Whole offices moved in an evening, a weekend or in phases, against a written quote agreed before the day. Office moves are quoted per job; the crew time underneath is on our published card (Driver Help £70/hr, 2 Men £85/hr, 3 Men £100/hr), and small offices typically total £400 to £1,000.
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An office move with us is a per-job written quote built from our published card (Driver Help £70, 2 Men £85, 3 Men £100 per hour, 2-hour minimum). A small office of 6 to 15 workstations typically totals £400 to £1,000 of crew time. Evenings, weekends and phases are standard windows. The boundary is simple: we move the office; your IT team runs the systems. Your IT people disconnect and reconnect; we pack, label, carry and place.
An office removal with us covers the physical move of the whole office: desks and bench systems, crates of desk contents, meeting rooms, reception, storage and archive, and the kitchen kit, carried from the old floor and placed at the new one against your floor plan. Desks, bench systems and storage are dismantled and reassembled where booked, so the new office is set out as a workplace, not a pile.
The scope is set by your inventory and your window, and both are agreed in the written quote before the day: what moves, what stays, what is surplus, which desks are needed first, and where every labelled crate and piece of furniture lands. Workstations are packed with each desk’s kit kept together (the IT section below sets out exactly where our work stops and your IT team’s starts).
The scale line, stated plainly: up to about 25 workstations is priced from the card in a written quote. Above that, or with a server room in scope, we survey first, in person or by video walkthrough, and the quote still lands in writing before you commit.
Worked totals for office moves at the scale we serve, computed from the published card. Check your own inventory against them with the office move calculator, and see our office removal costs page for the same figures in guide form.
| Office move | Crew | Typical time | Typical total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Internal move or micro office, up to 5 workstations, same building or a short hop | 2 Men | 2 to 3 hours | £170 to £255 |
| Small office, 6 to 10 workstations, one evening or one Saturday | 3 Men | 4 to 6 hours | £400 to £600 |
| Small office, 10 to 15 workstations, phased over a Friday evening and a Saturday | 3 Men | 8 to 10 hours in total | £800 to £1,000 |
| Medium office, 15 to 25 workstations, a full weekend with a setup window | 3 Men | 10 to 12 hours | £1,000 to £1,200 |
| Packing add-on: the crew packs workstations and crates for you | 2 Men | Half day (4 hours) / full day (8 hours) | £340 / £680 |
Typical totals from our published hourly card (Driver Help £70, 2 Men £85, 3 Men £100 per hour, 2-hour minimum), checked October 2026. Office moves are confirmed as a written quote for the whole job before you book; the quote, not this table, is your price. The totals are illustrations of crew time: loading, unloading and carrying, blankets and straps, dismantling and reassembly where booked, and placement against your floor plan are included in every booking. Stairs add £5 per floor where the carry is by stairs; lift-served floors are not charged.
Above about 25 workstations, or where a server room is in scope, we survey first (in person or by video walkthrough) and quote the whole job in writing; the crew time is still priced from the same card. A run to storage, or a second drop on the same day, is priced by the time it takes, from the 2-hour minimum (£140).
Five situations cover most small and medium office moves in London. Each is quoted from your inventory and your window, not from a guess.
Usually 2 Men or 3 Men, one evening or a Saturday
Your own desks, chairs and kit leaving a serviced floor or co-working space for a first office of your own. Member property stays separate from the space operator’s furniture, and both buildings’ access rules are planned before the day.
Usually 3 Men, a weekend window
More desks than last time, a meeting room of your own, and a floor plan that has to work on Monday. The classic start-up move: the inventory grows between the quote and the day, so the written quote is built from a walkthrough, not a guess.
Crew sized to the kit count, phased around your IT team
Workstations, monitors and peripherals packed with cables labelled before disconnection, each desk’s kit kept together and placed at the right desk. Your IT team disconnects and recommissions; we handle the physical move.
Priced from the card; surplus sorted before moving day
A smaller floor means desks, chairs and old kit that are not moving. Decide what is not coming before the move (keep, sell, donate, store, dispose) and the move itself stays simple. The surplus section below sets out the legal routes for what is left.
From the 2-hour minimum: £170 to £255 of crew time
Same building, different floor; same estate, different block. No road time to speak of, but the goods lift slot and the building’s permitted hours still rule the job, and the price starts at the minimum ticket.
