Croydon · CR5 · Moving van hire
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Coulsdon fitters · Fixed written pricesMoving van hire for Coulsdon (CR5) households — 6,754 of them, 22% in flats. From £38 fixed, one driver as standard on all three van sizes, with a second loader added by the hour where stairs, a lift booking or heavy furniture make a solo load impractical Driver-loaded, straps and blankets included, billed to the minute.
Overview
Booked mostly by owner-occupier-led households around Coulsdon South, moving van hire here covers supply-free fitting from £38. With 22% of Coulsdon's 6,754 homes in flats, lift access and stair carries in CR5 shape the slot length we hold.
How it works
Step 1
Roughly how many rooms or items, and whether there are stairs at either end. That is enough to recommend a van size and a realistic hour count.
Step 2
Van size, minimum hours and any second loader shown as separate lines, plus ULEZ, Congestion Charge or a permit where the postcode needs one.
Step 3
The driver loads and straps the van themselves; a second loader, if booked, works alongside them from the same start time.
Step 4
Furniture and boxes carried in at the new address in the same order they came out, so nothing sits blocking a hallway.
Step 5
Billing runs to the minute past the minimum booking, with no rounding up to a full extra hour for a few minutes over.
Why choose us
One driver as standard on all three van sizes, with a second loader added by the hour where stairs, a lift booking or heavy furniture make a solo load impractical. Steep downland roads, easy driveway parking and a narrow high street.
Same-day and next-day slots are common outside weekend peaks; weekend bookings are best made two to three days ahead in the busier boroughs. Coulsdon South (Southern) is the nearest station, so a CR5 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
We expect some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment, over solid London stock brick — a median age of 41 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here in CR5, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body on these streets — the pattern behind 6,754 households inside the CR5 neighbourhood.
Goods-in-transit and public liability cover apply to every booking. Drivers are DBS-checked where a building requires it, and the vehicle's ULEZ and Congestion Charge compliance is confirmed before the job is booked.
Fixed prices
| Job | From | Typical time | What sets the price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small van and driver, per hour | £38 | Min. 2 hrs | A short wheelbase van fits a handful of boxes and small furniture — the lowest hourly rate because one driver loads alone. |
| LWB Transit-class van and driver, per hour | £48 | Min. 2 hrs | A long-wheelbase van takes a one-bed flat's furniture in a single trip, which is why it is the rate most bookings land on. |
| Luton with tail-lift and driver, per hour | £58 | Min. 2 hrs | The tail-lift removes the need to carry a washing machine or wardrobe down steps by hand, and the box body takes a two-bed load without a second run. |
| Second loader, per hour | £22 | Per hour worked | Optional labour on top of any van size — the driver alone can load light items, but wardrobes, sofas and stairs need a second pair of hands. |
| Each additional hour, any van | Same as base rate | 60 min | No new call-out charge for running over — the clock simply continues at the booked hourly rate. |
| Return trip to a second address same day | £25 | Per trip | Covers the extra mileage and time where a job needs a tip run, a storage drop or a second collection address. |
Small van and driver, per hour
£38 · Min. 2 hrs
A short wheelbase van fits a handful of boxes and small furniture — the lowest hourly rate because one driver loads alone.
LWB Transit-class van and driver, per hour
£48 · Min. 2 hrs
A long-wheelbase van takes a one-bed flat's furniture in a single trip, which is why it is the rate most bookings land on.
Luton with tail-lift and driver, per hour
£58 · Min. 2 hrs
The tail-lift removes the need to carry a washing machine or wardrobe down steps by hand, and the box body takes a two-bed load without a second run.
Second loader, per hour
£22 · Per hour worked
Optional labour on top of any van size — the driver alone can load light items, but wardrobes, sofas and stairs need a second pair of hands.
Each additional hour, any van
Same as base rate · 60 min
No new call-out charge for running over — the clock simply continues at the booked hourly rate.
Return trip to a second address same day
£25 · Per trip
Covers the extra mileage and time where a job needs a tip run, a storage drop or a second collection address.
Domestic prices are the total you pay; landlord, business and letting-agent invoices are plus VAT at 20%. The driver loading their own van is included in the hourly rate; a second loader is booked separately where the job needs stairs or heavy furniture carried. Where a bay suspension, permit, ULEZ or the Congestion Charge applies it is itemised in the written quote before the van is booked, never added afterwards.
Scope
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Coverage
Also in this area
Per-job pricing for a single load or a small flat move, not an hourly van hire.
Whole-property moves quoted as one fixed price from a video survey.
Desks, IT and storage moved out of hours with a fixed reinstatement date.
