Man and Van in Penarth

The streets climbing up from the seafront are full of large Victorian villas and terraces with the staircases to match. We are used to moving heavy furniture through older homes and up and down the hilly approaches, wrapping everything so nothing suffers on the way.

Down at the marina the newer apartment blocks bring the usual routine of booked lifts, loading bays and fob entrances. We plan the move around the slot your building gives and bring enough hands so a top-floor flat still gets done inside the window.

The quickest way between Penarth and the Bay is over the barrage, and it is not always available. It closes for weather and for events, and the alternative round through Cogan and Grangetown adds a chunk to every leg of a move that runs back and forth. We check it when we plan the day rather than finding out at the gate.

For a move between Penarth and Cardiff it rarely changes the price, since the mileage is short either way. It does change how many runs fit into a day.