London moving van hire · South London
Moving van hire across Kingston upon Thames, from KT1, KT2 and KT3 outwards. Riverside market town with a big retail centre, plus Surbiton's Art Deco station and New Malden's Korean high street, and that is what shapes every quote we write here.
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.
Working in Kingston upon Thames
Kingston upon Thames is built from victorian and edwardian terraces, 1930s semis, riverside apartments and surbiton mansion flats, and the mix changes street by street — Chessington (KT9), Kingston town centre (KT1) and Kingston Vale and Coombe (KT2) each behave differently on the day.
On the ground, one-way system and pedestrianised centre in kingston, riverside loading limits, driveways in surbiton and chessington. Locally that means wide roads, driveways and easy turning throughout and pedestrianised centre with timed access, riverside loading limits and a one-way ring road. Kingston upon Thames sits outside the Congestion Charge zone, so only ULEZ applies to the van and the quote is that much simpler.
Kingston upon Thames sits inside the London-wide Low Emission Zone and, if it is one of the inner boroughs, the Congestion Charge zone too, both of which apply to every van we send regardless of its size. Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames's own bulky-item collection has nothing to do with a driver-plus-van booking, so residents sometimes ring the wrong number first — we quote the charge as its own line rather than folding it into the hourly rate.
Saxon kings were crowned here; the market and the bridge kept it prosperous long before the railway made Surbiton a commuter town. That history is why Kingston upon Thames property behaves the way it does today.
Scope
Method
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.
Coverage
Also in this borough
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.
Small van and driver, per hour starts at £38 in Kingston upon Thames, and the ladder runs up to £25 for the largest job on the table above. 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. The borough is outside the Congestion Charge zone, so there is no charge to pass on — only ULEZ, which our vans are compliant with.
We cover the whole borough: KT1, KT2, KT3, KT4, KT5, KT6 and KT9. On the ground that includes Chessington, Kingston town centre, Kingston Vale and Coombe, New Malden, Norbiton and Kingston Hill and Surbiton.
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. South London is covered by crews already working in the borough, so travel time is not billed on top.
One-way system and pedestrianised centre in Kingston, riverside loading limits, driveways in Surbiton and Chessington. Where a permit or a bay suspension is needed we arrange it with Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames and show the cost in the quote before you agree it. Nothing is added afterwards.
Yes. Victorian and Edwardian terraces, 1930s semis, riverside apartments and Surbiton mansion flats is exactly the stock we work in daily. Where there is no lift, the crew size is set by the floor level at quote stage, so a third-floor walk-up is priced as a third-floor walk-up rather than re-quoted on the doorstep.
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. Certificates go out with the booking confirmation, which is what Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames tenancies and most local managing agents ask for.
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. Vehicles are ULEZ-compliant, which matters in every Kingston upon Thames postcode, and the crew carries everything needed to complete the job in one visit.
Full packing of boxes and wrapping of fragile items, which is booked as a separate packing service, Dismantling of wardrobes, beds and flat-pack units unless a second loader with tools is booked and Piano, safe or gun cabinet moves, which need a specialist rather than a standard van and driver. If something on that list turns up in Kingston upon Thames, we tell you at survey and point you at the right trade rather than taking the booking anyway.
Free quote · 1-hour reply
Send a few details and you get a written quote for your Kingston upon Thames address, with permits and charges shown separately.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
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