We keep the cost of moving house to a minimum. Our prices start from just £50 and we can supply moving quotes via email without the need for a representative to visit your property.

Customers should remember that we are essentially a budget removal company. Therefore our prices reflect our operating practices. We can either charge by the hour for the removal service we provide, or supply customers with a fixed price quote. This prevents customers from being surprised by the final bill.

For removals, billing time runs from the time we leave Bodmin until the time we return to Bodmin. For packing and cleaning, billing starts from the time our personnel arrive at the customer’s premises until the time they leave. Note: customers wishing to have their small items unpacked at locations outside of Cornwall should contact us first. 

The price we quote is not an estimate. It will be a firm and binding quotation for work done based on an hourly rate. Customers should be wary of firms who provide only a rough estimate of cost.

There is a legal difference between accepting a quotation and accepting an estimate. A quotation is a fixed price agreement that cannot be changed. An estimate is a flexible price provided by the company that is non-binding. Unscrupulous companies often consider an estimate to be a ‘blank cheque’.  

We do not charge VAT. We will not add any fuel or mileage charges to the hourly rate quoted. There are no excesses to be paid for awkward items, inclement weather, flights of stairs climbed or distance parked from front door etc.

All we ask is that customers notify us of their full circumstances i.e. distance involved, access, volume/quantity of goods and other services required and we will provide a firm written quotation based on the hours we calculate the job will take. Provided you have notified us of your full circumstances, and there are no delays outside of our control [no keys to house, over-hanging branches preventing proper access, sofa will not go up the stairs etc] the price quoted is the price paid.

Be wary of some firms offering ‘discount’ to pensioners, doctors, nurses, students etc. After we started ‘Cornwall Man and Van’, a competitor started trading under our unique name with the word ‘movers’ added on. This persons website states [as of October 2009] that he offers “ten per cent discount” off his “already low rates” to certain groups of people. However, unlike our original Cornwall man and van website, this website does not publish a scale of charges. So our competitor is offering ten per cent off an unknown price! This is clearly a questionable practice that is wide open to abuse. If you want to formally complain about this means of drumming up business, think again for, unlike us, our competitors website does not contain his postal address.

Price for the hire of a medium van [no VAT]

Price                                         1 man                2 men

Per hour [min 2 hours]              £25                     £35

Per 8 hour period                     £180                   £250

Price for the hire of a 3.5ton Luton [no VAT]

Price                                          1 man                2 men

Per hour [min 2 hours]               £34                     £44

Per 8 hour period                      £250                  £320

Price for the hire of two 3.5ton Lutons or one 7.5ton truck [no VAT]

Price                                              2 men               3 men

Per hour [min 4 hours]                   £ 68                    £78                

Per 8 hour period                           £500                  £580

Reduced rate available for one Luton van doing two trips [as opposed to two vans doing one trip]. Contact us for a one van / two trip quote.

Reduced rate available for long distance and continental work.

After minimum hire period, rates charged at ½ hour increments.

Luton van prices quoted above operate up to 50 miles of Bodmin. Customers requiring our services beyond this distance should notify us of their circumstances so that we can provide a written fixed price quote for the job. 

Packing / house cleaning price [20 mile radius of Bodmin]

Price                                             1 lady         2 ladies

Per hour [min 4 hours]                  £12               £20   [no VAT]

Each 8 hour period                       £85              £150  [no VAT]

Cleaning materials charged as per usage. For packing and unpacking service, no charge for boxes, tape or bubble-wrap. For packing service only i.e. boxes retained by customer, boxes will be charged for.

Example of some House Removals Prices [assume fully packed]:

Moving in Cornwall 

As a rough guide only, the cost of moving the contents of a one or maybe two-bedroom property [approx. I full Luton] from Bodmin to Bodmin would be £170, or £120 using our one man and van service [with customer assistance]. VAT is not charged.

The rough cost of moving the contents of a one or maybe two-bedroom property [approx. I full Luton] from St Austell to Newquay [20 miles] would be £240, or £180 using our one man and van service [with customer assistance] Vat is not charged.

A three-bedroom property move from Truro to Plymouth, if not too heavily furnished and capable of being carefully stowed and carried in one 3.5 ton Luton would cost £230 with one man [using customer assistance] and £290 with two men. If necessary, an additional trip in a medium sized van [with one man] for items not capable of being carried on the first trip would cost a further £80. This additional trip could be carried out either on the day, or before removal day. 

Moving the contents of a medium furnished four-bedroom house from St Austell to Newquay would cost approx. £540 [two men and two vans], £400  [two men and one van doing two trips] or £300 [one man and one van doing two trips with customer assistance]. VAT is not chargeable 

Moving to Cornwall

Moving one load via 650 cu ft Luton from the West London area to central Cornwall would cost approx. £640  [two men], or £490 using our one man and van service [no VAT]. Alternatively, the customer could supply assistance at the London end, and we can supply assistance in Cornwall. This cuts out the need to pay for an additional member of staff to travel all the way to London. 

For moves up to a medium furnished four-bedroom property the cost for the same trip using two men and one 7.5 ton lorry or two 3.5 ton Lutons would be approx. £1200 [no VAT].  

London bases customers should note that our prices are based on the proverbial Cornish low-wage economy. We are therefore able to undercut the equivalent London-based removal firm quoting for the same job.

Advisory note.

There are many factors that affect the cost of removals, i.e. steps to a property, availability of lift, number of floors in a house, distance parked from property, volume and type of goods, parking fees or penalties, unforeseen waiting time etc, so these cost estimates only serve as a guide. It is therefore imperative that customers fully acquaint us with their circumstances when asking for a fixed price quote.

European Removals

Cornwall man and van also undertake moves to Ireland and continental Europe. For practical reasons, non-UK moves are not quoted on an hourly basis.  Would customers moving furniture to or from any non-UK territory please notify us of the details so that we can provide a fixed price quote.