Man and Van
in Dorking
After a man and a van near me around Dorking and the Surrey Hills postcodes? Exact Delivery puts a two-handler crew on every man and van booking — across the Georgian High Street and West Street, Pixham, North Holmwood, Westcott, Brockham and the villages tucked under Box Hill. Dorking has a long antiques trade and a good stock of period housing, so a fair share of the work is older or one-of-a-kind: a dealer's chest out of a West Street shop, a reclaimed table from a country sale, a glass cabinet bound for a Westcott cottage. Pieces like these want patient handling and proper wrapping, not a rushed lift. A boxed bed for a North Holmwood semi, or a dresser for a High Street flat — the lifting is ours.
We're based at a Birmingham depot, and the drive to Dorking comes in a shade over two hours: the M40 down to the M25, round London, then off at junction 9 for the A24. Afternoon tends to be the slot that fits, with a morning run possible when the calendar's clear. A message reaches you the evening beforehand setting out the window and the lead handler's number, so it's a fixed slot you're holding, not an open day. For the whole trip the load stays wrapped in quilts and held on the side rails by straps.
Six days the crew works, Monday through Saturday, never a Sunday. Each Dorking man and van booking is quoted as a single figure at the outset and that figure is what stands. Nothing is metered by the hour, nothing extra is added for easing a piece through a tight period doorway, and a slow M25 on the way home is not your bill to pick up. The quote and the invoice read the same.
What the Dorking Crew Handles
From a single boxed lamp through to a roll-top bath for a period-cottage refit, with a good deal of antique and one-off furniture in between. Each piece is quilt-wrapped at the kerb and strapped before the van moves.
Just one thing to move — a landing mirror, a single antique chair, a tall freezer on its own — and the same pair of handlers still come out, exactly as for a full load. Pickup at any UK postcode, drop anywhere across Dorking. There's no minimum charge on a lone item, and a single antique gets wrapped and secured just as thoroughly as a whole vanful.
Under 50 kg — a lamp table, a couple of bar stools, a slim folding desk, a child's low shelf unit. When schedules overlap, the lighter items travel together on one load. The case for a pair is strongest in the older stock around the town — the Georgian and Victorian houses off West Street and the timber-framed village cottages, where a low door head and a cramped staircase will catch anything one person tries to carry alone.
The big stuff — three-piece suites, super-king beds, banqueting-length tables, towering wardrobes — needs the two of them lifting as one. They size up the doorway, the first turn of the stairs and the landing room before committing. The newer houses around North Holmwood and Pixham tend to swallow large pieces without fuss; it's the period homes by the High Street and the cottages out under Box Hill that want the slow, careful pivot through cramped original frames.
Items sitting with two or three different sellers on the same day? One trip can call at a Leatherhead address, then a private home over in Guildford, and set the whole lot down at your Dorking door — a single van, a single fee, nothing booked twice.
How a Dorking Man and Van Booking Runs
- STEP 01Quote on Screen
Enter pickup and Dorking postcodes, say what's going and its rough size, and call out the access — a tight period doorway, a dealer's shop on West Street, a single-track lane out to a village. Your set price returns immediately.
- STEP 02Lock In the Day
Agree the price, settle on a date. The standard Dorking arrival is in the afternoon. Your timed window and the lead handler's number follow by email the night before.
- STEP 03Through to the Room
The two of them turn up inside the window, blanket each piece by the van, drive over, and bring it through to whichever room you've picked. Blankets come off at the door and ride back out on the van.
Why Dorking Picks Our Crew
Most Dorking man-and-van ads come down to a lone driver counting on you to take the far end. Exact Delivery sends two trained handlers as standard — which counts for a lot in a market town where a good deal of what moves is antique, period or simply irreplaceable.
A dealer's chest, a country-sale table, an inherited cabinet — the older and one-off pieces are wrapped in quilts and handled by the pair together, the kind of even, unhurried lift that protects veneer, joints and aged finishes. Both wages sit in the quoted figure.
Every piece rides under furniture quilts, strapped to the van walls — not loose in the back. For a West Street dealer's stock or a family heirloom, that protection is the whole point, not an add-on.
Quoted once, the Dorking man and van price holds right through the booking. There's no hourly rate ticking. A fiddly period doorway costs nothing on top, and time lost to the M25 is ours to absorb, not yours to settle.
A chest to the bedroom, a dresser to the dining room, a cabinet to the study. The carry ends in the room you've chosen, never at the front mat.
Country auctions, antique dealers, showrooms, private doorsteps — collection from any UK address. The one fixed figure absorbs the pickup leg and the run down to the Surrey Hills.
You get the timed slot and the driver's mobile the evening before. Afternoon is the standard slot for Dorking man and van services given the run from the Midlands, Monday to Saturday, Sundays aside.
Frequently asked questions
How are man and van prices worked out for Dorking?
A single set fee per booking, calculated from your item list and the route across the two postcodes — our man and van services are never charged by the hour. Put both postcodes in the form and the price shows immediately.
Do you take care of antique and period furniture?
Yes — with Dorking's antiques trade, it comes up constantly. Everything moves quilt-wrapped and strapped, and anything valuable or delicate is handled by the pair with the even, unhurried lift that keeps veneer, joints and old finishes safe. Note anything fragile when you book so the crew can prepare the right wrapping in advance.
Can you collect from a country auction or a London dealer for a Dorking drop-off?
Yes — country auction houses, antique dealers, London galleries and private addresses in any borough all work as pickups. The fixed figure covers the collection and the run down to Dorking, ULEZ routing included where the trip needs it.
Which Surrey Hills places are covered?
Coverage is nationwide. Around Dorking that includes Leatherhead, Reigate, Westcott, Brockham and North Holmwood, with Guildford to the west. Two postcodes in the form gives an instant figure.
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