The cheap way to book man and van in Lewisham is not a discount label. It is the right crew size, the Lewisham Council parking sorted in good time, and a written total before the day: Driver Help £70 per hour, 2 Men £85, 3 Men £100, 2-hour minimum, no deposit.
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Cheap man and van in Lewisham: Driver Help £70 per hour, 2 Men £85 per hour, 3 Men £100 per hour, 2-hour minimum. Two-hour man and van job in Lewisham totals £170 at £85 × 2 hours. Parking: lewisham charges an admin fee per application and then by the bay, on a different basis in resident bays. There is also a 20-minute loading allowance, which suits a short stop rather than a house load. Council charges are the council’s and sit outside the quote. For the full service picture, see man and van in Lewisham and cheap removals in Lewisham ; London-wide, see cheap man and van.
Worked totals
Man and van in Lewisham: single items, small flat moves and part-moves from Deptford to Sydenham, priced by crew and time against your item list and access.
| Illustration | Crew rate | Hours | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Two-hour man and van job in Lewisham | £85 per hour | 2 | £85 × 2 = £170 |
| Driver Help single run in Lewisham | £70 per hour | 2 | £70 × 2 = £140 |
| Half-day flat move in Lewisham | £85 per hour | 4 | £85 × 4 = £340 |
Basis: illustrations only, from the published card: rate times crew hours, 2-hour minimum. Stairs add £5 per floor where the carry is by stairs; a lift-served floor adds nothing. Council charges sit outside these totals and are worked into the true-cost example below.
Parking in Lewisham
Lewisham charges an admin fee per application and then by the bay, on a different basis in resident bays. There is also a 20-minute loading allowance, which suits a short stop rather than a house load.
A suspension costs £62 admin per application plus £56 per bay per day in pay-to-park and shared-use bays, or £62 per bay as a one-off charge in resident bays. Give at least 5 working days; short notice adds a £62 fee. Spaces are 5.5 metres.
Parking is the line most cheap quotes leave out and most movers discover on the day. Ours is set out before you book: you apply and pay Lewisham Council directly, we confirm the street, the spaces and the date first, and the charge is never added to the removals quote or marked up.
The borough-wide picture, with every scheme the council runs, is on our cheap removals in Lewisham page.
The true cost
Basis: the removals line is rate times crew hours from the published card. The council line is Lewisham Council’s own charge, set and charged by the council: you apply and pay the council directly, and the arrangement for your exact address is confirmed in your written quote. Stairs add £5 per floor where the carry is by stairs.
Man and Van in Lewisham
Man and van in Lewisham suits the smaller jobs: a wardrobe out of a Brockley conversion, a studio move in Catford, a single item from a Forest Hill house, or a part-move between New Cross and Lee. The item list and the carry decide the job: one piece up a Sydenham hill and two flights of stairs is a different booking from the same piece out of a ground-floor flat.
List every item with sizes for bulky pieces and say whether carrying help is needed at both ends. The van stands on a suspension on most controlled streets; the 20-minute loading allowance covers genuinely short stops only. New-builds may need the lift agreed even for one item, and low traffic neighbourhoods can lengthen the drive between the two addresses. Give floors and stair details at both ends.
Describe every item rather than estimating only by room count. Include large furniture, appliances, boxes and anything unusually heavy or fragile, then ask whether the expected load fits the selected crew and vehicle.
Say whether you need help loading, unloading or carrying from upper floors, and whether someone will be available to assist. The crew choice should reflect the work at both properties, not just the number of belongings.
Confirm when the time starts, how additional hours are counted, and whether travel, parking, waiting or other charges apply to your specific booking.
The homes and streets
Most Lewisham moves are between streets that look similar on a map but work differently on the day. Converted flats in Deptford, New Cross and Catford often share an entrance and a single staircase, so large furniture needs measuring against the turns. Estate roads may need a confirmed loading point and a longer carry. Forest Hill and Sydenham add slopes that slow the carry down. If your other address is outside the borough, include its access details too, your quote is built from both ends, not from the Lewisham label alone.
Victorian terraces in Brockley, New Cross and Catford, many converted into flats with shared entrances and turning staircases
Family houses in Lee, Hither Green and Forest Hill, with larger homes climbing the hills towards Sydenham
New-build apartments around Lewisham station and the Gateway development, and towers in Deptford and Catford, concierge-managed with booked lifts
Estate homes and maisonettes across the borough, with their own parking courts and controls separate from the street zones
On the job
Typical way vs Vano
| The typical way | With Vano Removals | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | A day rate quoted on the phone, extras found on the day | A published hourly card, with worked totals in writing before you book |
| Parking | Left for you to discover, or added as a surprise | The Lewisham Council scheme for your street set out on this page, charged by the council and never marked up |
| Deposit | A deposit demanded to hold the date | No deposit. No commitment. |
| Changing plans | The full fee if the date moves | Free cancellation up to 24 hours before; within 24 hours, up to 25% may apply |
Basis: the typical way describes how moves are commonly sold in this market, from our October 2026 competitor research; it is not a quote from any named firm.
