’s main container port, so once a shipment clears customs the final delivery to Jomtien, Naklua or Pratumnak is short. Since 2017 we have shipped Sussex homes to the Eastern Seaboard for retirees, remote workers and couples drawn by the beaches, the marinas and the low cost of living. It is still a sea-freight move that needs export-grade tropical packing and visa-matched customs paperwork, cleared through our Bangkok partner depot. We are a BAR Overseas Group member, fully insured for the voyage. The full method and cost detail is in our removals to Thailand from the UK guide.
Your move is priced mainly on volume, where you are in the UK and where in Pattaya you are going. We publish our full rate card for the Bangkok route, and it is the honest starting point for a Pattaya quote too: from £290 for a small groupage shipment of two tea cartons, up to £3,790 for a sole-use 20ft container delivered to a Bangkok residence, standard customs clearance included. You can see the full price table on our Thailand page.
There is no UK VAT to add. International removals are zero-rated for UK VAT, so unlike a domestic house move there is no 20% on top — the figure we quote is the figure you pay. Thai import duty and 7% Thai VAT are separate, assessed by Thai customs on arrival if you do not qualify for residence-transfer relief.
For Pattaya itself the price is quoted on application, and we would rather say that than publish a number we would have to walk back. Pattaya is the closest of our Thai destinations to Laem Chabang, Thailand’s main deep-sea container port — the final road leg is under an hour. That leg is real work with a real cost, and it varies with your exact address and access — so we price it properly rather than guessing. Ask us and you will get the figure the same way our Bangkok customers do: itemised, with the freight, the packing, the customs work and the Pattaya delivery each shown separately.
You do not have to live in Sussex, and you do not have to get your goods to us. Our published rates run from our Lower Dicker depot (BN27 4EL), and we quote collection from anywhere in the UK as a separate line so you can see exactly what the UK leg costs against the shipping. We have vans around the country most weeks, which usually makes that leg cheaper than people expect — and on a sole-use container we can collect from your home well ahead of the booking date and hold everything at the depot, with the first month of storage free.
Services are quoted the same way, so you take as much or as little as you want: export packing and crating, a custom ISPM-15 crate for anything wooden, antique or high-value, fragile-only packing if you will do the rest yourself, or a full packing service covering the whole house. Packing it yourself? We deliver export-grade packing materials to any UK address for a nominal charge.
Pattaya and its quieter neighbours — Jomtien’s long beach, Naklua’s fishing-village calm, Pratumnak’s hillside condos, Bang Saray’s seaside village feel — give a lot of choice for a single move. The Eastern Seaboard has good hospitals, an established expat community and quick road access to Bangkok and Suvarnabhumi airport. Many of our Pattaya customers are buying a beachfront condo or a pool villa in the hills behind the city, and bringing a full UK household because replacing it locally costs more than shipping it. The port being on the doorstep keeps the delivery end tidy and predictable.
Pattaya moves split between compact beachfront condos and roomier pool villas in the hills, and that shapes the packing list. For a condo, we focus the container on the pieces that make it feel like home without overfilling a smaller space; for a villa, a full household with outdoor furniture makes sense. British electricals run on the 220V supply with an adapter, while bulky white goods are frequently cheaper to buy on the Eastern Seaboard than to ship. We give you an honest room-by-room view at the survey of what to bring and what to replace locally. Anything fragile, valuable or restricted — art, wine, antiques — is identified, crated and documented before it is packed.
Being beside Laem Chabang means the road leg in Pattaya is one of the shortest in Thailand once a shipment is cleared. Condo towers in Jomtien and Pratumnak need lift bookings and bay slots, which our depot arranges ahead; hillside villas behind the city sometimes need a smaller transfer vehicle for the last climb, which is in the quote. Our crew places furniture in the rooms you agreed, removes the wrapping, reassembles the big pieces and clears the packaging. Because the port is so close, a query at clearance rarely stalls the delivery for long.
The map below shows Pattaya, Thailand — one of the destinations we deliver UK household shipments to from our Lower Dicker depot in East Sussex.