Not every business premises is an office. Retail units, warehouses, hospitality and healthcare premises are commercial moves, not office moves: see commercial services. For warehouse operations specifically, warehouse moves is the page built for stock, racking and packing stations.
The standard small-office pattern runs Friday to Monday. Your staff leave on Friday; we pack and move across the weekend; desks are placed and crates stacked by Sunday; your IT team reconnects; and you trade on Monday from the new office. Evening moves run the same way in smaller pieces, after your team has gone home.
The price position, stated plainly: the written quote is the price for the window you book, agreed before the day. It is not an hourly meter with a surprise out-of-hours uplift added at the end. If the job overruns its agreed scope, extra time is at the booked team’s hourly rate as shown at booking, and nothing else changes.
The real constraint on a weekend move is not the crew, it is building permission: both buildings must allow the window, and the goods lift and loading bay must be booked for it. The building management section below is the checklist for that.
Some firms cannot close, even for a weekend. A phased move splits the office into stages: departments or floors move in sequence across evenings and weekends, the parts that must stay live stay live, and each stage is set out in the same written quote, so the whole move is priced and agreed before the first crate moves.
One honest line, because it decides whether phasing is right for you: a phased move takes more crew windows than a single weekend move, and the quote shows that difference before you choose it. What you are buying with the extra windows is continuity: no closed day, and a team that never loses its desks mid-week.
The boundary is printed here so there is nothing to discover on the day: we move the office; your IT team runs the systems.
Servers and racks travel as agreed in the written scope once your IT team has prepared them; decommissioning, re-racking and recommissioning are not ours. Where the IT is the job itself, a server room, a comms room or workstation IT at volume, that is IT equipment moves, the specialist page for IT-led work.
Offices move in lidded plastic crates, not cardboard. The pattern that works: one crate per desk, delivered before the move; staff pack their own desk contents; we move the full crates and the furniture; and the crates are collected from the new office once your team has unpacked. Crates stack, they protect screens and files, and nothing gets crushed the way a soft box does under load.
Two honest routes to the crates themselves. Either they are hired from a crate company in your name at published prices (Pluscrates from 45p per crate per week, the standard crate at 77p plus VAT; a small-office crate bundle from about £17.99 per week at phs Teacrate; figures checked October 2026), or you pack into our materials at the card prices: boxes £5 each, protective wrap £15, tape £10 per roll. We do not hire out crates, and we do not mark up yours.
If you would rather we packed, that is bookable too: a packing crew at the 2 Men rate (half day £340, full day £680), set out in the written quote. Our packing services page covers the options in full.
More London office moves are derailed by buildings than by traffic. This is the checklist to work through with both buildings before the date is fixed.
Book the goods lift and the loading bay or dock at both buildings for the same window as the move itself. Most London office buildings have one goods lift and it is shared: if another tenant holds your slot, the crew waits, so confirm both bookings in writing about two weeks out.
Buildings set the hours a move may run, and many allow evenings and weekends only. The crew plan is built around your buildings’ permitted window, so tell us the hours at both ends when you enquire.
Expect a security desk sign-in, and in larger buildings a request for contractor documents before the day. Tell us at enquiry stage what your buildings require and we work to those requirements; nothing is discovered at the desk on the day.
Buildings have rules on protecting floors, lift cars and communal routes, and some specify the materials. We protect the route as the building requires; list the requirement in the enquiry so it is in the plan.
Where the van cannot lawfully wait outside, the council side is a bay suspension or dispensation. Boroughs ask for 2 to 10 working days’ notice (Westminster asks for 10). Suspensions are arranged with the quote information in hand, and any council fee is yours, shown in the quote paperwork.
In managed estates, and across the City and Canary Wharf, estate rules sit on top of borough rules: estate loading regimes, security passes and permitted windows of their own. Confirm both layers in writing before the date is fixed.
Book us 4 to 8 weeks ahead for most small offices, and 8 to 12 weeks ahead for larger ones. But plan the whole move 3 to 6 months ahead, because the long poles are not the mover. Broadband and phones at the new address take weeks, and sometimes months where wayleaves or a multi-tenant building are involved. Goods lift and dock windows in managed buildings are booked weeks out. And the lease dates, break clauses and notice periods are fixed by documents you have already signed.
Two pieces of admin with real deadlines, which most movers never mention: tell Companies House about a change of registered office within 14 days of the move, and notify HMRC separately for VAT within 30 days (PAYE and Corporation Tax have their own updates). Neither is our job; both are on the checklist below the line, and missing them costs more than any crate.
