Single pieces, part-loads and whole rooms of furniture, moved on a published hourly card from £140. Measured before the day, protected on the van, dismantled and rebuilt where booked, and placed in the right room at the other end.
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Moving furniture with us costs from £140: a single piece across town on the 2-hour minimum, on a published card of Driver Help £70 per hour, 2 Men £85 and 3 Men £100. A wardrobe and bed set between flats is usually £170 to £255; a part-load of several pieces £255 to £340. The crew carries, protects and places every piece, dismantling and reassembly are included where booked, and the total is confirmed in a written quote before you book. No deposit; free cancellation up to 24 hours before.
Real totals for the furniture jobs people actually book, worked from the published card. Moving a whole home instead? See house removals.
| Furniture job | Crew | Typical time | Typical total |
|---|---|---|---|
| One sofa across town, ground floor at both ends | Driver Help | 2 hours (minimum) | £140 |
| One heavy sofa or sofa bed, stairs at one end | 2 Men | 2 hours (minimum) | £170 |
| Wardrobe and bed set between flats, dismantled and rebuilt | 2 Men | 2 to 3 hours | £170 to £255 |
| Store or warehouse collection: two or three new pieces delivered into the room | 2 Men | 2 hours (minimum) | £170 |
| Part-load: sofa, dining table and chairs, two wardrobes and smaller pieces | 2 Men | 3 to 4 hours | £255 to £340 |
| A heavy piece: marble-top table or American fridge freezer, tight stairs | 3 Men | 2 to 3 hours | £200 to £300 |
| Two rooms of furniture in one load, placed room by room | 3 Men | 3 to 4 hours | £300 to £400 |
| One room of furniture into a storage unit you have booked | 2 Men | 2 hours (minimum) | £170 |
Illustrations, worked from our published hourly card (Driver Help £70, 2 Men £85, 3 Men £100 per hour, 2-hour minimum), checked October 2026. Your written quote confirms the total for your job before you book. Included beside every price: 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 (a third-floor flat with no lift adds £15 at that end): 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. The storage row prices the transport only: the unit is rented by you, in your own name, and its rent is your own contract with the operator.
A furniture move is not a small house move. You are not packing a home into boxes; you are moving the big, heavy, awkward things themselves, often on their own: the sofa that has to leave through the door it barely came in by, the wardrobe that only fits in the van dismantled, the table a family has eaten at for twenty years. The job is won or lost on measurements, protection and carrying, and everything on this page is built around those three.
It is also the job where the purchase came first. Half the furniture we move was bought days earlier from a seller, a marketplace listing or a store, and the move exists because the piece is too big for a car and too valuable to risk in one. The other half is furniture already owned, moving between addresses, into storage, or on to family. Either way, the questions are the same: does it fit out, does it fit in, who carries it, and what happens to the pieces nobody is keeping.
Where this page sits among our services: the contents of a whole home are house removals; one item on its own is also covered by single item removals and the man and van card; and a few pieces with the rest of a small home are small removals. The card, the crew and the terms are the same on all of them; this page exists because furniture has its own problems: doors, turns, weight and finishes that mark if you look at them wrong.
Six situations cover most furniture jobs in London. Each is quoted from your list and your measurements, not from a guess.
Usually Driver Help or 2 Men, 2 hours
The sofa bought from a seller three postcodes away, the wardrobe going to your sister, the bed coming out of storage. One piece, one run, protected and placed in the right room at the other end.
Usually 2 Men, 2 to 3 hours
The pieces that will not travel assembled. Taken apart at the old flat, fixings bagged and kept with each piece, carried safely, and rebuilt where they belong in the new one.
Usually 2 Men, 3 to 4 hours
Too much for a car, too little for a house move: a sofa, a dining set, two wardrobes and the smaller pieces around them. One load, one clock, loaded in the order the new rooms need them.
Usually 3 Men, 2 to 3 hours
A marble-top table, an American fridge freezer, a solid oak wardrobe. Weight is planned, not discovered: the crew size is set from your measurements before the day, not argued about at the door.
