Your van and driver in Bovingdon
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 Bovingdon
Bovingdon at a glance
Bovingdon sits on the HP3 postcode, a village on the plateau above Hemel Hempstead rather than down in the valley, which is why so many local moves involve a short but steady climb up from the station roughly two and a half miles away. Van & Driver is preparing to launch a van with driver and man and van service in Bovingdon, covering the sort of moves people here actually need: a sofa dropped off from the Storage Centre on the High Street, a full house removal out towards Berkhamsted or Chesham, or a tip run to a licensed recycling centre. Once live, the marketplace will let people in Bovingdon set a fixed price for the move in hand, whether that's a single item collection, a half van load, or a full van for a proper house move, rather than haggling over time on the clock. The idea is straightforward: describe the move, agree the price, and have it carried out by a local partner driver who knows the roads between Bovingdon and its neighbours, from Berkhamsted and Chesham to Hemel Hempstead and the wider Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire borders. Coverage for Bovingdon is on its way, and this page will be updated with full details as soon as it goes live.
Bovingdon had 5,313 people at the 2021 Census. Furniture and flat-pack from Riverside, Marlowes Shopping Centre and Bellgate shopping centre is a common single-item run. The council's nearest recycling centre is Chesham Household Recycling Centre, 3.2 miles away; a tip run with us goes to a licensed recycling centre, with the disposal in the price.
