Your van and driver in Emsworth
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 Emsworth
Emsworth at a glance
Emsworth's own railway station sits just a tenth of a mile from the centre, making this PO10 harbourside town an easy base for van and driver bookings even without a car. Van & Driver connects people here with a man and van or a full-sized van with driver at a fixed price agreed before the move starts, whether you're moving house, clearing furniture or dropping items at a licensed recycling centre. Moves within Emsworth itself, or short hops to neighbouring Havant, are priced the same, while runs further out to Waterlooville or South Hayling carry a slightly higher fixed rate, so there's never a meter running or a surprise on arrival. The service covers the everyday moves a small Hampshire town generates: student removals for those heading to the University of Portsmouth's Langstone campus, storage moves to self-storage sites over in Portsmouth, furniture delivery from the Meridian or Solent retail parks, and next-day van hire when something needs collecting in a hurry. Local partner drivers handle the work, so you're booking directly with someone who knows the roads between Emsworth, Southbourne and the wider Havant area rather than a call centre. Whatever the size of the move, from a single item to a full van load, you can see the price and book it straight away.
Emsworth had 11,512 people at the 2021 Census. Furniture and flat-pack from Meridian Shopping Centre, Solent Retail Park and Central Retail Park is a common single-item run. The council's nearest recycling centre is Havant Household Waste Recycling Centre, 2.6 miles away; a tip run with us goes to a licensed recycling centre, with the disposal in the price.
