#Moving Tips

Medication plan from three medicines (§ 31a SGB V), a copy of your medical records (§ 630g BGB), doctor search via 116117: keeping care seamless during a senior move.

Cancel electricity with six weeks' notice, apply for parking restriction four weeks ahead, mail forwarding five working days ahead, register two weeks after: the plan.

Private move: 20% of labour costs, up to €4,000 (§ 35a EStG). Job-related move: income-related expenses, lump sum rises per child. Plus money-saving tips for families.

Around three months' notice, less for a furnished room in the landlord's flat, notice only in writing: how to make your old tenancy end on the right day.

Grit scratches parquet, and slush makes laminate edges swell. How to protect floors, the stairwell and the lift during a winter move – including at the handover.

Defrost the freezer the day before, use up supplies in the week beforehand, put leftovers in a cool box: how the contents of your fridge survive a move on hot days.

Deposit in three monthly instalments, housing benefit on a low income, basic furnishings and deposit loans via the Jobcenter: planning the starting costs of your first flat.

Under § 7 BUrlG, leave must be taken in the current year, carried-over leave by the end of March. How working people cover the move with leave, overtime and flexitime.

Out of Berlin, job in the city: regional train frequency, park-and-ride, a new registration office and registering within 2 weeks – what commuters check before moving.

With a class B licence you may drive vans up to 3.5 t – but you carry everything yourself. Part load, hire van or moving company: the comparison for a small move.

In writing, signed, by the third working day of the month: under a joint tenancy all tenants give notice together, subtenants to the main tenant – periods and form.

Care contract can be ended at any time without notice (§ 120 SGB XI), care bed usually on loan from the insurer, move the alarm: moving with a care level step by step.