House Removals
From a studio flat across town to a family home at the other end of the country — moved by our own crew, run by one named coordinator, and priced in writing before you book.
- Crews
- Our own team
- Employed by AFS, never subcontracted
- Quote
- In writing within 24 hours
- Itemised from our published rates
- Cover
- Included as standard
- Goods in Transit & Public Liability
- Coordinator
- One named contact
- From the quote to the last box
- Cover
- Goods in Transit and Public Liability included
- Coverage
- UK-wide, local and long distance
- Priced on
- Vehicle and crew, time, and distance
- Also available
- Packing, dismantling and reassembly
Most of what we do is this: getting a household from one address to another without the day falling apart. It runs on unglamorous things — the right size of vehicle, enough people on it, and someone whose job it is to answer the phone when the completion time slips.
Every move comes with Goods in Transit and Public Liability cover, a crew employed by AFS rather than a subcontractor, and one coordinator from the quote to the last box.
We move homes of every size across the UK. Local and long-distance moves are priced from the same published rate card, so there is no separate long-haul rate you only see later.
The vehicle and crew we recommend are matched to what you are actually moving, not just a bedroom count, so the price reflects the real job rather than a generic package built around a guess.
Every rate is online before you speak to anyone — hourly charges by vehicle and crew, per-mile distance, stairs and per-item furniture prices — and your written quote arrives within 24 hours, itemised against them.
Packing, materials, furniture dismantling and reassembly are available for anyone who wants the whole job handled, each priced on its own so you never pay for something you did not ask for.
How much do house removals cost?
The main factors are the vehicle and crew, loading and unloading time, and the distance between your two addresses. Access and any packing or furniture work help us build the rest of the quotation.
- Vehicle, crew and time
- For hourly moves, the rate depends on the vehicle and number of movers. Hours are billed as worked, subject to a 2- or 3-hour minimum depending on the vehicle. Tell us what is moving so we can confirm a suitable team and allow realistic loading time.
- Distance and access
- A vehicle-specific per-mile charge is added. Stairs, parking and the walk from the vehicle to each front door also matter: a short local journey can still involve a long loading day. Tell us about working lifts and any loading restrictions at both addresses.
- The work you need us to do
- Furniture dismantling and reassembly are priced per item. Packing requirements and any additional collection or delivery stops should be agreed before the move, so the quotation reflects the whole job.
A driver-only rate is not a fully crewed price. Your written quote confirms the vehicle, crew and scope of work — and the price is the total, with no VAT added on top.
Published prices to help you plan
Packing is sold as a package by property size, with labour and materials in one published price. Removal and transport are quoted separately.
- 1-bedroom packing package
- £400
- 2-bedroom packing package
- £600
- 3-bedroom packing package
- £1,000
- 4-bedroom packing package
- £1,300
- 5-bedroom packing package
- £1,650
- 6-bedroom packing package
- £2,000
- 7-bedroom packing package
- £2,400
Confirm your inventory, access and the work included before booking.
Separately priced work
- Stairs: £10 per person on the crew, per flight of stairs, for each hour at that address — a floor is 2 flights, so a first floor is 2 flights and a third floor 6. Only the ground floor is free; a working lift means no stair charge.
- A single or double bed: £50 to dismantle, £90 with reassembly at the other end. Every dismantling or reassembly booking has a £90 minimum; other furniture has its own per-item rate.
See what your move will cost before you call
Pick the size of your home and the distance: every line is worked out from our published rate card, the same way your written quote is.
- See the vehicle and crew we would suggest
- Check the published hourly rate for yourself
- Get an itemised written quote within 24 hours
Work it out
Your move, line by line
- Luton Box Van, 2 moversUsually sent for a 2-bedroom home
- £100/hr
- Loading and unloading
- about 3 hours
- Driving between your addresses
- about 15 min
- 3 hr 30 min × £100Rounded up to the half hour
- £350
- Mileage6 miles × £1.80
- £10.80
- Guide total
- £360.80
Guide total £360.80 for a 2-bedroom home, 6 miles.
Before any stairs, dismantling, packing or a Sunday or evening surcharge. This is an illustration from our published rates, not a quote: the final price is confirmed by the AFS team after reviewing your details.
Van and crew
What size removal van and crew will I need?
Slide to the size of your home and watch the van load in loading order: the heavy furniture first, the boxes after, the plants last. Property size is a starting point; the volume, the access and any large items decide the final choice.
A Luton Box Van and two movers
What we usually suggest for a 2-bedroom. You can change both in your quote.
