Man and Van in Caerphilly

The A469 over Caerphilly mountain is a good road and a slow one at the wrong hour, and it is a climb with a loaded van. We time the run for the traffic rather than pretending the map distance is the whole story, which is why a Caerphilly move gets a realistic window rather than an optimistic one.

The older terraces around the town centre have the usual narrow halls and stairs that turn, and parking near the castle and the shops can be awkward at busy times of day. We plan the stopping point in advance and part-dismantle whatever needs it to get out of the house without marking the walls.

Out towards the newer estates there is generally more room, and those moves are quicker for it.

Caerphilly to Cardiff is one of our commonest jobs, particularly people moving in for work or study and families going the other way for more space. One fixed price for the door-to-door trip, agreed before we load, with no hourly clock running while we sit on the mountain road.