1 man and a van
£45/hour
Driver-porter with a long-wheelbase van. Suits part loads, studios and a single room going abroad.
Manchester · M40 · Manchester City Council
Door-to-door European removals out of M40 on a dedicated van: £45 an hour for one man and a van, £65 an hour for two movers, £1.50 per mile, 1.5 hours of loading and unloading included and the Channel crossing itemised from £180.
As a worked example, New Moston to Nice is about 974 road miles (274 to the terminal, 700 from Calais) and 19.5 hours driving — roughly £2,590 with one man and a van, or £3,010 with two movers, typically 2–3 days.

European moves · New Moston
£45/hr + £1.50/mile
1 man and a van, 1.5 hrs handling included
Moving abroad from New Moston
A European move from New Moston is costed the same transparent way as a UK relocation, with one extra line: the Channel crossing. You pay £45 an hour for one man and a van or £65 an hour for two movers, £1.50 per mile on the travelled distance, 1.5 hours of loading and unloading already included, and the Eurotunnel or Dover–Calais ticket shown separately at around £180.
Quiet interwar suburb north-east of the city, built around Moston Brook and the old Nuthurst estate. We survey the access at both ends before quoting: the floor, the stairwell, the Manchester City Council loading rules near Broadhurst Park and Moston Brook local nature reserve, and whether the destination street can take a long-wheelbase van at all.
Staying in the UK? Long distance moves from New Moston use the same rate card without the crossing.
Published rate card
£45/hour
Driver-porter with a long-wheelbase van. Suits part loads, studios and a single room going abroad.
£65/hour
Two-person crew for a flat or a house. Halves the handling time at both ends and protects the crossing slot.
£1.5/mile
Charged one way on the travelled distance and covers fuel, autoroute and motorway tolls and vehicle running costs.
from £180
Eurotunnel from Folkestone or the Dover–Calais ferry for the van and crew, booked in advance and shown as its own line.
Every estimate on this page already includes 1.5 hours of loading and unloading and the crossing. Extra time runs in 15-minute blocks at the same hourly rate — never rounded up to the hour.
Sample routes, measured distances
Measured from the door in New Moston to the Folkestone terminal, then from Calais to the destination door, at a 50 mph blended average. Handling time (1.5 hrs), mileage at £1.5 and the crossing are already inside every figure.
| Destination | Total miles | Driving | Schedule | 1 man + van | 2 movers + van |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Moston to UtrechtNetherlands · 274 mi to the terminal, 201 mi from Calais | 475 mi | 9.5 hrs | 1–2 days | £1,390 | £1,610 |
| New Moston to AmsterdamNetherlands · 274 mi to the terminal, 204 mi from Calais | 478 mi | 9.6 hrs | 1–2 days | £1,400 | £1,620 |
| New Moston to BordeauxFrance · 274 mi to the terminal, 546 mi from Calais | 820 mi | 16.4 hrs | 2–3 days | £2,220 | £2,575 |
| New Moston to MunichGermany · 274 mi to the terminal, 596 mi from Calais | 870 mi | 17.4 hrs | 2–3 days | £2,340 | £2,715 |
| New Moston to NiceFrance · 274 mi to the terminal, 700 mi from Calais | 974 mi | 19.5 hrs | 2–3 days | £2,590 | £3,010 |
| New Moston to BolognaItaly · 274 mi to the terminal, 783 mi from Calais | 1057 mi | 21.1 hrs | 2–3 days | £2,785 | £3,235 |
| New Moston to MalagaSpain · 274 mi to the terminal, 1289 mi from Calais | 1563 mi | 31.3 hrs | 3–4 days | £4,005 | £4,660 |
| New Moston to AthensGreece · 274 mi to the terminal, 1741 mi from Calais | 2015 mi | 40.3 hrs | 3–4 days | £5,085 | £5,920 |
Prices are estimates from the published rate card, not a quote generated by a black box. Send an inventory and we will hold a fixed door-to-door price.
