Student Removals
your whole room for about £70.
Halls to house, house to house, home for summer. One small van swallows a student room in a single trip, the driver helps carry, and the bill splits in the group chat. No borrowing a parent's estate car across the country.
TowManVan student removals cost about £70 for a single room: a £35/hr small van on its 2-hour minimum, with the driver helping carry boxes down from the third floor. A whole house-share can split one medium van between housemates - typically £90-£135 for a 4-bed clear. Book same-day off-peak or 24-48 hours ahead in June and September changeover weeks. Launching in 24 UK cities on 1st of October 2026.
Works without you there: a parent or housemate can hand over while you track the van from anywhere.
Services in UK
Fixed upfront prices. No membership fees. Live operator tracking across every postcode in UK.
Halls to House
First-year room out of halls and into the second-year house. One small van, one trip, driver helps with the stairs at both ends. Done between lectures.
House-Share Changeovers
Whole-house moves between tenancies: one bigger van, boxes labelled by name, cost split between housemates. The cheapest per-person move in the city.
Term-End & Summer Runs
Home for summer with the kettle, the monitor and four bags of laundry. Long-distance runs priced by distance, shown before you book.
Storage Between Tenancies
Tenancy ends June, next one starts September. Van to a storage unit now, van back at freshers - both legs bookable in minutes.
Student moves, solved
The June and September crunch
Student tenancies turn over in two narrow windows, and every van in a university city is booked solid for those weekends. TowManVan's dispatch model helps - drivers flock to demand - but the practical advice stands: in changeover weeks, book 24-48 hours ahead. The rate stays £35/hr regardless; only availability tightens.
Cheaper than the alternatives students actually use
The real competitors are a £25-a-day hire van (plus fuel, plus insurance excess, plus a driver under 25 surcharge that doubles it), six taxi runs with bin bags, or a parent's 400-mile round trip. One £70 small-van booking with a driver who helps carry beats all three on cost, and it is the only option that does not consume a whole day.
Move without being there
Placement year, international flight home, exam on moving day: hand the keys to a housemate or parent, and track the van live from anywhere. Boxed and labelled rooms move perfectly well without their owner - roughly a fifth of student jobs in the pilot ran exactly this way.
Questions, answered
Everything about pricing, coverage and response times in UK.
Sorted before the group chat argues.
Book the van, share the cost, track it live. Launching 1st of October 2026 - free app, no deposit, no membership.
Download free
iOS and Android from the 1st of October 2026. No membership, no annual fee and no account charge. You only pay when you book a job.
Book securely
The fixed price is shown before you confirm, not after the work. Card, Apple Pay and Google Pay are handled in-app, so no cash changes hands at the kerb.
Track the driver
Once a job is accepted you see the driver's name, vehicle and live position on the map, with an arrival time that updates as they travel.
Every operator is DBS checked, insured for hire and reward, and rated after each job. Prices are fixed before dispatch, never quoted as a range.
Own a van or recovery truck? Take jobs through the same app~£70 a room · Driver helps carry · Split between housemates
Mel Carrington - Head of Removals Operations
Mel ran national removal fleets at Pickfords for 15 years before joining TowManVan. She signs off every van-size recommendation, hourly rate and handling standard on this page. Questions? Email mel@towmanvan.co.uk. All figures reviewed August 2026.
Last updated August 2026. Prices verified August 2026 by Mel Carrington.