#Moving Tips

Carry headboard, bases, mattress and topper separately, protect the fabric, disconnect the motor safely: how to move a box-spring bed without damage to bed or walls.

Moving a wardrobe: empty it, remove the doors, dismantle and label the parts, pad the edges, secure it upright in the lorry – and when a furniture lift is needed.

Dismantling, labelling, transporting and reassembling a kitchen: what fitters do – and why an electric cooker or gas connection is fitted only by a registered firm.

Dismantling furniture for a move: photos before you start, screws in labelled bags, padded fronts – and why a hard-wired cooker belongs with a qualified electrician.

Stairwell, furniture dimensions, floor, standing area: how to tell whether a furniture lift is worthwhile, and what to clarify when hiring one with or without an operator.

Moving after separation with children: agreement under joint custody (§ 1687 BGB), the child's main residence, dividing household goods and the children's room first.

Tell them early, cuddly toy in the hand luggage, set up the children's room first: how to ease moving stress for children. Plus Kita voucher and changing school in Berlin.

Moving with a large family: when three child seats do not fit (§ 21 StVO), why housing benefit must be reapplied for, nursery and school, boxes sorted by colour.

Childproofing your new home: secure wardrobes against tipping, protect sockets and windows, fit stair gates, check smoke alarms and note the poison control number.

Moving hamsters, rabbits, guinea pigs and birds: a carrier instead of the cargo area, cover the cage, avoid heat – no removal firm is liable for live animals.

Pets on moving day: the animal in a quiet room or with friends, never in the moving lorry, carrier secured in the car, update the chip address, register the dog locally.

Painting boxes, packing a cuddly-toy bag, planning their room: which tasks suit which age, where children should not be on moving day and how to handle goodbyes.