More destinations we cover
Each figure is the average of the 1-man-and-van and 2-movers-and-van estimate for a standard load, built from the same rate card: £45/hr or £65/hr, £1.5 per mile, 1.5 hrs of loading and unloading and one crossing at £180.
New Moston to Antwerp
Belgium · 414 mi · 1–2 days
£1,345 average estimate
£1,245 with 1 man and a van · £1,440 with 2 movers · 9.8 billable hrs
New Moston to The Hague
Netherlands · 437 mi · 1–2 days
£1,400 average estimate
£1,295 with 1 man and a van · £1,500 with 2 movers · 10.2 billable hrs
New Moston to Rotterdam
Netherlands · 438 mi · 1–2 days
£1,410 average estimate
£1,305 with 1 man and a van · £1,510 with 2 movers · 10.3 billable hrs
New Moston to Eindhoven
Netherlands · 474 mi · 1–2 days
£1,500 average estimate
£1,390 with 1 man and a van · £1,610 with 2 movers · 11 billable hrs
New Moston to Nantes
France · 650 mi · 2–3 days
£1,955 average estimate
£1,810 with 1 man and a van · £2,100 with 2 movers · 14.5 billable hrs
New Moston to Geneva
Switzerland · 751 mi · 2–3 days
£2,215 average estimate
£2,050 with 1 man and a van · £2,380 with 2 movers · 16.5 billable hrs
New Moston to Leipzig
Germany · 844 mi · 2–3 days
£2,460 average estimate
£2,275 with 1 man and a van · £2,645 with 2 movers · 18.4 billable hrs
New Moston to Milan
Italy · 908 mi · 2–3 days
£2,630 average estimate
£2,430 with 1 man and a van · £2,825 with 2 movers · 19.7 billable hrs
New Moston to Porto
Portugal · 1326 mi · 3–4 days
£3,710 average estimate
£3,430 with 1 man and a van · £3,990 with 2 movers · 28 billable hrs
New Moston to Stockholm
Sweden · 1348 mi · 3–4 days
£3,770 average estimate
£3,485 with 1 man and a van · £4,055 with 2 movers · 28.5 billable hrs
New Moston to Lisbon
Portugal · 1524 mi · 3–4 days
£4,230 average estimate
£3,910 with 1 man and a van · £4,550 with 2 movers · 32 billable hrs
New Moston to Seville
Spain · 1540 mi · 3–4 days
£4,270 average estimate
£3,945 with 1 man and a van · £4,590 with 2 movers · 32.3 billable hrs
Do not see your city? We run to every EU country — send the postcode and we will price the exact route from New Moston.
No hidden maths
Step 1
Measured road miles from your Greater Manchester address to the Eurotunnel terminal at Folkestone.
Step 2
Measured road miles from Calais to the destination city, added to the UK leg.
Step 3
Total miles converted to driving hours at a blended average that allows for the terminal wait, then the standard loading and unloading allowance is added.
Step 4
£45/hr solo or £65/hr for two movers, plus £1.50 a mile and one crossing at about £180.
The formula: (UK miles + continental miles ÷ 50 mph + 1.5 hrs) × your hourly rate + (total miles × £1.5) + one crossing at £180. A 700-mile run to Paris or Brussels is therefore about 15.5 billable hours plus £1,050 of travel and the ticket.
What the price buys
The team that loads in New Moston is the team that unloads at your European address. No depot handover, no groupage warehouse, no second set of hands on your furniture.
Eurotunnel from Folkestone or the Dover–Calais ferry, reserved in advance and itemised at about £180 for the van and crew rather than buried in a round number.
Every estimate carries 90 minutes of loading and unloading. Additional time runs in 15-minute blocks at the same hourly rate.
CMR consignment note, an itemised valued inventory and the transfer-of-residence forms your destination country asks for — drafted with you before the van moves.
Double-wall cartons, blankets, wardrobe rails, mattress bags and edge protection travel with every New Moston load, plus dismantle here and rebuild there.
Goods-in-transit cover and European liability apply from the first lift in Greater Manchester to the last box placed abroad.
