Removals in Portsmouth
Full home and apartment removals with trained crews. Vetted, insured crews across PO1, PO2, PO3, PO4, PO5, PO6 — with a fixed price agreed before we start, from £45/hr.
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- £1m public liability
- Licensed waste carrier CBDU300454
- Since 2019
Removals · Portsmouth
from £45/hr
Fixed price, quoted before we arrive
- Postcodes
- PO1, PO2, PO3, PO4, PO5, PO6
- Availability
- 7 days
- Cover
- £1m liability
- Licence
- CBDU300454
What we can show you for Portsmouth
Portsmouth access and housing notes
PO1, PO2, PO3, PO4, PO5, PO6 housing stock and loading reality, written for Portsmouth rather than the county.
Removals in Portsmouth: what actually matters here
A unitary city built mostly on Portsea Island, one of the most densely populated places in the United Kingdom, with long naval terraces, Victorian Southsea and a mainland northern edge at Cosham and Drayton.
The housing stock is Dense Victorian and Edwardian bylaw terraces through Fratton, Buckland, North End, Copnor and Milton, most of them without off-street parking; large Victorian villas and conversion flats across Southsea; naval and post-war housing at Paulsgrove and Wymering; and suburban semis with drives on the mainland at Cosham, Drayton and Farlington, which decides the tools, protection and crew size we bring to a removals job.
Portsmouth is the hardest access in the county and it is not close. Portsea Island's terraced grid is almost entirely resident permit parking with narrow carriageways, no driveways and, in much of Southsea and Fratton, no legal place to leave a Luton for an hour. We plan a stopping point, a suspension where one is needed, or a smaller vehicle with a shuttle, and the carry goes in the written quote. Portsmouth City Council is a unitary authority running its own tip, parking scheme and bulky collections. It also operates a Class B Clean Air Zone, which charges non-compliant buses, coaches, taxis, private hire vehicles and HGVs — vans and cars are not charged, so nothing we bring to a domestic job attracts the fee.
We treat Portsmouth as one service area: Southsea, Old Portsmouth, Fratton and Buckland and the rest of PO1, PO2 and PO3 share the same removals price list and the same crews.
Portsmouth is one of the larger settlements in the county; the streets around The Historic Dockyard and Spinnaker Tower, with the M275 the single motorway approach onto the island are the ones where we most often check loading arrangements in advance.
What a removals job includes
A house removal is a surveyed, fixed-price job, not an hourly booking: we look at the property, count the volume, work out the access at both ends and quote one number — from £340 for a studio or one-bed, from £520 for a two-bed, and from £780 for a three-bed with a crew of three for the day. Crews carry blankets, straps and trolleys as standard and dismantle and reassemble standard beds and tables as part of the price, with goods in transit cover of £10k per load and £1m public liability in place before anything is loaded.
Before moving day
- Video or in-person survey, then a fixed written price that does not move unless you add work
- Volume, crew size and van count planned from the survey rather than guessed on the day
- Access checked at both ends — parking, lift booking, floor level, stair width
- A written plan for what gets dismantled and what travels assembled
On the day
- Floors, banisters and door frames protected on the carry route
- Furniture blanket-wrapped, mattresses bagged, mirrors and glass carried between boards
- Standard beds, wardrobes and tables dismantled and rebuilt at the new address
- Boxes placed in the labelled room, not stacked in the hall
At the new address
- Large furniture positioned where you want it before the crew leaves
- Beds rebuilt so the first night does not happen on a mattress on the floor
- Blankets, boards and our own packaging taken away
- A signed job sheet recording condition and completion
What changes the price on a removals job
- Pianos, safes, large aquariums and full-size gym equipment are specialist lifts quoted separately, and we do not carry fuel, gas bottles or hazardous goods in a stacked load.
- Volume, not distance, sets a removal price. A cluttered two-bed with a full loft and garage can be a bigger job than a tidy three-bed, which is why we survey rather than price from bedroom count.
- Access is the second half. No lift above the third floor, a permit-only street, a long carry from the nearest legal stopping point or a lift that must be booked with a building manager all add crew hours — we would rather find that at survey than at 8am on moving day.
- Completion-day timing is outside anyone's control. Keys held up by a solicitor happen; we plan a realistic start, and the honest answer is that the crew can only load once you can hand over access.
- Parking, congestion charge and ULEZ where genuinely incurred are itemised at cost and never marked up. They are the only pass-through on a removal.
Removals and moving reviews across the UK
4.5 ★ from 3,131 Trustpilot reviewsThe drivers were very friendly and helpful. But they arrived at our place without any of the boxes we had previously paid for and were not aware we had contracted them. The office was helpful to find a solution but the whole process was delayed in 2 hours and in the end we didnt get… Read in full →
A throughly professional and friendly job. Moving house can be stressful, and these guys made the experience significantly less so by efficiently cleaning the house.
Booked them for one Bed Flat move from Hammersmith to Epsom. They packed all my stuff and loaded in less than 2 hours. I was also able to travel in the van to the destination. Thanks to Alan and his colleague. Forgot his name.
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Where we cover around Portsmouth
- SouthseaPO5
- Old PortsmouthPO1
- FrattonPO1
- BucklandPO1
- North EndPO2
- HilseaPO2
- CopnorPO3
- BaffinsPO3
- MiltonPO4
- EastneyPO4
- CoshamPO6
- DraytonPO6
- FarlingtonPO6
- PaulsgrovePO6
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Recent jobs near you
Real jobs our crews have completed nearby, with the price the customer actually paid. Published with their permission.
Deep Cleaning
Portsmouth
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One deep cleaning job completed in Portsmouth in August 2026.
End OF Tenancy Cleaning
Portsmouth
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3 end of tenancy cleaning jobs completed in Portsmouth in August 2026.
Oven Cleaning
Portsmouth
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2 oven cleaning jobs completed in Portsmouth in August 2026.
Portsmouth questions, answered.
How quickly can you book removals in Portsmouth?
Same-week slots are standard in Portsmouth, with next-day often available midweek. Month-end tenancy changeovers are the busiest window across Hampshire, so book those a week or two ahead.
Why survey instead of just quoting by bedrooms?
Because bedroom count does not tell us volume or access, and those are what the day actually costs. A ten-minute video walk-round gives you a fixed price we stand behind rather than an estimate that moves once the van is half full.
Do you pack as well?
Packing is a separate service, priced per packer per hour or as a fixed price by property size, and it can be booked for the whole house, for the kitchen and fragiles only, or not at all. Keeping it separate means you are not paying for packing you intend to do yourself.
What is covered if something is damaged?
Goods in transit cover of £10k per load applies to everything in the van, with £1m public liability alongside it. Anything already damaged is noted with you before loading, and anything raised within 24 hours is put right rather than argued about.
Can the move run over two days?
Yes, and for larger homes it is often the sensible plan — pack and load non-essentials on day one, complete on day two. It is quoted as one job, with the overnight load staying secured in the van or in storage as agreed in writing.