Apartments and Large Houses Side by Side
The Canford Cliffs ward had 4,701 households in the 2021 Census. 55% live in flats and 33% in detached houses, and 59% own their home outright, one of the highest rates in Poole. Lilliput is split between that ward and Penn Hill, which had 5,029 households, with 48% in detached houses and 22% in purpose-built flats.
That mix shapes the work. Downsizing from a Lilliput house to a Canford Cliffs apartment is common, and it usually means some furniture will not fit. We can split the load so the right pieces go to the flat and the rest goes on to family, storage or a licensed waste site.
Haven Road and the Village
Haven Road is the village street. The land around it was divided into plots from the 1880s on the former Lord Wimborne estate, and today the streets off it, such as Flaghead Road, Cliff Drive, Bessborough Road and Chaddesley Pines, mix large houses with apartment blocks. Hawkhurst at 59 Haven Road sold its first flats as new-builds in spring 2024, next door to Cappella at number 57. Before a move into a block like these, it helps to know a few things.
- Ask the managing agent which hours the lift can be booked for a move.
- Check the height of any covered car park. If the van will not fit, we load at the front.
- Say if there is a concierge who needs the van registration in advance.
Lilliput and Salterns
Lilliput sits on the northern shore of Poole Harbour, with Salterns Marina and Evening Hill on the edge of Parkstone Bay and the B3369 Sandbanks Road running through it. Harbourside blocks make up much of what sells here: The Harbour at 38 Dorset Lake Avenue sold as new-builds from April 2023 to February 2024, alongside Salterns Point on Salterns Way and Salterns Court on Sandbanks Road. Houses on Lagoon Road, Firs Lane and Lilliput Road are the other half of the work.
Moves further out along the peninsula are covered on our Sandbanks page, because the chain ferry and the narrow spit change how those jobs are planned. For bigger family homes, see our house removals service.