The cost of removals for a 2 bed flat in London
The cost of removals for a 2 bed flat in London is set by the driver you choose, so there is no fixed price. A typical 2 bed flat takes about 4½ hours to move, in an Extra Long Wheel Base van. With half an hour spare, 5 hours at the two real rates on our pricing page comes to £429.86 or £464.86 in total, with City2City's booking fee included.
A 2 bed flat at a glance
From the site's own van size calculator, using its standard 2 bed flat. A starting point for planning, not a quote.
- Van the calculator picks
- Extra Long Wheel Base
- Time it gives
- 4 hours 14 minutes, so book about 4½ hours
- Not counted in that time
- Stairs, lifts and long carries
- Minimum booking
- Two hours with most drivers, then hourly or half-hour steps
- Congestion Charge and ULEZ
- Included in the price shown
- Who sets the price
- The driver. City2City adds its booking fee, and every price you see already includes it.
What is usually in a 2 bed flat
The calculator's standard 2 bed flat is 40 items: a double and a single bedroom, a living room, a small dining table and a washing machine, plus boxes and suitcases. The furniture is flat-sized: a three-seater sofa, a four-seater table and two-door wardrobes.
- No fridge-freezer is included. If yours is coming, add it: the calculator allows 14 minutes for one.
- More boxes than the list? Add them. Each large box is 2 minutes of handling.
- Measure the wardrobes and the sofa against the lift and the tightest stair turn at both ends. Anything that will not fit has to come apart, and dismantling is up to the driver, so ask on live chat before you book.
The calculator's 2 bed flat list
- Double bed & mattress
- Single bed & mattress
- 2 × 2-door wardrobe
- 2 × Chest of drawers
- 2 × Bedside table
- Three Seater Sofa
- Television 43" or larger
- TV stand
- Coffee table
- Bookcase
- 4-seater dining table
- 4 × Dining chair
- 14 × Medium box
- 4 × Large box
- 3 × Suitcase
- Washing machine
The van it normally needs
For the standard list, the calculator picks the Extra Long Wheel Base. Its load space is 4.5 m × 1.7 m × 1.9 m, and it carries 1,200–1,500 kg.
The list comes in just over what a Large Long Wheel Base holds, so a lighter flat — fewer boxes, no dining table — may fit the Large. A bigger van also needs a bigger gap at the kerb, which matters on a street of parked cars.
Put your own list into the van size calculatorHow long it takes
The calculator adds three things, then rounds up to the next half hour, because that is how you book.
- Handling your 40 items144 minutes
- The van's base time (Extra Long Wheel Base)80 minutes
- The drive between your addresses (the calculator's flat allowance)30 minutes
- Total254 minutes
- Book about4½ hours
If the move runs past the hours you booked, the extra is charged at the driver's hourly rate, which you see before you book.
What pushes the cost up in a flat
The calculator assumes no unusual carry, and a flat often has one. Follow one item from your front door to the van and you pass each thing that adds time.
- 1
Floors without a lift
Each of the 40 items is carried up or down every flight by hand. The booking asks for the floor and lift at both addresses, and drivers price that in.
- 2
A small or shared lift
A sofa or wardrobe that does not fit still goes by the stairs. If the lift has to be booked, book it with the building manager first.
- 3
Communal doors and hallways
Security doors, key fobs, narrow landings and tight turns all slow the carry. Have someone on the main door.
- 4
Parking further from the door
If the nearest legal space is down the road, every item makes that walk. Ask your council about suspending a bay, and ask early.
Distance and stops
The drive is in every quote. Each extra stop adds mileage and time.
Help level
From no help to the driver plus two porters. On stairs, more hands usually finish sooner.
Packing
Add the packing service and the driver brings the materials and packs for you. It is priced into the quote before you pay.
A second-floor flat with no lift
Say you are moving from a 2 bed flat on the second floor, with no lift, to a ground-floor flat across London. Your things match the standard list.
- 1The calculator gives 4 hours 14 minutes in an Extra Long Wheel Base, which rounds up to 4½ hours.
- 2It does not count the stairs, so you book the extra half hour: 5 hours.
- 3You enter the second floor and no lift, so anything a driver adds for stairs is already in their price.
- First 2 hours
- £171.95
- Next 3 hours at £85.97 an hour
- £257.91
- What you pay
- £429.86
- First 2 hours
- £185.95
- Next 3 hours at £92.97 an hour
- £278.91
- What you pay
- £464.86
Both rates come from City2City's own booking flow, for the vans a size either side of the Extra Long Wheel Base. Each driver sets their own price and City2City's booking fee is added to it, so these totals, like every price you see in a search, already include the fee. How pricing works
How to get real prices for your flat
Drivers set their own prices, and several can quote for the same move. You compare them and choose. No card details are needed to see prices.
- 1Choose home removals. Enter both addresses, the floor at each and whether there is a lift.
- 2Pick 2 Bed Flat as the place you are moving from, then add what is coming.
- 3Choose the van, then the help level, date, time and hours.
- 4Compare the drivers who are free — van, rating and price — and book one.
See what home removals covers, and work through the moving checklist before the day.
2 bed flat removal questions
Drivers set their own prices, so there is no fixed figure. The van size calculator puts a typical 2 bed flat at about 4½ hours in an Extra Long Wheel Base. With half an hour spare, 5 hours at the two real rates on our pricing page comes to £429.86 or £464.86 in total, with City2City's booking fee included.
The calculator picks an Extra Long Wheel Base for its standard list. A lighter flat, with fewer boxes or no dining table, may fit a Large Long Wheel Base.
About 4½ hours by the calculator, before stairs without a lift, a small lift or a long walk to the van.
Usually. The booking asks for the floor and lift at each address, and drivers build that into the price they show you.
Yes, in the price shown. Tolls, ferries and private road charges are paid separately if your route needs them.
Only if the move runs past the hours you booked. The extra time is charged at the driver's hourly rate, which you see before you book.