London Move Cost Planner

With Vano Removals, house-to-house moves within London are charged by the hour: £70 per hour for driver help, £85 per hour for a two-man crew, and £100 per hour for three men, with a two-hour minimum. A two-bed flat that takes a two-man crew three hours costs £255, plus £5 per floor where the carry is by stairs. Use this planner to list your cost drivers, then get the estimate confirmed in a written quote.

The rate is fixed on our published card, £70, £85 or £100 per hour depending on the crew, two-hour minimum, £5 per floor by stairs, so what varies is the billed time: the inventory, the distance, the parking, the stairs or lift, and any packing or dismantling you book. Your written quote estimates the hours from those details before you commit.

The extras that catch people out: floor charges where stairs are involved (£5 per floor with us), packing materials if you book packing (boxes £5, wrap £15, tape £10 per roll), parking suspensions arranged with the council where the van cannot otherwise stop, and time beyond the estimate, charged with us at the same hourly rate you booked at. All of them belong in the written quote, so ask for them to be itemised.

Our man-and-van equivalent is driver help at £70 per hour, one mover and the van (the mover loads and carries; you can lend a hand if you wish, but you are never required to), or a two-man crew at £85 per hour. Both carry a two-hour minimum within London, plus £5 per floor where the carry is by stairs. The written quote confirms the crew and the estimate for your job.

Our hourly card is the same on any day of the week, Sundays included, so timing is about availability rather than price: month-ends, Fridays and school-holiday periods fill first. Book as soon as your date is set, quotes are valid for 7 days, and there is no deposit to pay when you book.

Our written quote states the price for the agreed scope and itemises any additional charges, so the figure you are quoted is the figure you can budget against. If you are comparing providers, ask each one the same question and compare the written totals, not headline rates.

On our published card, a typical 2-bedroom flat moved by a two-man crew takes four to six hours, which is £340 to £510 at £85 per hour. Add £5 per floor where the carry is by stairs, and a council parking suspension where the van cannot otherwise stop, in many boroughs a one-day resident suspension works out between roughly £50 and £140 all-in, depending on the borough and the number of bays. Your written quote confirms the estimate for your addresses before you book.

Where the van needs a controlled parking bay suspended, the suspension is arranged with the borough council, in many boroughs the resident applies and pays the council directly, with around 10 working days’ notice commonly required. The charge is the council’s, not the mover’s: one bay for one day ranges from under £50 in some boroughs to well over £100 in others, and a long van can need two bays. Our London parking suspension fees guide lists the verified charge for each borough, and your written quote will flag whether a suspension is likely to be needed at either address.

On our card the arithmetic is simple: the crew’s hourly rate multiplied by the billed hours, plus £5 per floor carried by stairs, plus any packing materials used. The skill is in estimating the hours honestly, from the volume of belongings, the route, the floor level and lift access at both addresses, and extras such as packing, storage or specialist items. That estimate, and its basis, are set out in the written quote.