How it works
Postcodes, floor, stairs or lift, and a photo of any bay sign outside. For Lewisham, that is what decides the crew and the parking plan. Choose a team using the move details: describe the job, then ask for the crew, vehicle, tasks, duration basis and charges to be set out in writing.
Crew, hours, the parking arrangement and the total, itemised. Quotes are valid for 7 days and there is no deposit to book.
A suspension costs £62 admin per application plus £56 per bay per day in pay-to-park and shared-use bays, or £62 per bay as a one-off charge in resident bays. Give at least 5 working days; short notice adds a £62 fee. Spaces are 5.5 metres. We confirm the street and date before anything is submitted.
We load, carry, transport and unload. Payment is taken at the time of service.
Content updated November 2026. Parking figures on this page are Lewisham Council’s published charges for Lewisham (Lewisham Council (lewisham.gov.uk)); check them again when you apply, as charges can change. Road charges: Transport for London. Waste carrier checks: Environment Agency register. Prices: the Vano Removals published card.
Send both postcodes and the floor details. The written quote comes back with the crew, the hours and the parking plan itemised.
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The published card: Driver Help £70 per hour, 2 Men £85 per hour, 3 Men £100 per hour, with a 2-hour minimum, so the floor is £140. From this page's illustrations: Two-hour man and van job in Lewisham: £85 × 2 hours = £170; Driver Help single run in Lewisham: £70 × 2 hours = £140. Council parking charges are the council's and sit outside the quote.
If the van has to wait in a bay on a controlled street, usually yes: a suspension costs £62 admin per application plus £56 per bay per day in pay-to-park and shared-use bays, with at least 5 working days’ notice. A genuinely short pickup may load inside the 20-minute allowance instead; we confirm your addresses at quote stage.
The removals side is worked from the published card: Two-hour man and van job in Lewisham: £85 × 2 hours = £170. The council side depends on your street: a suspension costs £62 admin per application plus £56 per bay per day in pay-to-park and shared-use bays, or £62 per bay as a one-off charge in resident bays. Give at least 5 working days; short notice adds a £62 fee. Spaces are 5.5 metres. Your written quote confirms the arrangement for your address before you book, and any council charge is paid to the council, never added to our price.
Tell us where the van can legally stand relative to the house, the number of steps on the approach, and the item’s size. A stepped, uphill carry turns a one-item job into a two-person booking, and knowing that in advance keeps the right crew on the van.
£5 per floor for each floor above ground where the team carries by stairs, at pickup, at delivery, or both. Floors served by a lift are not charged, and the ground floor is £0. The written quote itemises every floor charge before you book.
Batch the small jobs into the 2-hour minimum: the single item, the boxes and the bags in one run, measured first so nothing needs a second trip. Driver Help at £70 per hour is the floor at £140 where one mover with the van covers the job; the mover loads and carries at this tier too, and you can lend a hand if you wish but are never required to. Where two people need to be carrying at once, 2 Men at £85 is the honest cheap option, because a one-person job that runs long costs more in hours than it saved on the rate.
When the hours fall faster than the rate rises. On the card, 2 Men for 2 hours is £170 against Driver Help for 3 hours at £210: if the second pair of hands takes an hour off the job, the dearer hour is the cheaper total. Heavy single items, stairs and long carries are where that usually happens.
For a smaller load, yes: a studio or 1-bed flat, a few rooms, one large item or a collection from a shop or seller. List every item with approximate sizes, say whether carrying help is needed at both ends, and the quote will confirm the crew and vehicle fit the job.
We move your belongings to a storage unit rented in your own name, and collect them again when the new place is ready. We are a removals crew, not a storage operator: the unit contract is yours, and our part is the transport at the published hourly card, itemised in the written quote.
No deposit to book. Cancel or rearrange without charge up to 24 hours before your move; within 24 hours, a charge of up to 25% of the quoted price may apply. Quotes are valid for 7 days. Payment is taken at the time of service. Loading, unloading and carrying are included, as are dismantling and reassembly where booked in advance; packing is included only where booked and listed in your quote.
Insurance is as stated in your written quote: ask us to confirm in writing.
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