A borough of Georgian terraces, riverside towers and car-free new-builds, where the council lets a resident moving house suspend a second bay free on day one: the cheapest Greenwich move starts with that concession.
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Cheap removals in Greenwich start at £140: Driver Help at the 2-hour minimum, on a published card of Driver Help £70 per hour, 2 Men £85 and 3 Men £100. A typical 2-bed move totals £340 to £510. The full Greenwich hub and the main house removals service run on the same card; this page is about keeping the total down, and in Greenwich that starts with parking, because a resident moving house can suspend a second bay free on day one. The full picture is on the removals in Greenwich hub and the main house removals service, which run on the same card and terms. The area detail is on the House removals in Greenwich page.
Greenwich runs from one-bed flats in the Peninsula towers to four-bed houses in Eltham and Blackheath, so every row gets used. New-build flats price off the first rows, with the lift slot deciding the hours; period houses sit in the middle rows, with the carry and the parking setting where the total lands.
| Job | Crew | Time | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-bed flat, Peninsula or Woolwich | 2 Men | 2 to 3 hours | £170 to £255 |
| 2-bed house, Charlton or Plumstead | 2 Men | 4 to 5 hours | £340 to £425 |
| 2-bed conversion, Blackheath | 2 Men | 4 to 6 hours | £340 to £510 |
| 3-bed house, Eltham | 3 Men | 5 to 6 hours | £500 to £600 |
| 4-bed house, Blackheath or Shooters Hill | 3 Men | 6 to 8 hours | £600 to £800 |
| A few rooms only (part-load) | Driver Help or 2 Men | 2 to 3 hours | £140 to £255 |
Worked from our published hourly card (Driver Help £70, 2 Men £85, 3 Men £100 per hour, 2-hour minimum): every total above is the rate times the hours. Your written quote confirms the total for your addresses before you book. Included beside every price: the Luton van with a tail lift, loading, unloading and carrying at both ends, blankets, wrap and straps, dismantling and reassembly where booked, fuel and mileage within London, and placement in the right rooms. Add £5 per floor where the carry is by stairs (lift-served floors are not charged): tell us the floors at both addresses when you ask for a quote and the charge is in the quote, not a surprise on the day.
Greenwich Council offers two products, and the right one depends on the street. A parking bay suspension reserves a specific bay for the van: you apply online, the council emails its decision, and approved bays are signed with the date and the reason. A virtual parking dispensation instead covers the van standing on a yellow line, which on town-centre streets with no bay to suspend is often the better fit. Both are the council’s products: you apply and pay the council directly, and we confirm which product and how many bays each address needs at quote stage.
The concession is the fact to know before you book anything. A resident moving house can suspend a second bay at no charge on the first day of the suspension; both bays are charged from the second day. A Luton needs about two bays, so on a one-day move the concession covers half the van’s parking footprint for nothing. Before paying for anything, check the zone: a good number of Greenwich residential zones run only a short weekday window, so a move timed wholly outside a zone’s hours may need no arrangement on that street at all, and some streets sit in CPZ Exemption Zones. Borough suspensions do not cover TfL red routes: the A2 and A206 follow TfL rules.
| Bay suspension | £66.40 per bay per day |
|---|---|
| Admin fee | £66.40 per application, non-refundable |
| Moving-house concession | A resident moving house can suspend a second bay free on day one; both bays charged from day two |
| Two bays, one day | £132.80 with the concession; £199.20 without it |
| Notice period | 10 working days for a suspension |
| Yellow-line dispensation | £34.30 per day, at least 7 working days’ notice |
| Cancellation | 20% of the cost or £66.40, whichever is more, up to the day before |
| Who applies and pays | You apply and pay Royal Borough of Greenwich directly; we confirm bays and dates at quote stage |
Parking charges are set and charged by Royal Borough of Greenwich: you apply and pay the council directly, and the fee never sits inside your removals quote. The arrangement for your exact address is confirmed in your written quote.
A 2-bed terrace in Charlton, loaded in one day, with two bays suspended outside the door.
| Removals: 2 Men at £85 per hour for 4 hours | £340 |
| Council: two bays for one day with the moving-house concession (admin £66.40 plus one bay at £66.40; the second bay is free on day one) | £132.80 |
| All-in illustration | £492.80 |
The council fee in this illustration is set and charged by Royal Borough of Greenwich: you apply and pay the council directly, and it is shown separately from the removals total rather than inside it. The removals total is the rate times the hours from our published card. The arrangement for your exact address is confirmed in your written quote, and any road charges that apply to your route are confirmed there too.