Border paperwork, handled
Since 2021 a UK–EU household move is an export. It is routine when the paperwork is right and expensive when it is not, so we prepare it with you before the van leaves New Moston.
The international road-haulage document that travels with the load. We complete it and you sign it at collection and again at delivery.
A numbered packing list in English with values. It is what customs read and what any insurance claim is settled against, so it is worth an hour of your time.
If you are moving your home rather than shipping goods, most EU states waive duty on used personal effects owned for six months. We tell you which national form applies.
A tenancy agreement, deed or utility bill for the destination address, plus your Greater Manchester address, satisfies most border checks.
Alcohol above personal allowances, plants, seeds, meat, dairy, fuel, gas bottles and aerosols either cannot travel or need a declaration. We flag them at survey.
These move under separate rules and are never carried on the removals van. We will point you to the right carrier rather than take the booking.
Move day, start to finish
Stage 1
A video or on-site survey confirms the inventory, the access and the crew size, and the estimate becomes a fixed door-to-door price with the crossing itemised. Roughly 4,600 households sit inside these postcodes, so weekend dates here go early.
Stage 2
CMR note, valued inventory and any transfer-of-residence form are drafted, checked and signed while the crossing slot is reserved. Manchester City Council loading rules on the M40 end are checked before the slot is confirmed.
Stage 3
Crew arrives inside a one-hour window, protects floors and frames, dismantles beds and flat-pack and loads to an export plan. Crews run from Manchester, so Moston and Failsworth journeys carry no out-of-area charge.
Stage 4
Tunnel or ferry with the load sealed on the same vehicle. Nothing is trans-shipped and no one else's furniture joins it. Local context matters here: laid out from the 1900s as speculative semis for clerks working in the city; the colliery at moston closed in 1950 and the land became parkland, which is why the access varies so much between neighbouring streets.
Stage 5
The same crew drives the European leg with a tachograph-legal schedule, and you get a delivery window the day before arrival. Crews run from Manchester, so Moston and Failsworth journeys carry no out-of-area charge.
Stage 6
Boxes go to the right rooms, furniture is rebuilt, the CMR is signed off and packing debris leaves with the van. Manchester City Council loading rules on the M40 end are checked before the slot is confirmed.
What the fixed price covers
Access, parking and timing
Bay-fronted 1930s semis with drives and long gardens, plus postwar infill towards Failsworth. That stock, the street it sits on and the Manchester City Council rules over it decide how long the day takes — so all three are settled at survey, not on the morning.
Quiet interwar suburb north-east of the city, built around Moston Brook and the old Nuthurst estate. Loads out of here run best on an early start, before the Manchester school and commuter peak closes the approach roads. We plan the route with that in mind rather than quoting an optimistic drive time. Crews run from Manchester, so Moston and Failsworth journeys carry no out-of-area charge.
A five-minute video walk-through covering every room, the stairwell and the street is enough to fix the price. Anything you add later is quoted before we start, never after loading. Manchester City Council loading rules on the M40 end are checked before the slot is confirmed.
Driveway loading makes these moves efficient. What moves the price is the loft, the garage and the shed, so the survey deliberately opens all three. Crews run from Manchester, so Moston and Failsworth journeys carry no out-of-area charge.
Manchester City Council sets the loading, suspension and permit rules across M40. Where a bay suspension is needed near Broadhurst Park and Moston Brook local nature reserve we apply for it in advance and the cost sits in the written quote, not on an invoice afterwards. Priced the same whether you are moving inside New Moston or across to Moston.
Booked here week to week
If one of these looks like yours, say so when you enquire — we will quote it from the closest job we have already done in Manchester rather than starting from a blank form.
Crossing itemised
A one- or two-day run: loaded here, through the tunnel the same evening and unloaded at the European address, with the crossing itemised rather than hidden in a round number. FC United of Manchester at Broadhurst Park, Moston Brook volunteers and long-settled family streets — worth telling us about if it closes your street on the day.