Load space of the Luton Box Van
700cu ft
- Hourly rate, 2 movers
- £100/hr
- Minimum booking
- 3 hours
- Packing package boxes
- 53
A rough guide. Our 2-bedroom packing package brings that many boxes, with tape and wrap; your quote is built from your own list.
Final price will be confirmed by the AFS Removals team after reviewing these details.
Compare the fleetStairs and lifts
Floors, lifts and the carry from the van
Tell us which floor each address is on and whether a lift takes furniture. Stairs are charged by the flight from the first floor up, and a working lift removes the charge. A long walk from the van, a narrow gate or a tight stairwell also changes the time a job takes.
Tap your floor on each building, or drag the marker beside it.
Stair charge
None
Ground floor, or a working lift, at both addresses.
£10 per person, per flight, per hour at each address; a floor is 2 flights. This is the stair charge only — the hourly rate for the vehicle and crew, and the per-mile charge, are separate. Your written quote confirms the hours.
What happens on moving day?
The crew arrives, walks the property with you, protects floors and doorways, dismantles what needs dismantling, and loads in the order the load will come off. At the other end, boxes go to the rooms you labelled them for and nothing leaves until you have walked the property.
- 1
Arrival and walkthrough
The crew checks every room with you to confirm what's moving and what's staying, and flags anything needing special handling — beds, pianos, anything fragile.
- 2
Protection goes down
Floors, doorways and door frames are protected before a single item moves, and furniture is blanket-wrapped. That protection is part of the standard job, not billed separately.
- 3
Dismantling
Anything booked for dismantling comes apart — usually beds and larger wardrobes, which often will not leave a room assembled.
- 4
Loading
The van is loaded in the order you want it unloaded — heavier, sturdier items first, fragile pieces last — rather than however things come to hand.
- 5
Travel
The same crew that loaded the van travels with it and unloads it — nobody new takes over partway through. On a long move that is the whole day; on a local one it may be twenty minutes.
- 6
Unloading by room
Boxes and furniture go to the room you labelled them for, not into whichever hallway is nearest the door. That one habit saves more time at the far end than anything else you can do.
- 7
Reassembly
Anything we took apart goes back together, where that was booked.
- 8
Final walkthrough
Nothing leaves until you have walked the property and confirmed furniture is where you want it.
What is included in a house move?
Cover, our own crew and a named coordinator come with every move. Packing, materials and furniture dismantling are priced separately, so you only pay for what you need.
Included as standard
- Goods in Transit coverIncluded on every move, not sold as an add-on.
- Public Liability coverIn place on every job, at home or at work.
- Our own crewEvery mover is employed by AFS. We never pass your move to a subcontractor.
- One named coordinatorYour single point of contact, from the quote to the last box.
Added when you need it
- Packing and unpackingThe whole home or just the fragile items, priced as a package with materials.
- Furniture dismantling and reassemblyCharged per item at a published rate rather than folded into the hourly rate.
- Pianos and fragile itemsSpecialist handling for items that need more than a blanket and two people.
- House clearanceFor the belongings going somewhere other than your new home.
Also moving a business?
Moving your office or workplace?
An office move is judged on one thing: how long you are not working. We sequence the job around what has to be packed last, unloaded first, and live again by the time you reopen.
Office removal services & rates
Local or long distance?
Both are priced from the same rate card for house removals — an hourly rate set by vehicle and crew size, plus a per-mile charge. A long job does not attract a different kind of pricing, just more miles on the same card.
Local
Distance is barely a factor. What decides the day is volume, access at both ends and how long loading and unloading realistically take.
Long distance
The same fundamentals, with mileage and timing added. Departure time and when the job can realistically finish at the far end matter more, particularly on a same-day completion.
What changes from one move to the next?
Two moves of the same property size can run very differently. These are the things that most often change the vehicle, the crew or the time — and the details worth telling us when you enquire.
Restricted parking at one end
If the vehicle cannot get near the door, the carry gets longer and loading takes more time. Tell us the distance from the nearest legal stopping point to the front door — it changes the estimate more reliably than the number of bedrooms does.
A flat above the first floor
Only the ground floor is free. From the first floor up, stairs are charged by the flight at each property, for the time the crew spends there. A working lift removes the stair charge entirely, so it is worth confirming the lift is in service on the day.
Completion time not yet confirmed
Keys often arrive later than anyone plans for. We book the crew for the day rather than an exact hour, and the coordinator stays reachable while you wait for the call.
Large furniture that will not fit through the door
Wardrobes and bed frames frequently have to come apart before they leave the room. Flagging these in advance means the crew arrives with the right tools and the time is already in the estimate.
A long-distance move
The same rate card applies — hourly rate by vehicle and crew, plus a per-mile charge. What changes is planning: departure time, the route, and when the load can realistically be unloaded at the other end.
