London Man and Van

RMV Storage & Removals is an AIM-accredited company with bases in East and North London, running a London man and van service across every postcode inside the M25. Same vans, same drivers, same equipment, whether the job is in Hackney, Kensington, Uxbridge or Romford.

Choosing Between Man and Van and Full Removals

Getting this right at the outset saves money and avoids paying for a service calibrated to a job much larger than yours.

A man and van from RMV covers everything that loads into one vehicle: flat and house moves up to three bedrooms, studio and single-bedroom relocations, furniture deliveries and store pickups, end of tenancy clearances, single items, and small business equipment runs.

The rate is hourly from when we arrive to when we are done, or a fixed amount for collection and delivery work agreed upfront. No site visit needed, no full crew overhead built into the price.

Our London removals service is the appropriate choice when a job genuinely requires the full programme: a home consultation, dedicated packing teams for every room, furniture taken apart and put back together throughout, multiple vans working in coordination. When a move justifies that level of resourcing, that service is available. When it does not, the van rate reflects the actual job.

On Call Seven Days, Short Notice Welcome

London’s rental market generates bookings that do not always give much warning. RMV takes short notice and same-day requests across all seven days of the week when the van schedule has room. Around two weeks of notice secures your preferred date, but the schedule is always worth asking about whatever the timeline.

Van Sizes for London Streets and Property Types

Vehicle selection matters before the van arrives, because parking restrictions, street width and building access decide how much of the day is spent working rather than waiting.

Small Transit Van. Suited to studio and bedsit moves in converted period properties, to single items collected from sellers anywhere inside the M25, and to the narrower residential streets and controlled parking zones where a larger vehicle creates a problem that eats into job time. When the load is small and the street is tight, this is the right vehicle.

Large Transit Van. Handles the majority of London man and van work. A two or three-bedroom move, a flat clearance, a white goods collection from a departing tenant, a small office equipment run, all load into a large transit comfortably. Enough room without making access on a residential street harder than it needs to be.

Luton Van with Tail Lift. The correct van for heavier jobs: the larger Victorian and Edwardian semis with furniture that reflects those dimensions, any move involving heavy machinery or workshop contents, and the kind of load where a tail lift changes the safety equation on the pavement. Also the right choice for longer runs out past the M25, where a fully loaded vehicle needs the right specification from the start.

Every van leaves equipped: blankets for the combination of older solid-wood and modern flat-pack pieces that London homes consistently contain, straps rated for the load, a sack trolley for the tight hallway-to-pavement carries that period properties require, and a route planned around Congestion Charge, ULEZ and red route timing.

What We Do Regularly Across London

Flat and Conversion Moves

The characteristic London job. Purpose-built blocks with a lift and a booking sheet, and converted houses with none of either. Third-floor flats with a communal stair that turns twice, front doors that open onto the pavement, and loading bays with a window measured in minutes. We agree the access conditions when booking, not when the wardrobe is already on the stairs.

First Home and Young Professional Moves

A modestly furnished collection of pieces chosen carefully, often on a short timeline, needing a professional and accurately priced service rather than a full removals operation with overhead built in. These are the jobs this service exists to handle.

Period Terrace House Moves

Victorian and Edwardian terraces run to a specific internal logic: a hallway that narrows as it approaches the stairs, a landing that limits what can be turned, a kitchen extension that is the most awkward exit point in the house. Furniture that has sat in a room for years was often positioned around those constraints, the sofa that came in through the window, the wardrobe assembled on site.

End of Tenancy Clearances

London’s rental sector produces clearance work at the end of every tenancy: belongings that cannot go to the next address, fixtures included in the original let, and general accumulation in properties never thoroughly cleared between tenants. We combine clearance and delivery runs in the same trip where the job allows.

Store Pickups and Furniture Collections

The retail network across London produces a steady flow of single-item collections: furniture from shops and marketplace sellers, appliances, and flat-pack pieces from the out-of-town retail parks. These run as fixed-price jobs, confirmed before collection, with loading help included.

Office and Small Business Runs

Desk and equipment moves, studio relocations, stock runs between sites, and the kind of small commercial job that a full removals crew would overprice. Evening and weekend slots are available where a building needs the work done outside office hours.

Out-of-London and Long-Distance Runs

Moves out of London to the commuter belt and beyond are a well-defined category, people trading proximity for space. We handle these as fixed price runs with routing planned around M25 and arterial timing, which meaningfully affects journey time on a loaded vehicle.

London Pricing: What You Pay Is What You Are Quoted

Rates start at £60 per hour including VAT for one man and van, £85 for two, and £95 for three, each subject to a minimum four-hour charge. The clock runs from when we arrive to when the last item is delivered. Van and driver are billed together, with no separate labour charge alongside the van rate. Fixed prices for collection and delivery jobs are set in writing before the van moves, based on distance, size and weight of the load. Short notice jobs are confirmed before we leave. No additions after the invoice arrives. Our London removals cost guide sets out what different job sizes typically come to.

Fully Insured and AIM-Accredited

Goods in Transit insurance covers every London booking throughout the job. RMV’s AIM accreditation from the Association of Independent Movers is an externally audited standard, assessed by the trade body, not claimed by us. Reviews from across the London postcodes are available on Checkatrade and Trustpilot, published as left.

Cab Seat Available Throughout

You can ride along on any job at no charge. For longer runs where you need to be at the destination when the van arrives, for furniture collections where you are directing the loading, or for any move where travelling with your belongings is the sensible choice, the front seat is yours.

Packing Before the Van Arrives

London homes hold more than they appear to. Loft rooms that have not been addressed in years. Under-stair cupboards packed with the contents of several previous tenancies. Kitchen extensions where every surface is occupied.

Our packing team visits your property in the days before the move to wrap, box and label everything using the right materials for each type of item. Those who prefer to pack independently can order heavy-duty boxes, foam wrap and tape through our packing shop with delivery to any London address. The RMV blog has room-by-room packing guides and a week-by-week moving checklist.

When Moving Out and Moving In Do Not Line Up

Tenancy and completion dates rarely produce a perfect handover. When there is a gap between the end of one address and the start of the next, our storage service keeps your belongings in a fully alarmed, CCTV-monitored facility for as long as the gap requires, with no minimum duration and no penalty for short stays. The van that clears your current address takes your belongings directly to the storage facility; the same team retrieves and delivers them once the new address is ready.

The Areas We Cover

Every postcode inside the M25 is within regular range, with dedicated pages for North London, East London, West London, Hackney, Islington, Kensington & Chelsea, Enfield, Barnet, Romford and Uxbridge, among others. The full list is on our areas we cover page. Work outside London, across the UK and into most of Europe is handled where the job warrants it.

When One Van Is Not the Right Tool

When the scale of a move genuinely requires a full removal operation, multiple rooms, dedicated packing teams and van coordination, our London removals service is available with the proper planning and resourcing behind it. For international relocations, our international removals service handles the European and worldwide logistics end to end.

Book Your London Quote

Whether it is a one-bedroom flat move across two postcodes, a first home in a period terrace, a short notice tenancy changeover, a single sofa collected from a seller, or a longer run out past the M25, call or contact RMV for a no-obligation quote. Available all week, insured for every job, AIM-accredited, and working every London postcode inside the M25.