Rarely used items four weeks ahead, books in small boxes, kitchen last, first-night box the evening before: a packing plan for working people, spread over short evenings.
From one hour less travel time a day, a move counts as job-related for tax. When moving beats commuting – with an eye on the probation period and notice period.
According to the BGH, a shared flat has no general right to a change of tenant: find a successor, involve the landlord, hand over the room and deposit share.
Internet moves with you if the tariff is available at the new place (§ 60 TKG); electricity can be cancelled with six weeks' notice. Plus licence fee and mail forwarding.
Care home contract under the WBVG: terminable without notice in the first two weeks, then by the 3rd working day to month-end. Plus tenancy, furniture and licence fee.
A university place in another city: how to plan the route, part load, semester ticket, mail forwarding (6 months) and registration at your new place of study.
IDs, birth certificates, vaccination records, school reports and jewellery belong in the family folder in your own car – liability for money and certificates is limited.
Register within two weeks (§ 17 BMG), landlord confirmation not the tenancy agreement, fines of up to €1,000, then bank, health insurer and mail forwarding.
Back up data, photograph cables, carry flat-screen TVs upright and only switch on at room temperature: how your electronics get through a summer move unharmed.
Layers, deep-tread soles, gloves with grip and hot tea instead of mulled wine: how you and your helpers stay warm, sure-footed and healthy during a winter move.
Per head, by volume or by room plus a shared portion: three models for splitting the fixed price of a shared-flat move – with a worked example and extra costs.
With written authorisation, a trusted person takes over the keys, handover and delivery. Visible transport damage must be reported by the day after delivery at the latest.
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