Guides
Practical answers to the questions people ask us most, written without the sales pitch.
Cost guides
How much does a man and van cost?
What a man and van actually costs in the UK, how hourly rates work, what pushes the price up, and how to compare quotes properly.
Find out moreHow much does a same-day courier cost?
How same-day courier pricing works in the UK: per-mile rates, minimum charges, vehicle sizes and what pushes an urgent delivery price up.
Find out moreWhat these guides are for
Cost is the first thing anyone asks and the hardest thing to find an honest answer to. Most of what is written about it online is either a single number with no context, or a quote form pretending to be an article.
These set out what the work actually costs across the UK, what makes one job more expensive than another, and where the money goes. Every figure in them is a published market range rather than a Move Mate price, so you can use them to sanity-check any quote you are given, including ours.
When you want a real number for your job rather than a range, the quote page takes a couple of minutes and there is no obligation attached to it.
Common questions
Are the prices in these guides your prices?
No. They are published UK market ranges, used so you can judge whether a quote is reasonable. For an actual figure for your job, use the quote page or call us.
Why give away pricing information?
Because the alternative is wasting everyone's time. Someone who knows roughly what a job costs before they ring either books or does not, quickly. Vague pricing mostly protects firms whose prices will not stand up to comparison.
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