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€620 per cubic metre, current value instead of replacement value, notice periods under § 451f HGB: what the law covers on a long-distance move and when extra insurance helps.

Estimate long-distance moving costs in advance: price per km, volume, floors, lorry tolls, parking restriction and overnight stay – and what a fixed price requires.

Survey, written fixed price, highlighted liability notice (§ 451g HGB), €620 per m³, GüKG licence and tolls in the quote: how to check companies for long distances.

Moving back to Germany: no customs from the EU; from non-EU countries, removal goods duty-free (12 months' residence, 6 months' use); register within two weeks.

From Berlin to another city: three months’ notice, parking restrictions at both addresses, registration within two weeks, electricity cancellable with six weeks’ notice.

Long-distance move with children: right to a nursery place from age one, measles proof for nursery and school, re-registering within two weeks, child seat on the trip.

Lorry for Europe, 33 or 67 m³ sea containers for overseas, air freight for a few boxes: when each transport mode fits, what it costs and what applies at customs.

From 500 km, driving time counts: a 45-min break after 4.5 hrs, at most 9 hrs a day. Plus the lorry toll from 3.5 t and the Sunday driving ban over 7.5 t.

Timeline for a long-distance move: what is due before the 8 weeks (notice, 3 months), parking bans at both addresses, packing, handover, registration within 2 weeks.

North–south move: Hamburg–Munich is around 776 km via the A7, A3 and A9 – more than a lorry driver may drive in one day. What that means for date, drivers and price.

Little furniture, a long route: when a shared load pays off on a long-distance move, why you get a delivery window, not a fixed date, and how HGB liability works.

What the price from €4.10/km covers, which items count besides the route and why the fixed price for a long-distance move is only set after the survey.