More volume than the property size suggests
A heavily furnished two-bedroom house can hold more than a sparse three-bedroom one. Garages, lofts and sheds are what usually get forgotten. An accurate inventory is what stops a vehicle arriving too small.
These are planning examples, not records of particular jobs.
How do I get a quote?
Four steps, and the third is a written price you can check — not a callback promise.
- 1
Tell us about your move
Both addresses, your likely date, roughly what is moving, and anything that affects access — stairs, lifts, parking, a long carry.
- 2
We match a vehicle and crew
Sized to the volume and the access, not just the number of bedrooms — see how that works on the van and crew guide above.
- 3
Your written quote arrives within 24 hours
Itemised against the published rate card: hourly rate, crew, mileage and any extras, line by line.
- 4
Your coordinator confirms the details
One named person carries the job from the quote through to the last box, and is who you call if anything changes.
How should I prepare for moving day?
The preparation that saves the most time on the day is confirming access at both addresses, labelling boxes by destination room, flagging furniture that needs dismantling, and keeping documents, medication and valuables with you rather than on the van.
2–4 weeks before
- Confirm your likely moving date, even if completion is not fixed yet.
- Tell us about both addresses — stairs, lifts, parking and how far the van can get from the door.
- Check whether either address needs a parking permit or a bay suspension.
- List the large or awkward items: wardrobes, pianos, garden equipment, anything in a loft.
- Decide whether you want packing, and whether that is the whole property or fragile items only.
- Arrange a council bulky waste collection for anything you are getting rid of.
1 week before
- Finish packing everything you will not need in the final week.
- Label every box with the room it is going to at the new address, not the room it came from.
- Set aside anything you would rather move yourself — documents, jewellery, small valuables.
- Confirm which furniture needs dismantling so the crew arrives prepared.
- Tell your coordinator about any change to the date or the access.
- Arrange for any appliance that needs disconnecting to be dealt with by the appropriate trade.
24–48 hours before
- Pack an essentials box: kettle, mugs, chargers, toilet roll, a change of clothes.
- Keep medication, passports and paperwork with you rather than on the van.
- Empty and defrost the freezer if it is coming with you.
- Charge your phone and make sure your coordinator has the number you will actually answer.
- Put anything that is not moving in one clearly marked place.
On the morning
- Keep keys, documents and valuables with you.
- Walk the crew round and point out anything fragile or not moving.
- Say where the van can park and where the nearest access point is.
- Keep children and pets somewhere safe and out of the carry route.
- Make sure the essentials box is the last thing loaded or travels with you.
At the new address
- Tell the crew what each room is called so labelled boxes land correctly.
- Check furniture placement before the crew leaves — moving a wardrobe later is harder alone.
- Confirm anything booked for reassembly has been put back together.
- Walk the property with the crew before they go.
Packing takes longer than almost anyone expects.
Why households choose AFS Removals
Each one is something you can check before you book.
Our own crews
Every mover is employed by AFS. Your move is never passed to a subcontractor, even in the busiest weeks of the year.
A written quote within 24 hours
Itemised from our published hourly, mileage, stair and furniture rates, so every line can be checked.
See the rate cardOne named coordinator
The same person handles your move from the quote to the last box, and is who you call if a completion time slips.
Cover as standard
Goods in Transit and Public Liability cover are included on every move, not sold as an add-on.
20+ years in removals
AFS Removals Limited (company no. 12460159) is run by a team with more than 20 years of moving homes and offices. Lines open seven days a week, 8:00am – 10:30pm.
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Practical moving information
House removals across the UK
AFS Removals handles local and long-distance household moves across the whole of the UK. Some of the areas we cover:
- Edinburgh
- London
- Leeds
- North London
- Birmingham
- Croydon
- Liverpool
- Cardiff
- Glasgow
- West London
- Bristol
- Manchester
Common questions
How is a house move priced?
What is included in a house move?
How far in advance should I book?
Do I need to pack everything myself?
Can you dismantle and rebuild furniture?
Do you charge for stairs?
Is insurance included?
Can you handle a long-distance move?
What should I do before the movers arrive?
What happens if my moving date changes or completion is delayed?
What we need to price your move
- The collection address, including the floor
- The destination address, including the floor
- Your moving date, or roughly when
- Property size, and anything in a loft or garage
- Access at both ends — parking, lifts, long carries
- Whether you want packing or furniture dismantling
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Planning a house move?
Tell us where you are moving from and to, your likely date, the property size and anything that affects access. We will size the vehicle and crew and send an itemised written quote within 24 hours.
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