Moving guide
Han With A Van vs traditional removals
Not sure which kind of mover is right for you? Here’s an honest run-through, and I’ll even tell you where we’re not the right fit, because I’d rather you had a brilliant move than gave us a booking you regret.
A man with a van. Cheapest hourly rate of the lot, and plenty are perfectly good at it. The trouble is the stuff women tell me over and over: turning up late, rushing them, being careless with their things, the odd weird comment, and the discomfort of a strange man knowing their new address. Priced by the hour, so a slow day in traffic results in a surprise fee at the end. Fine for small, simple jobs, less fine for moving your entire life.
A big removals firm. The full works: packing, a whole crew, all the insurance. Genuinely brilliant for a big family home, an office, or a complicated long-distance job where you want a proper crew and specialist lifting kit. But it gets expensive fast, they want that itemised list up front, and it can feel really impersonal. Got a five-bed and a grand piano? Honestly, go with them. If it’s just your one bedroom flat and you’ve already got two friends who can help, come to us.
Han With A Van. Female-led, queer-friendly, and built for women and queer people who want to feel safe and properly looked after on an emotional day, wherever they are in the country. What you actually get with us:
- A flat fee, agreed up front. One quote, everything in it, based on the move you describe, with no clock-watching. If something significantly bigger than you described turns up, we talk to you about it and agree it before anything changes.
- Big-sister energy. Calm and careful, never rushing you, treating your things and your day like they matter.
- A genuine safe space. A woman or non-binary mover who respects your home and your pace, interviewed and vetted by me personally, with none of the creepy stuff.
- Someone who actually cares. Snacks, a good playlist, and a few extra boxes being no bother at all.
Where we’re not your answer: we work “done with you, not done for you”, so for the bigger furniture your mover will need your help, or tell us up front if that’s not an option and we’ll quote for two movers.
Packing isn’t included as standard, though some of our movers can take it on in some areas if you ask when you enquire.
We don’t do storage, and we don’t take on office moves or corporate relocations, though a small studio or market-stall move is usually fine.
We’re set up for rooms, studios and small 1-2 bedroom places, so for a fully furnished home of two bedrooms or more, a big firm will suit you better, and we’ll always be straight with you about that. But for a smaller move you want done well, calmly, by someone you actually trust, that’s exactly what we’re here for. We’ve got 50+ five-star reviews from women who’ll tell you the same.