Survey and fixed quote
A video or in-person survey of your Astley home, then one written fixed price covering crew, van, mileage and materials.
Wigan · M29 · Wigan Council
A Astley removal company with a survey-led fixed price from £395: trained crew, large van, wardrobe cartons, mattress bags, floor protection and furniture dismantled and rebuilt. Whole-home moves across M29, quoted before the date is held.
Colliery terraces at Astley Green, interwar semis along the A580 and modern estates towards Tyldesley. That stock — plus the stairwell, the loft and the parking — sets the van size and crew count on a Astley house move, which is exactly what the survey is for.

House removals · Astley
from £395
Fixed price, set at survey
Removals in Astley
House removals in Astley start with a survey, not a guess. Two bedrooms and up means wardrobe cartons, mattress bags, floor runners and a crew who dismantle and rebuild the beds — priced as one fixed figure before moving day. Colliery terraces at Astley Green, interwar semis along the A580 and modern estates towards Tyldesley.
A three-bed Astley move is a full working day: load, drive, unload, rebuild. We sequence it around completion so the van is loaded before keys drop, and we quote the Astley Green Colliery Museum and its Grade II listed headgear end of the journey with the real walk-in distance included.
Only moving a part-load? Man with a van in Astley starts at £45 an hour. For the full moving line-up, see moving services in Astley.
What the fixed price covers
A video or in-person survey of your Astley home, then one written fixed price covering crew, van, mileage and materials.
Wardrobe cartons, mattress bags, sofa covers, blankets, floor runners and door jamb protection — delivered with the van, no hire charge.
Beds, wardrobes, dining tables and standard flat-pack come apart and go back together at the new address as part of the quote.
Loaded before keys drop, with Wigan Council permit bays booked at both ends so a late release does not cost you an extra day.
If completion slips, the load stays sealed in a secure depot overnight for a fixed fee and delivers first thing — no unloading onto a driveway.
Goods-in-transit cover on every Astley load, £1m public liability, and vetted crew who move homes full time rather than as casual labour.
Move sizes
One van, two crew, most of a working day including reassembly. Priced the same whether you are moving inside Astley or across to Tyldesley.
Large van, three crew, a full day with lofts, garages and garden gear. Roughly 4,600 households sit inside these postcodes, so weekend dates here go early.
Two vans, four crew, survey-led fixed price and a staged load plan. Wigan Council loading rules on the M29 end are checked before the slot is confirmed.
Half the home to the new address, the rest to storage or clearance. Roughly 4,600 households sit inside these postcodes, so weekend dates here go early.
Loaded early, held if keys slip, delivered the moment they land. Booked most often on the M29 streets around Astley Green Colliery Museum.
Pianos, safes, American fridges, gym kit and glass units, quoted at survey. Booked most often on the M29 streets around Astley Green Colliery Museum.
Completion day, planned
Step 1
Survey by video or in person, written fixed quote, date held. Wigan Council loading rules on the M29 end are checked before the slot is confirmed.
Step 2
Permit bays and lift bookings confirmed at both ends; materials dropped off. Booked most often on the M29 streets around Astley Green Colliery Museum.
Step 3
Crew arrives, protection down, dismantling starts, van loaded in room order. Local context matters here: astley green colliery worked the chat moss coalfield from 1908 to 1970; the headgear and engine house survive as a museum, which is why the access varies so much between neighbouring streets.
Step 4
Drive, unload to the room you label, rebuild beds and wardrobes, walk-through. Local context matters here: astley green colliery worked the chat moss coalfield from 1908 to 1970; the headgear and engine house survive as a museum, which is why the access varies so much between neighbouring streets.
Access, parking and timing
Colliery terraces at Astley Green, interwar semis along the A580 and modern estates towards Tyldesley. That stock, the street it sits on and the Wigan Council rules over it decide how long the day takes — so all three are settled at survey, not on the morning.
The crew should be carrying, not circling. We confirm the restriction type on the M29 end, arrange a suspension through Wigan Council where it is worth it, and plan the closest legal standing point to the door. Booked most often on the M29 streets around Astley Green Colliery Museum.
