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A deposit of at most three months' rent, repayment after a reasonable checking period, a report with photos: how to hand over your room so the money comes back.

Confirm the date, check no-parking signs (72 hrs ahead), defrost the fridge, note meter readings, pack the children's bags: the last week before the move.

Many houseplants come from the tropics and suffer even above freezing. How to pack them for a winter move, transport them warm and help them settle at the new window.

Parking restriction signs 72 hrs ahead, heavy furniture loaded first, ID and keys not in a box, meter readings on moving in: how your first moving day runs.

Notice by the third working day to the end of the month after next: how to plan the date, helpers, leave and no-parking zone in summer, working back from move-out day.

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.