Greenwich rewards planning more than most boroughs. Claim the moving-house concession in the suspension application, because it takes £66.40 off the council line on a one-day move. Where the street sits in a short-window zone, ask at quote stage whether the load can be timed outside the controlled hours, because then no suspension is needed on that street at all. Neither saving touches the removals card; both come from knowing the borough’s own rules.
On the removals side the levers are the usual honest ones. A flat in a Peninsula tower with a booked lift slot is often a tidy 2 Men job; a Blackheath house with a long raised carry can be cheaper in total with 3 Men finishing sooner than 2 Men stretching the day. Declutter before the day, pack yourself where you can, and keep the load to one run: every hour saved at £85 or £100 is that amount off the total.
The cheapest hour is not always the cheapest move: a 3 Men crew at £100 per hour that finishes sooner can cost less in total than a smaller crew on a longer day, and Driver Help at £70 per hour is the cheapest hour only where one mover genuinely fits the job. The written quote works the comparison for your load and your access, and shows both totals where both crews are realistic.
In the period west, access is the street: narrow, fully parked, often inside a conservation area, where the van’s position is a council suspension or dispensation and the carry runs from that position to the door. Around the market and the Cutty Sark the one-way system and daily market trading leave very little loading room, and early starts do the work. Blackheath and Shooters Hill houses are often raised above or set back from the road, so the carry itself is the job.
In the new-build east, access is the building: Greenwich Peninsula, Royal Arsenal Riverside in Woolwich and Kidbrooke Village run on concierges, lift slots and loading bays, and many are car-free developments whose residents cannot hold a parking permit at all, so there is no permit for the van to borrow. The plan there is the development’s own loading area, or a council arrangement on the street outside, settled before the day.
Victorian terraces on narrow, fully parked conservation streets: the suspension plan decides the day, and the second-bay concession was made for exactly this move.
Car-free blocks with booked lifts and loading bays. The building’s slot is the fixed point; the crew and the hours are built backwards from it.
Interwar houses with driveways: the borough’s simplest loading, where the saving is counting the garage and loft in the load from the start.
Many Greenwich zones operate only an hour or two on weekdays. A move timed outside the window can legally need nothing arranged on that street.
The borough is not one move. What each area asks of the crew, the van and the parking plan, in short.
Georgian streets around the market and the Cutty Sark, on a one-way system with very little loading room. Early starts and booked parking are the pattern.
Villas and period houses on the hill, many raised above the road, so the carry from the van is often the longest part of the job.
Victorian terraces and family houses: the classic step-up destination from the riverside flats, a short hop inside the borough.
Converted arsenal buildings and new riverside blocks, many car-free, with concierge rules and loading areas.
The towers around the O2: car-free developments with booked lifts and loading bays, and no resident permit for the van to rely on.
Interwar semis with driveways: straightforward loading, and the borough’s longest internal journeys from the riverside.
Terraces and semis on the slopes above Woolwich, with controlled parking around the station and the High Street.
The new-build quarter on the old Ferrier Estate site: managed loading, lift bookings and car-free rules.
| Point of comparison | The typical way | With Vano Removals |
|---|---|---|
| The price | A day rate quoted for a home the firm has never asked about, with the real total settled once the van is loaded | A published hourly card, totals worked by job type on this page, and your total confirmed in a written quote before the day |
| Crew size | The smallest crew that keeps the hourly rate looking low, however long the day runs | The crew that gives the lowest total for your building and your access, with the comparison shown in the quote where both options are realistic |
| Parking | Discovered on the morning, with the van circling while the clock runs | The council arrangement is confirmed at quote stage, with the moving-house concession claimed where it applies: two bays for one day at £132.80 with the concession |
| Stairs and access | Stair charges appearing per item or per trip once the crew sees the building | A flat £5 per floor where the carry is by stairs, lift-served floors not charged, stated in the written quote |
| Deposit and cancellation | A deposit to book is common, and cancellation windows vary widely at the budget end | No deposit to book; free cancellation up to 24 hours before; quotes valid 7 days; payment at the time of service |
Based on the published prices and terms of London removal and man and van offers, checked November 2026. The full comparison of every way of moving is on our compare page.
Four steps, and the preparation steps are the ones that keep the total down.
Rooms, postcodes, floors and lifts at both addresses, and what the access is really like. The cheaper quotes are the accurate ones: a crew sized from the real job never has to grow on the day.
The quote comes back in writing with the crew size, the hours the move should take, the total worked as the rate times the hours, and the parking answer for each address. It is valid for 7 days, and booking takes no deposit.
Sort each room four ways (move it, charity you name, set aside, disposal route), pack and label what is moving, and stage it so the crew loads without hunting. Every hour of this you do is an hour you do not buy.
The crew loads, drives, and places everything in the right rooms, rebuilding where booked, then checks the home off with you. Payment is at the time of service.
