Porter hire is labour without the vehicle. You already have transport sorted - a hire van, a courier, a contractor's lorry, or a lift booked in the building - and what you actually need is people who can carry, lift, load and stack safely. Drophex Logistics supplies porters by the hour or by the day across London and the surrounding areas.
Our porters handle the physical side of a move: carrying furniture and boxes down stairs, loading a vehicle so the weight sits properly and nothing shifts on the road, unloading at the far end, and shifting items between floors inside a single building. They work to your direction and your schedule, whether that is two hours to clear a flat or a full day supporting an office refit.
Tell us how many porters you need, for how long, and what they will be lifting. If the access is tight or the items are heavy, we will tell you honestly how many pairs of hands the job really needs rather than under-crewing it.
Book a couple of hours for a single job, or a full day where a move or a refit runs from morning to evening.
Vans, lorries and containers packed so the load is stable, weight is distributed and nothing is damaged in transit.
Furniture, stock and equipment shifted between floors and rooms without anything leaving the premises.
Packing a vehicle properly is a skill in itself, and it is where most transit damage is either caused or avoided.
Furniture, boxes and equipment moved up and down stairs where there is no lift, or the lift is too small to help.
Desks, stock and furniture relocated floor to floor during a refit, reshuffle or clear-out.
Domestic moves, office reshuffles and commercial refits where the lifting is the bottleneck.
Set-up and break-down work that has to happen inside a fixed access window.
Porter hire makes sense when the vehicle is not the problem:
If you need the vehicle as well, a man and van covers smaller jobs, while house removals and office removals include the crew, the transport and the planning.
Porter hire is priced on people and hours, so the variables are straightforward:
The physical work. Carrying furniture and boxes, loading and unloading vehicles, stair work where there is no lift, and moving items between floors or rooms. Porters work to your instructions rather than running the move themselves.
Yes, that is the point of the service. Plenty of customers have transport already arranged and only need the lifting covered. If you decide you want the vehicle too, we can quote for that instead.
It depends on the weight of the items, the access and how long you have. Two is the practical minimum for most furniture, because anything awkward needs a person at each end. Describe the job and the building and we will give you an honest number rather than the cheapest one.
From a couple of hours up to a full day, and across several days where a refit or a phased office move needs it. Longer bookings are easier to schedule if you can give us reasonable notice.
Frequently. A common arrangement is that your own team handles the packing and the decisions while our porters do the lifting, loading and floor-to-floor moving. It also works well alongside a full office relocation.
Yes, and it is worth telling us the floor level when you book. Stair work is slower and more physical than a ground-floor job, so it affects both how many porters you need and how long the booking should be.
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