One bedroom flat in Cardiff
£180 to £300
Most jobs of this size settle around £230. Bed, sofa, wardrobe, white goods and the boxes that come with them.
How the price is built
We work from three things: what is moving, the access at both ends, and how far it is going. A one bed flat from Canton to Grangetown with parking outside both doors sits near the bottom of the range. The same contents from a second floor conversion in Roath to a third floor flat in the Bay with a booked lift sits near the top, and the difference is entirely stairs and carrying distance.
Once those three are known the number is fixed. There is no hourly meter running while the wardrobe is negotiated round a landing, and nothing appears on the invoice that was not in the quote.
White goods, beds and the things that need two
Most one bed moves include at least one item that genuinely takes two people: a sofa bed, a double mattress up a tight stairwell, a washing machine, or a wardrobe that will not come apart. We would rather send the second person and price it in than send one and have your doorframe pay for it.
If your fridge freezer is going, let it defrost the night before and disconnect the washing machine and secure the drum if you can. Both are small jobs that save time on the day.
Timing it around Cardiff
Where you are moving shapes the slot as much as the price. Central addresses have bus gates and pedestrian zones to work around, and a Principality Stadium fixture can close roads near Westgate Street and the Bay at short notice. We check the fixture list when we book rather than on the morning.
Month ends and Friday afternoons are the busiest slots in the city. A midweek move is easier to place at short notice and is often the difference between this week and next.
How it sits against other move sizes
The full table, so you can see where your job sits if it is bigger or smaller than this one.
| Job | What it covers | Indicative price |
|---|---|---|
| Single item | One sofa, bed, fridge or wardrobe collected and delivered across the city. | £45 to £85 |
| A few items | Half a room of furniture, a marketplace haul or the bit that would not fit in the car. | £85 to £150 |
| Studio or bedsit | A single room of furniture and boxes, one van, one trip. | £130 to £220 |
| One bedroom flat | Bed, sofa, wardrobe, white goods and the boxes that come with them. | £180 to £300 |
| Two bedroom flat or house | Two bedrooms of furniture plus a living room and kitchen, usually a full van. | £260 to £430 |
| Three bedroom house | A family house, often a large van or two runs depending on the loft and garage. | £390 to £650 |
| Four bedroom house | A big load with a second crew member, and nearly always more than one trip. | £550 to £900 |
What the price includes
- The van, the fuel and the driver
- A driver who carries, loads and stacks rather than watching you do it
- Blankets, straps and trolley to protect what is being moved
- Loading and unloading at both ends, including stairs
- The parking sorted before the day rather than argued about on it
What moves the number
- Floor and lift access. A third floor walk up in Cathays takes longer than a ground floor flat in Rhiwbina, and time is what the price is made of.
- Where the van can stop. A bay outside is one price, a hundred metre carry from the nearest legal loading point in the city centre is another.
- How much there actually is. Lofts, garages and sheds are where quotes go wrong, so count them in when you tell us.
- Whether it needs two people. Wardrobes, sofa beds, American fridge freezers and pianos usually do.
- Dismantling and reassembly, if flat pack furniture has to come apart to get out of the room.
These are indicative ranges for planning, not quotes. The figure we give you is fixed before we start and does not change on the day. See all man and van prices in Cardiff.
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Covered across Cardiff
The same prices apply across Cardiff City Centre, Cathays, Roath, Canton, Grangetown, Splott. See all areas.
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