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Ealing · W5 · Moving van hire
Professional Moving van hire in Ealing, W5
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Ealing fitters · Fixed written pricesBooking moving van hire near Ealing Studios and Walpole Park? Broadway loading windows, permit bays on the villa streets and booked lifts in new blocks, and that is planned into the slot rather than discovered on the day. Prices start at £38 and are fixed before we travel. Doorframes and stair edges are protected with blankets before large items are carried through.
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- Since 2019
W5
- Moving van hire in Ealing W5 from £38, fixed in writing
- Most booked here: van and driver hire by the hour, three sizes to choose from
- 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.
- London Borough of Ealing permits, ULEZ itemised, never hidden
- Trustpilot 4.5· 3,100+ reviews
- Google 3.9· 1,426 reviews
- £5m public liability
- Licensed waste carrier CBDU300454
- Since 2019
- From, small van and driver, per hour
- £38From, small van and driver, per hour
- Ealing homes are flats
- 63%Ealing homes are flats
- Privately rented
- 41%Privately rented
- Households in Ealing
- 18,588Households in Ealing
Overview
Moving van hire in Ealing W5, explained
Moving van hire in Ealing W5 is a fixed-price visit for renter-heavy homes in Ealing, most of them mainly Victorian. 18,588 households sit inside this W5 patch, 63% of them flats, so we quote on access near Ealing Studios and Walpole Park rather than a London average.
How it works
How moving van hire works in Ealing
Five steps, the same on every W5 job, so you know what happens before you commit. New-build and conversion flats lined with dot-and-dab plasterboard on these streets — and broadway loading windows, permit bays on the villa streets and booked lifts in new blocks is what we plan for here.
Step 1
Tell us the load and the postcode
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
Fixed hourly quote
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
Van and driver arrive
The driver loads and straps the van themselves; a second loader, if booked, works alongside them from the same start time.
Step 4
Drive and unload
Furniture and boxes carried in at the new address in the same order they came out, so nothing sits blocking a hallway.
Step 5
Clock stops on the last item
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
Why Ealing customers book us
Local knowledge is not a slogan on this page — it is what stops a bracket coming out of a Ealing wall.
Crew sized to the job
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. Broadway loading windows, permit bays on the villa streets and booked lifts in new blocks.
Booked around your day
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. Ealing Broadway (Elizabeth line, Central, District) is the nearest station, so a W5 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
Ealing walls, not generic walls
We expect dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork in Ealing, with metal stud partitions between rooms, which is what a 63% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Ealing actually produces in W5, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is Ealing gives us short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs, and with 41% of homes here privately rented, it sets the booking date as often as the job does.
Fixed prices
Moving van hire prices in Ealing
Fixed prices for W5 and the rest of Ealing. Van size first, then whether a second loader is needed. 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.
| 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
What's included in Ealing
The same scope across W5, whether the job is a single item or a full room.
Included in the price
- Standard on Ealing bookings: driver who loads and secures the van, not just drives it, allowing for the 41% of W5 homes that are privately rented and need the landlord's sign-off
- Straps, blankets and a trolley carried as standard on every van, noted on the Ealing job sheet so the next visit starts from it
- In Ealing: a two-hour minimum booking so a short local run is never quoted as a full day, timed against the walk in from Ealing Broadway (Elizabeth line, Central, District)
- On W5 jobs: choice of three van sizes so you pay for the space you actually fill, agreed on the doorstep in Ealing before anything is unpacked
- Standard on Ealing bookings: goods-in-transit and public liability cover for the load while it is on the road, arranged with London Borough of Ealing where the kerb needs it
Not included
- Full packing of boxes and wrapping of fragile items, which is booked as a separate packing service, and we will say so before the W5 visit rather than on the day
- Dismantling of wardrobes, beds and flat-pack units unless a second loader with tools is booked, handled by London Borough of Ealing or a specialist contractor instead
- Piano, safe or gun cabinet moves, which need a specialist rather than a standard van and driver, quoted separately if you need it arranged in W5
- Waste disposal — a moving van carries belongings between addresses, not rubbish to a tip, outside the fixed price on Ealing bookings
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Coverage
Where we work around Ealing W5
Moving van hire across Ealing and the W5 district, mapped below.
Also in this area
Other handyman work in Ealing
Same fitters, same W5 rounds, same fixed-price approach.
Man with a van in Ealing
Per-job pricing for a single load or a small flat move, not an hourly van hire.
House removals in Ealing
Whole-property moves quoted as one fixed price from a video survey.
Office removals in Ealing
Desks, IT and storage moved out of hours with a fixed reinstatement date.
Movers near you in Ealing
Matched with a crew that already works your borough's streets and blocks.
Clearance services in Ealing
Standard crews are two people with a 3.5-tonne Luton; bigger clears run two vans or return the same day rather than overfilling.
