Two pairs of hands
Two movers, the London default
The crew most jobs actually need and the one we quote most often. Two people can carry anything a normal flat contains, read a staircase turn between them, and keep somebody with the vehicle while the other works inside.
Two is a load decision. Three is almost always a building decision. Knowing which you are is most of the quote.
What comes with two movers
What two people cover
A studio or a one-bedroom flat, complete. A flat-share room with its own furniture. A two-bedroom flat where the access is good and there is a working lift. Small office relocations. Everything on the one-mover page, plus all the furniture that page rules out.
Two is also the minimum we will send to anything with a sofa, a double mattress, a machine or a full wardrobe in it, regardless of how small the rest of the load is.
How two people actually work a staircase
One leads and one follows, and the one leading is not the one taking the weight. The lead reads the turn, calls the angle and protects the bannister; the follower carries. On a half-landing turn they swap roles without putting the item down.
That is why two people handle a turn that one cannot: the problem is control rather than load, and control needs a second set of eyes at the other end of the object.
The facts that turn two into three
None of these is about how much you own.
- A single passenger lift shared with residents, which cannot be held.
- A frontage where a vehicle cannot legally be left unattended.
- A legal standing point that is not on your street.
- A staircase with a turn tight enough that something has to go over the bannister.
- A building that requires the stairwell or lobby to stay clear at all times.
- A goods-lift window booked with building management.
What you can do to keep it at two
Get the parking sorted properly, at both ends. Have the machines disconnected and drained before the crew arrives. Empty the drawers. Take the doors off a wardrobe if they come off easily. Clear the route from the door to the street.
None of it is dramatic. Together it is frequently the difference between a two-person day and a three-person one.
Two movers
Questions about two movers
- 1Is two enough for a one-bed flat?
- Almost always, yes, where the access is ordinary. Where the flat is a fourth-floor walk-up or the van cannot stand outside, the flat has not changed but the crew needs to.
- 2Two movers and two floors — is that still two?
- Usually, if there is a lift that reaches both. Without one, a high walk-up is where a third person starts earning their place, because the carry becomes the entire job.
- 3Do both movers carry the whole time?
- On a two-person job, essentially yes. That is what separates it from three, where one person is frequently doing something other than carrying.
- 4Can two movers do a small house?
- A small terraced house with good access and no loft, sometimes. A house with a garage, a loft and a shed is a full crew, and pretending otherwise just produces a very long day.
Tell us the stairs, not the boxes
Both addresses, what floor each one is on, where a vehicle can legally stand at either end, and the widest thing you own. That is what sets the crew — and the crew is what sets the price.