Man with a Van in Great Wakering
Flexible transport for small and medium moves. Vetted, insured crews across SS3 — with a fixed price agreed before we start, from £45/hr.
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- £1m public liability
- Licensed waste carrier CBDU300454
- Since 2019
Man with a Van · Great Wakering
from £45/hr
Fixed price, quoted before we arrive
- Postcodes
- SS3
- Availability
- 7 days
- Cover
- £1m liability
- Licence
- CBDU300454
What we can show you for Great Wakering
Here is what our man with a van work around Great Wakering looks like in practice.
Great Wakering access and housing notes
SS3 housing stock and loading reality, written for Great Wakering rather than the county.
Man with a Van in Great Wakering: what actually matters here
A Rochford-district village east of Southend towards the Foulness marshes, historically a brickmaking settlement.
The housing stock is Post-war and late-20th-century estate housing with older cottages along the High Street, which decides the tools, protection and crew size we bring to a man with a van job.
The village is at the end of the road network before the MoD land at Foulness, so there is no through route; High Street cottages load directly onto the carriageway.
Great Wakering man with a van jobs live or die on loading: where the van can legally stand, how far the carry is and what floor the property sits on.
From Great Wakering, Little Wakering and Barling through to the SS3 edges of Great Wakering, one price list applies — the address decides the access, not the rate.
Great Wakering shares its round with southend-on-sea, rochford and hockley-and-hawkwell. That local routing is what makes same-week man with a van slots normal here instead of an exception.
Great Wakering is a smaller town, and addresses around The Wakering brickfields and the Foulness marsh edge in particular tend to need the access details confirmed before the van is loaded — we ask about that at quote stage, not on the day.
Further out, Shoeburyness, Star Lane and Samuels Drive sit inside the same footprint — same crews, same fixed man with a van pricing.
Great Wakering to southend-on-sea and rochford is a run the team does regularly, and a man with a van across that route is quoted as a single job.
We ask for the full Great Wakering address rather than just SS3, because the loading point is what sets the man with a van time on site.
Our Great Wakering coverage is recorded down to Great Wakering (SS3), Little Wakering (SS3) and Barling (SS3), which is how we judge access and timing for a man with a van slot.
Our coverage of Great Wakering is recorded as 6 areas rather than one blanket entry, which is why the crew arrives knowing where Great Wakering ends and Samuels Drive begins.
If the Great Wakering diary is full on the day you want, the same crew is usually in southend-on-sea or rochford that week, so the wait is days rather than weeks.
What a man with a van job includes
Man with a van is a driver plus a van, charged by the hour with a two-hour minimum, and it is the right choice when the load is smaller than a full house: a one-bed flat, a student move, a few pieces of furniture, a marketplace collection or a run to a storage unit. Two crew can be sent when there are stairs or heavy items, and the clock starts when we arrive at the pickup address, not when the van leaves the depot.
The van and crew
- Luton or long-wheelbase van with a tail-lift or ramp, swept out before every job
- Driver who carries as well as drives — a second porter is bookable by the hour
- Trolleys, straps, ratchet ties and a set of transit blankets carried as standard
- Goods in transit cover of £10k per load and £1m public liability in place before we load
Loading and transport
- Furniture blanket-wrapped and strapped to the van wall, not stacked loose
- Mattresses bagged and TVs and mirrors carried upright between boards
- Sofas, beds and flat-pack dismantled and rebuilt where it is the only way through a doorway
- Direct drive to the delivery address — we do not consolidate your load with anyone else's
At the other end
- Boxes placed in the room you label, not left in the hall
- Beds and tables reassembled where we took them apart
- Packaging and blankets taken away with us
- A signed job sheet with the start and finish times, so the hours are never in dispute
What changes the price on a man with a van job
- Floor level matters. Third floor with no lift is a slower carry than a ground-floor flat, so tell us the level at both ends and we will send the right number of crew instead of running over.
- Volume is easy to underestimate. A one-bed flat with a full loft or garage is a two-load job in a single van; send photos and we will tell you straight whether it fits in one run.
- Parking, congestion charge and ULEZ where they are genuinely incurred are the only pass-through items on a van job: they are listed separately on the quote at cost, never marked up.
- We do not carry hazardous goods, fuel, paint tins or live plants in a stacked load, and pianos, safes and full-size gym equipment are a specialist quote rather than an hourly job.
- Parking decides the price more than distance does: a suspended bay, a permit or a long carry from the nearest legal stopping point adds time, and we would rather price that honestly up front than start the clock and surprise you.
Great Wakering pricing
Full national rates are on our prices page. Anything Great Wakering-specific — permits, suspensions, long carries — is shown in your quote rather than added afterwards.
Man with a Van prices for Great Wakering properties
| Job | From | What it covers | Typical duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Man with a van (1 mover) | £45 per hour | Min. 2 hrs · Luton or LWB van | 3–8 hours |
| Van + 2 movers | £65 per hour | Min. 2 hrs · stairs and lifts included | 3–8 hours |
How booking works in Great Wakering
Tell us the property
Size, floor level and your SS3 postcode — that is everything we need to price man with a van.
