Student Moves in Croydon

Since 1 May 2026, most private tenancies in England, shared student houses included, run month to month instead of ending on a fixed date. To leave, you give your landlord two months' notice in writing, timed to a rent day, and rent is still due through the notice period.

In a joint tenancy, one person's notice usually ends the tenancy for everyone in the house, so agree a moving date as a group before anyone writes to the landlord. A shared date also suits the move itself, with one van calling at every room in a single trip.

Landlords of shared student houses can also take the house back between 1 June and 30 September, as long as they told you in writing before you signed. If you have had that letter, your summer move date is known months ahead, and that is the time to book it.

Halls work differently. University and private halls sit outside the new tenancy rules and run on fixed contracts, often to the end of the academic year, under a code of practice the provider follows. If you want to leave halls early, check the release terms in your contract before you book anything.

Halls also come with their own move-out routine: a loading bay, a lift you may need to book and a set time to hand back the keys. Tell us the building and your check-out slot and we plan the collection around them.

A single room fills only part of a van, which is why two or three people moving out of the same house on the same day can usually share one trip and split the cost. We cover the whole borough, from flats by East Croydon to shared houses in Addiscombe, Thornton Heath and South Norwood.

Bought a desk or a sofa second-hand for the new place? We can pick it up on the same run, or on its own as a single-item collection.

Anything left behind when you hand back the keys, from a broken chair to bags in the garden, can be charged against your deposit. What you are not taking can go on the same trip as a rubbish collection, so the room is empty when the landlord checks it.

Over the summer gap between tenancies, we can also run your things to or from a storage unit and bring them back when the new contract starts.