Your van and driver in Croydon
How it works, what it costs and who turns up.
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What a van and driver is
A van, a driver, a fixed price – and no bidding.
A van and driver is the middle ground between hiring a van yourself and booking a removals firm.
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Van and driver versus man and van
Same idea, better promise.
"Man and van" is what people search for; it usually means one person with their own van, quoted on the phone, paid in cash, and you hope they turn up.
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What fits in each van
We measure in wheelie bins. One bin's worth is about eight bin bags.
Picture a wheelie bin. One bin's worth is a few boxes and bags. Two is a fridge or a washing machine with room to spare. Four is a room.
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How the price works
Fixed prices, the same everywhere.
A move's price depends on how much is moving, not where you live. A wheelie bin's worth is £69 anywhere in England; a full load is £349 in Salisbury, Sheffield or Southend.
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Who turns up
Checked, insured, rated – and paid properly.
Every driver is an independent partner who has shown us their licence, their hire-and-reward insurance, goods-in-transit and public liability cover, and their right to work, before they're offered a single job.
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Lifting, stairs and awkward things
Two people when the job needs them, at no extra cost.
We decide from what you're moving: a sofa, a wardrobe, a fridge, or a medium load and up gets two people, and that's already in the price. There's nothing to choose and nothing extra to pay.
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Booking, changing and cancelling
Two minutes to book. Change it yourself up to 48 hours before.
Book online for today (until 3pm; after that, tomorrow from 1pm) or any day up to about six months ahead, by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay.
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Same day? Yes, until 3pm.
Today, if you book by 3pm.
Book before 3pm and you can pick today: the earliest one-hour arrival is the hour after next (book at 10:20 and it's 12 to 1), if a partner's free. After 3pm, the earliest is 1pm tomorrow.
About Croydon
Croydon at a glance
Sanderstead station sits barely half a mile from Croydon town centre, a reminder of how this part of south London still spreads out into the CR0, CR2 and CR8 postcode districts rather than one tight urban core. That mix shapes the kind of moving moves people need here: a single item carried across town, a full house clearance heading out towards Warlingham or Sutton, or a student load shifted at short notice near one of the local storage sites. Van & Driver is opening soon in Croydon, bringing together van with driver and man and van work under one fixed-price marketplace, so customers won't be quoted by the hour and won't need to haggle over mileage once cover begins. The plan is to connect people here with local partner drivers who already know the run out to Warlingham, Sutton or Caterham, and who can handle everything from a quick tip run to a licensed recycling centre through to a full house removal or a commercial courier drop. Whether it's furniture delivery to a flat near South Croydon station, a storage move involving Shurgard or Access Self Storage, or a next-day van for an unexpected move, the aim is a straightforward fixed price agreed before the van sets off. Croydon's size and its spread of stations, hospitals and retail parks make it a natural hub for this kind of work, and coverage here is expected shortly.
Croydon had 389,242 people at the 2021 Census. The nearest hospital is Purley War Memorial Hospital, 1.5 miles away. Furniture and flat-pack from The Downlands Shopping Precinct, Centrale and Whitgift Centre is a common single-item run. The council's nearest recycling centre is Purley Oaks Household Reuse & Recycling Centre, 1.0 miles away; a tip run with us goes to a licensed recycling centre, with the disposal in the price.
