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• No call-out charges and no weekend surcharge
Why choose Holland Movers as your moving company in Enschede?
- You pay no call-out charges and no return charges, anywhere in the Netherlands.
- Your belongings are insured up to 2.5 million euros, with no excess. That cover is unique in the moving industry.
- No call-out charges and no return charges, which for a move to or from Twente is the largest single difference between quotes.
- Our movers speak English, and your quote is transparent and itemised.
- More than 80,000 moves since 1973, and around 400 international moves a year.
- Moving on a Saturday or Sunday is possible, with no weekend surcharge.
Building types and access in Enschede
Enschede burned down in 1862 and lost much of its centre again in 1944, so the housing is mostly late nineteenth century and later. That means few extreme staircases, but a lot of portico flats in Lasonder and around the singel where there is no lift at all.
On the University of Twente campus and in Roombeek, the district rebuilt after 2000, the streets are wide and the buildings have lifts or a driveway. Those are the shorter days, though contract dates around the university are fixed.
How much time does a move in Enschede take?
A move in Enschede usually takes 5 to 7 hours and is finished in one day. A flat in Roombeek with a lift is done in four to five hours; a portico flat near the singel without one takes longer.
Because you pay for the hours actually worked, the duration is the price. That is why your advisor checks the stairs, the lift and the parking during the free survey and gives you an estimate of the expected duration with your quote.
What are the costs of a move in Enschede?
A move in Enschede with Holland Movers usually costs between 1,000 and 2,000 euros. A studio can be less, a family house with packing more. The distance to Enschede does not appear on your quote, so what remains is the staircase and the lift.
Below are five examples of moves we carry out in and around Enschede, with the home, the team and the amount. They give you a better feel for the price than a calculator does.
| Example move | Home and access | Team and duration | Indication |
|---|---|---|---|
| Student room near the campus to a studio in Roombeek | 30 m², lift at the new address | 2 movers, 3 hours | €620 |
| Two-bedroom flat near the singel to a flat in Roombeek | 70 m², third floor without lift, moving lift used | 3 movers, 5.5 hours | €1,100 |
| Family house in Lasonder to a family house in Glanerbrug | 110 m², driveway at both addresses | 3 movers, 6 hours | €1,250 |
| Family house in Enschede to Utrecht, full service with packing | 120 m², packed the day before | 4 movers, 2 days | €2,700 |
| Detached house in Enschede to Germany | 145 m², international, in our own vehicles | 4 movers, 2 days | €3,200 |
Recognise your own situation in one of these? Then that indication is close. Your advisor confirms the exact amount during the free survey.
Moving costs in Enschede per type of home
These are the indications we work with. The duration determines the amount, so the floor you live on, the presence of a lift and the volume of your belongings weigh heavier than the number of kilometres.
| Type of home | Duration | Indication |
|---|---|---|
| Studio or one-bedroom flat | 3 to 4 hours | €600 to €850 |
| Two-bedroom flat | 4 to 6 hours | €850 to €1,200 |
| Three-bedroom flat with lift | 6 to 8 hours | €1,200 to €1,700 |
| Family house | 7 to 9 hours | €1,500 to €2,000 |
| Detached house | from 8 hours | from €2,000 |
You pay no call-out charges and no weekend surcharge. Your advisor confirms the exact amount during the free survey, so nothing is added afterwards.
A free viewing and a transparent quote in Enschede
Every move starts with a free survey, at your home or online, with the advisor who stays your contact from the first call to the last box. Together you go through the rooms, the access and the date, and you receive a transparent, itemised quote with no hidden costs.
Because Enschede is a distance from our depot, we do the survey online as often as at your home. It costs you nothing and gives us the same picture.
Our own movers in Enschede and cover up to 2.5 million euros
Your belongings are insured up to 2.5 million euros with no excess during the move. That cover applies as standard, you do not arrange or pay for it separately, and it is unique in the Dutch moving industry.
The people carrying your furniture are our own trained movers, not day labour hired for the occasion. They work with furniture blankets, edge protection and floor covering, and they are used to fragile items: artwork, a piano, a full display cabinet.
Full service moving in Enschede, from A to Z
With full service you do not lift anything at all. We deliver the packing materials, pack every room and label the boxes per room, take apart what needs taking apart, transport it, rebuild it at your new address and unpack the boxes again. Your beds are made up and your kitchen is usable the same evening.
You can also choose parts of it. Many clients in Enschede have us pack the kitchen and the fragile items and do the rest themselves. Our handyman service takes down a fitted wardrobe or remounts your TV on the day itself.
Storage in and around Enschede
If the dates of your old and new home do not line up, we store your belongings in our own secure storage. Your inventory stays in the same crates and blankets it was loaded in, and the same team brings it to your new address when you are ready.
Useful for a cross-border move, when the belongings leave before the German or Dutch home is ready. More about moving and storage.
