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Enter two postcodes for an instant guide price. For a firm figure, one phone call or one email is all it takes, and it goes a great deal faster if you have a few things in front of you.
Get an instant estimate
Enter the collection and delivery postcodes and a vehicle for a guide price on a one-drop job.
Estimated price range
miles by road, approximately
These prices are estimates. Actual prices depend on many factors including the urgency of your delivery, traffic conditions and our capacity on the day.
Call to confirm: 020 3143 9365How a quote works
Get in touch
Call if the job is happening now. Email if it can be written down, or if there is a list of addresses attached to it. Both reach the same place, at any hour of any day.
We ask about the job
Where from, where to, what it is, how big, how heavy, and by when. Six questions, most of which you can answer in a sentence each.
You get one price
A single figure for the whole job, given on the call or by return email. It firms up the online estimate with the details that a postcode cannot tell us.
You decide
If it works, we book it and a van is arranged. If it does not, nothing has happened and it has cost you one phone call.
Have this ready
None of it is compulsory and we will ask anyway. But a caller with these to hand gets a price in a couple of minutes instead of after three calls back and forth.
| Collection postcode | The full postcode, not just the town or the street name.A postcode fixes a price; a town name only estimates one. |
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| Delivery postcode | The full postcode, plus a building or unit number where there is one.Estates and business parks need the unit, not the road. |
| What the item is | A plain description: a laptop, a car bumper, four suitcases, a pallet of paper.It decides the van and how the item is handled. |
| Size | Rough dimensions of the largest piece, and how many pieces there are in total.The longest side matters more than the total volume. |
| Weight | A rough total, and the weight of the single heaviest piece.If one person cannot lift it, we will send a tail-lift. |
| When it has to arrive | The real deadline, and whether it is fixed or has some give in it.Flights and check-in times are hard; most others flex. |
| Access at both ends | Parking, loading bays, barriers, stairs, lifts, permit zones and one-way systems.Nowhere to stop is the commonest cause of a delay. |
| Contacts at each end | A name and mobile number for whoever hands over and whoever receives.The driver rings them on arrival, rather than ringing you. |
| Anything unusual | Fragile, valuable, temperature-sensitive, awkwardly shaped, or carrying paperwork of its own.Say it early and you get a straight yes or no. |
| How to reach you | The best number to reach you on while the job is actually running.Useful if anything changes once the van is moving. |
What moves a price
Every job is priced on its own facts. The three things that make the most difference are the distance between the two addresses, the size of van the load needs, and how much time there is before it has to arrive.
After that it is detail. How many pieces there are. Whether the item can be lifted by hand or needs a tail-lift. Whether the driver can stop within a sensible distance of the door. Whether there is likely to be waiting time at either end. None of it is mysterious, and all of it is easier to work out with you on the phone than through a form.
You will hear one figure for the whole job before anything is booked. If the job itself changes once the van is on the road — a second address, a bigger load than described, a long wait at collection — you hear what that means at the time, rather than reading it on an invoice afterwards.
Why the online figure is only a guide
The estimate uses distance alone
Two jobs with identical postcodes can be entirely different work: one envelope against a tail-lift load with an hour of waiting at each end. The estimate prices the miles and nothing else.
A screen cannot tell you whether it is possible
The most useful sentence we can give some callers is that it cannot be done by the time they need, and here is what would work instead. An estimate will price any two postcodes it is given. A person can tell you the truth in ten seconds.
Urgent things deserve a voice
If a deadline is already running, the phone is the fastest route to a firm answer, and it is answered at any hour of any day.
Questions about quotes
How long does it take to get a quote?
Usually the length of the phone call. Emails are answered as quickly as we can manage, but if the deadline is today, the phone will always be faster.
Is the quote fixed?
The figure covers the job as you described it. If the job changes — another address, a larger load, a long wait at collection — you are told what that changes before it is added, not afterwards.
Does it cost anything to ask?
No. A quote costs nothing and carries no obligation. Plenty of callers ring, hear the price, and decide to drive it themselves, which is a perfectly reasonable outcome.
Can you quote for a job later in the week?
Yes. Planned work is quoted the same way as urgent work. Give us the date and the time it has to arrive by and we will price it.
What if I do not know the weight or the size?
Describe the item instead. A car bonnet, a pallet of leaflets, six suitcases and a bike — descriptions like those tell us more than a number you are not confident about.
Can you quote for a run we do regularly?
Yes. Describe the pattern once — the addresses, the days, the usual load — and we will price it as a repeating run so it does not have to be explained again each time.
What are your hours for quotes?
There are none. The phone is answered at night, at weekends, on bank holidays and over Christmas. That is the point of the name.
Can I get a price without giving my details?
Yes. All we need to work out a figure is the job itself. Your contact details are only needed if you decide to go ahead.
Have the postcodes to hand
Call with the details and you will have a price on the same call. If it is easier written down, email the job and we will reply with a figure.
24 hours a day, every day of the year