Not every move needs a seven-tonne lorry and a five-person crew. A studio flat, a single room in a shared house or the contents of a bedsit will sit comfortably in one van with a small team, and pricing it like a full house removal makes no sense for anyone. Drophex Logistics runs small removals across London and the surrounding areas for exactly those jobs.
A small move is still a move. Things still need wrapping, beds still need dismantling, and the sofa still has to get round the same awkward corner on the landing. What changes is the scale, so you get a crew sized to the job and a price that reflects it. We are a small removal company in the sense that actually matters - a one-van move is planned properly, not squeezed in as an afterthought between larger bookings.
We work out the volume first. If it fits in one van with two people, that is what turns up - no surplus vehicle, no surplus crew, and no padding in the quote to cover either.
The vehicle and the number of movers are matched to the volume, so you are not paying for empty space.
Furniture is wrapped, mattresses are covered and fragile items are packed with the same care as a full house move.
Small loads fit into the day more easily, which makes weekday, weekend and short-notice slots easier to arrange.
Beds, desks and flat-pack units taken apart to clear doorways and staircases, then rebuilt at the new address.
Mattresses covered, upholstery wrapped and fragile items boxed so a smaller load is not a less careful one.
Everything carried out, secured for the journey and put in the right room at the other end.
Whole-property moves that genuinely fit into a single van load.
One room out of a shared or family home, including moves into and out of storage.
It usually is if most of the following are true:
If you are moving a whole property, our house removals service is the better fit. If it is really just one or two items, a man and van will cost less. And if a smaller load is travelling a long way, look at part load removals.
Small removals are usually quoted on time and volume, so the things that change the figure are:
As a rule of thumb, anything that fits into one van load with a crew of two. That usually means a studio, a bedsit, a lightly furnished one-bedroom flat, or a single room out of a larger house.
A man and van is booked around a vehicle and a set number of hours, and is ideal for single items and collections. A small removal is a proper home move that simply happens to be small - it is planned, the furniture is dismantled and protected, and the crew is sized to finish the whole thing in one visit.
It depends on the volume, the access at both ends, the distance and whether you want packing included. Because the crew and van are matched to the job, you are not subsidising capacity you do not need. Send a rough list of the furniture and we will quote against it.
Yes. Mattresses are covered, upholstery is wrapped and fragile items are packed properly. A smaller load is not an excuse for a rougher job, and damage costs everyone more than the wrapping does.
Often. Small loads are easier to slot into the day than a full house move, so short-notice and occasionally same-day bookings are possible when a crew and van are free. Weekends and month end are the hardest to fill.
Yes, that is one of the most common small moves we do. Let us know the floor, whether there is a lift and roughly what is coming, and we will confirm the time and price before the day.
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