Man and van in North London

What a man and van costs in North London

The table on this page is priced by the hour, with a two-hour minimum, because that is how a man and van job is actually used: a sofa across Wembley, a student’s room from Kingsbury to a hall of residence, a wardrobe collected from a seller in Finchley. One man is from £69 an hour, two men from £80. A half day with two men, which is what a one-bed flat move usually needs, is from £320.

Where the hours go: the drive between the two addresses, the stairs at each end, and how much of it is boxed and ready when the van arrives. A loaded ground-floor flat with a van outside the door is a different job from a third-floor walk-up with parking round the corner, so the quote follows a quick description of both ends.

What a man and van is for

• Single items. A sofa, a fridge freezer, a piano stool, a bed frame, a bike or a set of garden furniture from one address to another.
• Studio and one-bed flat moves. Everything a small flat holds usually fits in one van load with two men.
• Collections and deliveries. Furniture bought from a shop, an auction house, a private seller or a storage unit, collected and delivered on the same booking.
• Student and house-share moves. One room, boxed up, to or from a shared house or halls, at the start and end of each term.
• Loft, garage and shed runs. Old furniture out to storage, or what is not going with you to a house clearance and waste removal job.

Man and van or a full removal?

A man and van is charged by the hour, sends one or two people, and suits a job you can describe in a sentence. A full house removal is priced for the whole move after a survey, sends a crew of two or more with the vans to match, and includes dismantling, blanket-wrapping and placing everything in the right room. Rule of thumb: a studio or one-bed flat is a man and van job, from £320 for a half day with two men. A two-bed or bigger is a removal, from £699, because the hours would add up past that anyway. Not sure which yours is? Tell us what is going and we will say.

How it works

1. Tell us the job. Both addresses, what is going, which floor at each end and whether there is a lift. A photo of the room or the item is the fastest way.
2. Price. We confirm one man or two, how many hours it should take, and the starting figure from the table, in writing.
3. Book. Pick a day and a start time. We work Monday to Sunday, 8am to 8pm.
4. On the day. The van arrives at the time agreed. Our team loads, drives, unloads and puts things where you want them. Anything that has to come apart to get through a door goes back together at the other end.
5. Done. You pay for the hours booked. If it runs over because the lift was out or the seller was late, we tell you before we carry on.

Parking for a man and van job

A van fits a normal parking bay, which makes parking cheaper than for a removals lorry. In the London Borough of Barnet a dispensation for one named vehicle on a yellow line is £51.90 per day with 2 working days notice, and is the cheap route compared with a suspended bay. In Brent a dispensation is £38 for a single yellow line or £73 for a double, for up to four hours, with the council asking for 7 working days ahead. Those are the fees at the time of writing; councils change them every April. Most side streets outside the zones round the stations are free to stop on, and for a two-hour job a driveway or a loading bay is usually enough.

A typical job

A one-bed flat above a shop on Kingsbury Road moving to a ground-floor flat in Wembley Central. Two men, booked as a half day. Boxes and bags were packed the night before, the bed frame came apart in ten minutes, the sofa and a two-door wardrobe were the only awkward carries down the stairs. Loaded in ninety minutes, a fifteen-minute drive, unloaded and the bed back together in under an hour. Finished inside the four hours, from £320.

Where we work

Based at 19 Uphill Drive, Kingsbury, London NW9 0BU, so NW9, NW4, NW7, NW11, HA8, HA7, HA0, HA9 and HA3 are on the doorstep, with Barnet, Finchley and Harrow a short run and central London for collections and deliveries. See Kingsbury, Barnet and all the areas we cover.

Why Sal Removals

Checkatrade member. Fully insured. Our own professionally trained team in our own branded vans, so the people who turn up are employed by us and the van has our name on the side. If the job turns out to need a second person, or storage for a week between flats, we have containerised storage from £20 + VAT a week.

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Call 020 3475 0377, Monday to Sunday 8am to 8pm, or send the job details and we will come back with a price.