A typical local house move with us costs £190 for a one-bed, £270 for a two-bed, £350 for a three-bed and £430 for a four-bed. Stairs, distance and a fuller load add to that, so your own figure depends on a short list of things, none of them a mystery, and you already know most of them about your own house.

Here is that list, roughly in the order it moves the price. If you would rather go straight to a figure for your own move, the quote form builds one as you answer.

What the published averages say

Published averages are worth a look for scale. Reallymoving's August 2026 figures, reported by the HomeOwners Alliance, put a local three-bed move at £725 in the North East, against £792 across the UK and £927 in the South West, the dearest region that month.

Which? priced removals in May 2026 at £540 for a one-bedroom ground-floor flat and £1,553 for a four-bedroom house, but those quotes were for a 12-mile move inside London, and Which? says itself that prices vary by location.

Do not read those against our figures as like for like. An average is built from whole quotes, with each home's stairs, parking and distance already in it, while our typical figure is the starting point before yours are added. An average tells you what a move costs somewhere. It cannot tell you what yours costs, because the things below are different on every street in Durham, Sunderland or Newcastle.

What actually drives the price

1. How much there is to move

Volume decides three things: the size of the van, the size of the crew and the length of the day. The room count is only the starting point. A two-bed flat with a full loft is not a two-bed flat.

Our answer: count the loft, the garage, the shed and the cupboard under the stairs when you ask for a quote. That is where most of the gap between a guess and the real job hides.

2. Stairs and lifts

Every item carried down a flight of stairs takes longer than one carried across a hallway, and a third-floor flat with no lift is a different day from a ground-floor one. A lift only helps if it is big enough for furniture and booked for your slot.

Tell us how many flights there are, at both ends, so they are in your price from the start.

3. The carry

The distance from where the van stops to your front door is walked once for every item in the house. Twenty metres instead of five, across eighty items, is a longer job. It is the reason parking and access is worth sorting weeks ahead.

4. Parking

Suitable parking as close as reasonably possible to both addresses is the customer's responsibility, and it is the cost people most often forget. On a permit street you may need a bay suspension from the council, and that usually costs something. Our guide to moving a Tyneside flat shows what it looks like in Newcastle. It is almost always cheaper than the time a long carry adds.

5. Dismantling and reassembly

Beds, wardrobes and garden furniture are not taken apart automatically. It needs requesting when you get your quote, so we bring the tools and allow the time. Disconnecting a washing machine, a cooker or a wall-mounted TV is free with your move, and we can reconnect a washing machine at the far end. Tell us, so it is on the plan.

6. Packing

You can pack yourself, or we can pack the whole house the day before, or only the rooms you would rather not face. With our packing service all materials are included in the price, and anything we pack is our responsibility. Boxes you pack yourself are not, which is worth weighing if you own a lot of glass.

7. The distance between the two addresses

Distance is one of the things a quote is built from, so a move across Durham and a move from Durham to Newcastle price differently. The first 15 miles are included. Past that, mileage is added, counted there and back because the van has to come back, and so is the driving time. Past 175 miles we talk it through with you rather than book it online. We cover moves anywhere in mainland Britain, and the figures for long-distance moves have their own post.

What does not change the price: the day

We charge the same whatever day you move, Saturdays, Sundays and bank holidays included. We explain why in why we do not charge more at weekends. The honest consequence is that weekends book up first, so if your move has to be a Saturday, book it early.

One price for the job, or by the hour?

We price moves two ways, and the one you pick changes how the cost works, not just what it comes to. The full reasoning is in how to choose between the two. The short version:

One price for the whole job. A single figure, built from the details you give us. The crew takes no other job that day, and if your keys are late we wait, with no clock and no waiting charge.
By the hour. Often cheaper for smaller moves, up to a two-bedroom home, starting or finishing in the North East. There is a two-hour minimum, plus 93p a mile between your addresses. The hours you book are the least you pay. If the job runs over and the crew can stay, extra time is the same rate, and a part hour counts as a whole one. The first 30 minutes of waiting are included, and waiting after that is charged at the rate in our terms.

Each has a catch, and we would rather say so. By the hour, what you know in advance is the rate, not the total. On one price for the job, the figure holds against the details you gave us, so undeclared items, stairs or parking restrictions nobody mentioned change the job. Over-share at quoting stage and neither catch comes up.

What we charge

These are the rates on our site as of November 2026. Stairs, distance and a fuller load add to the home-size figures, and your quote shows all of it before you book.

Typical local move	Price
Studio	£160
One-bed	£190
Two-bed	£270
Three-bed	£350
Four-bed	£430
Five beds or more	Priced with you

By the hour	Rate
Driver and van (you load)	£40 an hour
Man and van (our driver loads with your help)	£60 an hour
Two movers and van (we do all the carrying)	£80 an hour

The quote form shows the packing price for your home size if you want it added.

A 30% deposit secures the date and the balance is due on completion. Changes are free with at least 48 hours' notice.

How to get your exact figure

Fill in the quote form. It prices a home move from the rooms, what is in them and the access at both ends, and your price builds as you answer. We pencil in your date, check the job over by hand and come back to you. If you would rather not fill in a form, send us a short video of each room on WhatsApp, or ring us and talk it through.

One honest difference from the usual advice: Which? suggests getting quotes from firms that visit the property. We usually do not, because the form and a video do the same job faster. For larger homes or long-distance moves we may arrange an in-person survey, and we will tell you if that is the case.

Whichever way you ask, three things make the figure hold:

Everything that is coming. The loft, the garage, the shed, and anything heavy like a piano or an American fridge-freezer.
The stairs and lifts at both ends. How many flights, and the largest item that has to go up or down them.
The street. A permit zone, a hill, a back lane. A photo taken from the middle of the road tells us more than a paragraph does.

A cheap quote that missed the loft is not a cheap move. It is a conversation on your driveway at nine in the morning, and that is the conversation we would rather have now.