Booked collection and delivery · Birmingham B1
Vehicle collection and delivery in Birmingham, booked in advance
A door to door job with two agreed addresses and two agreed windows. Useful when the buyer and the seller are never in the same place.
People who have bought or sold remotely and need a vehicle picked up from one address and dropped at another.
Where money changes hands before the vehicle moves, the condition record matters more than anything else. We photograph at collection so nobody is arguing about a wheel scuff a week later.
Bookings from B1, B2, B3, B4, B5 tend to come from two directions: households near Bullring, and businesses around Nechells. Both are planned jobs, so the truck arrives in a window you agreed rather than whenever it can.
Private sale collections, gifted cars between family, cars coming back off a lease and vehicles being moved between two homes are all handled the same way.
How a booking works
- 1Give us both addressesPostcodes for collection and delivery, plus a contact name and number for each end.
- 2We agree windowsA collection window with the seller and a delivery window with the buyer, confirmed to both.
- 3Condition checkThe driver walks the vehicle with the seller and records what he finds.
- 4In transitOne number to ring if either side wants an update while the truck is moving.
- 5HandoverDelivered, checked again with the receiver, and the record is closed off.
What moves the price
- The gap between addresses
- Priced on the route the truck actually drives, not the straight line distance.
- Two sets of access
- Both ends matter. A tight collection and an easy delivery still costs time at the tight end.
- Timing constraints
- A fixed hour at both ends costs more than a half day window at each.
- Who is paying
- Split invoices between buyer and seller are fine, they just need agreeing before the day.
From Birmingham the usual runs are local drops within West Midlands, deliveries into Edgbaston and Handsworth, and longer routes joining the network at M6 J6 (Spaghetti Junction). Long runs are quoted per mile with the return leg included, so the figure does not change on delivery day.
Access at the Birmingham end
Access matters more on a planned job than people expect. Where the collection point is a multi storey or an underground bay, the height barrier decides everything: a flatbed will not follow you in, so we agree a ground level loading point nearby and move the vehicle out to it. Around Nechells the yards are usually wide enough to load on site.
Before collection day
- Confirm the seller will be in during the window
- Agree who holds the key and the V5C
- Send the exact door number, not just the street
- Warn us about height barriers or permit only parking
- Have the buyer's phone number on the booking
- · Collection authority from the seller
- · Condition record signed at both ends
- · Delivery confirmation sent to the buyer
- · Invoice raised to whoever is paying, not always the same person
Birmingham transport questions
- What if the seller is not in when the driver arrives?
- We ring both contacts before writing the job off. Collections across B1, B2, B3, B4, B5 run most weeks. A wasted journey does carry a charge, which is exactly why we confirm the window with the seller the day before.
- Do you handle the V5C?
- We can carry documents with the vehicle if both sides agree, but the ownership transfer itself stays between buyer and seller. Keep the paperwork separate from the car if it is valuable.
- Can you collect the same day I ring?
- Sometimes, if the diary is kind and the Birmingham address is close to a run already going out. This is a planned service though, so a day or two of notice gets a better price.
- Can you collect from a private seller in Birmingham and deliver elsewhere?
- That is the most common version of this job. We collect from the Birmingham address, record the condition with the seller, and deliver to whichever address the buyer gives us. Around Bullring that is a routine job for us.
- Who signs for the vehicle at the other end?
- Whoever you nominate. The receiver checks the condition record against the vehicle and confirms it. Collections across B1, B2, B3, B4, B5 run most weeks. If nobody can be there, we can agree a secure drop in advance instead.