Removals to Holland

How much do removals to Holland cost?

Every Holland 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 £550 to £1,000, a two bedroom home is £2,000 to £2,900 and a three bedroom home is £2,700 to £3,800. 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We do not quote by the hour and we do not add fuel or waiting charges on the day.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 Holland, 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 4 to 9 days, while a dedicated vehicle leaves when you want it and arrives in 1 to 2 days.

The route: UK to Holland

Eurotunnel or Dover to Calais then the E40 and A16 north through Antwerp into Rotterdam and Amsterdam or a North Sea ferry from Harwich to Hook of Holland for an overnight sailing.

Distance from our base to Amsterdam is around 350 miles. If your Amsterdam apartment has a hoisting beam we can use it but a powered ladder lift is faster and gentler on the furniture and it is what we quote by default.

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 Holland

Free movement within the EU, no duty and no entry paperwork. Both the ferry route and the Channel route work well and we choose whichever gives you the better delivery day.

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 at the gemeente to receive a BSN citizen number which employers, banks and health insurers all require.

Delivery and access in Holland

Amsterdam canal houses have the narrowest staircases in Europe and were built with a hoisting beam at the gable for exactly this reason. We use a ladder lift through the window as standard and the city requires a parking and pavement permit for it. Canal side loading also needs a vehicle short enough for the bridge and quay.

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 Holland 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 Holland property is ready then delivered without being handled again in between.

Why choose BlueSky for your move to Holland

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 Holland move really involves. Call us or send your inventory and dates and we will price it properly.