Removals in Southampton
Full home and apartment removals with trained crews. Vetted, insured crews across SO14, SO15, SO16, SO17, SO18, SO19 — with a fixed price agreed before we start, from £45/hr.
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- £1m public liability
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- Since 2019
Removals · Southampton
from £45/hr
Fixed price, quoted before we arrive
- Postcodes
- SO14, SO15, SO16, SO17, SO18, SO19
- Availability
- 7 days
- Cover
- £1m liability
- Licence
- CBDU300454
What we can show you for Southampton
Southampton access and housing notes
SO14, SO15, SO16, SO17, SO18, SO19 housing stock and loading reality, written for Southampton rather than the county.
Removals in Southampton: what actually matters here
A unitary port city with two universities, a large purpose-built and converted student sector north and east of the centre, and Victorian and interwar suburbs spreading out to Bitterne, Shirley and Bassett.
The housing stock is Victorian and Edwardian terraces and large converted houses through Portswood, Highfield, St Denys and Bevois Valley, much of it in shared student occupation; interwar and post-war semis at Bitterne, Sholing, Shirley and Bassett; post-war council-built estates at Lordshill, Millbrook, Weston and Thornhill; and a substantial modern waterside flat market at Ocean Village, Chapel and the Itchen riverside, which decides the tools, protection and crew size we bring to a removals job.
Southampton is a dense city and the parking scheme decides the job. Most of SO14, SO15 and SO17 sits inside resident permit zones with limited or no visitor bays, and the terraced streets around Portswood and Bevois Valley are narrow enough that a Luton blocks them while it loads. Modern waterside blocks at Ocean Village and the Itchen riverside have height-restricted underground parking, booked service lifts and concierge sign-in. Southampton City Council is a unitary authority: it runs the city's own household waste recycling centre, its own parking rules and its own bulky-waste collections, and a Hampshire County Council tip permit is not the relevant document here.
We treat Southampton as one service area: Portswood, Highfield, St Denys and Swaythling and the rest of SO14, SO15 and SO16 share the same removals price list and the same crews.
Southampton is one of the larger settlements in the county, and addresses around The cruise terminals and the old town walls, with the Itchen Bridge crossing east in particular tend to need the access details confirmed before the van is loaded — we ask about that at quote stage, not on the day.
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
- 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.
- 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.
Removals and moving reviews across the UK
4.5 ★ from 3,131 Trustpilot reviewsMy movers were great! So fast and organised. Both of them were lovely so if I need to move again, I will definitely use the same guys. At one point my husband and I were nervous about all our stuff fitting in a Luton van, but Abdulla managed it all as well as keeping us… Read in full →
Worth Hiring for Moving services These guys have made my work so easy, they took care of all the items, packed it nicely and they got a big van which was sufficient enough to move my stuffs. I have recently shifted to Kingston and happy to call them for services when needed. Cheers!
Ordered two men and large van from Hello vans, price was competitive. The movers were very friendly. Highly recommended.
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Where we cover around Southampton
- PortswoodSO17
- HighfieldSO17
- St DenysSO17
- SwaythlingSO17
- Bevois ValleySO14
- Ocean VillageSO14
- ShirleySO15
- FreemantleSO15
- BassettSO16
- LordshillSO16
- MillbrookSO16
- BitterneSO18
- SholingSO19
- WoolstonSO19
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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.
Oven Cleaning
Southampton
August 2026
One oven cleaning job completed in Southampton in August 2026.
Carpet Cleaning
Southampton
August 2026
2 carpet & rug cleaning jobs completed in Southampton in August 2026.
Deep Cleaning
Southampton
August 2026
One deep cleaning job completed in Southampton in August 2026.
Southampton questions, answered.
How quickly can you book removals in Southampton?
Same-week slots are standard in Southampton, 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.