[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":146},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-\u002Fblog\u002Ffixed-price-or-hourly":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"category":134,"description":135,"extension":136,"meta":137,"navigation":138,"path":139,"publishedAt":140,"readingMinutes":141,"seo":142,"stem":143,"updatedAt":144,"__hash__":145},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Ffixed-price-or-hourly.md","Fixed price or hourly — which one you should actually pick",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":124},"minimark",[9,13,18,25,31,35,38,45,52,56,59,62,84,91,95,98,101,104,108,111,114,118,121],[10,11,12],"p",{},"We price moves two ways, and we do not have a strong commercial preference between them. What we do have is a clear view about which one suits which job, so here it is in full — including the cases where we would tell you the fixed price is not worth paying for.",[14,15,17],"h2",{"id":16},"the-short-version","The short version",[10,19,20,24],{},[21,22,23],"strong",{},"Take the fixed price if your move is complicated or depends on a key release."," Larger homes, dismantling and reassembly, a completion day, anything where the timing is not fully in your hands.",[10,26,27,30],{},[21,28,29],{},"Take the hourly rate if the job is small and straightforward."," A few items, no dismantling, easy access at both ends.",[14,32,34],{"id":33},"what-the-fixed-price-actually-buys","What the fixed price actually buys",[10,36,37],{},"A fixed price is fixed against the details you give us. Crew, van, stairs, upper floors and the carry from wherever we can park are all priced in from the start rather than added on the day.",[10,39,40,41,44],{},"The part that matters most is what happens when the day goes wrong. On a fixed-price booking, ",[21,42,43],{},"the crew takes no other job that day",". There is nothing to rush off to. If your keys arrive three hours late, we wait — no clock, no waiting charge, no renegotiation on your driveway. That is the whole point of it, and it is why we recommend it for any move that hinges on a completion.",[10,46,47,48,51],{},"There is one condition, and we would rather state it plainly than hide it: ",[21,49,50],{},"the price holds provided the details you gave us were honest and accurate."," Undeclared items, stairs we were not told about, parking restrictions nobody mentioned, or furniture needing dismantling that never came up — those change the job. Where that happens we will talk to you first, and we would always rather find a way to make it work. But the reliable way to avoid the conversation entirely is to over-share at quoting stage. Mention the loft. Mention the shed. Mention the garage.",[14,53,55],{"id":54},"what-the-hourly-rate-actually-buys","What the hourly rate actually buys",[10,57,58],{},"An hourly booking is usually cheaper for a small job, and that is worth saying because it means recommending it costs us money on those jobs.",[10,60,61],{},"The terms are different, though, and they matter:",[63,64,65,72,78],"ul",{},[66,67,68,71],"li",{},[21,69,70],{},"There is a two-hour minimum."," A van and a crew still have to travel to you.",[66,73,74,77],{},[21,75,76],{},"Waiting time is charged after the first 30 minutes",", with a ten-minute grace period inside each half hour.",[66,79,80,83],{},[21,81,82],{},"We may have another job scheduled that day",", which is part of why it is cheaper.",[10,85,86,87,90],{},"And the honest caveat: on an hourly booking, ",[21,88,89],{},"what you know in advance is the rate, not the total."," How long the job takes depends on the stairs, the carry, the traffic and how ready the house is. If certainty is what you are buying, hourly is not the thing that sells it.",[14,92,94],{"id":93},"the-one-that-catches-people-out","The one that catches people out",[10,96,97],{},"The most expensive mistake we see is an hourly booking on a completion day.",[10,99,100],{},"If the keys are late — and they often are — you are paying waiting time while a solicitor somewhere finishes a phone call. On a fixed price you are not. That is not a hypothetical: a delay of a couple of hours is common enough that we would rather people planned for it than hoped.",[10,102,103],{},"If you tell us the time you expect your keys, we will run the clock from then rather than from our arrival, which helps. But if your move depends on a key release, go fixed. It will be the calmer day.",[14,105,107],{"id":106},"and-if-the-keys-never-turn-up-at-all","And if the keys never turn up at all",[10,109,110],{},"Where a delay looks like running past about four hours, or far enough into the evening that finishing safely is not realistic, we will talk to you about taking your belongings into secure storage overnight and delivering the next day.",[10,112,113],{},"The re-delivery is charged, at a discounted rate. It is not a penalty — it is how a bad day stops becoming a disaster, and it means nobody is unloading a three-bed house at eleven at night.",[14,115,117],{"id":116},"what-we-will-tell-you-if-you-ask","What we will tell you if you ask",[10,119,120],{},"Ring us and describe the job, and we will tell you which one we would take. Sometimes that is the fixed price. Sometimes it is \"honestly, for that, book us hourly and you will pay less.\"",[10,122,123],{},"We would rather you booked the right one and came back to us in five years.",{"title":125,"searchDepth":126,"depth":126,"links":127},"",2,[128,129,130,131,132,133],{"id":16,"depth":126,"text":17},{"id":33,"depth":126,"text":34},{"id":54,"depth":126,"text":55},{"id":93,"depth":126,"text":94},{"id":106,"depth":126,"text":107},{"id":116,"depth":126,"text":117},"Pricing","We offer both, and the cheaper option is not always the right one. Here is how we would choose, including when we would talk you out of a fixed price.","md",{},true,"\u002Fblog\u002Ffixed-price-or-hourly","2026-08-31",5,{"title":5,"description":135},"blog\u002Ffixed-price-or-hourly",null,"jjmDVu7CMiSuSWJRmnjhJBhrbWfJkAYuFnAK39HFmWE",1791712370438]