King's Cross to Camden Town prices
Everything below includes VAT, the crew, the van, the wrapping, the fuel and the Congestion Charge. Where you land in each band is set by the floor and the parking at both ends.
| What you are moving | Price |
|---|---|
| Single item or a few boxesOne or two crew, one run | £90 to £220 |
| Studio flatOne van, one run | £340 to £620 |
| One bedroom flatTwo crew, four to five hours | £420 to £850 |
| Two bedroom flatA Luton, or a transit and two runs | £680 to £1,400 |
| Three bedroom houseA full day, three or four crew | £1,050 to £2,000 |
Why people make this move
- The King's Cross redevelopment flats are expensive per square foot, and Camden offers a period conversion with more room for the same rent
- People who took a new build for the first year and want a street with pubs and a Sunday rather than a plaza
- Short hops between two parts of the same borough, often with the same landlord or the same agency
Loading and unloading
Loading in King's Cross
The King's Cross end is unusually good by Central London standards and worth using properly. The new blocks around Coal Drops Yard, Granary Square and Handyside Street have concierges, goods lifts and in several cases a proper loading bay, all of which need booking a day or two ahead. The older streets towards Caledonian Road and the Georgian terraces off Argyle Square are the opposite: tight staircases, no lift, and Camden controlled parking with very few free bays. Euston Road and York Way are red route or restricted and we do not attempt to load on either.
More on King's Cross access →Unloading in Camden Town
Camden Town is the hardest unloading in this list for a move of its size. Camden High Street, Chalk Farm Road and the streets immediately around the markets carry pedestrian volumes that make a van pointless from late morning until evening, every day of the week including Sunday. We load and unload early on this corridor or we work from a side street. Away from the market the picture improves quickly: the Victorian terraces around Camden Square and towards Kentish Town have resident bays, and the canal-side developments have loading areas. Camden Council runs the suspension process at both ends of this route, which at least means one application rather than two.
The journey
Pancras Road to Camden Road is the direct line and the sensible one. It is a mile and a half and it takes ten minutes at eight in the morning and half an hour at two in the afternoon, almost all of the difference being the approach to Camden Town itself.
We schedule this corridor early wherever the buildings allow it. An eight o'clock start puts the whole job in before the market crowds arrive, which is worth more on this route than on any other in the list.
Why we will push you towards an early start
On most moves the start time is about traffic. Here it is about pedestrians. The area around Camden Lock, the Stables and Inverness Street fills up from late morning and stays full, and no amount of planning makes a Luton useful on Camden High Street at two on a Saturday.
A start at eight means the van is unloaded and gone before that happens. Where the origin building will not open its goods lift that early, we work the other way round and load late, unload first thing the following morning, which is quoted as one job rather than two.
One borough, which helps more than you would think
Both ends of this route sit in Camden, so where a suspension is needed it is a single application to a single authority with a single lead time. On a cross-borough move we are usually running two processes with different forms and different rates.
It does not make the suspension cheaper, at £45 to £120 a day set by Camden, but it makes the timing predictable and it halves the chance of an application landing with the wrong council and burning the lead time.
What makes this move go well
- Take the earliest slot the buildings will allow, which matters more here than anywhere else on this list
- Book the goods lift and loading bay at the King's Cross end as soon as you have a date
- Avoid Saturdays and Sundays entirely if the destination is within three streets of the market
- Give us the exact Camden address, since the difference between a Camden Square terrace and a flat above the High Street is the whole job
King's Cross to Camden Town: common questions
How much is a man and van from King's Cross to Camden Town?
A one bedroom flat is £420 to £850, a two bedroom £680 to £1,400 and a three bedroom house £1,050 to £2,000, including VAT. At a mile and a half the drive costs almost nothing. Where you land in the band is set by the floor at each end and by whether we can get the van anywhere near the Camden door.
Why do you want to start so early on this route?
Because Camden Town fills with pedestrians from late morning and a van becomes useless near the markets. An eight o'clock start gets the job done before that. It is the single most useful thing you can agree to on this corridor and it costs you nothing.
Can you park on Camden High Street?
Realistically no, not during the day. We load and unload from a side street or from a suspended bay away from the market frontage, and we plan the carry accordingly. Anyone who tells you they will pull up outside a shop on the High Street at midday has not done the job.
Is it cheaper because it is only a mile and a half?
A little, and less than the distance suggests. Fuel and drive time are a small share of a Central London move. Two flights of stairs at the Camden end will add more to the figure than the entire journey does.
Do both ends need a parking suspension?
Sometimes, and the useful part is that both ends are Camden, so it is one application and one lead time rather than two. Camden charges £45 to £120 a day per bay and wants several working days notice. We apply and pass the cost through at what they charged.
