Bexley · South London
Man with a Van Crayford, DA1 — From £45 an Hour
Hourly man and van in DA1 — van on the driveway, tail lift straight to the door, from £45 an hour with a two-hour minimum and the rate agreed in writing first.
- Two-hour minimum, no hidden fees
- Goods-in-transit insured
- DBS-checked drivers
- Same-day slots across London
The service, locally
Man with a van in Crayford DA1
We are the man and van Crayford books for the jobs a removal lorry is too big for, right across DA1. Sofas, mattresses, appliances and small moves, loaded and carried in by the driver, from £45 an hour with a two-hour minimum. With 28.4% of local homes flats, most jobs here are carries rather than driveway loads.
- Crayford residents
- 24,194Crayford residents
- Homes that are flats
- 28.4%Homes that are flats
- Privately rented homes
- 16.4%Privately rented homes
- Postcode districts
- DA1Postcode districts
How it works
Three steps and a rate that holds
Send the load and both postcodes
A photo, a list or a marketplace link is enough. We size the van and decide whether your Crayford job needs one mover or two before quoting an hour.
Get the hourly rate in writing
Rate, minimum hours, London Borough of Bexley bay reality and any charges confirmed by message. No deposit, no doorstep re-quote.
We load, drive and carry it in
Van on the driveway, tail lift straight to the door. Blankets, straps and a trolley come as standard, and the clock stops when the last item is inside.
Why us
Why Crayford books our vans and books them again
The hourly rate is the whole rate
£45 for one mover, £65 for two, VAT and fuel inside it. Nothing is added for blankets, straps, the trolley or the drive between your two Crayford addresses.
Billed in half hours, not rounded up
After the two-hour minimum we charge in 30-minute blocks. A job that runs fifteen minutes over costs fifteen minutes, not a whole extra hour.
Drivers who lift, insured and DBS-checked
Every van carries goods-in-transit and public liability cover, and the driver is part of the crew rather than someone who watches you carry a sofa.
Driveway loading in Crayford
Off-street parking is the cheapest van job in London: the tail lift goes down at your door, appliances go on the trolley, and a two-hour minimum genuinely covers a one-bed's worth of furniture.
Fixed rates
Man with a van prices in Crayford DA1
| Job | From | Typical crew and vehicle | Typical duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Man and van, per hour | £45 | One mover + Luton van | 2-hour minimum |
| Two men and a van, per hour | £65 | Two movers + Luton van | 2-hour minimum |
| Single item collection and delivery | £69 | One mover + van | Under 90 minutes |
| Studio or 1-bed flat move | £220 | Two movers + Luton van | 3–4 hours |
| 2-bed flat move | £340 | Two movers + Luton van | 4–6 hours |
| Student or room move | £120 | One mover + van | 2–3 hours |
| Each additional hour | £45 | Charged in 30-minute blocks | As needed |
| Second mover added on the day | £25/hour | Extra pair of hands | Hourly |
| Marketplace, Gumtree or IKEA collection | £75 | One mover + van | 1–2 hours |
| Self-storage run, load and unload | £150 | Two movers + Luton van | 2–3 hours |
| Dismantle or reassemble, per item | £25/item | Inside crew time | 15–30 min per item |
| Boxes and materials starter pack | £35 | Delivered before your slot | Pack of 15 |
| Waiting time after the free 15 minutes | £15 | Per 30 minutes | Only if you need it |
Hourly rates include VAT, fuel, blankets, straps, a trolley and the driver's lifting help. Charging starts when the crew arrives at your collection address and stops when the last item is inside — travel between the two addresses is inside the hourly rate, and Congestion Charge and ULEZ are quoted up front, never added afterwards. Two-hour minimum.
- Parking outside your DA1 door is checked against London Borough of Bexley bay hours before the slot — a legal space is a shorter carry and a shorter bill.
- ULEZ is quoted with the hourly rate and never appears as an extra at the end.
- Access here: Wide roads, driveways and retail-park service access; the town centre is one-way.
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Estimate your Crayford, DA1 van job
Typical price band
£113 – £158
About 2.5 hours · Bed, sofa and a handful of boxes · includes VAT, two-hour minimum
Send a photo of the load and we confirm the hourly rate and the likely hours in writing before the van sets off.