One man and van, £45/hr
A room or a studio's worth of contents heading abroad at £45 an hour plus mileage, instead of paying a full container rate for half a van. FC United of Manchester at Broadhurst Park, Moston Brook volunteers and long-settled family streets — worth telling us about if it closes your street on the day.
Customs papers included
Two movers at £65 an hour, export-grade cartons, dismantle here and rebuild there, with the CMR note and valued inventory prepared before the van leaves New Moston. Priced the same whether you are moving inside New Moston or across to Moston.
Dedicated van
Fixed collection window and a named delivery date you can give a landlord or a university, with the mileage, hours and ferry or tunnel ticket shown as separate lines on the quote. Priced the same whether you are moving inside New Moston or across to Moston.
Send the property size, access notes and dates. Photos of anything awkward in New Moston — stairs, narrow entries, permit bays — sharpen the price straight away.
You get a written figure for your European move, itemised, normally within a few hours. No survey fee, and no surcharge for travelling to New Moston.
Morning or afternoon, weekly, fortnightly or one-off. Recurring visits keep the same slot, so New Moston clients know exactly when the door will go.
The team works to the agreed spec, walks the finished work with you and only closes the job once you're happy. Anything missed, we come back.
A door-to-door European relocation is only worth booking if the crew turns up, prices honestly and finishes the spec. These are the commitments we hold ourselves to in New Moston.
You get the a door-to-door European relocation price in writing before we start. Access, stair turns and parking are priced in up front, not added afterwards.
Slots are planned around New Moston traffic, permit zones and parking realities, so crews arrive inside the window we promised.
If anything on the a door-to-door European relocation spec is missed, we come back and put it right at no extra cost — that is the whole guarantee.
Cleaning, moving, handyman and clearance all run from the same New Moston scheduling desk, so a multi-part job needs one booking.
Loading in Manchester
Crews load from Broadhurst Park and Moston Brook local nature reserve and the streets around it under Manchester City Council parking rules, and mileage is counted from your door — not from our base — so there is no charge to reach M40 before the run south to the tunnel.
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Booking a european move in New Moston means working around bay-fronted 1930s semis with drives and long gardens — the stock that defines M40. Laid out from the 1900s as speculative semis for clerks working in the city; the colliery at Moston closed in 1950 and the land became parkland. That history is why the interiors here need the attention they do.
Brook-valley damp and clay ground mean mossy paving and green north-facing render on the older semis. We budget time for it rather than rushing the finish. Scheduling fits around fC United of Manchester at Broadhurst Park, and parking is agreed before the van sets off. Coverage runs across M40 and the Manchester streets either side of it.
European moves — New Moston
three-bed semi, a street off Broadhurst Park and Moston Brook local nature reserve
2-person crew, 5 hours on site. The recurring local issue applied here too: brook-valley damp and clay ground mean mossy paving and green north-facing render on the older semis, so extra dwell time went on the worst surfaces before the final wipe-down.
European move completed. Agent accepted the property at check-out without a re-clean.
European moves — New Moston
ground-floor maisonette, the M40 side of New Moston
3-person crew, 6 hours on site. The recurring local issue applied here too: brook-valley damp and clay ground mean mossy paving and green north-facing render on the older semis, so extra dwell time went on the worst surfaces before the final wipe-down.
European move completed. Finished inside the quoted window with no extra charge.
European moves — New Moston
1930s detached house, New Moston, on our Manchester round
2-person crew, 7 hours on site. The recurring local issue applied here too: brook-valley damp and clay ground mean mossy paving and green north-facing render on the older semis, so extra dwell time went on the worst surfaces before the final wipe-down.
European move completed. Follow-up call at 48 hours confirmed nothing needed putting right.
The numbers behind a european moves quote here — how many homes we reach, which authority sets the rules, and how we perform across Greater Manchester.
About 11,000 usual residents across M40 and the streets bordering New Moston (ONS Census 2021).
About 4,700 homes reachable by a New Moston crew with no out-of-area travel charge.
Manchester City Council sets the parking, permit and waste rules we work to here.
One of ten Greater Manchester boroughs we cover for european moves.
