Man and van in Folkestone
The small end — a room, a studio, a gallery collection, or one heavy item. Two people and a van, booked by the job.
Not everything needs a Luton and four people. A room across town, a studio emptied, a storage unit cleared, a single heavy piece — man and van covers it, with the same crews and the same protection.
What it suits
- Flats, studios and single rooms across CT19 and CT20
- Gallery, studio and workshop collections in the Creative Quarter
- Artwork, framed and unframed
- One awkward item: a sofa, a fridge-freezer, an upright piano, a plan chest
- Clearing a storage unit into a new address
Artwork, specifically
The Creative Quarter means we move more of it than most town firms, and it is worth being clear about what that involves. Framed work gets purpose-made cases rather than bubble wrap. Unframed and work in progress gets boards and interleaving. Canvases do not travel stacked face to face on a whim.
Tell us it is artwork rather than describing it as "a few pictures" — the two get packed completely differently.
The old-town lanes
Small loads come out of the hardest addresses here: a studio up three flights above a gallery, a flat on a cobbled lane with no standing, a workshop with a narrow loading window. Same short list every time — floor, stair, approach, and where the van can legally stand.
Where it stops being right
Around a well-filled one-bed. Past that it becomes two trips and a long day, which is more than a flat removal would have cost.
Small-move questions
One person or two?
Two, on anything with furniture in it. One and a van is fine for cartons. A sofa up an old-town lane is not a one-person job.
Do you carry, or just drive?
Carry — that is the job. If you genuinely only want a vehicle and a driver while you do the lifting, say so and we will price it that way.
Do you move artwork?
Regularly, given the Creative Quarter. Framed and unframed work gets purpose-made cases rather than bubble wrap, and we would rather you told us it was artwork than described it as 'a few pictures'.
Can you collect from a gallery or studio?
Yes, and we do it often. Loading windows in the old town are narrow, so tell us when the piece has to be gone by.
When does it stop being the cheap option?
Around a well-filled one-bed. Past that it becomes two trips and a long day, which costs more than a properly sized removal.
Got a small move on?
Two addresses, the floor at each end, and a rough list or a photo. If it is artwork, say so — it gets packed differently.