How much is moving
One van
A studio or a small flat
A studio or a one-bed — enough to fill a van and not enough to fill two. The commonest move in CR4 and the one most often under-prepared.
What it really is A packing problem.
Why it’s its own job
It only fits if it is packed properly. A van-load is a jigsaw, and the difference between fitting and not fitting is whether the loose things are in boxes. Loose bedding, loose kitchen and loose clothes are what turn one van into two.
There is furniture to take apart. A bed, usually a wardrobe, and whatever flat-pack came from a shop with a trolley. Dismantling is quick if it is planned for and slow if it is a surprise.
You almost certainly have more than you think. The fullest cupboard is always the one under the sink, and the thing nobody counts is the bike, the drying rack and the box of cables.
Two people frequently become one household on this move. Duplicate sofas, two sets of everything kitchen, and something that will not fit in the new place — worth deciding before the day rather than on the pavement.
What we do
Tell you honestly what needs boxing before the day, and bring materials if you want them
Take beds, wardrobes and flat-pack apart and put them back together, with fixings bagged to the item
Load so the things you need first come off first
Say plainly if it is genuinely more than one van, before you have booked one
Tell us this and we can price it
Roughly how many boxes, what furniture is coming apart, and whether there are stairs at either end.
Get a price
Moving one van?
One item, one room, one van or a whole place — and the floor at each end. That is genuinely most of what we need to give you a price that holds.