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General => General discussion => Topic started by: Nino on 05 March 2014, 14:23
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Hey guys moving out soon and unsure weather to just rent a van or a man and a van also ive never rented anything like this before so some do's and don'ts woukd be helpful :)
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It all depends how much stuff you need to move, therefore what size vehicle you need and what your license entitles you to drive.
Being old, I can drive an outfit up to 7500kg, whereas I'm pretty sure that youngsters are limited to 3500kg on a car license.
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Above is correct.
also remember if you rent a van, then when going around a corner something falls on your 50" TV, its tough sh!t, or if you drop your priceless Vase its tough titties.
if you pay a removal companie to do it, and they drop your TV or Playstation12 then there insurance will cover the damages.
personally id pay someone else to do it. when my sister moved out, it was a night mare moving everything and countless trips. wouldve much rather sat back and watched someone else do all the hard work while i have a brew.
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Id only need a transit the house has all applicences, ive ordered a new bed and mattress being delivered to the house. So i have a two seater sofa, 3 Tv's a tv unit, a pc desk, two pcs then loads of little bits and bobs i reckon if i had a transit i could it in 3-4 trips. The new house is 20 mile drive. Im 29 with 4 years no claims and 5 years driving exp
just unsure what works out cheaper
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crack on then
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Do you know anyone you could ask to help and give em a drink or something?
Moved the cousins GF the other day and a load of us just went down and I borrowed a customers Iveco Daily.
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When I last moved house, I just hired a Luton. Took three trips for a full house and I had to leave the first two lots at the in-laws for a couple of days, but it cost me about £120 for two full days hire compared to the cheapest quote of £1050 for a removal company. No brainer for me. :wink:
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A proper removal company will be very expensive.
The next option is the "man and van", which gives the advantage of someone else to help with the heavy lifting, but a) you'll still have to do a lot yourself and b) you have to beware of the tin-pot operations that are just some geezer with a transit as they probably won't be properly insured for any goods they carry.
This one is a big operation and has set prices per hour for whether you load or get them to help and a mileage rate.
http://www.van-plus.com/ (http://www.van-plus.com/)
This one, local to you I think, isn't quite so clear, but they look ok. At least they have a land line phone number on their website
http://www.manvancardiff.co.uk/ (http://www.manvancardiff.co.uk/)
But there have been some reports of dodgy man and van crews and have been known to drive off with peoples stuff and hold it for ransom, charging a "storage fee" when it wasn't needed, etc.
Would you let someone in a plain unmarked van drive off with your stuff?
Hiring a van yourself is easy. I've driven hired transits, T5s and a boxed Luton and it's fine. You just have to remember it's bigger than your car.
So long as you're good at packing, and stack things logically and get a few sensible mates to help, you'll be fine.
Also consider whether you have any stairs to negociate? Is it in a block of flats, or are the stairs going to be tricky to get a bed up? This is where an experienced helper is good.
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I also am moving in 2 weeks and was thinking the same thing destination is 100 miles away and renting a van for the day is around £80 but a lot of driving for me or hire man in a van witch comes with many risks as stated.
All depends where you hire this man in a van or where you hear of them paper facebook word of mouth ect.
I think im going to go with van hire from Norfolk then its just 1 trip, i can stay at in laws then only one trip down and back up rather than all the backward and forward if i hired a van where i live now.
Makes it one long days work instead of a very long days work.