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Man and Van Hire in Lee, SE12 (Lewisham)
Hourly man and van in SE12 — 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 Lee SE12
Lee man and van hire covering SE12 and the rest of Lewisham. A van, a driver who lifts, blankets and a trolley — for small removals and furniture delivery booked around your day. With 39.4% of local homes flats, most jobs here are carries rather than driveway loads.
- Lee residents
- 15,387Lee residents
- Homes that are flats
- 39.4%Homes that are flats
- Privately rented homes
- 21.6%Privately rented homes
- Postcode districts
- SE12Postcode 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 Lee job needs one mover or two before quoting an hour.
Get the hourly rate in writing
Rate, minimum hours, London Borough of Lewisham 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 Lee 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 Lee 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 Lee
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 Lee SE12
- 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 SE12 door is checked against London Borough of Lewisham 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: Driveways on many streets; Lee High Road is a red route with short bays.
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Estimate your Lee, SE12 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 Lee and the streets next door
Related services
Other moving services in Lee SE12
Moving Services in Lee
Every move we run in SE12 — our general moving page for Lee.
House Removals in Lee
A whole home in SE12 — packed, protected and priced as one fixed job.
Office Removals in Lee
Desks, IT and crate runs for businesses in SE12, moved outside trading hours.
Packing Services
Boxes packed and labelled before your SE12 van slot starts.
Long Distance Moves
Leaving Lee 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 SE12.
About the place
Van jobs in Lee what they actually involve
In this part of Lewisham, Lee is manor house library, lee green's shops and streets of interwar houses. Housing is 1930s semis with drives, victorian terraces and small blocks of flats. so a furniture delivery here often means a bed frame apart, a trolley, and a door held open. Driveways on many streets; Lee High Road is a red route with short bays.
Area at a glance
Lee SE12 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 Grove Park & Lee South and Lee neighbourhood itself — not Lewisham-wide averages, and not estimates.
15,387
Residents
Grove Park & Lee South and Lee neighbourhood, Census 2021
6,151
Households
Median age 37.6
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
27.4%
Privately rented
21.6%
- Median age
- 37.6
- Owner-occupied
- 60.4%
- Social rented
- 17.9%
- Postcode districts
- SE12
- Nearest station
- Lee
- Parking
- CPZ + ULEZ
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Grove Park & Lee South, Lee (E02000668, E02000675) — the published geography that covers Lee, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the SE12 district: 51.4446, 0.0198 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Questions
Man with a van in Lee answered
A man with a van in Lee, SE12, is £45 an hour including VAT with a two-hour minimum on this side of Lewisham, with a median age of 38 in this neighbourhood, 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 in Lee, with this being London Borough of Lewisham territory. The rate is confirmed in writing before the van sets off around Lee (Southeastern).
Two hours, and it starts when the crew arrives at your SE12 collection address in this 39% flats neighbourhood. 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 Lewisham bookings, with 27% one-person households here.
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 Lee, book two movers — it is usually cheaper because the hours drop on this side of Lewisham — and 18% social-rented stock nearby, with The Manor House and its gardens a few streets away.
Often, yes. We hold same-day and next-day slots across Lewisham and can usually get a van to Lee within a few hours for a single item or a small load on this side of Lewisham — and 27% one-person households here, with 6,151 households on this patch. Weekend mornings and month-ends book out first, so message early if your date is fixed on SE12 jobs.
Constantly. Send the listing or the collection address with your SE12 delivery address and we quote a fixed £75 for a straightforward local pickup in Lee, with a median age of 38 in this neighbourhood. We can pay the seller on collection by prior arrangement around Lee (Southeastern), with this being London Borough of Lewisham territory, 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 around Lee (Southeastern) — and 22% of SE12 homes being privately rented, with this being London Borough of Lewisham territory. For a 2-bed we quote two movers and either a bigger load or two runs in Lee.
We check London Borough of Lewisham restriction hours and bay types for both addresses before your slot and tell you if a suspension is worth the fee around Lee (Southeastern) — and 60% owner-occupation locally, with 27% 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 SE12 jobs, with 6,151 households on this patch.
Yes — every street in SE12 and the rest of Lewisham on Lewisham bookings. 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 in Lee — and 39% of homes here being flats, with this being a short walk from Lee (Southeastern).
Guides
Plan your Lee van move three van-move guides
Man with a Van Prices in London: Hourly Rates Explained in Lee SE12
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 Lee SE12
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 Lee SE12
How single-item delivery works, what it costs, and how to measure before you buy.
Read the guideStudent and Room Moves in London with a Man and Van in Lee SE12
What a room move costs, how to book around halls handover times, and how to split the bill.
Read the guideMan and Van or House Removals: Which Do You Need? in Lee SE12
The honest switching point between hourly vans and a fixed-price crew and lorry.
Read the guideSelf-Storage Runs in London: What a Van Job Looks Like in Lee SE12
Loading, access hours, goods lifts and how to keep a storage run to one booking.
Read the guideMoving Home Tech and Office Kit in London with a Man and Van in Lee SE12
Screens, towers, monitors and a whole desk setup across London — packed properly, one trip, same day.
Read the guideClearance Runs and Tip Trips in London with a Man and Van in Lee SE12
What a licensed clearance van can legally take, what it costs by load, and why the cheapest quote is the risky one.
Read the guideEvening and Weekend Man and Van Bookings in London in Lee SE12
Out-of-hours slots, what they cost, and why a 7am Saturday beats a 6pm Friday every time.
Read the guideBooking a Man and Van in London: A Two-Week Plan in Lee SE12
From first quote to loading day — what to sort in week two, week one and the morning itself.
Read the guideLift & Block Rules for London Man and Van in Lee SE12
Goods lifts, permitted hours and the insurance certificate your building will ask for.
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