Removals in Brighton (BN1–BN3) — Trusted Sussex Movers

As a guide only, a typical local two-bed move runs £650–£1,250 + VAT, and our man and van service starts from £80 for smaller jobs. What moves the figure is mostly access: whether a parking bay needs suspending through the council, how many stairs there are with no lift, and how much has to be hand-carried rather than driven to the door. The run down from our base near Ashington and Pulborough is factored in too, since this is the furthest major city we cover. Every quote starts with a free video or in-home survey, so your fixed written price — usually within 24 hours — reflects your actual property, with no hidden fees. See the pricing guide or request a quote.

Brighton & Hove City Council runs a bay-suspension service for exactly this, and each suspended bay measures 5.5 metres. We cannot arrange the suspension ourselves — that goes through the council directly — but we flag it at survey stage for any address inside a controlled parking zone, tell you what to check, and plan your moving-day parking around it once arranged. The fee and notice period both change, so always confirm those directly. It matters because large parts of the city sit inside a zone where an ordinary street already needs a resident’s permit to park at all, so a suspended bay is often the only legal way to load right outside the door.

Yes. Every move is fully insured and carried out by our own trained team, with goods-in-transit and public liability cover in place and optional full damage insurance for an extra 10% of your invoice total. We are Checkatrade-verified, so you can check our record for yourself before booking. Most Brighton jobs are ordinary family homes, and it is that same careful handling — padded door frames, banisters and hallway walls before anything moves — which earned that reputation. If you have a question about cover for a specific item, ask before moving day rather than on it.

Yes — the whole city. BN1 runs across the centre and north, BN2 covers Kemptown, the eastern wards and the marina, and BN3 sits where the city borders Hove. That takes in Kemptown and Queen’s Park, Hanover and Elm Grove, North Laine and The Lanes, Preston Park, Round Hill, Moulsecoomb, Woodingdean, Patcham and Withdean, plus the coastal villages of Rottingdean and Saltdean beyond. A postcode alone only tells us so much: a flat above a shop in North Laine needs a very different plan from a house further out, so we work out the actual access at survey stage. If your area is not named here, ask — we very likely cover it.

Not always, and that is fine — we plan for it rather than assume it. North Laine’s streets are largely pedestrianised and The Lanes are narrower still, so many moves involve parking at the nearest legal loading point and carrying the last stretch, sometimes with a smaller shuttle vehicle. Up in Hanover and Round Hill the lorry usually gets close, but the gradient and lack of driveways make the carry longer, so we put more hands on the slope. Tall Regency conversions add a third case, where a shared period staircase matters more than the kerb. Seafront basements and no-lift top floors are checked the same way, at a free survey.

Yes. Whether there is a gap between exchange and completion, a tenancy ending before the next begins, or simply too much furniture for a smaller flat here, our clean, dry containerised storage holds a full household — or just the overflow — for as long as you need. The same movers who load your home load the container, and we redeliver the moment your new place is ready.

Yes. Alongside house moves we run office and business removals for firms across the city. Every commercial job carries a numbered inventory, so equipment, files and furniture are tracked from the old address and checked off at the new one. Our movers work evenings and Sundays specifically so a shopfront or office is trading again next morning.

Yes. Between the University of Sussex at Falmer and the University of Brighton campuses at Falmer, Moulsecoomb and in the city centre, the city has a genuinely predictable June and September moving season, and we cover single rooms, shared houses and whole flats around it. For one room or a few boxes our movers also take on smaller moves, and if your tenancy ends before the next starts we can store everything in between.

Sometimes, if a crew and vehicle happen to be free — but we will not promise a same-day slot we cannot honestly deliver. It is always worth calling to ask what is open that week, because a cancellation can free movers sooner than expected. A free video survey confirms what is involved without waiting for a visit, so you still get a fixed written price.

Yes. Tell us at quote stage which items need taking apart and rebuilding — beds, wardrobes and flat-pack units are all part of the service — and our movers handle it at both ends. It earns its keep on the city’s period stairs: a bulky piece often has to come apart to clear a narrow period staircase or a tight landing. Fitted and antique pieces are handled by the same crews whose care earned that reputation.

Most removal companies covering the city will quote from a phone call. We do not: every price follows a free video or in-home survey, because access alone changes the vehicle and the number of movers a job needs. We are a family-run West Sussex firm and the city sits at the far edge of our patch, so you will find us listed alongside companies based closer in — we will not pretend to a Brighton address we do not have. What we will do is send our own insured movers rather than subcontract, and put the price in writing within 24 hours.