Your van and driver in Lancing and Sompting
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 Lancing and Sompting
Lancing and Sompting at a glance
Lancing station sits barely four-tenths of a mile from the centre, and the BN15 postcode district covers both halves of this joined-up West Sussex town on the coast between Shoreham-by-Sea and Worthing. Van & Driver is coming soon to Lancing and Sompting, bringing fixed-price van with driver and man and van bookings to residents and businesses across the area. Once live, the service will cover the sort of moves this town regularly needs: house removals for people relocating between Lancing, Sompting and neighbouring Shoreham-by-Sea, furniture delivery, next-day van hire, tip runs, storage moves, student removals and commercial courier work, all at a fixed price agreed before the move starts. The town's position close to Worthing's shops and stations, along with storage sites such as StorageMart and Boxx Storage Worthing within a couple of miles, means plenty of local journeys will fall within easy reach once bookings open. There's also useful access to recycling centres at Worthing and further along the coast at Shoreham, which should suit tip runs and clearances alike. For now, this page sets out what will be available and gives a sense of the fixed prices customers can expect for trips within Lancing and Sompting and to nearby places like Shoreham-by-Sea, Worthing and Steyning. Check back for an update on when local partner drivers will be ready to take bookings in this part of West Sussex.
Lancing and Sompting had 27,924 people at the 2021 Census. Furniture and flat-pack from The Guildbourne Centre and Holmbush Shopping Centre is a common single-item run. The council's nearest recycling centre is Worthing Recycling Centre, 1.3 miles away; a tip run with us goes to a licensed recycling centre, with the disposal in the price.