Detached properties usually park the van on the drive, so labour goes into volume rather than carry distance: outbuildings, garden machinery and large-format furniture set the crew size. Crews run from Wigan, so Tyldesley and Boothstown journeys carry no out-of-area charge.
Tell us about the loft, the garage, the shed and anything that will not come apart. It is the unlisted items, not the address, that turn a comfortable day into an overtime one. Crews run from Wigan, so Tyldesley and Boothstown journeys carry no out-of-area charge.
Start times here are set by the access, not the diary: where a lift, a bay or a school-run street is involved the crew starts early and finishes inside the day rather than paying for a second visit. Priced the same whether you are moving inside Astley or across to Tyldesley.
Fixed bands, quoted before we start. What moves the price is access, stair turns, parking distance and the size of the job — not the postcode you live in.
| Package | What it covers | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 2 bed house or flat | One van, two crew, most of a day. | from £395 |
| 3 bed house | Large van, three crew, full day with dismantling. | from £595 |
| 4+ bed house | Two vans, four crew, survey-led fixed price. | from £895 |
Includes protection materials, dismantling and reassembly, and goods-in-transit cover. Packing is quoted separately.
Same service, next door
Crews are routed from Wigan bases with Astley Green Colliery Museum and its Grade II listed headgear as the local reference point, so mileage inside Greater Manchester is already in the fixed price — no out-of-area surcharge.
Our Wigan crews cover Astley weekly, so the house move you book is priced on what Astley homes are really like, not a regional average. Astley Green Colliery worked the Chat Moss coalfield from 1908 to 1970; the headgear and engine house survive as a museum — useful context when you are quoting surfaces, not square metres.
Locally, peat mossland and the East Lancs Road together mean damp, so we bring the products and dwell times that problem needs. The colliery museum volunteers, Astley Green village life and the Bridgewater Canal towpath — we plan access and arrival times around all of it. Coverage runs across M29 and the Wigan streets either side of it.
House removals — Astley
converted mill apartment, a street off Astley Green Colliery Museum and its Grade II listed headgear
3-person crew, 4 hours on site. The recurring local issue applied here too: peat mossland and the East Lancs Road together mean damp, so extra dwell time went on the worst surfaces before the final wipe-down.
House move completed. Finished inside the quoted window with no extra charge.
House removals — Astley
four-bed family home, the M29 side of Astley
2-person crew, 3 hours on site. The recurring local issue applied here too: peat mossland and the East Lancs Road together mean damp, so extra dwell time went on the worst surfaces before the final wipe-down.
House move completed. Agent accepted the property at check-out without a re-clean.
House removals — Astley
first-floor flat, Astley, on our Wigan round
3-person crew, 6 hours on site. The recurring local issue applied here too: peat mossland and the East Lancs Road together mean damp, so extra dwell time went on the worst surfaces before the final wipe-down.
House move completed. Customer moved straight to a repeat booking on the same round.
The numbers behind a house removals 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 M29 and the streets bordering Astley (ONS Census 2021).
About 4,700 homes reachable by a Astley crew with no out-of-area travel charge.
Wigan Council sets the parking, permit and waste rules we work to here.
One of ten Greater Manchester boroughs we cover for house removals.
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 Astley — ONS Census 2021 and mid-year population estimates for the matching built-up area/ward group, rounded. Households — population divided by 2.36, the ONS Census 2021 average household size for Wigan Council. Postcode coverage — Royal Mail postcode districts M29. Figures are indicative and reviewed annually; service performance percentages are Hello Services' own rolling 12-month Greater Manchester figures.
Wigan-borough village on the edge of Chat Moss, with the last pit headgear in Lancashire on its doorstep. Astley Green Colliery worked the Chat Moss coalfield from 1908 to 1970; the headgear and engine house survive as a museum.
The colliery museum volunteers, Astley Green village life and the Bridgewater Canal towpath. The best-known landmark is Astley Green Colliery Museum and its Grade II listed headgear, and the M29 postcodes reach Tyldesley, Boothstown, Leigh, Atherton within a short drive.
