Your van and driver in Crawley Down
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 Crawley Down
Crawley Down at a glance
Crawley Down sits within the RH10 postcode area, a couple of miles south of East Grinstead and not far from Crawley itself, making it a village where van moves often mean a short hop to one neighbouring town or another. Van & Driver is coming soon to Crawley Down, bringing together van with driver and man and van services for people who need help moving furniture, clearing a house, or getting items to and from local recycling sites such as the ones near East Grinstead. Once live, the service will cover the sort of moves that come up regularly here: a tip run before a household clearout, a delivery collected from storage over in Crawley, or a next-day van booked to shift a few large items across to Horley. The aim is a fixed price agreed before the move starts, rather than a rate that changes once a driver turns up, so people can plan a move or delivery without surprises. Whether it's a full house removal, a single piece of furniture heading to a new home, or a student's belongings needing to go between term addresses, the plan is to make booking straightforward for anyone in Crawley Down and the surrounding villages. We'll confirm here as soon as partner drivers are covering the area and bookings can be made.
Crawley Down had 5,775 people at the 2021 Census. Furniture and flat-pack from County Mall and County Oak Retail Park is a common single-item run. The council's nearest recycling centre is East Grinstead Household Waste Recycling Site, 2.0 miles away; a tip run with us goes to a licensed recycling centre, with the disposal in the price.
