Your van and driver in Staines-upon-Thames
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 Staines-upon-Thames
Staines-upon-Thames at a glance
Staines-upon-Thames sits in the TW18 postcode area, with the town's own railway station just over half a mile from the centre and Ashford station a short hop beyond it towards Stanwell and Egham. Van & Driver operates here as a marketplace, connecting you with a local partner driver who turns up with a van and handles the loading, carrying and driving for a fixed price agreed before you book, so there are no surprises when the move is done. Whether you're clearing a flat near Elmsleigh Shopping Centre, moving between self storage sites such as Big Yellow on Lagonda Way or Shurgard on Hawthorn Road, or need a single item collected and dropped off across town, the same fixed-price approach applies. Students at Royal Holloway making the move in or out of term-time accommodation, and residents dealing with permit parking restrictions near the centre, can use the same service for anything from a single item to a full van load. Trips out to Ashford, Stanwell and Egham are priced on the same fixed basis as journeys within Staines-upon-Thames itself, covering everything from house removals and furniture delivery to tip runs, next-day van work, storage moves and commercial courier runs. The full range of services and prices for the town is set out below, so you can see exactly what a move will cost before you commit to booking a van with a driver.
Staines-upon-Thames had 21,327 people at the 2021 Census. Furniture and flat-pack from Elmsleigh Shopping Centre is a common single-item run. The council's nearest recycling centre is Lyne Community Recycling Centre, 2.5 miles away; a tip run with us goes to a licensed recycling centre, with the disposal in the price.