Furniture disposal in Ealing
Sofas, beds and wardrobes taken away and reused or recycled wherever they still can be.
Most booked alongside this in Ealing W5
Working in Ealing
Ealing W5 at a glance
Published figures for the neighbourhood that covers Ealing — the numbers that actually change a moving van hire quote.
In Ealing (W5) the split is 63% flats to 37% houses over 18,588 households, and the stock is mainly Victorian.
Because 41% of Ealing is privately rented and 14% socially rented, a lot of W5 work is agreed with a landlord or managing agent rather than the person opening the door.
Walls are dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork in Ealing, with metal stud partitions between rooms, which is what a 63% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Ealing actually produces, so the fixing that matters in Ealing is chosen on site — the usual failure here is Ealing gives us short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs, and with 41% of homes here privately rented, it sets the booking date as often as the job does.
The Queen of the Suburbs — Walpole Park, the studios and a busy Broadway. That character decides the practical detail of moving van hire here far more than the borough boundary does. Ealing is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
On access, broadway loading windows, permit bays on the villa streets and booked lifts in new blocks — one reason 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. Fitters travelling in use Ealing Broadway (Elizabeth line, Central, District).
Area at a glance
Ealing W5 by the numbers
Who lives in Ealing 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 Ealing Broadway East and Ealing Broadway West and Ealing Common & Twyford Ave and South Ealing and West Ealing neighbourhood itself — not Ealing-wide averages, and not estimates.
44,021
Residents
Ealing Broadway East and Ealing Broadway West and Ealing Common & Twyford Ave and South Ealing and West Ealing neighbourhood, Census 2021
18,588
Households
Median age 37.2
Flats vs houses
Flats 62.5%Houses 37.4%
Residents by sex
Male48.9%
Female51.1%
Single-person households
31.6%
Privately rented
40.7%
- Median age
- 37.2
- Owner-occupied
- 45.3%
- Social rented
- 13.8%
- Postcode districts
- W5
- Nearest station
- Ealing Broadway
- Parking
- CPZ + ULEZ
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Ealing Broadway East, Ealing Broadway West, Ealing Common & Twyford Ave, South Ealing, West Ealing (E02000256, E02000264, E02000265, E02000276, E02006968) — the published geography that covers Ealing, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the W5 district: 51.5134, -0.3022 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Common questions
Moving van hire in Ealing W5 — your questions.
How much does moving van hire cost in Ealing W5?
Small van and driver, per hour starts at £38 in Ealing across W5, with 14% social-rented stock nearby — and this being London Borough of Ealing territory, 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 this side of Ealing. 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 in this 63% flats neighbourhood — and 41% of W5 homes being privately rented, with Ealing Studios and Walpole Park a few streets away.
What size van do I need for a move in Ealing W5?
Most one-bed moves around Ealing Studios and Walpole Park 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 on W5 jobs — and 14% social-rented stock nearby, with this being London Borough of Ealing territory.
Do I need a parking permit to load a van in W5?
London Borough of Ealing runs controlled parking across much of Ealing around Ealing Broadway (Elizabeth line, Central, District), with Ealing Studios and Walpole Park a few streets away — and 45% owner-occupation locally, 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 Ealing, with 41% of W5 homes being privately rented.
Can the driver carry furniture down from a flat in Ealing?
Yes, a driver alone can manage boxes and light furniture for Ealing (W5) addresses — and 18,588 households on this patch, with 37% of Ealing homes being houses, but with 63% 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.
Is a moving van cheaper than a full house removal in Ealing?
For a small load, yes — you pay for driver and van time rather than a fixed whole-property quote on W5 jobs, with 37% of Ealing homes being houses. With 41% of Ealing homes privately rented, a short-notice room or studio move is the typical booking that suits the hourly rate better than a full removal around Ealing Broadway (Elizabeth line, Central, District) — and 32% one-person households here, with Ealing parking rules in play.
How quickly can you reach Ealing from your Ealing round?
Ealing Studios and Walpole Park is the marker we route to in this 63% flats neighbourhood, with a median age of 37 in this neighbourhood, and broadway loading windows, permit bays on the villa streets and booked lifts in new blocks. A W5 slot added to an existing Ealing round usually lands the same week rather than the next on this side of Ealing, with this being London Borough of Ealing territory.
Is same-day or evening moving van hire available in Ealing?
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 on this side of Ealing, with this being a short walk from Ealing Broadway (Elizabeth line, Central, District). Ealing sits close to Ealing Broadway (Elizabeth line, Central, District) in this 63% flats neighbourhood — and a median age of 37 in this neighbourhood, with 45% owner-occupation locally, so we can usually add a W5 job to an existing Ealing round at short notice.
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