Senior moves in Enschede
Moving to a smaller home or a care residence asks for a different pace. We work in the order that keeps the day calm: the bedroom and the bathroom first, so there is a made bed and a working bathroom before anything else is unpacked.
We hang the pictures back in the same arrangement, reconnect the television and take away what is not coming along. Family often lives elsewhere, so we keep one contact person informed throughout the day. See our senior relocation.
When is a moving lift needed in Enschede?
When a wardrobe or a sofa will not go down the stairs, we move it through the window with our own moving lift. You generally need one from the second floor upwards, or when large furniture cannot be manoeuvred safely through the stairwell.
In the portico flats around the singel that is regularly the case. Your advisor measures the stairwell and the window frame during the survey and decides then whether the moving lift is needed, so it is planned in advance and included in the quote.
Packing and moving boxes for your move in Enschede
You can rent boxes and packing materials from us, or have us pack everything. A two-person household needs around 30 to 40 boxes; a family house 60 or more. We deliver them before the move and collect them afterwards, so you are not left with a hallway full of cardboard.
Glassware, artwork and electronics go into materials made for them rather than into newspaper. More about our packing service.
Booking your move in Enschede
There are two routes, and they are separate. Request a moving quote and you receive an indication the same day. Or book a free moving survey, at your home or online, and we go through everything with you first.
After that it is four steps: the survey, your itemised quote, the confirmation of the date, and the move itself. You keep the same advisor throughout, and changes to the date, the volume or the equipment are possible at any stage.
- A quote the same day.
- No call-out charges and no return charges.
- Insured up to 2.5 million euros with no excess.
- A personal moving advisor from start to finish.
- Very flexible in changing your moving day.
- No weekend surcharge.
Office and business relocation in Enschede
We move offices, laboratories, shops and hotels, usually outside opening hours so your business keeps running. In Enschede that is often a laboratory or a technical office on the campus, where equipment needs its own crates.
You get one project contact, a floor plan per workstation and labelled crates, so your people can start working again the next morning. More on business relocation.
Why Holland Movers is the right moving company in Enschede
Because we are flexible where it counts and fixed where it matters. The moving date, the volume of your belongings and the equipment can change at any stage of the relocation. The insurance cover, the absence of call-out charges and the team you were promised do not.
Holland Movers is rated 4.6 out of 5 based on more than 650 Google reviews, and has been moving households since 1973. You can read a selection of those reviews higher up this page.
Moving abroad from Enschede
As international movers we carry out around 400 moves a year, almost all of them within Europe and all of them in our own vehicles. Your belongings are never transferred into a container or handed to a foreign partner along the way: the team that loads in Enschede also unloads.
An international move from Enschede starts at around 3,000 euros and is quoted as a fixed price, because the route and the volume are known in advance. Common destinations are moving to Germany, moving to Belgium and moving to France.
Moving house within Enschede
A large share of our work here is people moving from one part of Enschede to another. Within the town the distance is never the problem: the stairs, the door widths and where the truck can stand are.
A student room near the campus to a flat in Roombeek, or a portico flat near the singel to a family house in Glanerbrug. We plan a local move around exactly those points, which is why the survey looks at the access before it looks at anything else.
Arriving in Enschede as an international
The University of Twente is the most campus-based university in the Netherlands, and Enschede is ten minutes from the German border. Most of the international moves we do here are researchers and engineers on contracts of a few years, plus regular cross-border moves to Munster and Gronau.
Register with the municipality
You must register your new address with the municipality. You can do so from four weeks before your moving date and no later than five days after. Register later and the municipality uses the date of your notification as your official moving date, which can affect your benefits, your local taxes and your parking permit. Municipalities may also impose a fine of up to 325 euros.
Moving to the Netherlands for the first time and staying longer than four months? Then you register in the Personal Records Database and receive your citizen service number, the BSN. Staying for less than four months? Then you can request a BSN through the Non-residents Records Database instead. Bring a valid passport and a rental or purchase contract. If you are moving in with someone, you also need a signed consent form from the main occupant.
Already living in the Netherlands and moving again?
If you move to a different municipality, you only register with the new one: it automatically deregisters you from the old one. You never have to deregister yourself, unless you are leaving the country. We handle these moves in the same way as any other, with no call-out charges and no return charges wherever in the Netherlands you go. Full details are on our page about change of address.
Moving from Enschede to another part of the Netherlands?
Then the distance is included in the calculation, but you still pay no call-out charges and no return charges. The routes we drive most from Enschede are to moving company Groningen, moving company Nijmegen, moving company Almelo, moving company Utrecht and moving company Amsterdam.
Moving to a different municipality? Then you only register with the new one: it automatically deregisters you from the old one. You never have to deregister yourself, unless you are leaving the country.