Almost every office move, and every rightsizing move especially, produces things that are not moving: desks that do not fit the new floor, chairs past their best, dead monitors, archive nobody owns. Decide what is not moving first, in five piles: keep, sell, donate, store, dispose. Good desks and chairs sell or donate well in London; start-ups, charities and schools take them, and a buyer or charity collection is a journey we can run for you.
What is genuinely waste is commercial waste, and it has rules. We move the keepers: to the new office, into storage, or to a buyer or charity you name. We are a removals service, not a licensed waste carrier, so we do not take surplus furniture, waste or old IT away for disposal, and we cannot take loads to the tip. Disposal runs through a registered waste carrier, who issues a waste transfer note (keep yours for at least 2 years). Electricals are WEEE: they stay your responsibility until they are properly recycled, and devices that held data need certified wiping or destruction, with the certificate kept.
Any carrier can be checked free on the Environment Agency public register before you hand anything over. The duty of care stays with your business, which is why the paperwork matters: handing waste to the wrong carrier is the producer’s problem, not the carrier’s.
Where move-out and move-in dates do not line up, storage bridges the gap. The arrangement follows the same principle as everything else on this page: the unit is arranged by you, in your own name, at any London storage operator, and we run the transport on both dates. We load the unit on the way out and stack it so the first-needed kit, the desks and equipment your team needs on day one, comes out first on the way back in.
Each run is priced by the time it takes, from the 2-hour minimum (£140). Business storage covers the business case in depth, and storage solutions explains how the transport bill and the facility bill fit together.
| Point of comparison | The typical way | With Vano Removals |
|---|---|---|
| The price | An estimate after a survey, or a platform’s instant figure for a team you have not chosen; out-of-hours uplifts of 15 to 25 percent are published market practice | A written quote for the whole job before you book, built from a published hourly card, with worked totals you can check |
| Who turns up | On platforms, a subcontracted team the platform assigns; at the corporate end, a programme team priced into the job | The firm you spoke to, with a named contact for the booking |
| Deposit and cancellation | Deposits and card holds are common; published platform terms give free cancellation to 48 hours | No deposit to book; free cancellation up to 24 hours before |
| IT | Engineer-led disconnection and recommissioning sold as a specialism, priced from £500 upward in the guides | The boundary stated honestly: your IT team disconnects and reconnects; we pack, label, carry and place |
| Crates | Bundled into the quote at an unstated margin | Hired in your name from a crate company at published prices (from 45p per crate per week), or our materials at card prices |
| Buildings | Approvals treated as the mover’s internal process, and discovered late | A written checklist on this page: lift, bay, hours, sign-in, protection, suspension, before you book |
Based on the published prices, terms and service descriptions of London office removals firms, platforms and crate hire companies, checked October 2026.
Five steps, from the first call to the handover check. For a worked example of how a move like this is planned, desk counts, crates and building bookings included, see our office relocation planning example.
Tell us both addresses, the workstation count and your window (an evening, a weekend, or phases). Tell us the buildings’ requirements at the same time: lift and bay bookings, permitted hours, sign-in, protection rules.
Where the scale needs it (above about 15 workstations, or a server room in scope), we survey in person or by video walkthrough, so the crew, the vehicle and the time are set by what is actually there.
The quote lands in writing with the total, the window and the scope before you commit. No deposit to book, free cancellation up to 24 hours before, and the quote is valid for 7 days.
Crates and furniture move in the agreed order and are placed against your floor plan. Nobody from your team travels in the van: the cab seats are for the crew, so we agree arrival order at both ends instead.
Before we leave, the placed furniture and crates are checked with you against the agreed scope. Payment is at the time of service.
That rating sits beside the service facts on purpose: the published card (£70, £85 and £100 per hour), the written quote before the day, no deposit, and free cancellation up to 24 hours before. Office moves are booked on exactly the same terms as every other move we run.
We cover office moves across London, quoted from the two addresses: the building rules, the windows and the carry at both ends are part of the quote, not an afterthought. Office moves further afield are priced as individual written quotes, on the same card and the same terms.
Prices on this page come from our own published card. Official figures are taken from the sources below.
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The questions office managers ask us, cost first. If you do not see yours, call us. We are happy to help.
Send both addresses, the workstation count and your window, and the quote comes back in writing. No deposit.
