We sort where the van stops before moving day
Red routes, pay bays and the Congestion Charge make central London moves hard to price. We plan the parking with you before the day, from £50 an hour, with the clock starting at your door.
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Parking planned with youBefore moving day, not on it
GT Removals handles removals in central London, from Marylebone and Mayfair in the West End to Aldgate in the City, 7 days a week from 7am. We plan the parking with you, check lifts and stairs on a video survey, and charge from £50 an hour, with the clock starting when our crew arrives.
A removal van in central London can stop in a council bay you have suspended, or on a yellow line under that council's loading rules. On a red route, it needs permission from Transport for London (TfL).
The obvious question is who can move you. In central London, the harder question is where the van can legally stop, because each council sets its own notice and fees.
6 working daysat least, to process
Red routes are the main roads marked with red lines, and TfL runs them, not the local council. A dispensation is TfL's permission to stop where red route rules would not normally allow it. TfL charges £48 per day per vehicle (opens in a new tab) on a double or single red line. TfL may refuse if the stop would hold up traffic too much or if there is a reasonable place to park nearby. It needs at least 6 working days, counting the day it receives the request, so your video survey covers the street outside as well as the rooms.
10 working daysnotice
Do you need a parking suspension for a removal van? In Westminster, a suspended bay is how you reserve the space outside, and Westminster City Council lists removal vans for house and office moves as a reason to apply. Westminster needs 10 working days' notice (opens in a new tab), and a request made within 10 calendar days of the start date adds a £20 short notice fee if it is granted. The charge is per space per day, from £51 or £55 for the first day depending on the parking zone. Once the van has gone, put the council's "return to service" sticker across the sign so the bay reopens sooner.
3 working daysfor a dispensation
In the City of London, a parking dispensation lets a van stand on a single yellow line for longer than the usual 40 minutes for loading. It costs £36 a day, or £40 with less than three working days' notice, and takes three working days to process. A suspended bay takes six working days, and a van standing in one also needs a dispensation.
17 daysahead in Camden
Camden asks for bay suspensions at least 17 days ahead. For a home move, Camden waives the first day's space charge for up to 3 spaces in a row and drops the short notice charge. Its £66.66 admin charge still applies. From 1 April 2026, Kensington and Chelsea charges £82 per space per day (opens in a new tab) for days 1 to 5, or £408 for an express suspension at five working days' notice. You apply in your own name, and we help with the van details, the dates and the number of spaces.
Each area below sits under a council whose parking rules shape your moving day. Covent Garden and Fitzrovia cross two councils, so we check which one runs your street.
Westminster, Mayfair, Marylebone, Soho, most of Covent Garden, the western side of Fitzrovia, Belgravia, Pimlico and Victoria.
Bloomsbury, Holborn, Kings Cross and the eastern side of Fitzrovia. Some streets around Kings Cross fall under Islington, and Kings Cross also appears with our moves across North London.
Aldersgate, Aldgate and Farringdon, under the City of London's dispensation rules set out above.
Chelsea sits under the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, whose fees are set out above. Chelsea and Knightsbridge are also part of our West London moves from our White City depot.
Your street not named here? Call or WhatsApp us on 020 3983 5849 with the postcode.
A video survey is a short video call or recorded video of your rooms, stairs, lift and the street outside. We use it to price your move before the day.
We look at the lift door, the space inside and the route to it, plus any concierge desk. Building management may set a lift booking, and on a bigger move a third mover helps keep the lift use inside that window.
Send us a video.
Film the rooms, the stairs, the lift and the kerb, and see what to film for your video survey.
We check access and parking.
That covers the stairs, the lift, any porter's desk, and whether a council or TfL runs the kerb.
You get a written quote.
It covers the agreed scope of the move, and most quotes come back within a few hours.
Your crew arrives.
The hourly clock starts at your door, and the price holds unless the job changes after the survey.
Removals in central London with GT Removals cost from £50 an hour for a driver and Transit van. The top rate is £120 an hour, for a Luton van with a driver and two movers.
| Crew | Transit van | Luton vanthe larger box van |
|---|---|---|
| With a driver | £50 an hour | £75 an hour |
| With one mover | £90 an hour | £100 an hour |
| With two movers | £110 an hour | £120 an hour |
Every booking has a one-hour minimum, the clock starts when the crew arrives, and there is no distance fee.
Work between 7pm and 8am adds £10 an hour with a 1.5-hour minimum, and weekend moves also carry a 1.5-hour minimum.
The Congestion Charge is added once, at the TfL rate on the day. Our guide to what the Congestion Charge and ULEZ mean for your move explains when it applies.
Our vans meet the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) standards, so the ULEZ adds nothing to your bill.
Send us a video of your stairs and the street outside, and most quotes come back within a few hours.
Free quote, with no obligation to book.
GT Removals moves offices, packs homes and stores belongings as well as handling removals in central London, so one team can handle the whole job.
GT Removals has moved London homes and offices since 2009 and has completed more than 10,000 moves, with an employed team that is insured on every job. Our 200+ Google reviews average 4.9, and customers often name the mover who helped them, such as Abrham, Biniyam, Sami and Steve.
"The communication was excellent from start to finish," one customer wrote. Another, after booking us for a second time, said it was the "same folks, same wonderful service." Every one of those reviews is public on our Google profile, so you can read them before you call.
The time of day changes what your move costs. The Congestion Charge runs from 7am to 6pm on weekdays, and from noon to 6pm at weekends and on bank holidays. A Saturday move that has left the zone before noon does not pay it. Evening work avoids it too, though our rate rises by £10 an hour between 7pm and 8am. There is no Congestion Charge between Christmas Day and the New Year's Day bank holiday.
Westminster City Council refunds payments as appropriate if it cancels a suspension, which it may do without notice for a major event, incident or emergency. Tell us straight away and we will re-plan the stop or the date with you.
Yes. GT Removals arranges collection, storage and redelivery through a sister business, as one booked move, and you can see your options when there is a gap between moves.
Yes. We move people from central London to anywhere in the UK, and we make regular moves to Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam and Brussels, each with its own written quote.
When you are moving house in central London, the earliest safe date is set by the notice period for the kerb outside, not by when a van is free.
Before you agree a completion or lease date, check whether your street is a red route or a council bay. Then count back that notice period from the rules above. A Westminster request for next week already carries the short notice fee, and only goes ahead if the council grants it. Book the van once the bay is in hand.
Count back from your moving date
Then book the van
Tell us both addresses and send a short video of the stairs and the street outside. One customer called our team "punctual, professional".
Get my priceInsured on every job, with no obligation to book after your quote.
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