Brighton & Hove — seafront to the Downs
Man with a Van Brighton — hills, basements and all of Hove too.
One van, a careful pair of hands and a city we know by its stairs: Regency conversions, permit-only terraces, seafront squares and everything up the hill. Flats, houses, single items and student rooms — priced by the hour, confirmed in writing first.
Prefer to talk? Call 07938 040001 — available 8am–10pm
from £22/hr · van + driver
Thirty seconds of detail. One written price.
Tell us what's moving and where — the quote comes back with the van, the crew and the hours, usually the same day.
- The quote names everything included — nothing surfaces later
- No obligation, no chasing — a price is just a price
- Rather ring? Call 07938 040001, 8am–10pm
Every hill, square
and twitten in the city
A quarter of a million people, 26 parking zones and some of England's steepest moving days — these are the neighbourhoods the van works most.
The van, the driver, your job
from £22
per hour · medium van + driver
- Single items, marketplace pickups, a room's worth of boxes
- The driver works — loading, carrying, strapping
- More hands bookable when the stairs vote for them
Flats & houses, moved whole
from £28
per hour · large van + driver
- Basement conversions to family semis, room by room
- Blankets, straps and a plan for the staircase
- Packing bookable ahead of the day on the same quote
Small offices & studios
from £39
per hour · large van + two men
- Desks, kit and files across town with minimal downtime
- Evenings and weekends up to 10pm for after-hours switches
- Honest scale: single floors and studios, not corporate campuses
From message to moved, in four.
Describe the job
Postcodes, floors — and in this city, whether there's a basement, a hill or a permit zone in the story.
Read the number
Van, crew, hours and inclusions on paper. Stairs and slopes are counted here, not sprung later.
Pick the slot
Confirm in writing and it's held. Weekends near the seafront go fast; weekday mornings are the quiet win.
We carry, you unlock
Padded, strapped, up whatever Brighton throws at us — and put down in the right room at the other end.
This city moves vertically. We plan for that.
Brighton stacks its moving days like nowhere else on the coast: basement flats with steps to the street, Regency staircases never built for wardrobes, Hanover's terraces climbing from the Level, and 26 parking zones — several permit-only — deciding where a van may legally stand.
None of it is a problem when it's in the plan. Name the street and the floor, and the quote arrives already knowing the hill.
How pricing works →
277k
People in Brighton & Hove at the last census — and their sofas.
26
Council parking zones — we plan the van's spot before the day.
£22
An hour for the medium van with a working driver.
~34k
Across two universities — September and June keep the van honest.
Six rates. No riddles.
Get your exact price →- 01Medium van + driversingle items & small loadsfrom £22/hr
- 02Medium van + 2 menstairs, basements, small flatsfrom £33/hr
- 03Medium van + 3 menquick turnaroundsfrom £44/hr
- 04Large van + driverfull loads, light liftingfrom £28/hr
- 05Large van + 2 menhouses & officesfrom £39/hr
- 06Large van + 3 menthe steep big onesfrom £55/hr
Seven jobs, one van.
Each one has its own page, its own local knowledge and the same open rate card — because a sofa run and a house move deserve different reading.
- House & flat removalsbasements to family homes
- Office removalsstudios, floors, small firms
- Single item deliverysofas, appliances, market finds
- Student movesSussex & Brighton, both ends of term
- Packing serviceboxed before the van arrives
- Storage runsinto units, out again, between
- Brighton to Londonboth directions, zones itemised
FAQ
Answered before the van starts — the Brighton-shaped questions especially.
How much does a man with a van cost in Brighton?
The table is public: a medium van runs £22 an hour with a working driver, £33 with two men, £44 with three — the large van £28, £39 and £55. The hours depend on the load, the stairs, the hill and the parking, and the expected total arrives in writing before anything is booked.
Is there a ULEZ or Clean Air Zone charge in Brighton?
No — and some national moving sites get this wrong. Brighton & Hove's only emission scheme is a bus-only Low Emission Zone on a short central stretch; there is no charge for cars or vans anywhere in the city. Zone charges only enter the picture on our London runs, where they're itemised in the quote.
My street is permit-only — can the van still load?
Yes, with planning. The city runs 26 lettered parking zones, and several — Hanover and Elm Grove's Zone S among them — are permit-only with no pay-and-display. Rules differ zone by zone, so tell us the street when you enquire and the loading plan goes into the quote rather than becoming a ticket.
Can you handle a basement flat or a steep Hanover terrace?
That's Brighton moving in a nutshell, and it's our everyday work: Regency conversions with narrow original staircases, basement steps up to street level, and terraces climbing from the Level towards Queen's Park. Stairs and slopes cost honest hours, never mystery surcharges — say what you've got and the quote allows for it.
Do you do student moves for Sussex and Brighton universities?
Constantly — with roughly 34,000 students across the two universities, September move-ins and June move-outs are the city's busiest van weeks. Single rooms, house shares and runs home are all priced by the hour, so a small load stays a small bill.
Which areas do you cover?
All of Brighton & Hove — Kemptown to Portslade, seafront to Patcham — plus the towns along the coast and over the Downs: Shoreham, Worthing, Lewes, Peacehaven, Eastbourne, Burgess Hill and Haywards Heath. Each has its own page with the local detail.
The city, the coast, the Downs.
Based in Brighton, working the whole stretch — each linked town below has its own page with real local knowledge, not a find-and-replace template.