Where internationals live in Enschede
Enschede has three kinds of address, and the lift is what separates them.
Lasonder and the singel districts
Portico flats and older houses without a lift, three or four flights up. Modest volumes but longer days, and the moving lift more often than you would expect.
Roombeek and the rebuilt districts
Housing from after 2000 with lifts or a driveway and wide streets. The quickest days.
The University of Twente campus
Student and staff housing with small volumes and fixed contract dates, so the timing matters more than the size.
Moving service Enschede
Private relocation
Every move is different, so we plan yours around your home rather than around a standard package. From a studio to a family house, our team goes through the rooms, the access and the date with you in advance, and the same crew carries out the move from the first box to the last screw.
International moving
We carry out around 400 international moves a year, almost all of them within Europe. Your belongings travel in our own vehicles and are never transferred into a container or handed to a foreign partner along the way, so the team that loads in Enschede is the team that unloads at your new address.
Handyman service
A fitted wardrobe that has to come apart, a window frame that has to come out, a television that needs remounting. Our handyman does that on the moving day itself, so you are not waiting for a second appointment with someone else.
Moving lift
When a wardrobe or a sofa will not fit down the stairs, we move it through the window with our own moving lift. Your advisor measures the stairwell and the window frame during the survey and decides then whether the lift is needed, so it is planned rather than improvised.
Emergency relocation
A move at short notice because of a sale that went through quickly, a job that starts sooner than expected or a landlord who needs the keys. We keep capacity free for urgent work and can often start within a few days in Enschede.
Business relocation
Offices, laboratories, shops and hotels, usually outside opening hours so your business keeps running. You get one project contact, a floor plan per workstation and labelled crates, so your people can start working again the next morning.
Storage
If the dates of your old and new address do not line up, we store your belongings in our own secure storage. Your inventory stays in the same crates and blankets it was loaded in, and the same team brings it over when you are ready.
Packing service
We pack every room for you, label the boxes per room and unpack them again at your new address. Glassware, artwork and electronics go into materials made for them rather than into newspaper. You can also have us pack only the kitchen and the fragile items.
Senior relocation
Moving to a smaller home or a care residence asks for a different pace. We start with the bedroom and the bathroom, so there is a made bed and a working bathroom before anything else is unpacked, and we hang the pictures back in the same arrangement.
House clearance
Clearing a home completely, after a move or after a death, with reuse and proper disposal of what is left behind. We hand the property over broom clean and provide the documentation the landlord or the estate agent asks for.
What is the cost of relocating to Enschede?
The cost estimation for a move to Enschede can be complex and is influenced by several factors that are specific to each customer. Factors such as the size of the current residence, the number of moving boxes required, the need for specialized equipment like a moving lift or multiple trucks, or the urgency of the move can all have an impact on the overall cost. To avoid any unexpected costs, Holland Movers offers you the option to request a no-obligation quote. We do not impose any call-out charges.
How do I pay for the move to Enschede?
We require payment for our services at the end of each day during your move, and we accept payment via PIN transaction. You’ll receive an invoice on the following Tuesday after the completion of your move.
Where should I notify my move to Enschede?
If you are relocating to Enschede from another location, either within the Netherlands or from abroad, you will need to report your move on the official website of the municipality of Enschede. It is also essential to inform various organizations of your change of address, including your phone provider, employer, dentist, pharmacy, general practitioner, sports club, and bank, among others.
After submitting your request for a quote, how long will it take to receive it?
Our goal at Holland Movers is to offer prompt and effective service, and we strive to provide a same-day quote for all requests made before 5:00 PM, with no fees attached.
How do I accept the quote?
To accept the quote, you can agree to it via email. A signature is not necessarily required.
How far in advance is the best time to book my move to Enschede with you?
To guarantee availability and facilitate a hassle-free relocation, we suggest booking your Enschede move with Holland Movers at least 6 to 8 weeks ahead.
Is there insurance coverage available for my belongings during the move to Enschede that you offer?
During your move, we insure your belongings, which means that you don’t have to worry about them. The insurance coverage is included in the quote we provide, ensuring that you have peace of mind.
Do you charge extra fees for moving services during the weekend?
We at Holland Movers believe in offering transparent services, which is why we never impose any additional charges for moving on weekends or holidays. This means that you can select a moving date that suits you best without worrying about incurring extra fees.
Quality. Flexible. Safe.
Your wishes are always central at Holland Movers. We always take the time to carefully and extensively discuss your move and your wishes in this regard. This way you know exactly what you can expect from us and we are well aware of your expectations. This way you will not have to deal with unpleasant surprises afterwards.
About us
We have been active as a moving company since 1973, and in our 50+ years of experience we have helped more than 80,000 of expats move.
Headquarters:
Amsterdam branch:
H.J.E. Wenckebachweg 159, 1096 AM Amsterdam
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