Removals in Romford RM1
Romford is a market town that London grew out to meet. The market has traded on Market Place since its charter in 1247, and it still runs every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. Around that old crossroads the town has changed shape twice in living memory: a tight ring road went round it in 1970 and cut off and largely pedestrianised the four arms of the crossroads, and more recently blocks of flats of five, six and more storeys have gone up just inside and outside that ring. So a move in Romford is often not the suburban semi people expect. It can be a flat above a shop on a pedestrianised street, a new-build block with a booked lift, an office over a bank on South Street, or a family house on a wide road in the north of the town. Our Romford removals crews plan each of those differently, and you get one fixed price before the day.
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Tell us the street and the floor. We reply with a fixed price.
House removals Romford: what we actually move here
Havering’s own Character Study describes Romford as the borough’s main centre and its densest place, with buildings of seven storeys and more in the middle of town and some of the highest population densities in the borough in small pockets of central Romford. The same study finds that single-person and two-person households cluster in Romford, particularly in the recently regenerated parts. That is why this page spends as long on flats as on houses: in central Romford a one or two-bedroom flat is a normal move, not an exception.
The flats come in three kinds, and each loads differently. First, the rooms above shops in the old town: Havering’s 2025 conservation area appraisal notes that a number of the buildings around Market Place, the High Street, North Street and South Street are in mixed use, with flats or offices on the upper floors above shops, cafes and banks. Second, the newer blocks inside and around the ring road, such as the six-storey building with flats over shops on the north-east side of Market Place, finished in 2013, and the four and five-storey blocks at Malt House Place and Logan Mews behind the south side of the High Street. Third, the high-rise blocks on the far side of the ring road, to the north-west and east, some of which were still being built when the council surveyed the area. For those we need the lift booked, the loading bay or service road confirmed with the managing agent, and a protective cover for the lift car.
Out past the ring road the picture changes. The Character Study puts parts of northern Romford among the lowest-density housing in Havering, with bungalows and other suburban homes, large plots and wide roads. Those are the house moves: more furniture per room, a garage or a garden building, a loft, and in many cases a drive the van can use. We ask about the shed and the loft at the quote stage, because on a bungalow or a semi with a long garden that is where the extra volume hides, and it decides whether the job needs one van or two.
Flat removals Romford: the stairs and the street door
A first or second-floor flat over a parade is a straightforward job if we know about it. We send a crew of three rather than two so one person stays with the van, we carry the larger pieces in sections where they will come apart, and we measure the turn at the top of the stairs before move day. If a sofa came in through a window, it usually has to go out the same way, and we would rather plan a hoist or a different route than find out on the landing. Our guide to what to check before leaving a flat over a shop goes through the questions we ask, and for the newer blocks our notes on moving into a block with a managed lift cover lift bookings and building rules.
Office removals in Romford
Havering’s Local Plan names Romford as the borough’s metropolitan centre, above its six district centres, and the council’s 2016 audit counted 267 units inside its town centre boundary. Office space here includes the mid and late twentieth-century blocks along the west side of South Street, opposite the station, and on the upper floors of older buildings in the conservation area; one example the council gives is 98–102 North Street, built as a family home and now a law firm’s office. Commercial removals in Romford mean dealing with those buildings as they are: shared entrances, small passenger lifts, and in the pedestrianised streets a service-vehicle route rather than a kerb outside. We agree the loading point with the building manager, move the IT and files after close of business on a Friday where that suits, and have desks rebuilt for Monday. Our office move planning guide sets out the order we work in.
Romford removals price guide
Guide prices for local removals in Romford. Your own price is fixed in writing once we know the floor, the lift and where the van can stand:
| Property size | Typical duration | Guide price |
|---|---|---|
| Studio / 1-bed flat | Half day | £300 – £480 |
| 2-bedroom home | Half–full day | £450 – £700 |
| 3-bedroom house | Full day | £650 – £1,000 |
| 4–5 bedroom house | Full day + | £950 – £1,800 |
| Man & van | Per hour, min. 2 hrs | from £45 / hr |
Indicative only. A third-floor walk-up, a long carry from a service road or a booked lift slot can move a flat up a band; a garage, loft and garden building can do the same for a house. Romford is outside the Congestion Charge zone and inside the ULEZ, and our vans meet the ULEZ standard.
Neighbouring areas with their own pages
Rush Green and Mawneys are covered from this page. Next door, each of these has its own:
Removals Romford, service by service
House Removals
Bungalows and semis in north Romford, with the loft, garage and garden building measured at the quote so one trip is enough.
Learn moreFlat Removals
Walk-ups over Market Place and South Street shops, and lift moves in the newer blocks around the ring road.
Learn moreOffice & Business Removals
Offices on South Street and above the old town’s banks and shops, loaded from the service route after hours.
Learn moreIT Relocation
Screens, servers and comms cabinets packed, labelled by desk and reconnected for the next working day.
Learn moreSchool Removals & Relocations
Classroom and office moves for Havering schools in the holidays, with site access and parking agreed in advance.
Learn moreMan & Van
A Luton and two crew by the hour for a studio flat, a few pieces from the market or a single room.