Matched with a crew that already works your borough's streets and blocks.
Standard crews are two people with a 3.5-tonne Luton; bigger clears run two vans or return the same day rather than overfilling.
Sofas, beds and wardrobes taken away and reused or recycled wherever they still can be.
Working in Coulsdon
Walk Coulsdon from Farthing Downs outwards and the inter-war pattern is obvious: 22% of the 6,754 households in CR5 live in flats, 78% in houses.
12% of households rent privately and 74% own, which is why moving van hire demand here peaks around tenancy changeovers and completion dates.
Coulsdon substrates run to some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment, over solid London stock brick — a median age of 41 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body on these streets — the pattern behind 6,754 households inside the CR5 neighbourhood is the mistake that costs a CR5 customer twice.
Anyone who knows Coulsdon knows the pattern near Farthing Downs: downland village on the North Downs edge, with Farthing Downs above the town. We plan the CR5 visit around it. Coulsdon is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
Steep downland roads, easy driveway parking and a narrow high street. Nearest station is Coulsdon South (Southern), and one driver as standard on all three van sizes, with a second loader added by the hour where stairs, a lift booking or heavy furniture make a solo load impractical.
Area at a glance
Who lives in Coulsdon and what they live in decides how moving van hire is quoted and how long a visit takes. These are the published Census 2021 figures for the Coulsdon and Old Coulsdon neighbourhood itself — not Croydon-wide averages, and not estimates.
17,050
Residents
Coulsdon and Old Coulsdon neighbourhood, Census 2021
6,754
Households
Median age 40.6
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
25.5%
Privately rented
11.8%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Coulsdon, Old Coulsdon (E02000234, E02000237) — the published geography that covers Coulsdon, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the CR5 district: 51.3109, -0.1413 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Small van and driver, per hour starts at £38 in Coulsdon across CR5 — and this being London Borough of Croydon territory, with Croydon parking rules in play, and every job is quoted as a fixed written price before a fitter is booked. Van size first, then whether a second loader is needed on the streets near Farthing Downs. A short wheelbase van suits a few items; a Luton with tail-lift is the rate most two-bed moves land on once the tail-lift's time saving on stairs is weighed against its higher hourly cost on CR5 jobs — and 12% of CR5 homes being privately rented, with this being London Borough of Croydon territory.
Most one-bed moves around Farthing Downs fit a long-wheelbase van at £48 an hour; a two-bed with a washing machine or a wardrobe usually goes better in a Luton with tail-lift at £58 an hour, since the lift saves carrying heavy items down steps by hand in this 22% flats neighbourhood — and 14% social-rented stock nearby, with 12% of CR5 homes being privately rented.
London Borough of Croydon runs controlled parking across much of Coulsdon for Coulsdon (CR5) addresses — and 6,754 households on this patch, with 78% of Coulsdon homes being houses, and loading a van from an unpermitted bay is exactly the situation a suspension is for. We check the street before booking and itemise a suspension only where it is genuinely needed in Coulsdon, with 14% social-rented stock nearby.
Yes, a driver alone can manage boxes and light furniture on this side of Croydon, with this being London Borough of Croydon territory — and 74% owner-occupation locally, but with 22% of homes here being flats, most bookings from an upper floor add a second loader at £22 an hour so a sofa or wardrobe on stairs does not slow the van down to a single item at a time. With 22% of homes in Coulsdon being flats, we plan the route up front.
For a small load, yes — you pay for driver and van time rather than a fixed whole-property quote on Croydon bookings, with 26% one-person households here. With 12% of Coulsdon homes privately rented, a short-notice room or studio move is the typical booking that suits the hourly rate better than a full removal on the streets near Farthing Downs — and 22% of homes here being flats, with 6,754 households on this patch.
Same-day and next-day slots are common outside weekend peaks; weekend bookings are best made two to three days ahead in the busier boroughs for Coulsdon (CR5) addresses, with 6,754 households on this patch. Coulsdon sits close to Coulsdon South (Southern), with 26% one-person households here, so we can usually add a CR5 job to an existing Croydon round at short notice on the streets near Farthing Downs.
Steep downland roads, easy driveway parking and a narrow high street for Coulsdon (CR5) addresses. Where a permit or a suspended bay is needed in London Borough of Croydon it is itemised on the quote before the visit, never added afterwards in Coulsdon — and 14% social-rented stock nearby, with Croydon parking rules in play.
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Free quote · 1-hour reply
Two ways to go: price it yourself on the quote page, or pick a slot on the live booking calendar. Coulsdon CR5 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of croydon.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
