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Man with a Van in Oval, SE11
Hourly man and van in SE11 — communal stairs and half-landings carried by hand, from £45 an hour with a two-hour minimum and the rate agreed in writing first.
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The service, locally
Man with a van in Oval SE11
We are the man and van Oval books for the jobs a removal lorry is too big for, right across SE11. Sofas, mattresses, appliances and small moves, loaded and carried in by the driver, from £45 an hour with a two-hour minimum. With 76.9% of local homes flats, most jobs here are carries rather than driveway loads.
- Oval residents
- 8,404Oval residents
- Homes that are flats
- 76.9%Homes that are flats
- Privately rented homes
- 34.1%Privately rented homes
- Postcode districts
- SE11Postcode 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 Oval job needs one mover or two before quoting an hour.
Get the hourly rate in writing
Rate, minimum hours, London Borough of Lambeth bay reality and any charges confirmed by message. No deposit, no doorstep re-quote.
We load, drive and carry it in
Communal stairs and half-landings carried by hand. Blankets, straps and a trolley come as standard, and the clock stops when the last item is inside.
Why us
Why Oval 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 Oval 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.
Stairs and conversions in Oval
Half-landings, tight returns and a sofa that has to come through a door built in 1890. We ask for the floor number and the stair type when you book, so the hourly estimate reflects the carry instead of surprising you at the end of it.
Fixed rates
Man with a van prices in Oval SE11
- 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 SE11 door is checked against London Borough of Lambeth bay hours before the slot — a legal space is a shorter carry and a shorter bill.
- The Congestion Charge and ULEZ are quoted with the hourly rate and never appear as an extra at the end.
- Access here: Match-day road closures around the ground, red routes on Kennington Park Road and permit-only side streets.
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Estimate your Oval, SE11 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 Oval and the streets next door
Related services
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Every move we run in SE11 — our general moving page for Oval.
House Removals in Oval
A whole home in SE11 — packed, protected and priced as one fixed job.
Office Removals in Oval
Desks, IT and crate runs for businesses in SE11, moved outside trading hours.
Packing Services
Boxes packed and labelled before your SE11 van slot starts.
Long Distance Moves
Leaving Oval 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 SE11.
About the place
Van jobs in Oval what they actually involve
Oval sits in Lambeth and is the cricket ground, the gasholders and georgian terraces running back towards kennington park. Homes are georgian and early victorian terraces, mansion blocks and post-war council estates. Match-day road closures around the ground, red routes on Kennington Park Road and permit-only side streets. That decides whether one mover or two is the cheaper booking for a SE11 van job.
Area at a glance
Oval SE11 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 Oval neighbourhood itself — not Lambeth-wide averages, and not estimates.
8,404
Residents
Oval neighbourhood, Census 2021
3,633
Households
Median age 32.5
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
32.5%
Privately rented
34.1%
- Median age
- 32.5
- Owner-occupied
- 28.2%
- Social rented
- 37.5%
- Postcode districts
- SE11
- Nearest station
- Oval
- Parking
- CPZ + C-Charge + ULEZ
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhood Oval (E02000622) — the published geography that covers Oval, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the SE11 district: 51.4898, -0.1116 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Questions
Man with a van in Oval answered
A man with a van in Oval, SE11, is £45 an hour including VAT with a two-hour minimum across SE11, with 33% one-person households here, 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 on this side of Lambeth, with Lambeth parking rules in play. The rate is confirmed in writing before the van sets off on SE11 jobs.
Two hours, and it starts when the crew arrives at your SE11 collection address in Oval. 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 on Lambeth bookings — and Lambeth parking rules in play, with this being London Borough of Lambeth 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 Oval, book two movers — it is usually cheaper because the hours drop on the streets near The Kia Oval cricket ground — and Lambeth parking rules in play, with this being London Borough of Lambeth territory.
Often, yes. We hold same-day and next-day slots across Lambeth and can usually get a van to Oval within a few hours for a single item or a small load across SE11 — and Lambeth parking rules in play, with 38% social-rented stock nearby. Weekend mornings and month-ends book out first, so message early if your date is fixed on the streets near The Kia Oval cricket ground.
Constantly. Send the listing or the collection address with your SE11 delivery address and we quote a fixed £75 for a straightforward local pickup on the streets near The Kia Oval cricket ground, with this being London Borough of Lambeth territory. We can pay the seller on collection by prior arrangement on Lambeth bookings, with 33% one-person households here, 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 in Oval — and 3,633 households on this patch, with this being London Borough of Lambeth territory. For a 2-bed we quote two movers and either a bigger load or two runs around Oval (Northern).
We check London Borough of Lambeth restriction hours and bay types for both addresses before your slot and tell you if a suspension is worth the fee on the streets near The Kia Oval cricket ground — and Lambeth parking rules in play, with 33% one-person households here. Where nothing legal is close, we agree the carry distance with you in advance so the hourly estimate is honest on Lambeth bookings, with Lambeth parking rules in play.
Yes — every street in SE11 and the rest of Lambeth on this side of Lambeth. 9% flats and access here means communal stairs and half-landings carried by hand, both of which we plan around before quoting an hourly job across SE11, with 3,633 households on this patch.
Guides
Plan your Oval van move three van-move guides

Man with a Van Prices in London: Hourly Rates Explained in Oval SE11
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 Oval SE11
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 Oval SE11
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 Oval SE11
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 Oval SE11
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 Oval SE11
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 Oval SE11
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 Oval SE11
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 Oval SE11
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 Oval SE11
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 Oval SE11
Goods lifts, permitted hours and the insurance certificate your building will ask for.
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