Greater Manchester rolling twelve-month average across all cleaning bookings.
Verified post-job reviews from Greater Manchester households and businesses.
Requests received before 4pm on a working day, measured region-wide.
Sources: resident population for New Moston — ONS Census 2021 and mid-year population estimates for the matching built-up area/ward group, rounded. Households — population divided by 2.35, the ONS Census 2021 average household size for Manchester City Council. Postcode coverage — Royal Mail postcode districts M40. Figures are indicative and reviewed annually; service performance percentages are Hello Services' own rolling 12-month Greater Manchester figures.
Quiet interwar suburb north-east of the city, built around Moston Brook and the old Nuthurst estate. Laid out from the 1900s as speculative semis for clerks working in the city; the colliery at Moston closed in 1950 and the land became parkland.
FC United of Manchester at Broadhurst Park, Moston Brook volunteers and long-settled family streets. The best-known landmark is Broadhurst Park and Moston Brook local nature reserve, and the M40 postcodes reach Moston, Failsworth, Blackley, Harpurhey within a short drive.
For an European move, what matters most locally is the building fabric: bay-fronted 1930s semis with drives and long gardens, plus postwar infill towards Failsworth. Brook-valley damp and clay ground mean mossy paving and green north-facing render on the older semis.
Answers before you book
About 457 road miles door to door (274 to the terminal, 183 from Calais) and roughly 9.1 hours of driving. With the 1.5 hours of handling and the crossing included, that estimates at around £1,345 for one man and a van, or £1,555 for two movers and a van — typically 1–2 days. Local context matters here: laid out from the 1900s as speculative semis for clerks working in the city; the colliery at moston closed in 1950 and the land became parkland, which is why the access varies so much between neighbouring streets.
Link to this answerBarcelona is about 1100 miles and estimates at £2,890 solo or £3,360 with two movers (3–4 days). Amsterdam is far shorter at roughly 478 miles — around £1,400 or £1,620, usually 1–2 days. Priced the same whether you are moving inside New Moston or across to Moston.
Link to this answerMost M40 European relocations finish inside a working day. Floor level, lift availability and carry distance change that more than the size of the property, which is why we time the job from the survey rather than the bedroom count. Crews run from Manchester, so Moston and Failsworth journeys carry no out-of-area charge.
Link to this answerPianos, safes, American fridges, gym equipment and large glass units all move, but they are quoted at survey because they need extra crew or kit. Paint, fuel, gas bottles and perishables we cannot legally carry — Moston customers usually clear those with the same booking. FC United of Manchester at Broadhurst Park, Moston Brook volunteers and long-settled family streets — worth telling us about if it closes your street on the day.
Link to this answerWe prepare the CMR consignment note and the packing list with you, and tell you exactly which transfer-of-residence or import forms the destination country wants. You sign them; we carry them. Local context matters here: laid out from the 1900s as speculative semis for clerks working in the city; the colliery at moston closed in 1950 and the land became parkland, which is why the access varies so much between neighbouring streets.
Link to this answerSemis here usually give you a driveway or a dropped kerb, which keeps the carry short — the time goes into loft contents, garage shelving and the garden kit people forget to mention until the day. Send a short video of the stairwell and the street and we will confirm crew size before the date is held. Crews run from Manchester, so Moston and Failsworth journeys carry no out-of-area charge.
Link to this answerOften, yes — Manchester City Council controls loading on most M40 streets. We check your street at survey and, where a suspension saves a long carry, we apply for it and show the cost in the quote before you accept it. Manchester City Council loading rules on the M40 end are checked before the slot is confirmed.
Link to this answerThe load goes into secure storage here or near the destination and is delivered on the date you name. Storage is billed per week and the crossing is booked once the date is fixed. Manchester City Council loading rules on the M40 end are checked before the slot is confirmed.
Link to this answerYes, subject to crossing availability. Eurotunnel slots in July, August and the last week of any month sell out first, so a fortnight's notice usually saves money as well as stress. Roughly 4,600 households sit inside these postcodes, so weekend dates here go early.
