Man with a van in Old Trafford

From £45 an hour with a two-hour minimum for a van and one porter. A studio or one-bed flat move is typically £180, and a two-bed £280. Fuel inside Greater Manchester, blankets, straps and a trolley are all included. Booked most often on the M16 streets around Emirates Old Trafford cricket ground.

The clock starts when we arrive at your Old Trafford address and stops when the last item is in. There is no travel charge to reach M16, and no out-of-area fee anywhere inside Trafford. In Old Trafford that usually means a lift booking and a timed loading bay before the crew sets off.

Pianos, 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 — Stretford customers usually clear those with the same booking. In Old Trafford that usually means a lift booking and a timed loading bay before the crew sets off.

Most M16 van runs 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. Booked most often on the M16 streets around Emirates Old Trafford cricket ground.

Lift bookings and loading-bay slots decide the day here: we confirm the concierge window before the crew leaves the depot, and carry protection for lift cars and communal carpet as standard. Send a short video of the stairwell and the street and we will confirm crew size before the date is held. Match-day crowds, Seymour Park, the Somali and Caribbean communities along Ayres Road and Stretford Road's independents — worth telling us about if it closes your street on the day.

Often, yes — Trafford Council controls loading on most M16 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. Match-day crowds, Seymour Park, the Somali and Caribbean communities along Ayres Road and Stretford Road's independents — worth telling us about if it closes your street on the day.

Once you are moving a full two-bedroom home or more, a house removal with a larger crew is usually cheaper and quicker than hourly work. We will tell you which is better value when we quote. Roughly 7,900 households sit inside these postcodes, so weekend dates here go early.

Yes — Stretford, Whalley Range, Hulme, Moss Side, Chorlton-cum-Hardy and every other Greater Manchester district, each with its own page and the same pricing. In Old Trafford that usually means a lift booking and a timed loading bay before the crew sets off.

Most man-and-van jobs in Old Trafford are covered within 48 hours, and we hold same-day slots back for short-notice work. Evenings and weekends run at the same rate. Crews run from Trafford, so Stretford and Whalley Range journeys carry no out-of-area charge.

Trafford Council runs the loading and permit rules here. Tell us at booking whether there is a driveway, a permit bay, a loading window or nothing at all — the walk-in distance goes into the quote instead of onto the invoice. In Old Trafford that usually means a lift booking and a timed loading bay before the crew sets off.

Yes — single-item collections and deliveries are one of the most common Old Trafford bookings. Send a photo with the doorway and stairs and we will confirm a fixed price rather than run it hourly. Local context matters here: laid out from the 1860s for merchants and clerks; lancashire county cricket club moved here in 1857 and united in 1910, which is why the access varies so much between neighbouring streets.