Student Removals in Edinburgh

If you need to move out of your flat or room in Edinburgh, URemovals lets you book a van and a driver to do it, see the price straight away, and have it booked in a few minutes. You put in where you're moving from and to, the date, and how much help you want. The page shows the closest available drivers with their own prices, you pick one, and a small deposit holds your slot. The rest you pay the driver on the day. No ringing round, no waiting for a callback.

Most student moves in Edinburgh are short. A first-year room at Pollock Halls, a tenement flat share in Marchmont or Newington, or a room in Bruntsfield or Tollcross, going to your next place across the city. URemovals covers both the University of Edinburgh and Edinburgh Napier, and the student areas around them.

Student removals prices in Edinburgh: what it costs

One room in a small van is the cheapest and most common job, and it's usually done in an hour or two. The price is built from the driver's own rates, so what you see is the real cost for your move, not a guess. If you're in a shared flat, the cheapest way to do it is to move together and split one van between you. One trip, divided between flatmates, works out far less each than booking separately.

Deciding how much help you need

When you book, you choose who does the lifting. In Edinburgh this matters more than most cities, because the tenement stair decides how long the day takes.

• Load it yourself. The driver drives, you and your flatmates carry. Cheapest, and fine for a few boxes from a ground or first-floor flat.
• One person helping. The driver gives you a hand. Good for a single room with a bed, drawers and boxes.
• Two people. Two movers do the lifting. Worth it for a top-floor tenement, a heavy room, or if you just want it done fast.

A third-floor Marchmont tenement with no lift and a tight half-landing takes far longer than a ground-floor flat on a quiet street. If you're up a few floors, two people often costs less than the extra time you would pay carrying a wardrobe down the common stair on your own.

Moving out of tenements and halls

A few things specific to Edinburgh are worth sorting before the day:

• Marchmont, Newington and Bruntsfield tenements. Most are second or third-floor flats off a shared stone stair with no lift. Measure anything awkward, a double bed or a wardrobe, against the half-landing turns before the day, because that is what slows a tenement move down.
• Parking. Central Edinburgh is a controlled parking zone, so plan where the van can pull in and keep the route from door to van as short as you can.
• Pollock Halls. First-year accommodation, usually on a booked move-out slot, with parking that fills up on changeover day. Book early and have the room boxed before the van arrives.
• Old Town and city-centre blocks. Cobbled streets and narrow closes in the Old Town, or purpose-built flats with a lift and a booked loading bay. Either way, line your slot up.
• Box it up first. The time is for loading, not packing. Boxes shut and stacked means a shorter, cheaper move.