#Moving Tips

Meter readings, photos, number of keys and every scratch belong in the move-in report – reserve your rights on known defects, or you may lose them (§ 536b BGB).

Hire van up to 3.5 t on a class B licence, helpers on Saturday, liability for damage: moving with friends vs. a moving company – with HGB liability of €620 per m³ and § 35a.

The new build is delayed but the new job still starts: storage, interim accommodation and registration (exception up to 6 months, § 27 BMG) explained for commuters.

Photograph the rooms, say goodbye to the neighbours, set up familiar furniture first: how farewell and a fresh start succeed when moving in later life.

For a one-room flat, 15 to 25 boxes are often enough. Heavy items in small boxes, light ones in large, every box with a room colour and number – how singles pack.

If the flat share was handed over unrenovated, a renovation clause is usually invalid (BGH 2015). Broom-clean often suffices: how to split cleaning, repairs and handover.

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.