Get a fixed price
One figure for the whole job, in writing, before you commit. No hourly meter and no on-the-day additions.
We turn up and finish
A vetted Essex crew, £1m public liability cover, and the job signed off before we leave.
Reviews for Man with a Van across the UK
4.5 ★ from 3,131 Trustpilot reviewsWas able to hire a van and driver at very short notice. Great value for money. Driver went above and beyond what he should've been expected to do based on my initial description of the job required. The driver also had excellent communication skills and kept me updated at every stage. Office staff very helpful… Read in full →
Used this service recently and can’t fault them at all they were on time did everything I needed and were very helpful. I’d recommend this company.
This is the best man and van with house moving service that I have ever come across! The driver and his mate were very respectful, kind and polite while packing my stuff and they delivered my items with care. I recommend this company to everyone. Their quote was also fair and affordable and they have… Read in full →
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Areas we cover in Great Wakering
Same fixed prices across SS3 — no travel surcharge inside the district.
- Great WakeringSS3
- Little WakeringSS3
- BarlingSS3
- ShoeburynessSS3
- Star LaneSS3
- Samuels DriveSS3
About Great Wakering
Great Wakering lies east of Southend on the way to the Foulness marshes, a former brickmaking village that is now mostly post-war and late-20th-century estate housing with a scatter of older cottages along the High Street. Estate properties load easily; the High Street cottages have no off-street parking and load straight onto the carriageway, which is why town-centre jobs here take an early slot.
It is also a dead end in the literal sense: the road network stops at the Ministry of Defence land beyond the village, so there is no through route and everything arrives and leaves the same way. That makes scheduling simple but unforgiving, and we book a realistic window rather than a hopeful one. The address is in Rochford district under Essex County Council, where recycling centres are booking-only and a van needs a permit — our clearances leave under our own upper-tier carrier licence with a transfer note, so neither applies to you.
Other moving services in Great Wakering
Great Wakering questions, answered.
How much does man with a van cost in Great Wakering?
Man with a Van in Great Wakering (SS3) starts from £45 per hour. The final figure is fixed before booking and reflects the size of the property, the floor level and the access — which in Great Wakering usually means the village is at the end of the road network before the MoD land at Foulness, so there is no through route; High Street cottages load directly onto the carriageway.
Do you cover the whole of Great Wakering?
Yes — every SS3 street, plus the surrounding Essex towns. Crews are routed within the county rather than dispatched from London, so short-notice slots are realistic.
Are you insured for man with a van work?
We carry £1m public liability cover and hold Environment Agency waste carrier licence CBDU300454. Certificates are available on request and the details are published on our trust and credentials page.
How quickly can you book man with a van in Great Wakering?
Same-week slots are standard in Great Wakering, with next-day often available midweek. Month-end tenancy changeovers are the busiest window across Essex, so book those a week or two ahead.
How many hours should I book?
A studio or small one-bed with a straightforward carry is usually two to three hours; a full one-bed with a garage or loft is typically four to five. Book the estimate rather than the best case — we bill the time actually used in 30-minute blocks after the two-hour minimum, so booking a little long costs you nothing.
Will you help carry, or is it just the driving?
The driver carries. That is the difference between us and a van-hire firm. If the job needs two pairs of hands — a sofa bed, a three-storey walk-up, an American fridge — book the van with two movers instead and the whole job usually finishes quicker and cheaper than one person struggling.
Do you take furniture away or to the tip as part of the move?
We can take a small amount of unwanted furniture at the same visit, but it is charged separately because it goes to a licensed transfer station and we pay by weight. We are an Environment Agency registered waste carrier (CBDU300454), and you get the transfer note. If most of the load is waste, a clearance quote is cheaper than an hourly van.
What happens if something is damaged?
Goods in transit cover of £10k per load applies to everything we put in the van, alongside £1m public liability. We note anything already marked or fragile with you before it is loaded, and anything raised within 24 hours of the job is put right under our complaints policy rather than argued about.
Can you do same-day, evening or weekend collections?
Often, yes — same-day depends on where the van already is that morning. Out-of-hours and weekend slots are charged at 1.25× the standard hourly rate, and you are told that before you book, never afterwards.
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Reviews for Man with a Van across the UK
4.5 ★ from 3,131 Trustpilot reviewsWas able to hire a van and driver at very short notice. Great value for money. Driver went above and beyond what he should've been expected to do based on my initial description of the job required. The driver also had excellent communication skills and kept me updated at every stage. Office staff very helpful… Read in full →
Used this service recently and can’t fault them at all they were on time did everything I needed and were very helpful. I’d recommend this company.
This is the best man and van with house moving service that I have ever come across! The driver and his mate were very respectful, kind and polite while packing my stuff and they delivered my items with care. I recommend this company to everyone. Their quote was also fair and affordable and they have… Read in full →
Read all 4 Man with a Van reviews →
Quoted verbatim from reviews customers left on our public Google and Trustpilot profiles. Nothing is edited, shortened beyond the link above, or written by us.