Transport to and from any UK self-storage facility. You arrange the unit with your provider. We handle the move.
If additional time is needed, it's charged at the hourly rate.
Photos, routes and reviews from recent jobs
Our customer needed suitcases, boxes, and bags shifted from St David's in Exeter to Nether Edge and Sharrow in Sheffield, a multi-leg transfer that required careful coordination. Patrick collected everything in 45 minutes, then drove the long route across to the dropoff over just past five hours. The office chair and all the packed bags arrived without incident, and our customer confirmed everything had landed safely at the other end.
Our customer needed to move the contents of a 5x5x8 storage unit from Norwich to Sheffield, a job that spanned two days. George collected everything from the first-floor unit at Big Yellow in Thorpe Hamlet, roughly 25 boxes, storage bags, a cello, sewing machines, kitchen furniture, and a TV among other items, and loaded the Transit in 2 hours with help from friends on hand. The 7.5-hour drive to Nether Edge took him into the afternoon, where he unloaded the whole lot into the ground-floor space at the new home. A straightforward multi-leg transfer that got everything from storage into the next chapter.
“George was so friendly and helpful. Pripr to the move I was stressed about moving house between cities and he took out all the stress of it. I really appreciated his professionalism and positivity.”
— Harry
Our customer needed a dining table and office chair collected from storage in Cranford and delivered to Ticehurst. Isaac picked up from the Hounslow storage point mid-afternoon, working within a tight window before the facility closed. The three-hour-twenty-minute drive gave the items a straightforward route to their new location, arriving by early evening. Storage-to-delivery moves like this one need precision on timing and route, especially when the pickup window is fixed. Everything arrived intact and ready to use.
Our customer needed boxes of personal items moved from Treforest to a self-storage facility, then onward to Trowbridge. Obaid loaded everything in an hour, then made the drive across to the storage unit. The setup meant flexible access, our customer could arrange for the onward leg to happen on their own timeline, with a pincode to the unit so they could coordinate the final delivery without needing the driver present for the second stage. A neat multi-leg move that gave them breathing room between pickup and dropoff.
The most common storage booking is one-way: out of the family home, into a self-storage unit. The driver loads at the home, transports to the storage facility, and unloads into your unit. Most self-storage sites have trolleys, lifts and dollies on site. The driver uses them as part of the unloading time you have booked.
Van size should match the unit. A 10-25 sq ft unit fits in a medium van. For anything larger, a Luton is usually the right call. Most units are accessed via lift or ground floor, but some facilities have outdoor or upper-floor units that take longer to load. Flag it in the booking notes and the driver allocates the right time.
The retrieval booking is the reverse of the move-in. The driver meets you at the storage facility, you open the unit, and they load and deliver to your destination. If only some items are coming home and others are going elsewhere, multi-stop bookings handle that in one run.
The biggest variable on a retrieval is access at the facility. Most self-storage chains close at 5pm, with some extended-hours sites running later. Confirm your access window with the storage provider before booking the driver. If your unit is on an upper floor or in an outdoor row, factor a few extra minutes into the unloading time.
Storage-to-storage transfers are a small but useful niche. People switch facilities when moving closer to a new address, when a cheaper rate comes up, or when a site closes. The booking works the same way as any other. Old facility as the pickup postcode, new facility as the drop-off, plus loading and unloading time at each end.
Multi-stop moves with storage in the middle are more common. The usual pattern is pickup from home, overflow dropped at storage, the rest at the new address. One booking, one driver, one route. The driver works through the stops in order. Set them all on the booking form and the route time covers the full sequence.
Yes. The driver meets you at the storage facility, loads from your unit, and delivers to your destination. Most major chains are straightforward to collect from. Mention the facility in the booking notes so the driver can plan access.
Yes. Multi-stop bookings cover this. Pickup from home, some items dropped at the storage unit, the rest at the new address. All in one booking with one driver.
A 10-25 sq ft unit usually fits a medium van. For anything larger, a Luton is the safe bet. The booking system shows all three sizes side by side.
Yes. Driver collects at the old facility, delivers to the new one. Factor opening hours at both ends when picking your time slot.
No. Self-storage providers give you the unit and access, but loading and unloading is your responsibility. That is the gap TVMC fills: the driver and van, plus an optional helper for heavy or awkward items.
Most self-storage sites have trolleys and lifts. Your driver uses them as part of the loading/unloading time you've booked. If the unit is in an awkward spot or the lift is small or slow, budget a few extra minutes — it's billed at the same hourly rate.
No. TVMC handles the transport. You arrange the unit directly with your chosen storage provider. We move your items to and from it.
20% deposit to secure the booking when you confirm, the remaining balance is settled on the day.
Self-storage transport runs across every UK region TVMC covers. Any facility, any chain. Safestore, Big Yellow, Shurgard, Access Self Storage, Lok’nStore and independent operators are all in scope. If you have a unit there, a driver can reach it.
London has the highest concentration of self-storage sites on the network. The M25 corridor alone has over 100 facilities. Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Edinburgh and Glasgow all have multiple sites covered. Smaller cities and market towns increasingly have independent operators alongside the national chains, so coverage extends well beyond the major cities.
Van size guides the booking. Small units, roughly 10-25 sq ft, usually fill a medium van. Larger units need a Luton. Anything requiring more than a Luton load is typically a two-trip or removals job. Ground-floor units are the quickest to load. Upper-floor units add time because of lift waits. Factor it in when estimating loading time.
People use storage transport for different reasons. Delayed completions, downsizing overflow, post-renovation retrieval, clearing a parent’s home, returning from abroad. The booking model is the same regardless: two postcodes, a van size, a loading time estimate and an instant price.
