A local driver who knows Soho's pedestrianised lanes, the Berwick Street market, Old Compton Street and the flats stacked above the bars and restaurants.
Soho is the densest, liveliest square of W1, a warren of narrow streets between Oxford Street, Regent Street, Shaftesbury Avenue and Charing Cross Road. Old Compton Street is its beating heart, Berwick Street keeps its market and record shops, and the whole place is wall-to-wall bars, restaurants, media offices, post-production houses and theatres. Residential life here is largely vertical: flats stacked above ground-floor businesses, reached by narrow shared doors, with pedestrianised lanes and timed delivery windows shaping when and where you can load anything at all.
The moves reflect that: a flat shifted above an Old Compton Street bar, a studio move off Berwick Street, a small media or post-production office relocated within the grid, or a single sofa squeezed out of a flat above a restaurant. The same vetted driver handles the whole job, every load is insured in transit, and our Google rating sits at 5.0. Pricing stays simple and identical across Soho: £30 per hour plus £1.50 per mile, a £50 minimum and no hidden fees, with any Congestion Charge shown separately and never marked up.
Soho sits firmly inside the Congestion Charge zone, so the £18 daily charge applies, Monday to Friday 07:00 to 18:00 and weekends and bank holidays 12:00 to 18:00. We build it in transparently and never mark it up. Access is the real challenge here: many lanes are pedestrianised or part-pedestrianised with timed delivery windows, often only allowing loading early morning or after a cut-off, so we plan the move around those windows.
Streets like Berwick Street, Dean Street and Greek Street are narrow, one-way and busy with pedestrians and deliveries, with very limited permit and voucher bays. We work to the nearest legal stopping point and hand-carry through the lanes, timing the load to dodge the foot traffic. Soho is inside the ULEZ along with the rest of the West End, but our ULEZ-compliant vans add no emission surcharge to the job. For a larger load we can advise on a short Westminster City Council dispensation, which the council asks you to arrange a few days ahead. Tell us the address, floor, whether it's above a business and any delivery-window restriction when you book.
Soho living is almost entirely flats above businesses: apartments and studios stacked over bars, restaurants, shops and offices, reached by narrow shared street doors and steep, winding staircases that were never built for moving furniture. There are also period conversions, a few mansion-style flats, and small office and post-production floors that need relocating. Daytime access can be limited until the ground-floor business opens, and the pedestrianised lanes restrict how close the van can get.
This is precise, hand-carry work: we dismantle beds, wardrobes and sofas to clear the tight winding stairs and narrow doors, hand-carry through the pedestrian lanes from the nearest legal kerb, and time everything around delivery windows and the crowds. For small office moves we use crates and trolleys for low-downtime relocations. We protect the shared entrances throughout. Let us know the floor, whether it's above a business and any delivery-window restriction when you book.
The Soho moves we run most, both homes and small offices, all on one fixed rate.
Looking at the wider area? Soho sits within Westminster, our borough page covers more neighbourhoods we move across Westminster.
Yes. Soho sits firmly inside the central zone, so the £18 daily Congestion Charge applies (Mon to Fri 07:00 to 18:00, weekends and bank holidays 12:00 to 18:00). We set it out separately on your quote and never mark it up. It's in the ULEZ too, but our vans are compliant, so no emission surcharge applies.
Many Soho lanes are pedestrianised or part-pedestrianised with timed delivery windows, often only allowing loading early morning or after a cut-off. We plan the move around those windows, work to the nearest legal kerb, and hand-carry through the lanes, timing it to dodge the foot traffic and deliveries.
Yes, that's most of our Soho work. Those flats have narrow shared street doors, steep winding stairs and sometimes restricted daytime access until the business opens. We dismantle beds, wardrobes and sofas to clear the stairs, hand-carry from the nearest legal kerb, and protect the communal entrance throughout.
Yes. We do low-downtime relocations for the media, post-production and creative offices across the Soho grid, using crates and trolleys to keep disruption down. Give us the inventory and access details and we'll plan a move that fits the delivery windows and your working day.
Often, yes, for a single item, a small flat or a few office crates, subject to the area's delivery-window restrictions. Our hours are Monday to Saturday, 08:00 to 19:00, so call 07550 145313 with your Soho address and what's moving and we'll find the best slot around the lane access rules.