Moving house is up there with the worst weeks of a person’s life, and the person searching “man with a van Dublin” or “removals Dublin to Galway” is tired before they start. They want to know you are insured, you will actually turn up on the Saturday they get the keys, how many of you come, whether the van has a tail lift, and roughly what it costs for a two-bed with no lift. Most websites for removals and man with a van in Dublin show a photo of a van and say “call for a quote”. The ones that ask the right questions on a form, and answer the insurance question before it is asked, get the booking.
A quote form that asks what you would ask
You already know the questions. Where from and where to, what floor, is there a lift, how many rooms, any wardrobes or beds to dismantle, anything heavy or awkward (a piano, a treadmill, an American fridge), do they want packing, where can the van park, what date. The enquiry form on the site asks exactly those and lands in your email and WhatsApp, so you can price it from the cab between jobs instead of ringing back three times.
Add a line inviting a walk-round video on WhatsApp for bigger houses, and the garage full of stuff stops being a surprise on the morning.
Insured, on time, and nothing broken
Three worries sit behind every removals enquiry: will our stuff get damaged, will they show up, will the price change on the day. The page answers each. State your goods in transit and public liability cover in plain words. Say what time you arrive and that you confirm the day before. Say that the quote is the price unless the list changes, and how you handle extra items.
Reviews carry the rest, and removals customers write them gladly if asked on the evening of the move while the relief is fresh. There is a guide on how to get more Google reviews if you want the method.
Hourly for the van, a fixed price for the house
Man with a van work prices by the hour with a minimum, usually one or two people and a van, and customers want that rate on the page along with what counts as the clock starting. Full house moves want a fixed quote after the form or the video. Say both.
Then the extras people forget: boxes and packing materials, packing the kitchen for them, storage between a sale and a purchase, a long-distance rate for Cork or Belfast, and what happens with stairs when there is no lift. A page that prices the small jobs and explains the big ones gets the single-sofa delivery on a Tuesday and the four-bed on a Saturday.
Fridays, month ends and September
Everyone wants to move on a Friday or Saturday, at the end of the month, in summer. September brings students and the lease turnover; January is quiet; the week before Christmas is full of people who want to be in before the day. A calendar line on the page saying which Saturdays are gone, kept up to date from your phone, pushes flexible customers to the Tuesday you would rather fill and stops the ten calls about a date you cannot do.
People moving out usually need an end-of-tenancy clean the same week, so a line pointing to a cleaner you trust, or offering it yourself, is a small thing that gets remembered.
The photos that calm people down
Not the van alone in a car park. The van with the tail lift down and furniture blanket-wrapped and strapped inside. The crew in their work gear. A stack of labelled boxes in an empty room. A piano going down steps on a board. These are the pictures that answer “will my stuff be alright” without a word, and they take a minute on a phone at the end of a job.
What we need from you
Your hourly rate and minimum for van work, your rough from prices for one, two and three-bed moves if you are willing to show them, your insurance details, the areas and distances you cover, your packing and storage options, and a dozen photos from real moves. Ten minutes on the phone, ideally not on a Friday.
Plan and price
Essentials is the right fit for most removals firms: €499 to set up and €50 a month, no contract, VAT on top, for the site, the quote form, the Google listing and a monthly report of enquiries and calls. If you want Google Ads on “removals Dublin” through the summer, or a chat box answering “do you do Dublin to Limerick” at 11pm, that is Complete. Both are laid out on the pricing page. Outside Dublin the first chat is a phone or video call and the rest works the same.