Coverage
Around Crayford and the streets next door
Related services
Other moving services in Crayford DA1
Moving Services in Crayford
Every move we run in DA1 — our general moving page for Crayford.
House Removals
A whole family home in Crayford — survey, lorry and a fixed price instead of the clock.
Office Removals
Evening and weekend office moves so Crayford businesses keep trading.
Packing Services
Boxes packed and labelled before your DA1 van slot starts.
Long Distance Moves
Leaving Crayford for another part of the UK, on a fixed door-to-door price.
Rubbish & House Clearance
Licensed waste carrier for the old sofa the van cannot legally take from DA1.
About the place
Van jobs in Crayford what they actually involve
Crayford sits in Bexley and is the cray river, the greyhound stadium and retail parks on the dartford border. Homes are victorian terraces, post-war semis with drives and new riverside estates. Wide roads, driveways and retail-park service access; the town centre is one-way. That decides whether one mover or two is the cheaper booking for a DA1 van job.
Area at a glance
Crayford DA1 by the numbers
Who lives here and what they live in decides how a clean is priced and how long it takes. These are the published Census 2021 figures for the Crayford and Slade Green & Crayford Marshes neighbourhood itself — not Bexley-wide averages, and not estimates.
24,194
Residents
Crayford and Slade Green & Crayford Marshes neighbourhood, Census 2021
9,135
Households
Median age 34.5
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
25.7%
Privately rented
16.4%
- Median age
- 34.5
- Owner-occupied
- 57.1%
- Social rented
- 26.4%
- Postcode districts
- DA1
- Nearest station
- Crayford
- Parking
- CPZ + ULEZ
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Crayford, Slade Green & Crayford Marshes (E02000072, E02000083) — the published geography that covers Crayford, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the DA1 district: 51.4481, 0.2095 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Questions
Man with a van in Crayford answered
A man with a van in Crayford, DA1, is £45 an hour including VAT with a two-hour minimum, or £65 an hour for two movers. A single item collection and delivery is £69 and a studio or 1-bed flat move starts at £220. The rate is confirmed in writing before the van sets off.
Two hours, and it starts when the crew arrives at your DA1 collection address. If the job takes two hours and ten minutes you pay for two and a half — we bill in 30-minute blocks after the minimum rather than rounding a whole hour.
Yes. Lifting is the job, not an extra. One mover handles boxes, mattresses, flat-pack and most single items with a trolley; for a wardrobe, a sofa bed or anything going above the first floor in Crayford, book two movers — it is usually cheaper because the hours drop.
Often, yes. We hold same-day and next-day slots across Bexley and can usually get a van to Crayford within a few hours for a single item or a small load. Weekend mornings and month-ends book out first, so message early if your date is fixed.
Constantly. Send the listing or the collection address with your DA1 delivery address and we quote a fixed £75 for a straightforward local pickup. We can pay the seller on collection by prior arrangement, and the item is blanket-wrapped for the drive.
A Luton with a tail lift is standard: roughly the contents of a studio or a comfortable 1-bed — a double bed, a three-seater sofa, a fridge freezer, a washing machine, a wardrobe and around twenty boxes. For a 2-bed we quote two movers and either a bigger load or two runs.
We check London Borough of Bexley restriction hours and bay types for both addresses before your slot and tell you if a suspension is worth the fee. Where nothing legal is close, we agree the carry distance with you in advance so the hourly estimate is honest.
Yes — every street in DA1 and the rest of Bexley. Local homes are 28.4% flats and access here means van on the driveway, tail lift straight to the door, both of which we plan around before quoting an hourly job.
Guides
Read before you book three van-move guides
Man with a Van Prices in London: Hourly Rates Explained
What £45 an hour actually buys, when two movers cost less than one, and every charge to ask about.
Read the guideWhat Fits in a Luton Van? A London Load Guide
Room-by-room load sizes, when one van is enough, and when two runs beat a lorry.
Read the guide
Moving a Single Item in London: Sofas, Mattresses and Marketplace Buys
How single-item delivery works, what it costs, and how to measure before you buy.
Read the guide