Your van and driver in Tadley
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 Tadley
Tadley at a glance
Tadley sits in the RG26 postcode area, without its own train station — the nearest is Midgham, about three miles off, with Aldermaston close behind, which means plenty of local moves start with a run down to the platform or back. Van & Driver covers Tadley with a van and driver at a fixed price, so you know the cost before anything gets loaded, whether it's a single armchair or a full house move. The service works well for the town's practical needs: tip runs out to the Padworth Integrated Waste Management Facility a few miles away, drop-offs at one of the self storage sites around Basingstoke or Newbury direction, or simply moving between homes within Tadley itself. Journeys further afield are just as easy to price up, with fixed rates already set for trips to Burghfield Common, Thatcham and Basingstoke, all within a few miles of the town centre. Students clearing out at term's end, households shifting furniture, or businesses needing a courier for deliveries can all use the same booking process. Local partner drivers handle the moves, so the vehicle and the person driving it are based in and around the area rather than sent from far away. Whatever the size of the load — a single item, a half van or a full van — the price is agreed upfront, with no surprises once the van arrives at your door in Tadley.
Tadley had 14,767 people at the 2021 Census. The council's nearest recycling centre is Padworth Integrated Waste Management Facility, 3.1 miles away; a tip run with us goes to a licensed recycling centre, with the disposal in the price.
