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Man with a Van in Custom House, E16
Hourly man and van in E16 — kerbside loading in a permit bay, short carry to the van, 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 Custom House E16
Custom House man and van hire covering E16 and the rest of Newham. Single items, studio and 1-bed flat moves, marketplace pickups and self-storage runs — priced by the hour from £45. With 50.3% of local homes flats, most jobs here are carries rather than driveway loads.
- Custom House residents
- 9,552Custom House residents
- Homes that are flats
- 50.3%Homes that are flats
- Privately rented homes
- 24.4%Privately rented homes
- Postcode districts
- E16Postcode 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 Custom House job needs one mover or two before quoting an hour.
Get the hourly rate in writing
Rate, minimum hours, London Borough of Newham bay reality and any charges confirmed by message. No deposit, no doorstep re-quote.
We load, drive and carry it in
Kerbside loading in a permit bay, short carry to the van. Blankets, straps and a trolley come as standard, and the clock stops when the last item is inside.
Why us
Why Custom House 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 Custom House 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.
Kerbside loading on Custom House's terraced streets
Most Custom House jobs are decided by where the van can legally stand. We check the bay and the restriction hours before your slot, park as close as the signs allow, and keep the carry short so the clock is spent lifting rather than walking.
Fixed rates
Man with a van prices in Custom House E16
| 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 E16 door is checked against London Borough of Newham 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: Construction diversions, estate service roads and new blocks with booked lifts.
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Estimate your Custom House, E16 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 Custom House and the streets next door
Related services
Other moving services in Custom House E16
Moving Services in Custom House
Every move we run in E16 — our general moving page for Custom House.
House Removals
A whole family home in Custom House — survey, lorry and a fixed price instead of the clock.
Office Removals
Evening and weekend office moves so Custom House businesses keep trading.
Packing Services
Boxes packed and labelled before your E16 van slot starts.
Long Distance Moves
Leaving Custom House 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 E16.
About the place
Van jobs in Custom House what they actually involve
Custom House is regeneration streets between the docks and canning town, transformed by the elizabeth line. Housing runs to new-build flats, 1960s estate maisonettes and terraced housing. so a man and van job in E16 is timed by stairs and carry distance, not mileage. Construction diversions, estate service roads and new blocks with booked lifts. Aim the van at Custom House station and Victoria Dock.
Area at a glance
Custom House E16 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 Custom House neighbourhood itself — not Newham-wide averages, and not estimates.
9,552
Residents
Custom House neighbourhood, Census 2021
3,330
Households
Median age 32.9
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
26%
Privately rented
24.4%
- Median age
- 32.9
- Owner-occupied
- 26.2%
- Social rented
- 49%
- Postcode districts
- E16
- Nearest station
- Custom House
- Parking
- CPZ + ULEZ
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhood Custom House (E02000749) — the published geography that covers Custom House, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the E16 district: 51.5103, 0.0301 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Questions
Man with a van in Custom House answered
A man with a van in Custom House, E16, 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 E16 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 Custom House, book two movers — it is usually cheaper because the hours drop.
Often, yes. We hold same-day and next-day slots across Newham and can usually get a van to Custom House 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 E16 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 Newham 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 E16 and the rest of Newham. Local homes are 50.3% flats and access here means kerbside loading in a permit bay, short carry to the van, 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.
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What 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.
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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.
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