Removals in Hitchin
Full home and apartment removals with trained crews. Vetted, insured crews across SG4, SG5 — 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 · Hitchin
from £45/hr
Fixed price, quoted before we arrive
- Postcodes
- SG4, SG5
- Availability
- 7 days
- Cover
- £1m liability
- Licence
- CBDU300454
What we can show you for Hitchin
Hitchin access and housing notes
SG4, SG5 housing stock and loading reality, written for Hitchin rather than the county.
Removals in Hitchin: what actually matters here
A north Hertfordshire market town built on the wool trade, with a large Saturday market in the Georgian square, a substantial conservation area and lavender fields on the chalk to the east.
The housing stock is Timber-framed and Georgian frontages around the market, Victorian terraces at Walsworth, and interwar and post-war family housing on the Bearton and Purwell sides, which decides the tools, protection and crew size we bring to a removals job.
Market Place and Sun Street are pedestrianised or access-only for most of the day and the Saturday market closes the square entirely, so centre jobs are booked for early morning outside market days, and the older frontages have narrow doorways and winding stairs that need a two-person carry.
A removals booking in Hitchin covers Walsworth, Bearton, Purwell, Westmill and Oughton Head on the same fixed price as the town centre — the crew works the whole SG4 and SG5 footprint rather than a narrow postcode.
As a mid-sized town built around Hitchin Market Place and St Mary's Church, Hitchin has a mix of approach roads and loading points, so we confirm parking and carry distance when you book rather than assuming.
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
- 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.
- 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.
Reviews from Hitchin customers
4.5 ★ from 3,131 Trustpilot reviewsRadu and Jasmina were excellent, very friendly and professional. Nothing was too much effort for them and they did a fantastic job. Very impressed with the work they did. Look after them both!
Nicoleta and George were amazing. They quickly understood what needed to be done and the order it needed to be done. It was a super hot day and they just got on with it. Excellent service.
Friendly, helpful staff. Did a great job
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Where we cover around Hitchin
- WalsworthSG4
- BeartonSG5
- PurwellSG4
- WestmillSG5
- Oughton HeadSG5
- HighburySG4
- Poets EstateSG4
- Market PlaceSG5
- CharltonSG4
- IcklefordSG5
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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.
Carpet Cleaning
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One carpet & rug cleaning job completed in Hitchin in June 2026.
Oven Cleaning
Hitchin
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One oven cleaning job completed in Hitchin in June 2026.
Deep Cleaning
Hitchin
June 2026
2 deep cleaning jobs completed in Hitchin in June 2026.
Hitchin questions, answered.
How quickly can you book removals in Hitchin?
Same-week slots are standard in Hitchin, with next-day often available midweek. Month-end tenancy changeovers are the busiest window across Hertfordshire, 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.