Registration within 14 days; children under 16 are registered by whoever they move in with (§ 17 BMG): documents, consent of both parents, online registration in Berlin.
One room, ten boxes, a bed: when a part load, when small-load transport and when a removal van of your own is the cheapest option for students.
Since October 2024 only tyres with the Alpine symbol count as winter tyres, and with snow chains the limit is 50 km/h. What this means for your removal van and the load.
Children with grandparents or in a cool room, never leave dogs or cats in the car, protect paws from hot asphalt: how the whole family gets through a summer move.
Deposit of at most three months' net rent in three instalments, statement within 12 months, register electricity and the broadcasting fee yourself: running costs.
Only have the kitchen packed, only the furniture dismantled, only the parking zone: which partial services save working people the most time – and what you do yourself.
Check the transfer fee, clarify the deposit share, get the landlord confirmation and re-register within two weeks: how moving into a shared flat goes smoothly.
In Berlin the district office grants the parking restriction zone, and the signs must be up three full days in advance. When a furniture lift also pays off for a single flat.
Do not haul boxes straight after a night shift: there are 11 hours of rest between two shifts (§ 5 ArbZG). How shift workers plan the move and the route to work.
Step-free access, a lift to your floor, a level-access shower, switches at 85–105 cm: the checklist for viewing a flat before moving in later life.
Divide shared furniture, split costs fairly, find one date for everyone: how a shared flat organises the move of several flatmates on a single day.
Child seat up to age 12 or 150 cm (§ 21 StVO), set up the cot first, keep the U-Heft to hand, inform the Familienkasse: moving with a baby or toddler.
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