Usually 2 Men, 2 hours
Store, warehouse and marketplace collection runs: the piece the shop will only deliver to a kerb in three weeks, or the seller who needs it gone today. Collected in your window, delivered into the room.
Priced from your list, one visit
The spare-room or family sort-out: some pieces move with you, some go to a charity you name, some into storage, and the rest are for the disposal route. One visit sorts the carrying; the destinations are agreed before we arrive.
Almost every furniture problem was a measuring problem first. Ten minutes with a tape measure, before the day, is what turns a stuck sofa into a planned job.
The tightest door on the route decides the job, and it is rarely the front door: it is the flat door, the bedroom door, or the turn from the hall. Measure the piece (height, width, depth, and the diagonal for sofas) and the narrowest opening it must pass. Most sofas travel on end or with their feet off; most wardrobes travel dismantled. Send both sets of measurements with the quote request and the plan is made from them, not at the doorstep.
Stairs themselves are straightforward: £5 per floor where the carry is by stairs, stated in the quote, and lift-served floors are not charged. The turn is the real test, especially the half-landing turn in a converted house, where a tall wardrobe needs ceiling height as much as width. Photos of the staircase and its turns tell us more than measurements alone; send them and we will tell you honestly whether the piece goes up whole, comes apart, or needs the third pair of hands.
In blocks, the building is part of the job: lift dimensions and weight limits, protective lift bookings, loading bay slots, concierge rules and the hours removals are allowed. A lift that takes a sofa saves the stair charge and half an hour; a lift booked by someone else on your morning costs both. Tell us the building’s rules when you book and the crew, the time and the total all allow for them.
It happens, and it is better known before the day. If the measurements say a piece cannot come out whole, the options are worked through in order: dismantle it further than it has ever been dismantled, take a different route through the building, or accept that the piece stays and plan the rest of the move around that. What we will not do is discover it with the piece wedged in your hallway and the clock running.
Parking, briefly: unrestricted streets and driveways need nothing, but if the van has to stand on a residents’ bay or yellow lines beyond the loading allowance, a borough suspension or dispensation is needed, and boroughs ask for 2 to 10 working days’ notice. Any road charges that apply to your job (the Congestion Charge is £18 per day from 2 January 2026) are confirmed in your written quote.
Some pieces set the crew size on their own. A marble-top table travels with its top protected separately from its base and three pairs of hands on the carry. An American fridge freezer needs its doors off, its water feed disconnected before we arrive (by you or your plumber: we move appliances, we do not plumb them), and a measured route, because it is taller than most doors are. A sofa bed carries its weight in the mechanism, in the middle, exactly where your hands do not expect it.
Wardrobes are the everyday version of the same problem. A solid wardrobe rarely turns a staircase assembled, so it is dismantled first: doors, shelves and hanging rails labelled, fixings bagged and kept with the piece, and rebuilt plumb in the new room. Flat-pack gets the same treatment, and it is worth knowing that a piece on its third rebuild needs a gentle hand and honest expectations, which you will get from us before the day, not after.
One boundary, stated plainly: a piano is not furniture removal work. It is a specialist move with its own equipment and its own page, piano and special items. Everything else with legs, doors or a finish worth protecting belongs here.
We are a removals firm, not a licensed waste carrier, so we cannot take furniture away for disposal or recycling. We can carry pieces to another address, to a storage unit you have booked, or to a charity you name. Anything for disposal goes through your council’s bulky item collection or a registered waste carrier you appoint.
In practice, a sort-out usually splits four ways, and the split is agreed when you book, so the van is loaded in the right order and nothing travels to the wrong destination:
Pieces carried to your new address, placed in the right rooms like any other furniture move.
Delivery to a charity you name, if it accepts them. Tell us the charity and what it has agreed to take, and the run is planned around its receiving hours.
Pieces held back while you decide: left in place, or carried to a room or a storage unit you have booked, until you know where they belong.
Council bulky collection or a registered carrier you appoint. That route is yours to book: we are not a licensed waste carrier, so the disposal itself is never in our van.
One honesty point on donating: charities can only resell upholstered furniture (sofas, armchairs, padded dining chairs, mattresses) if its fire label is intact. No label usually means the charity cannot take the piece, however good it looks, and it then belongs to the disposal route instead. Check the label before the run is planned, tell the charity exactly what is coming, and we will load around what it has agreed to accept.