In Greenwich the parking application goes in as soon as the quote is agreed: a suspension needs 10 working days, and the moving-house concession is claimed in that same application.
Content updated November 2026. Prices from our published hourly card, checked November 2026. Parking figures and notice periods are from Royal Borough of Greenwich, checked November 2026. Road charge figures are from Transport for London: the Congestion Charge is £18 per day from 2 January 2026 and the ULEZ charge is £12.50 per day for vehicles that do not meet the standard; any road charges that apply to your move are confirmed in your written quote. Waste carrier status can be checked free on the Environment Agency public register before you appoint a carrier.
Send both postcodes, the rooms that are moving, and the floors and access at each address. The quote comes back in writing with the crew, the hours, the total and the parking answer for both streets. No deposit, and free cancellation up to 24 hours before the move.
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Common questions about cheap removals in Greenwich, cost first and parking second. If you do not see yours, call us. We are happy to help.
Published rates, a written quote, and no deposit. The fastest way to price a move is to send both postcodes and your room list.
07459 180023From £140 on our published card: Driver Help £70 per hour, 2 Men £85 per hour and 3 Men £100 per hour, with a 2-hour minimum on every booking. A 1-bed flat is usually £170 to £255 with 2 Men, a 2-bed house £340 to £510, and a 3-bed house £500 to £600 with 3 Men. Every total is the rate times the hours. Stairs add £5 per floor where the carry is by stairs, lift-served floors are not charged, and your written quote confirms the total before you book. No deposit.
£66.40 per bay per day, plus a £66.40 admin fee per application, which is non-refundable. One bay for one day is £132.80. A resident moving house can suspend a second bay free on the first day, so two bays for one day also come to £132.80 with the concession, and £199.20 without it. Applications need 10 working days’ notice. A yellow-line dispensation is £34.30 per day on at least 7 working days’ notice. These are the council’s charges: you apply and pay Royal Borough of Greenwich directly, and we confirm the bays and the product at quote stage.
Sometimes. A good number of Greenwich controlled parking zones run only a short window on weekdays, so a move that happens wholly outside a zone’s operating hours may need no suspension on that street, and some streets sit in CPZ Exemption Zones where the permit controls do not apply. Eltham and New Eltham houses mostly load from driveways and need nothing arranged. We check both addresses at quote stage and tell you plainly which case each street is. Borough suspensions do not cover TfL red routes such as the A2 and A206.
Residents of many of these developments cannot get a parking permit at all, so there is no permit fallback for the van. The plan is either the development’s own loading area and lift booking, arranged with the managing agent, or a council suspension or dispensation on the public highway outside the development. Tell us which development when you enquire and the arrangement is settled before the day.
Use the concession and right-size the crew. Suspend two bays for one day with the moving-house concession and the council line is £132.80 instead of £199.20. Declutter first, because crew hours are the bill: an hour saved at £85 is £85 saved. On a house with a long raised carry in Blackheath, compare the crew maths: 3 Men finishing sooner can cost less in total than 2 Men stretching the day. Pack yourself where you can: boxes £5 each, wrap £15, tape £10 per roll, and you only buy what you use.
As a planning guide: a 1-bed flat takes about 2 to 3 hours, a 2-bed house about half a day (4 to 6 hours including travel within the borough), and a 3-bed most of a day. The swing factors are the conservation areas’ narrow streets, the town centre’s loading limits and new-build lift slots, more than the size of the house. Your written quote is worked from your addresses, not from the average.
Yes, as transport. You book a unit in your own name with the operator of your choice; we collect, load and stack it properly, and redeliver when the new address is ready. The transport runs on the same hourly card, and the unit’s rent and terms stay between you and the operator. We do not operate a storage facility.
Not for disposal. We are not a licensed waste carrier, so we cannot take household items away to be disposed of or recycled. What we can do on the day is carry pieces to a charity you name, if it has agreed to accept them, or to a storage unit you have booked in your own name. Anything for disposal goes through your council’s bulky item collection or a registered waste carrier you appoint, and you can check any carrier free on the Environment Agency public register before you appoint one.
£5 per floor where the carry is by stairs, counted at each address where the crew carries by stairs, and stated in your written quote before the day. Lift-served floors are not charged. The charge is per floor, not per item and not per trip, so a second-floor flat with no lift adds £10 at that end however many pieces come down.
There is no deposit to book. Cancellation is free up to 24 hours before the move; inside 24 hours, a cancellation charge of up to 25 percent of the quoted price applies. Every quote is given in writing and is valid for 7 days. Payment is at the time of service.
Insurance is as stated in your written quote: ask us to confirm in writing.
Moving somewhere specific? Send both postcodes with your quote request and the route and the parking answer are confirmed in writing.
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