Central London to Birmingham prices
A dedicated van and crew for your move alone, on the date you booked. Everything below includes VAT, the fuel, the mileage and the Congestion Charge on the London leg.
| What you are moving | Price |
|---|---|
| Single item or a small loadA few boxes, a bed, a sofa | £450 to £800 |
| Studio or one bedroom flatTwo crew, one van, same day | £950 to £1,550 |
| Two bedroom flat or houseTwo or three crew, a Luton | £1,350 to £2,200 |
| Three bedroom houseThree crew, a full day | £1,800 to £3,000 |
| Four bedroom houseLarger vehicle or two, sometimes two days | £2,400 to £4,000 |
Why people make this move
- Employers relocating staff, which makes this more of a corporate route than the others and more likely to be invoiced to a company
- The HS2 and city centre regeneration flats, which offer a lift and a concierge at a fraction of the London price
- People leaving London for a Victorian house in Moseley, Kings Heath or Harborne with a garden and a school nearby
Loading and unloading
Loading in Central London
The usual London questions with a longer day behind them: the floor, the lift, the legal stopping position and an early start. Two and a half hours each way means five hours of driving, so the loading needs to be done rather than merely started by late morning.
Unloading in Birmingham
Birmingham is straightforward by the standards of this list. The city centre and Jewellery Quarter apartment blocks have lifts, concierges and loading bays, most needing a booking a day or two ahead. The Victorian and Edwardian terraces out in Moseley, Kings Heath, Harborne and Selly Oak have front gardens, a step or two, and staircases that behave. Digbeth and the converted industrial buildings are the exception, with goods lifts of variable usefulness and awkward loading. Birmingham operates a charging clean air zone across the city centre which catches non-compliant commercial vehicles; ours are compliant, so it adds nothing. Birmingham City Council handles bay suspensions where a street needs one, though the need arises less often here than in London.
The journey
M40 to the M42 and in, or the M1 and M6 depending on the destination side of the city. A hundred and twenty five miles and about two and a half hours, with the M40 around Warwick and the approach to the M42 being the usual slow points.
One day, dedicated van and crew, loaded in the morning and unloaded the same afternoon. This route more than any other on the list finishes early, because both ends are usually simple.
Corporate moves and invoicing
More of our Birmingham work is paid for by an employer than on any other route, usually a relocation package with a budget and an approval process. We invoice companies on standard terms rather than taking payment on completion, and we can quote in a form that a finance department will accept.
What that changes practically is the paperwork rather than the move. Tell us at the quote stage if it is being expensed, and we will format the quote and the invoice for it rather than sending you something you have to rewrite.
The clean air zone
Birmingham charges non-compliant commercial vehicles to enter the city centre zone, daily. Our vehicles are compliant so there is nothing to add to your figure.
As with Bath and Bristol, it is a fair question to ask of a cheaper quote. A firm running older vans either pays it and recovers it somewhere, or routes around the zone in a way that costs you time.
What makes a Birmingham job expensive
Not much, which is why the band bottoms out where it does. The usual culprits are a Digbeth conversion with a slow goods lift, a city centre block that will not allocate a loading slot on the date you need, or a genuinely large house out in Edgbaston or Moseley.
The volume matters more here than the access, which reverses the pattern on almost every other page on this site. A four bedroom Edgbaston house is a bigger job than a third floor Clifton flat despite the Clifton flat being harder to carry out of.
What makes this move go well
- Book the loading bay and goods lift if the destination is a city centre or Jewellery Quarter block
- Say at the quote stage if an employer is paying, so the quote comes in a form finance will accept
- Have everything packed and sealed the night before, since the day starts early
- Give the exact address, because Digbeth conversions and Moseley terraces are different jobs
Central London to Birmingham: common questions
How much do removals from London to Birmingham cost?
A one bedroom flat is £950 to £1,550, a two bedroom £2,100 to £3,500 and a three bedroom house £1,800 to £3,000, including VAT. A small load is £450 to £800. That is a dedicated van and crew loaded in London and unloaded in Birmingham the same day.
Do I pay the Birmingham clean air zone charge?
No. Birmingham charges non-compliant commercial vehicles daily to enter the city centre zone, and our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added to your price.
Can you invoice my employer?
Yes, and more of our Birmingham work is employer-paid than on any other route. We invoice companies on standard terms rather than taking payment on completion, and we will format the quote so a finance department can process it. Say so at the quote stage.
Is it done in one day?
Yes for anything up to a three bedroom house, and this route finishes earlier than most because both ends are usually straightforward. A hundred and twenty five miles is two and a half hours each way.
Do I need to book anything at the Birmingham end?
If you are moving into a city centre or Jewellery Quarter apartment block, book the loading bay and goods lift a day or two ahead. Terraced streets in Moseley, Kings Heath or Harborne need nothing beyond ordinary parking.
What is included in the figure?
The crew, the van, the wrapping, the dismantling and reassembly, the fuel, the mileage, the clean air zone and the Congestion Charge on the London leg. No per mile addition. Council bay suspensions are the only thing quoted separately, at cost.