Learn moreFurniture Collection
A sofa or wardrobe collected in Romford and taken up the stairs at the other end, wrapped and fixed-priced.
Learn moreStudent Moves
Small loads from a Romford room to a term address, with evening slots when the lift is free.
Learn morePacking & Unpacking
Boxes, wardrobe cartons and wrap brought to the flat, so nothing has to be carried down the stairs loose.
Learn morePackers & Movers
One crew packs on the first day and moves on the second, useful when a block only gives you one lift slot.
Learn moreSecure Storage
Romford storage and removals in one booking when a new-build handover or a chain leaves you between keys.
Learn moreEuropean & International
Overseas moves packed in Romford for road, sea or air, with an inventory for the customs paperwork.
Learn morePiano & Specialist Items
Pianos and heavy pieces taken up or down a flat’s stairs with a skid board, straps and enough people.
Learn moreYour Romford removal, step by step
Tell us the floor and the street
Flat or house, which floor, lift or stairs, and the exact road. Inside the ring road those details matter more than the number of bedrooms.
We check the loading point
Drive, kerb, service road or dispensation; market day or not; lift slot booked with the building. All of it goes into one written price.
Move day in RM1
A crew of two or three, depending on the stairs. Floors and lift are protected, and one person stays with the van whenever it is parked away from the door.
Storage if the keys are late
If a new-build handover slips or the chain stalls, we hold your things and deliver when you are ready, anywhere in London.
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Moving in Romford: parking, access and what to expect
The ring road and the streets inside it
The A1251 ring road, built in 1970, runs round the old town to the east, north and west. Inside it, Havering’s Romford Conservation Area appraisal (July 2025) records that South Street and North Street are pedestrianised with access kept for service vehicles, that the eastern end of the High Street is pedestrianised and laid in granite setts while the western end is open to traffic, and that the ring road took through traffic out of Market Place. In practice that means the van comes in from the ring road and the approach is decided street by street. For a flat on the open western end of the High Street, the van can usually stop close by. For a flat over a shop on the pedestrianised part of South Street or North Street, we work out the service access and its times with the building or the shop below before we fix the date, and allow for a longer carry if the van has to wait at the end of the street.
Market days on Market Place
Market Place is the one big open space in the old town, and it does two jobs. On Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays it is the market, with extra trading days in the run-up to Christmas. On other days the council runs it as a surface car park of 160 spaces with no height barrier. If you live on or just off Market Place, a Monday, Tuesday or Thursday move is usually far simpler than a Saturday one, and we will say so when we quote. If the date cannot move, we plan the loading point away from the stalls and add the extra carrying time to the written price rather than finding it on the day.
Car parks and height limits
Do not assume a town car park will take a removal van. Havering lists the Angel Way multi-storey with a height limit of 6 feet and the Town Hall car park on Main Road at 6 feet as well; Slaney Road has a 6 foot 6 inch barrier. A Luton is far taller than that. Of the council’s Romford car parks, Market Place (on non-market days), Como Street and Oldchurch Rise are the surface car parks listed with no height restriction, and they are useful for parking a second vehicle, not for loading at your door.
Controlled parking and the Havering dispensation
Most of Havering has no controlled parking at all. The council’s Character Study says only about 12% of the borough’s streets are in controlled parking zones and that these are largely limited to small areas around Romford and Harold Wood, with plans to add more around stations and town centres. So the streets round the station and the town centre are the ones where a permit or pay-to-park bay may stand between the van and your door. Havering does not suspend bays for house moves: its parking bay suspensions are only for utility and street-works companies. Instead, a removal firm buys a parking dispensation through the council’s MiPermit service, which allows all-day parking in resident and business bays, pay-and-display bays and on single yellow lines, but does not reserve the space. Our Collier Row page sets out Havering’s rules in full, and our guide to parking suspensions and dispensations on moving day explains how the different London boroughs compare.
Yellow lines, bank holidays and the ULEZ
On a yellow line the van may stop to load or unload where it is safe, unless short yellow marks on the kerb say loading is banned too. Havering enforces its parking restrictions on bank holidays as on any other day, Christmas Day being the only exception, so a bank holiday move does not mean free parking. Romford is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside the London-wide ULEZ; our vehicles meet the standard and nothing is added for it. There is more detail in our note on removal vans, the ULEZ and the Congestion Charge.
Getting in and out by train
Romford station is on South Street, at the southern edge of the conservation area, and is served by the Elizabeth line, Greater Anglia trains and the Liberty line to Upminster. That matters on moving day only in one way: if you are travelling separately from the van, the station is a short walk from most of the town-centre blocks, and we can meet you at the new address rather than have you ride with the crew.
Romford removals FAQs
How much does a move in Romford cost?
I live above a shop on South Street. Can the van get to my door?
Should I avoid a market day if I live near Market Place?
Can Havering suspend a parking bay for my move?
Do you move offices in Romford town centre?
Is Romford in the ULEZ or the Congestion Charge zone?
Can you store our furniture while we wait for a new-build flat?
Romford is on our East London page
The other east London districts we work in are listed on the regional page.
Planning a Romford move?
Send us the street, the floor and whether there is a lift, and we will send back one fixed price with the loading point, any market-day timing and the Havering dispensation already worked out.
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