Man and Van in Kings Langley

A van on a hill needs thinking about. The tail lift has to sit level enough to be safe, a wheeled item that gets away from you on a gradient is a genuine hazard, and the direction you park in decides how the whole load goes on. We choose the stopping point for the slope rather than the shortest walk, which is occasionally counterintuitive and always the right call.

Where the approach to a house is a set of steps up from the pavement, which is common enough here, we plan for the carry rather than discovering it. Mention the steps when you book and it goes in the quote.

The High Street runs narrow with parking along it and traffic that does not stop, so a long van standing still there is noticed quickly. The houses off it are period stock with the usual constraints: tight hallways, turning stairs and doorways sized for smaller furniture than we all own now.

We time these jobs to miss the busiest hours and bring the wrapping and the hands to get pieces through without marking anything. If something genuinely will not clear a doorway we will tell you before the day rather than on the landing.