Man and van
Man and van in Edgware
Same crews, same blankets, smaller scale. The useful question is not whether we do it — it is whether a man and van is actually the right size of job for what you are moving.
Is this a van job?
Booking the wrong size is the commonest way a cheap move turns into an expensive one. Here is roughly where the line falls.
- A studio or a one-bedroom flat, especially a part-furnished one
- One room out of a shared house, with everyone else staying put
- A single heavy or awkward thing — a sofa, a wardrobe, an upright piano
- A student move at the start or end of term
- Furniture you have bought that needs delivering properly rather than tied to a roof rack
- Part of a house going into storage while the rest waits
- A two-bed flat with a full kitchen. It looks like a van job and becomes three trips across Edgware, which costs more than the right vehicle would have.
- Anything needing a lift booking and a loading window — the building will want a proper crew and proper paperwork.
- A move where fragile things need packing as well as carrying. That is a packing job with a van attached and should be quoted as one.
- A long run up the M1. One van and one driver on a motorway is a false economy against a properly loaded vehicle.
Describe the job and if it is really a flat removal or a house move, we will say so before quoting rather than taking the booking and finding out on the doorstep.
Man and van — common questions
How is it priced?
By the job, from what you tell us and what we see — not by a clock you have to watch while somebody carries boxes slowly. If we have misjudged the volume we will say so before loading rather than after.
Is the handling the same as on a full move?
Yes. Blankets in the room, corner protection, floors covered. A smaller job is not a licence to be rough with it, and this is the service where most firms quietly drop the standard.
One person or two?
Depends on the load, the floor and whether there is a lift. Stairs and heavy items want two. We will tell you which the job needs rather than sending one and hoping.
Can you help with packing?
We will bring materials and give you a hand with the awkward things. A genuine full pack is a different service and gets quoted as one.
Do you cover Burnt Oak and Queensbury too?
All of HA8 and the edges. Parking is the practical constraint rather than distance — a controlled road still needs arranging whatever size the vehicle is.
Will you take away what I am not keeping?
No. Clearance and waste carriage need a different licence and it is not a trade we are in.
Something small to move?
Tell us what it is, which floor it is on and where it is going. We will come straight back.