And on the disposal route itself: any waste carrier can be checked free on the Environment Agency public register before you appoint one, and the duty of care for items you pass to a carrier stays with you as the householder. Sorting a whole property rather than single pieces works the same way: every item goes to one of the four destinations you set, and anything being disposed of follows the route above.
Protection sits on our side of that line, always: blankets, wrap and straps travel on the van as standard, and a piece is never carried bare because the quote was tight. If a finish is particularly delicate (a polished marble top, a lacquered sideboard, an antique with loose veneer), name it when you enquire and its protection is planned piece by piece. New furniture still in the maker’s packaging travels in it, untouched.
Four steps, planned from your measurements rather than from hope.
The pieces, their dimensions, both postcodes, and the floors, stairs and lifts at both ends. Photos of the tight turns help more than any description: send them with the list if you can.
The quote comes back in writing with the crew size, the time the job should take and the total. It is valid for 7 days, and booking takes no deposit.
Each piece is wrapped or blanketed before it is carried, dismantled where booked, and loaded in the order the new rooms need it, strapped so nothing shifts in transit.
Everything is carried to the right room, positioned, and rebuilt where booked, then checked off with you before we leave. Payment is at the time of service.
More than most people expect. A Luton load takes a three-seater sofa, two wardrobes (dismantled), a double bed and mattress, a dining table with six chairs, a fridge freezer, and the smaller pieces packed around them: chests, bookcases, side tables, the boxes of things that were inside them all. That is a full room and a half of furniture in one trip, which is why the part-load totals above sit at 3 to 4 hours rather than a day.
The limit is rarely volume. It is the piece that will not turn, the top-floor flat with the narrow stair, the collection window at a store that closes at five. Those are planned from your list and measurements before the day. If a job genuinely needs two loads, you will be told from the list, with the total in writing, not at the door with the first load already on.
| Point of comparison | The typical way | With Vano Removals |
|---|---|---|
| The price | A “from” price per item, or a day rate quoted for a two-hour job, with stairs and dismantling surfacing later | A published hourly card, a 2-hour minimum stated with the price, and a worked total in writing before the day |
| Who carries | At the cheap end, you do: self-loading rates mean the customer carries and the driver drives | Our crew loads, unloads and carries at every tier, including Driver Help |
| Protection | A blanket if you are lucky, and a disagreement afterwards if a finish is marked | Blankets, wrap and straps as standard; glass, marble and mirrors wrapped separately and travelled upright |
| Dismantling | Refused at the door when the wardrobe will not turn, or added as an extra nobody mentioned | Planned from your measurements and included where booked, with fixings bagged and kept with the piece |
| Furniture you do not need | Bundled into the same van with nothing said about where it ends up | Four honest destinations: moved, donated to a charity you name, set aside, or disposed of through your council or a registered carrier you appoint. We are not a licensed waste carrier, and we say so |
| 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 |
Based on the published prices and terms of London man and van and furniture collection offers, checked October 2026. The full four-way comparison of every way of moving is on our compare page.
Content updated October 2026. Prices from our published hourly card, checked October 2026. The Congestion Charge figure is from Transport for London. Waste carrier status can be checked on the Environment Agency public register. Charity acceptance, council bulky collection arrangements and store collection windows are your own arrangements, confirmed with the provider and reflected in your written quote.
Send your list of pieces, their measurements, both postcodes and the floors at each end. The quote comes back in writing with the crew, the time and the total. No deposit, and free cancellation up to 24 hours before the move.
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“Best house removal company around. The team at Vano Removals was punctual, hard-working, and handled our furniture with great care. If you need reliable, stress-free local movers or packing services, I highly recommend them.”
“Vano Removals moved our 2-bed flat from Croydon to Sutton last week. The two-man crew arrived on time, wrapped the sofa and TV properly, and finished quicker than I expected. Nothing was damaged. Booking was simple and the final price matched the written quote. Would use them again.”
Common questions about furniture removals, cost first. 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 furniture move is to send your list and your measurements.