For a house move, what matters most locally is the building fabric: colliery terraces at Astley Green, interwar semis along the A580 and modern estates towards Tyldesley. Peat mossland and the East Lancs Road together mean damp, silty drives and a fast traffic film on frontages.
Answers before you book
A two-bed move in Astley starts at £395, a three-bed at £595 and a four-bed or larger at £895. Those are fixed prices after a survey, and they include the van, the crew, mileage inside Greater Manchester, protection materials and dismantling. Priced the same whether you are moving inside Astley or across to Tyldesley.
Link to this answerYes. Every Astley removal is surveyed by video call or in person so the quote reflects the real inventory, the floor, the stairwell and the parking. The figure we give you is the figure you pay unless items are added on the day. Wigan Council loading rules on the M29 end are checked before the slot is confirmed.
Link to this answerOften, yes — Wigan Council controls loading on most M29 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. Priced the same whether you are moving inside Astley or across to Tyldesley.
Link to this answerWith a drive and side access the load runs quickly; the survey concentrates on garages, garden rooms and anything oversized that needs a second pair of hands or a leg-off. Send a short video of the stairwell and the street and we will confirm crew size before the date is held. The colliery museum volunteers, Astley Green village life and the Bridgewater Canal towpath — worth telling us about if it closes your street on the day.
Link to this answerMost M29 house removals 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. With Astley drives and side access the van gets close, so volume rather than carry sets the day.
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 — Tyldesley customers usually clear those with the same booking. Local context matters here: astley green colliery worked the chat moss coalfield from 1908 to 1970; the headgear and engine house survive as a museum, which is why the access varies so much between neighbouring streets.
Link to this answerWigan Council sets the loading and permit rules on these streets. Tell us at survey whether there is a driveway, a permit bay or a loading window and we arrange the bay in advance, so the crew carries rather than circles. Local context matters here: astley green colliery worked the chat moss coalfield from 1908 to 1970; the headgear and engine house survive as a museum, which is why the access varies so much between neighbouring streets.
Link to this answerYes — beds, wardrobes, tables and standard flat-pack are dismantled at your Astley property and rebuilt at the destination as part of the fixed price. Fitted units and glass are noted at survey. Priced the same whether you are moving inside Astley or across to Tyldesley.
Link to this answerTwo to three weeks is comfortable, and end-of-month Fridays go first. We do hold short-notice slots back each week for completion dates that move. With Astley drives and side access the van gets close, so volume rather than carry sets the day.
Link to this answerYes — Tyldesley, Boothstown, Leigh, Atherton, Worsley and every other Greater Manchester district, each with its own removals page and the same fixed-price bands. The colliery museum volunteers, Astley Green village life and the Bridgewater Canal towpath — worth telling us about if it closes your street on the day.
Link to this answerBefore you book
The cheapest quote in Astley 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.
Call 020 3633 4555 and ask what a house move like yours costs from £395 fixed. If a cheaper option fits better — a smaller van, an hourly booking, a different day — we will say so.
Goods-in-transit and public liability cover is in place on every Astley house removal, and claims go to a named account manager here rather than a form.
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.
Every moving service in Astley
Each service below is quoted and crewed for Astley 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 Astley streets, access and parking.



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Print this before moving day in Astley. It covers the Wigan Council parking rules, the access quirks of the local stock (Colliery terraces at Astley Green, interwar semis along the A580 and modern estates towards Tyldesley) and the sign-off steps most people forget.
Covers: Four weeks before — book and confirm · Two weeks before — paperwork and access · One week before — pack room by room · The day before — final prep · Moving day — loading · Moving day — unloading and sign-off · Astley local notes (M29).
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Nicole and Marius were simply amazing today. They helped us deep clean our new home which was left absolutely filthy by the previous owners. Nothing was too much for them, even helping my husband put stuff in the loft! The heat in the property didn’t slow them down and they were so friendly and just… Read in full →
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