There is nothing worse than hiring someone to do a job, thinking that their pricing is simple and transparent, only to find that they try to sting you at the end.
Other people may lure you to call them with a cheap advertised hourly rate, only to try to overcharge you later. Some want fuel surcharges and some want VAT or other extras on top. We don’t do any of that. What you see below is what you pay!
Our base rate is just £60 per hour for one of our vans. This buys you two helpful men and a Mercedes Sprinter luton van like the one pictured above.
Need more hands? We can supply an extra man.
He will cost an extra £20 per hour. If you prefer, find your own second man and send him with us, or just come along yourself.
What about parts of an hour, and minimum charges?
Our minimum charge is one hour. After one hour we charge in 30 minute increments. If your job takes an hour and twenty five minutes, the cost is an hour and a half.
Will there be any hidden extras?
No! There will not be any hidden charges or extras. What you see is what you pay. There is no VAT, no fuel surcharges and no hidden extras.
Many people call or e-mail us asking for a quote or a price to do a particular job. We do not give quotes or prices – we charge by the hour.
Why don’t we give quotes? Because we haven’t seen the job. We haven’t seen the building where it is going to or from. We don’t know how heavy it is, how long loading and unloading might take, what the access is like or what the traffic might be like between one place and another.
- Make sure anything that might move in transit is packed properly. Empty furniture of belongings as it will probably be too heavy if you do not.
- If anything needs to be dismantled, have the tools handy or perhaps dismantle it in advance (same if any doors need to be removed).
- Make sure you have the keys to where we are going. We spend a lot of time waiting around for people whose friend was supposed to meet them with a key but now isn't answering his phone. You get the idea.....
- If you have a lot of stuff upstairs or in a cellar, consider moving it closer to the loading point in advance.
- If you are moving a lot of stuff, perhaps over several journeys, get some more helpers. The more pairs of hands you can arrange means loading and unloading takes less time.
- If vehicles need to be moved in order for us to gain access to anywhere, arrange this in advance. If we need to wait around because the neighbours car is blocking the driveway, and he is in the pub with the key in his pocket, this costs you time (and thus money).
- Have accurate addresses to where we are going (including postcode). Saying, "I think it's in Glossop" when it is actually in Hollingworth or Tintwistle does not help us at all. Be sure you give us the correct spellings of roads. We do not need directions, just accurate addresses.