07459 180023Office moves are quoted per job in writing, built from our published card: Driver Help £70 per hour, 2 Men £85, 3 Men £100, with a 2-hour minimum. In crew time, an internal or micro office move typically totals £170 to £255, a small office of 6 to 15 workstations £400 to £1,000, and a medium office of 15 to 25 workstations £1,000 to £1,200. Above about 25 workstations, we survey first and quote the whole job in writing. The written quote, not a table, is your price.
Your quote is a written total for the whole job, built from the published hourly card; it does not run on a meter on the day. If the job overruns its agreed scope, extra time is charged at the booked team’s hourly rate as shown at booking. Quotes are valid for 7 days, and there is no deposit.
Yes. Evenings, weekends and bank holiday weekends are standard windows for office work, as long as your buildings permit them. The written quote is the price for the window you book, agreed before the day, not an hourly meter with an out-of-hours uplift added later.
Book us 4 to 8 weeks ahead for most small offices, and 8 to 12 weeks ahead for larger ones. Plan the whole move 3 to 6 months ahead, because the long poles are not the mover: broadband and phones at the new address can take weeks, sometimes months where wayleaves are involved, and goods lift windows and lease dates are fixed by other people. Shorter notice sometimes works; availability decides, so ask with your date.
Your IT team or your IT provider, at both ends: they shut down, disconnect, reconnect and recommission every computer, phone and server. We pack the kit with cables labelled before disconnection, keep each desk’s equipment together, transport it protected and place it at the right desks against your floor plan.
Equipment your IT team has shut down, disconnected and prepared travels as agreed in the written scope. We do not decommission, re-rack, recommission or test systems. Where the IT is the main job rather than part of an office move, see our IT equipment moves page.
No. Crates are hired from a crate company in your name, delivered before the move and collected from the new office after unpacking. Published prices run from 45p per crate per week, with the standard crate at 77p plus VAT and small-office bundles from about £17.99 per week (checked October 2026). If you prefer cardboard, we supply boxes and materials at card prices, and we move crates and boxes whether you packed them or we did.
That is the usual pattern: one lidded crate per desk, staff pack their own desk contents, and personal items go home on the Friday. If you would rather we packed, a packing crew is bookable at the 2 Men rate (£340 for a half day, £680 for a full day) and appears in the written quote.
Goods lift and loading bay bookings for the same window at both ends, the buildings’ permitted hours, security desk sign-in, floor protection rules, and any contractor documents the building requires. Tell us the requirements when you enquire and we work to them. On the street side, a council bay suspension or dispensation needs 2 to 10 working days’ notice depending on the borough.
Yes. Departments or floors move in sequence across evenings and weekends, with what stays live staying live, and every stage set out in one written quote. A phased move uses more crew windows than a single weekend move, and the quote shows that difference before you choose it.
Yes, where booked: desks, bench systems, pedestals and storage units are dismantled and reassembled as part of the booking. List them in the inventory so the time is allowed for in the quote.
Decide before the move: sell or donate what is in good condition (desks and chairs in good order move quickly in London), and we will move items to your new office, into storage, or to a buyer or charity you name. We are a removals service, not a licensed waste carrier, so we do not take surplus furniture, waste or old IT away for disposal, and we cannot take loads to the tip. Office waste is commercial waste: disposal runs through a registered waste carrier who issues a waste transfer note (keep yours for at least 2 years), electricals go through the WEEE route, and devices that held data need certified wiping or destruction. Any carrier can be checked free on the Environment Agency public register, and the duty of care stays with your business.
Yes, by transport. The unit is arranged by you in your own name at any London storage operator; we load it on the move-out date and deliver out of it on the move-in date, each run priced by the time it takes from the 2-hour minimum. Our storage solutions page explains how the transport side and the facility side of that bill work.
The Congestion Charge is £18 per day from 2 January 2026, and ULEZ is £12.50 per day, payable only by vehicles that do not meet the standard (TfL). Any road charges that apply to your move are confirmed in your written quote before you book, so the total you agree is the total you pay.
Insurance is as stated in your written quote: ask us to confirm in writing.
Free of charge up to 24 hours before the move. Inside 24 hours, a cancellation charge of up to 25 percent of the quoted price applies, per the booking terms. No deposit was taken. Quotes are valid for 7 days, and payment is at the time of service.
Send both addresses, the workstation count and your window, and the quote comes back in writing with the total, the window and the scope. No deposit, and free cancellation up to 24 hours before the move.
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