Your van and driver in Axminster
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 Axminster
Axminster at a glance
Axminster's railway station sits barely half a mile from the town centre, a useful marker for anyone picturing how compact this EX13 town really is. Van & Driver is preparing to launch here, bringing together van with driver and man and van services for people across Axminster and the surrounding Devon countryside. Once live, the marketplace will let customers in the town book a fixed-price van and driver for moves ranging from house removals and furniture delivery to tip runs and next-day van work, with local partner drivers carrying out the bookings rather than the platform itself.
The town's position means many moves will naturally stretch beyond its own boundaries. Chard lies less than seven miles off, and Seaton a similar distance in the other direction, so a good many moves are likely to involve a short trip between Axminster and one of these neighbouring towns rather than a purely local move. Storage options in Chard, at Derhams Removals and the UK Storage Company, and further self storage in Seaton, mean that some removals will call for a van and driver capable of handling a load transfer rather than a single point-to-point delivery. There's also a recycling centre at Sutton Barton, near Honiton, for anyone clearing out a property. When Van & Driver goes live in Axminster, customers will be able to see fixed prices for all these routes and services before confirming a booking.
Axminster had 6,094 people at the 2021 Census. The council's nearest recycling centre is Sutton Barton, 6.1 miles away; a tip run with us goes to a licensed recycling centre, with the disposal in the price.
