Havering · East London
Collier Row Man and Van — RM5, Havering
Hourly man and van in RM5 — 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.
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Man with a van in Collier Row RM5
Collier Row man and van hire covering RM5 and the rest of Havering. Sofas, mattresses, appliances and small moves, loaded and carried in by the driver, from £45 an hour with a two-hour minimum. With 11.5% of local homes flats, most jobs here are carries rather than driveway loads.
- Collier Row residents
- 8,650Collier Row residents
- Homes that are flats
- 11.5%Homes that are flats
- Privately rented homes
- 14.1%Privately rented homes
- Postcode districts
- RM5Postcode 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 Collier Row job needs one mover or two before quoting an hour.
Get the hourly rate in writing
Rate, minimum hours, London Borough of Havering 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 Collier Row 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 Collier Row 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 Collier Row
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 Collier Row RM5
- 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
| 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 RM5 door is checked against London Borough of Havering 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 suburban roads, driveways and easy kerbside loading.
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Estimate your Collier Row, RM5 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 Collier Row and the streets next door
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House Removals in Collier Row
A whole home in RM5 — packed, protected and priced as one fixed job.
Office Removals in Collier Row
Desks, IT and crate runs for businesses in RM5, moved outside trading hours.
Packing Services
Boxes packed and labelled before your RM5 van slot starts.
Long Distance Moves
Leaving Collier Row 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 RM5.
About the place
Van jobs in Collier Row what they actually involve
In this part of Havering, Collier Row is a large residential suburb north of romford with its own shopping parade. Housing is post-war semis and terraces with drives, plus 1960s low-rise flats. so a furniture delivery here often means a bed frame apart, a trolley, and a door held open. Wide suburban roads, driveways and easy kerbside loading.
Area at a glance
Collier Row RM5 by the numbers
Flat share, stairs or a house with a driveway — the housing mix here decides how long a van job takes and what it costs. These are the published Census 2021 figures for the Collier Row & Park Farm neighbourhood itself — not Havering-wide averages, and not estimates.
8,650
Residents
Collier Row & Park Farm neighbourhood, Census 2021
3,167
Households
Median age 38.9
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
23%
Privately rented
14.1%
- Median age
- 38.9
- Owner-occupied
- 74.2%
- Social rented
- 11.6%
- Postcode districts
- RM5
- Nearest station
- Romford
- Parking
- CPZ + ULEZ
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhood Collier Row & Park Farm (E02000468) — the published geography that covers Collier Row, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the RM5 district: 51.6013, 0.1648 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Questions
Man with a van in Collier Row answered
A man with a van in Collier Row, RM5, is £45 an hour including VAT with a two-hour minimum — and Havering parking rules in play, with 3,167 households on this patch, 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 around Romford (Elizabeth line), a mile and a half south, with 74% owner-occupation locally. The rate is confirmed in writing before the van sets off on the streets near Collier Row Lane parade.
Two hours, and it starts when the crew arrives at your RM5 collection address on the Collier Row rounds. 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 for Collier Row (RM5) addresses, with this being London Borough of Havering territory.
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 Collier Row, book two movers — it is usually cheaper because the hours drop on Havering bookings — and 3,167 households on this patch, with 23% one-person households here.
Often, yes. We hold same-day and next-day slots across Havering and can usually get a van to Collier Row within a few hours for a single item or a small load on the Collier Row rounds — and Collier Row Lane parade a few streets away, with 23% one-person households here. Weekend mornings and month-ends book out first, so message early if your date is fixed on RM5 jobs.
Constantly. Send the listing or the collection address with your RM5 delivery address and we quote a fixed £75 for a straightforward local pickup on Havering bookings, with 3,167 households on this patch. We can pay the seller on collection by prior arrangement on the streets near Collier Row Lane parade, with 12% of homes here being flats, 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 on the Collier Row rounds — and 88% of Collier Row homes being houses, with 14% of RM5 homes being privately rented. For a 2-bed we quote two movers and either a bigger load or two runs on RM5 jobs.
We check London Borough of Havering restriction hours and bay types for both addresses before your slot and tell you if a suspension is worth the fee on RM5 jobs, with this being London Borough of Havering territory. Where nothing legal is close, we agree the carry distance with you in advance so the hourly estimate is honest on the Collier Row rounds, with 12% of homes here being flats.
Yes — every street in RM5 and the rest of Havering in Collier Row. 5% 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 for Collier Row (RM5) addresses — and 23% one-person households here, with a median age of 39 in this neighbourhood.
Guides
Plan your Collier Row van move three van-move guides

Man with a Van Prices in London: Hourly Rates Explained in Collier Row RM5
What £45 an hour actually buys, when two movers cost less than one, and every charge to ask about.
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What Fits in a Luton Van? A London Load Guide in Collier Row RM5
Room-by-room load sizes, when one van is enough, and when two runs beat a lorry.
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Moving a Single Item in London: Sofas, Mattresses and Marketplace Buys in Collier Row RM5
How single-item delivery works, what it costs, and how to measure before you buy.
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Student and Room Moves in London with a Man and Van in Collier Row RM5
What a room move costs, how to book around halls handover times, and how to split the bill.
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Man and Van or House Removals: Which Do You Need? in Collier Row RM5
The honest switching point between hourly vans and a fixed-price crew and lorry.
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Self-Storage Runs in London: What a Van Job Looks Like in Collier Row RM5
Loading, access hours, goods lifts and how to keep a storage run to one booking.
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Moving Home Tech and Office Kit in London with a Man and Van in Collier Row RM5
Screens, towers, monitors and a whole desk setup across London — packed properly, one trip, same day.
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Clearance Runs and Tip Trips in London with a Man and Van in Collier Row RM5
What a licensed clearance van can legally take, what it costs by load, and why the cheapest quote is the risky one.
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Evening and Weekend Man and Van Bookings in London in Collier Row RM5
Out-of-hours slots, what they cost, and why a 7am Saturday beats a 6pm Friday every time.
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Booking a Man and Van in London: A Two-Week Plan in Collier Row RM5
From first quote to loading day — what to sort in week two, week one and the morning itself.
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Lift & Block Rules for London Man and Van in Collier Row RM5
Goods lifts, permitted hours and the insurance certificate your building will ask for.
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