Removals to Austria

How much do removals to Austria cost?

Every Austria move is priced on volume, access at both ends, how much packing you want and when you need it there. As a guide, a part load of boxes and a few items of furniture is usually £800 to £1,450, a two bedroom home is £2,900 to £4,000 and a three bedroom home is £3,900 to £5,400. Larger houses, pianos, vehicles and fine art are quoted individually.

We do not quote by the hour and we do not add fuel or waiting charges on the day. After a free survey by video call or in person you get one written figure covering collection, materials, transport to Austria, transit through the EU, delivery and placement and goods in transit cover. If your dates move, we move with you.

Sharing a vehicle is the cheapest way to send a smaller load, because you pay only for the space you use. The trade off is timing: a part load runs to a consolidation schedule and takes 7 to 14 days, while a dedicated vehicle leaves when you want it and arrives in 3 to 4 days.

The route: UK to Austria

Calais or Eurotunnel, the E40 to Cologne, the A3 through Frankfurt and Nuremberg then Passau and the A8 into Linz, Salzburg or Vienna.

Distance from our base to Vienna is around 900 miles. We budget for an outside furniture lift on most central Vienna deliveries above the second floor and confirm the pavement permit with the district office.

Drivers are on tachograph hours and we plan legal rest into the schedule rather than pushing a single driver too far which is one of the reasons our delivery dates hold. You get the vehicle's progress by phone or message so you know the day before it arrives.

Customs and paperwork for Austria

Household goods move freely inside the EU. Austria requires a GO-Box toll unit for heavy vehicles and enforces night and weekend driving bans on freight which is why Austrian delivery days are always weekdays.

Whatever the destination, we build a full inventory at packing. It is the document that supports your insurance claim if anything is damaged, and it settles any question at a roadside check in seconds.

Register your address with the Meldeamt within three days of moving in, a legal requirement in Austria that banks and employers will check.

Delivery and access in Austria

Viennese Altbau apartments have high ceilings, wide doorways and a lift too small for a wardrobe which is exactly why external furniture lifts are so common there. In Tyrol and Salzburgerland, chalets sit on steep private drives that a loaded lorry cannot climb in snow.

We survey the destination as carefully as the collection address. Lift dimensions, doorway widths, stair turns, height barriers and parking restrictions all change the crew size and the vehicle and finding out on the day is what turns a smooth move into an expensive one.

Delivery does not stop at the front door. Furniture is placed in the room you want, beds and wardrobes are rebuilt and boxes are stacked where you can work through them. Full unpacking with the packing debris taken away is available if you would rather start straight from an empty floor.

Packing, part loads and storage

A long European journey is harder on furniture than a local move so everything is packed to export standard: double walled cartons, wardrobe boxes for hanging clothes, bubble and tissue for glass and china, corner protection on case goods and export wrap over upholstery and mattresses. Televisions, mirrors and artwork travel in purpose made cases.

We collect anywhere in the UK for Austria so a load can combine your current home with items held elsewhere, such as a family member's garage or a storage unit. Cars, motorcycles and bicycles can travel with the household on the same vehicle where space allows.

Dates rarely line up perfectly across borders. Secure containerised storage in the UK bridges the gap: your goods are inventoried, sealed into containers and held until your Austria property is ready then delivered without being handled again in between.

Why choose BlueSky for your move to Austria

Fifteen years of European relocations, our own directly employed crews rather than agency labour, fully branded vehicles and full goods in transit and public liability cover as standard. We are rated 4.9 out of 5 by our customers and the same coordinator handles your move from survey to final placement.

You will get a written quote you can hold us to, honest advice about whether a part load or a dedicated vehicle suits you better and a straight answer about what a Austria move really involves. Call us or send your inventory and dates and we will price it properly.