Honest transit times matter on this route, because the sea leg alone is several weeks and people time visas, tenancies and flights around them. These are the windows we actually work to — the same ones in our brochure, not a best case:
| Stage of your move | Typical time |
|---|---|
| Export packing and UK collection | 1–2 days on site |
| Ocean voyage to Thailand | 5–6 weeks |
| Collection through to arrival at Laem Chabang | Allow 8–12 weeks |
| Thai customs clearance through to release | Add a further 2 weeks |
| Short road leg to Pattaya, Jomtien and Naklua | Add 1–3 days |
| Door to door by sea freight | 10–14 weeks |
| Air freight, door to door | 1–2 weeks |
Pattaya is the closest of our Thai destinations to Laem Chabang, Thailand’s main deep-sea container port — the final road leg is under an hour. A sole-use container sails as soon as it is loaded and booked, so it sits at the shorter end of that window; a shared groupage container waits until it is full before it sails, which is exactly what buys you the lower price.
Once your goods are on the water we email you a tracking link with a live ETA, then update you at each milestone — sailing date, arrival, customs cleared, out for delivery. For the full picture on full versus shared containers, air freight, Thai customs and duty, read our removals to Thailand from the UK guide.
We are a small, owner-managed Sussex firm that has shipped households to Thailand since 2017, not a national franchise selling Thai moves as a sideline. The experienced staff who pad-wrap your furniture in Sussex have done it on dozens of Thai shipments, and our own partner depot clears and delivers in-country — so a question at customs is answered the same day, not across time zones. Every shipment is fully insured for the voyage and held to the same BS 8564 quality standard as a local house removal.
Read what customers say on our reviews page, browse the gallery, or call Mark directly on 01323 848 008 for straight answers about your Pattaya move — what is worth shipping, what Thai customs allow, and a realistic timeline.
Door to door by sea, allow 10–14 weeks. That breaks down as 5–6 weeks for the ocean voyage itself, 8–12 weeks from collection to arrival at Laem Chabang once consolidation and sailing schedules are counted, then a further two weeks for Thai customs clearance through to release. Pattaya is the closest of our Thai destinations to Laem Chabang, Thailand’s main deep-sea container port — the final road leg is under an hour. A sole-use container sits at the shorter end because it sails as soon as it is loaded and booked; a shared groupage container waits until it is full, which is what buys you the lower price. Air freight is 1–2 weeks door to door.
The sea voyage and customs dominate the timeline and cost, so the saving is modest, but the short port-to-door leg does make the delivery end quick and predictable, with less road risk to the shipment.
Yes. Where the climb is too tight for a full lorry we transfer to a smaller vehicle for the final stretch at no extra cost, then place furniture, reassemble beds and clear the packaging.
If you are transferring residence with the right visa and work permit, or returning as a Thai national, one household of used effects is usually duty-free. On a tourist visa, duty plus 7% VAT may apply. We assess it at the survey.
Vapes and e-cigarettes are illegal throughout Thailand, as are narcotics, counterfeit goods and ivory. Firearms, drones, plants and large quantities of medicine need permits or declarations.
No. International removals are zero-rated for UK VAT, so unlike a domestic house move there is no 20% added to your shipping price — the figure we quote is the figure you pay. That is separate from Thai import duty and the 7% Thai VAT, which Thai customs may assess on arrival if you do not qualify for residence-transfer relief. Those are payable to Thai customs, not to us.
Our published rates run from our Lower Dicker depot in East Sussex (BN27 4EL) through to delivery in Thailand. We quote collection separately — and we collect from anywhere in the UK, not just Sussex. We have vans around the country most weeks, so a collection is often cheaper than people expect. On a sole-use container we can collect from your home ahead of the booking date and hold it at the depot, with the first month of storage free.
Our published rate card runs from £290 for two tea cartons (8 cu ft) up to £3,790 for a sole-use 20ft container delivered to a Bangkok residence, standard customs clearance included and no UK VAT on top. Pattaya itself is quoted on application, because the leg on from the port varies with your exact address and access. Tell us what you are shipping and where to, and we will come back with an itemised figure.
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