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Hillingdon · UB10 · Moving van hire
Professional Moving van hire in Ickenham, UB10
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Ickenham fitters · Fixed written pricesWe provide moving van hire in Ickenham UB10 for houses and flats around Ickenham village pump. From £38, quoted in writing before the visit, with 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 Doorframes and stair edges are protected with blankets before large items are carried through.
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UB10
- Moving van hire in Ickenham UB10 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 Hillingdon 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
- Ickenham homes are flats
- 12%Ickenham homes are flats
- Privately rented
- 14%Privately rented
- Households in Ickenham
- 2,922Households in Ickenham
Overview
Moving van hire in Ickenham UB10, explained
Moving van hire in Ickenham UB10 is a fixed-price visit for owner-occupier-led homes in Hillingdon, most of them inter-war. 2,922 households sit inside this UB10 patch, 12% of them flats, so we quote on access near Ickenham village pump rather than a London average.
How it works
How moving van hire works in Ickenham
Five steps, the same on every UB10 job, so you know what happens before you commit. Inter-war and post-war semis with timber stud partitions and cavity outer walls on these streets — which is why London Borough of Hillingdon kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded 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 Ickenham customers book us
Local knowledge is not a slogan on this page — it is what stops a bracket coming out of a Ickenham 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. Wide roads and long driveways; the village centre is narrow but quiet.
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. Ickenham (Metropolitan, Piccadilly) is the nearest station, so a UB10 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
Ickenham walls, not generic walls
We expect timber stud partitions inside in Ickenham, cavity brickwork outside, where 82% owner-occupation means the same home is booked again rather than a new tenant each year in UB10, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is Ickenham gives us a four-hole bracket with two screws in a stud and two in fresh air, the reality on the streets around Ickenham village pump.
Fixed prices
Moving van hire prices in Ickenham
Fixed prices for UB10 and the rest of Hillingdon. 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 Ickenham
The same scope across UB10, whether the job is a single item or a full room.
Included in the price
- Standard on Hillingdon bookings: driver who loads and secures the van, not just drives it, allowing for the 14% of UB10 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 Ickenham job sheet so the next visit starts from it
- In Ickenham: a two-hour minimum booking so a short local run is never quoted as a full day, timed against the walk in from Ickenham (Metropolitan, Piccadilly)
- On UB10 jobs: choice of three van sizes so you pay for the space you actually fill, agreed on the doorstep in Ickenham before anything is unpacked
- Standard on Hillingdon bookings: goods-in-transit and public liability cover for the load while it is on the road, with 2,922 households in this neighbourhood, it is the question we are asked most
Not included
- Full packing of boxes and wrapping of fragile items, which is booked as a separate packing service, outside the fixed price on Ickenham bookings
- Dismantling of wardrobes, beds and flat-pack units unless a second loader with tools is booked, and we will say so before the UB10 visit rather than on the day
- Piano, safe or gun cabinet moves, which need a specialist rather than a standard van and driver, handled by London Borough of Hillingdon or a specialist contractor instead
- Waste disposal — a moving van carries belongings between addresses, not rubbish to a tip, which we refer on to the right trade in Ickenham
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Coverage
Where we work around Ickenham UB10
Moving van hire across Hillingdon and the UB10 district, mapped below.
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Clearance services in Ickenham
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 Ickenham
Sofas, beds and wardrobes taken away and reused or recycled wherever they still can be.
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Ickenham UB10 at a glance
Published figures for the neighbourhood that covers Ickenham — the numbers that actually change a moving van hire quote.
Ickenham UB10 is inter-war and owner-occupier-led: 12% of homes here are flats and 88% are houses, across 2,922 households (ONS Census 2021).
With 14% private renting against 82% owner-occupied, most UB10 bookings land on a move-in day rather than a weekend.
Walls are timber stud partitions inside in Ickenham, cavity brickwork outside, where 82% owner-occupation means the same home is booked again rather than a new tenant each year, so the fixing that matters in Ickenham is chosen on site — the usual failure here is Ickenham gives us a four-hole bracket with two screws in a stud and two in fresh air, the reality on the streets around Ickenham village pump.
A village green with a pump and pond, surrounded by interwar housing. That character decides the practical detail of moving van hire here far more than the borough boundary does. Ickenham is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
On access, wide roads and long driveways; the village centre is narrow but quiet — 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 Ickenham (Metropolitan, Piccadilly).
Area at a glance
Ickenham UB10 by the numbers
Who lives in Ickenham 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 Ickenham neighbourhood itself — not Hillingdon-wide averages, and not estimates.
7,644
Residents
Ickenham neighbourhood, Census 2021
2,922
Households
Median age 43
Flats vs houses
Flats 12.4%Houses 87.5%
Residents by sex
Male48.9%
Female51.1%
Single-person households
23.2%
Privately rented
14.2%
- Median age
- 43
- Owner-occupied
- 81.9%
- Social rented
- 3.8%
- Postcode districts
- UB10
- Nearest station
- Ickenham
- Parking
- CPZ + ULEZ
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhood Ickenham (E02000504) — the published geography that covers Ickenham, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the UB10 district: 51.5493, -0.4521 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Common questions
Moving van hire in Ickenham UB10 — your questions.
How much does moving van hire cost in Ickenham UB10?
Small van and driver, per hour starts at £38 in Ickenham across UB10 — and this being London Borough of Hillingdon territory, with 82% owner-occupation locally, 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 Ickenham rounds. 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 UB10 jobs — and 14% of UB10 homes being privately rented, with 23% one-person households here.
What size van do I need for a move in Ickenham UB10?
Most one-bed moves around Ickenham village pump 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 UB10 jobs — and Hillingdon parking rules in play, with 23% one-person households here.
Do I need a parking permit to load a van in UB10?
London Borough of Hillingdon runs controlled parking across much of Ickenham across UB10 — and 23% one-person households here, with a median age of 43 in this neighbourhood, 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 on this side of Hillingdon, with 2,922 households on this patch.
Can the driver carry furniture down from a flat in Ickenham?
Yes, a driver alone can manage boxes and light furniture across UB10 — and 2,922 households on this patch, with Ickenham village pump a few streets away, but with 12% 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 Hillingdon?
For a small load, yes — you pay for driver and van time rather than a fixed whole-property quote around Ickenham (Metropolitan, Piccadilly), with 88% of Ickenham homes being houses. With 14% of Ickenham homes privately rented, a short-notice room or studio move is the typical booking that suits the hourly rate better than a full removal across UB10 — and Hillingdon parking rules in play, with Ickenham village pump a few streets away.
Do you handle difficult access in Ickenham?
Wide roads and long driveways; the village centre is narrow but quiet on the Ickenham rounds. Where a permit or a suspended bay is needed in London Borough of Hillingdon it is itemised on the quote before the visit, never added afterwards on Hillingdon bookings — and 4% social-rented stock nearby, with 88% of Ickenham homes being houses.
Are your fitters insured for work in UB10?
Goods-in-transit and public liability cover apply to every booking on the Ickenham rounds. Drivers are DBS-checked where a building requires it on UB10 jobs, with 88% of Ickenham homes being houses, and the vehicle's ULEZ and Congestion Charge compliance is confirmed before the job is booked. That paperwork is what most Hillingdon letting agents and managing agents ask for before work starts in a leasehold flat on the streets near Ickenham village pump, with this being a short walk from Ickenham (Metropolitan, Piccadilly).
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Two ways to go: price it yourself on the quote page, or pick a slot on the live booking calendar. Ickenham UB10 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of hillingdon.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.