07459 180023On our published card: Driver Help £70 per hour, 2 Men £85 per hour, 3 Men £100 per hour, with a 2-hour minimum on every booking. A single sofa across town on the minimum is £140 with Driver Help or £170 with 2 Men. A wardrobe and bed set moved between flats, dismantled and rebuilt, is usually £170 to £255. A part-load of several pieces is usually £255 to £340. Stairs add £5 per floor where the carry is by stairs. No deposit, and your written quote confirms the total before you book.
Yes. One item is the classic furniture removal job: a sofa bought from a seller, a wardrobe going to a relative, a bed coming out of storage. The 2-hour minimum applies, so a single piece starts at £140 with Driver Help. If the piece is heavy, awkward or up several flights, 2 Men at £170 for the minimum is usually the honest recommendation, and we will say so from your measurements rather than discover it at the door. For a few items rather than one, the same crew simply works longer inside the same booking.
Yes, where it is booked. Beds, wardrobes, dining tables and flat-pack pieces are routinely taken apart so they travel safely and pass through doors they would never fit through assembled, then rebuilt in the right room at the other end. Fixings are bagged and kept with the piece. Tell us which items need it when you ask for the quote, so the time is allowed for in the total. If a piece was designed never to come apart, we will say so before the day rather than force it.
Yes. Marketplace and private seller collections, high-street stores and warehouse collections are everyday work. What we need from you: the collection address and a contact who can release the item, a collection window the seller or store agrees to, and the item dimensions. If the seller needs the piece gone by a fixed hour, give us that hour when you book. New furniture still in its packaging travels as it is; assembled pieces are protected by us on the van.
Every piece is wrapped or blanketed before it is carried: furniture blankets for bodies and corners, protective wrap where a finish needs it, and straps in the van so nothing shifts or rubs in transit. Glass tops, marble and mirrors are wrapped separately and travel upright and secured. Drawers are emptied or secured shut, and anything with doors or shelves that travel separately is labelled, so it goes back together in the right place.
That is a measuring question, and it is best answered before the day. Send the item measurements and the tight points (door widths, the turn on the stairs, lift dimensions), with photos if you can. Most pieces that look stuck have a route: legs, feet or doors off, the piece turned on end, or dismantled further than you would expect. If a piece genuinely cannot come out whole, we will tell you plainly from the measurements, before anyone is standing in your hallway holding it.
No. Our crew loads, unloads and carries at every tier, including Driver Help. Driver Help is one mover with the van, and some customers lend a hand with light pieces to keep the job inside the minimum, but you are never required to carry anything. Heavy pieces (a marble table, an American fridge freezer, a solid wardrobe) are planned as 2 Men or 3 Men jobs from the start.
No. We are not a licensed waste carrier, so we cannot take furniture away for disposal or recycling. We can carry pieces to another address, to a storage unit you have booked, or to a charity you name, provided the charity accepts them; upholstered furniture needs its fire label intact for a charity to resell it. Anything for disposal goes through your council’s bulky item collection or a registered waste carrier you appoint, and the duty of care for the items stays with you as the householder.
Yes. Placement in the right room is part of the job, not an extra: tell us where each piece goes and it is carried there, positioned and, where booked, rebuilt. Stair carries are charged at £5 per floor where the carry is by stairs, stated in the written quote; lift-served floors are not charged. Pieces are never left at the door or in the hall unless you ask us to leave them there.
Yes, as transport. You book a storage unit in your own name with the operator you choose; we collect the furniture, load and stack it in the unit, and bring it back out when you are ready. The runs are charged on the hourly card, and the unit’s rent, access and terms stay between you and the operator. We do not hold furniture ourselves, so your pieces sit in a unit under your own contract, with your own access.
Insurance is as stated in your written quote: ask us to confirm in writing.
Ask for a quote with both postcodes, your list of pieces and their measurements, the floors and lifts at both ends, and your date. The quote comes back in writing and is valid for 7 days. There is no deposit to book. Changing your date 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. Payment is at the time of service.
Moving somewhere specific? Send both postcodes with your quote request and the route is confirmed in writing.
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