Single item in Cardiff
£45 to £85
Most jobs of this size settle around £60. One sofa, bed, fridge or wardrobe collected and delivered across the city.
Why one item is not priced by the hour
A single item job is mostly travel and carrying, and both are known before we set off. That is why we quote it as one fixed figure rather than starting a meter that punishes you for a slow lift or a tight stairwell. You know what it costs when you book, and the number does not move because the sofa took an extra ten minutes to turn on the landing.
Where a job genuinely cannot be pinned down, a clearance where nobody knows how much is in the garage, we will offer an hourly rate instead and say so plainly. For one item that almost never applies.
What makes a single item cost more
Two people rather than one is the biggest jump. Sofa beds, American fridge freezers, corner units, cast iron baths and anything that has to come apart to leave the room all need a second pair of hands, and that is the difference between the bottom and the top of the range.
After that it is access at both ends. A flat in one of the Cardiff Bay blocks where the lift has to be booked, a terrace off Crwys Road with no loading bay, or a house up one of the steeper Penarth streets all add time. Tell us the floor, the stairs and where the van can stop and the quote will be right first time.
Buying secondhand and getting it home
A large share of these jobs start on Facebook Marketplace, eBay or Gumtree, where the seller wants it gone this week and the listing says collection only. We will go to the seller, load it, and bring it to you, so a bargain sofa in Barry does not turn into a problem you have to solve with a borrowed estate car.
If you are buying, ask the seller for the dimensions and whether it comes apart before you commit. It costs nothing to check and it is the single thing that most often turns an easy collection into an awkward one.
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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