Link to this answerThey are honest estimates from the published rate card using measured distances. Send an inventory and the access details at both ends and we convert the estimate into a fixed door-to-door price we hold, crossing included. Booked most often on the M40 streets around Broadhurst Park.
Link to this answerYes — Moston, Failsworth, Blackley, Harpurhey, Newton Heath and every other Greater Manchester district, each with its own page, sample routes and the same rate card. Most New Moston properties give us a driveway, so the hours go into lofts, garages and garden kit.
Link to this answerMiles to the Folkestone terminal plus miles from Calais to your new address, divided by 50 mph, plus 1.5 hours of loading and unloading, multiplied by £45/hr for one man and a van or £65/hr for two movers — then £1.50 for every mile travelled and one crossing at about £180. Nothing else is added unless you book packing or storage. Local context matters here: laid out from the 1900s as speculative semis for clerks working in the city; the colliery at moston closed in 1950 and the land became parkland, which is why the access varies so much between neighbouring streets.
Link to this answerNo. Mileage is counted from your New Moston door onwards, not from our base, so there is no charge to reach M40. Crews run from Manchester, so Moston and Failsworth journeys carry no out-of-area charge.
Link to this answerA CMR consignment note, an itemised valued inventory and, in most cases, the destination country's transfer-of-residence form for used personal effects. We prepare the first two with you and tell you which national form applies. Crews run from Manchester, so Moston and Failsworth journeys carry no out-of-area charge.
Link to this answerAlso booked in New Moston
A driver and a Luton or LWB van for part-loads, single items and small flat moves, priced by the hour or as a fixed load.
Van + 1 (hourly) · from £45/hr
A full home removal with a trained crew, proper protection and a completion-day plan that survives a late key release.
2 bed house or flat · from £395
Full or part packing by the crew who will carry it, with every carton labelled by room so unpacking is not a treasure hunt.
Materials only · from £65
An out-of-hours business relocation with crates, IT handling and a floor plan, so staff log in on Monday as though nothing happened.
Studio / small office (up to 10 desks) · from £650
A door-to-door UK relocation on a fixed price, with one crew loading and unloading so nothing is trans-shipped between depots.
Up to 150 miles · from £650
Before you book
The cheapest quote in New Moston is usually the one with the least written down. Here is exactly what our price covers and what happens when the day does not go to plan.
Access, stair turns, parking and carry distance are all priced at survey. If nothing is added to the inventory, the M40 figure you accepted is the figure you pay.
Your load stays sealed and insured overnight for a fixed fee and delivers first thing — we do not unload onto a driveway or re-quote the second day at short-notice rates.
Goods-in-transit and public liability cover is in place on every New Moston European relocation, and claims go to a named account manager here rather than a form.
Call 020 3633 4555 and ask what a European move like yours costs priced by miles, hours and one crossing. If a cheaper option fits better — a smaller van, an hourly booking, a different day — we will say so.
Booked with your European move
A move in Manchester is rarely just a van. These are the jobs our New Moston crews are asked for in the same week — clearing what is not worth transporting, packing, reinstating shelves and fixings, and getting both properties clean — each on its own page with its own pricing.
Every moving service in New Moston
Each service below is quoted and crewed for New Moston specifically — same team, same vans, different job. Pick the one that matches your move, or step back up to the hub to compare them side by side.
On the job
Photographs from Hello Services moves, with notes on how the same approach applies to New Moston streets, access and parking.



Free download
Print this before moving day in New Moston. It covers the Manchester City Council parking rules, the access quirks of the local stock (Bay-fronted 1930s semis with drives and long gardens, plus postwar infill towards Failsworth) and the sign-off steps most people forget.
Keep exploring New Moston
Everything below is a real Manchester page with its own pricing, access notes and crew — the services New Moston customers book around this service, and the same line-up in the neighbouring districts we cover from the Broadhurst Park and Moston Brook local nature reserve side of the borough.
Each neighbouring district links straight to this service there, plus the two services most often booked with it.
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