The cheap way to book man and van in Southwark is not a discount label. It is the right crew size, the Southwark 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 Southwark: 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 Southwark totals £170 at £85 × 2 hours. Parking: southwark charges suspensions per space per day with one admin fee per application. The figures below are the in-force charges from the council’s March 2026 variation notice; the council’s web page still shows the older schedule. Council charges are the council’s and sit outside the quote. For the full service picture, see man and van in Southwark and cheap removals in Southwark ; London-wide, see cheap man and van.
Worked totals
Man and van in Southwark: single items, small flat moves and part-moves from London Bridge to Dulwich, priced by crew and time against your item list and access.
| Illustration | Crew rate | Hours | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Two-hour man and van job in Southwark | £85 per hour | 2 | £85 × 2 = £170 |
| Driver Help single run in Southwark | £70 per hour | 2 | £70 × 2 = £140 |
| Half-day flat move in Southwark | £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 Southwark
Southwark charges suspensions per space per day with one admin fee per application. The figures below are the in-force charges from the council’s March 2026 variation notice; the council’s web page still shows the older schedule.
A suspension costs £53.15 per space per day plus £93 admin, so two spaces for one day come to £199.30. Apply at least 7 days ahead.
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 Southwark 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 Southwark page.
The true cost
Basis: the removals line is rate times crew hours from the published card. The council line is Southwark 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 Southwark
Man and van in Southwark suits the smaller jobs: a wardrobe out of a Bermondsey conversion, a few rooms from a Peckham terrace flat, a single item collected from an Elephant and Castle tower, or a part-move between Camberwell and Dulwich. The price follows the crew and the time the job takes, so the item list and the carry decide it: the same sofa is a different job down three flights of a conversion than out of a ground-floor flat with a loading bay.
List every item with sizes for bulky pieces, and say whether you need carrying help at both ends. Most Southwark streets are controlled, so a job that needs the van to wait usually needs a suspension or a timed loading position, and towers and courtyard blocks may need the lift or loading bay booked even for one item. Give the floor and stair details at both addresses so the crew in the quote matches the carry.
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
Southwark covers a lot of ground in a short distance. Riverside and high-rise flats near London Bridge, Bermondsey and Elephant and Castle usually mean a booked lift, a loading bay and a concierge to check in with. Terraced streets in Peckham, Camberwell and Walworth are more likely to mean stairs, narrow hallways and on-street loading. Dulwich houses tend to have more space at the front but longer carries from the gate. Whichever end is yours, the loading point and the route from door to van shape your quote more than the borough name does.
Warehouse conversions in Bermondsey and around London Bridge, with courtyards, service yards and shared or goods lifts
New-build towers and courtyard blocks at Elephant and Castle, Canada Water and the South Bank, concierge-managed with booked lifts and loading bays, many of them car-free developments
Victorian and Edwardian terraces in Peckham, Nunhead and Camberwell, many converted into flats with shared entrances and no lift
Estates across Walworth and the Old Kent Road corridor with their own parking controls, and larger family houses in Dulwich and East Dulwich
On the job
How it works
Postcodes, floor, stairs or lift, and a photo of any bay sign outside. For Southwark, 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 £53.15 per space per day plus £93 admin, so two spaces for one day come to £199.30. Apply at least 7 days ahead. We confirm the street and date before anything is submitted.
We load, carry, transport and unload. Payment is taken at the time of service.
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 Southwark 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.
Content updated November 2026. Parking figures on this page are Southwark Council’s published charges for Southwark (Southwark Council: suspension of parking bays); 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 Southwark: £85 × 2 hours = £170; Driver Help single run in Southwark: £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 £53.15 per car space per day plus a £93 administration fee, and needs at least 7 days’ notice. Short stops may load under the street’s normal rules instead; we confirm what your addresses need at quote stage.
Take two-hour man and van job in Southwark: removals £170 (£85 × 2 hours), plus the council line: a suspension costs £53.15 per space per day plus £93 admin, so two spaces for one day come to £199.30. All in, the illustration comes to £369.30, before any stair charges (£5 per floor where the carry is by stairs). The council part is paid to Southwark Council, not to us.
Expect a concierge check-in, a booked lift slot and a set move window even for one item. Tell us the floor and the building’s process when you enquire, and the collection is timed to the slot the building allows.
£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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