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• Same-day quote • Insured up to €2.5 million
• No call-out charges and no weekend surcharge
Why choose Holland Movers as your moving company in Haarlem?
- 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.
- We work with box trucks and plan around the loading windows of the car-free centre, so the walking distance stays short.
- 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 Haarlem
The centre inside the Spaarne is largely car-free with loading windows, so the truck can only be at your door for part of the day. We plan the loading around that window and drive box trucks rather than lorries, because on the Bakenessergracht and around the Grote Markt a lorry with a trailer simply does not fit.
Many homes in the centre are listed. That changes how we work: floor protection and door frame protection are standard, and we do not drill or fix anything to the facade for the moving lift. In Haarlem-Noord and the Zijlweg area the houses are larger with a front garden, which makes access far easier.
How much time does a move in Haarlem take?
A move in Haarlem usually takes 5 to 8 hours and is finished in one day. A canal house in the centre with three floors takes a full day; a house in Haarlem-Noord with a front garden is done in five hours.
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 Haarlem?
A move in Haarlem with Holland Movers usually costs between 1,000 and 2,000 euros. A studio can be less, a family house with packing more. In Haarlem the centre sits at the top of the range, because the staircases are narrow and the truck cannot always stand at the door.
Below are five examples of moves we carry out in and around Haarlem, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio in the centre to a one-bedroom flat near the Zijlweg | 40 m², second floor, narrow stairs | 2 movers, 4 hours | €730 |
| Two-bedroom flat in Haarlem-Noord to a family house in Schalkwijk | 75 m², lift to a house with a front garden | 3 movers, 5 hours | €1,050 |
| Canal house in the centre to a family house in Haarlem-Noord | 110 m², three floors, moving lift, loading window | 4 movers, 8 hours | €1,750 |
| Family house in Haarlem to Amsterdam, full service with packing | 125 m², packed the day before | 4 movers, 2 days | €2,650 |
| Detached house near the Zijlweg to Belgium | 150 m², international, in our own vehicles | 4 movers, 3 days | €3,700 |
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 Haarlem 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 Haarlem
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.
In Haarlem the survey settles two things in particular: whether your street has a loading window, and whether the staircase can take your furniture at all. Both are cheaper to solve on paper than on the day.
Our own movers in Haarlem 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 Haarlem, 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 Haarlem 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 Haarlem
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.
Handy in Haarlem, where a canal house often has to be emptied before the renovation can start. More about moving and storage.
Senior moves in Haarlem
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 Haarlem?
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 centre that is the rule rather than the exception, and on a listed facade we work without fixing anything to the building. 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 Haarlem
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 Haarlem
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 Haarlem
We move offices, laboratories, shops and hotels, usually outside opening hours so your business keeps running. In Haarlem that usually means a shop or an office in the centre, where the loading window decides when we can work.
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 Haarlem
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 Haarlem
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 Haarlem also unloads.
An international move from Haarlem 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 Haarlem
A large share of our work here is people moving from one part of Haarlem to another. Within the town the distance is never the problem: the stairs, the door widths and where the truck can stand are.
A flat in the centre to a house in Haarlem-Noord, or a canal house to a newer home in Schalkwijk. 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 Haarlem as an international
Haarlem is a popular alternative to Amsterdam for internationals: fifteen minutes by train from Amsterdam Centraal, with a centre you can walk across. Many arrive in a flat near the station and move on to a house in Haarlem-Noord or Heemstede once the contract is confirmed.
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 Haarlem 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 Haarlem are to moving company Amsterdam, moving company Amstelveen, moving company Leiden, moving company The Hague and moving company Utrecht.
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 Haarlem
Haarlem has three kinds of address, and the difference between them is the staircase.
The medieval centre inside the Spaarne
Canal houses and listed buildings with narrow, steep staircases and a car-free street with a loading window. These are the longest days: the moving lift usually comes out, and the walking distance from the truck to the door is what adds the hours.
Haarlem-Noord and the Zijlweg area
Larger houses with a front garden and a street where the truck can stand at the door. Straightforward moves with more volume.
Schalkwijk and the post-war districts
Gallery flats and portico flats with a lift in most blocks. The lift sets the pace, so we book a time slot with the building manager in advance.
Moving service Haarlem
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 Haarlem 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 Haarlem.
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.
Frequently asked questions about moving in Haarlem
What does it cost to move to Haarlem?
Holland Movers offers a non-binding quote or the option to schedule a viewing to determine the cost of relocating to Haarlem, which is dependent on multiple factors including the size of your current residence, the required number of moving boxes, and if any additional equipment is necessary. We do not impose any call-out fees, ensuring transparency and no surprises during the moving process.
What are the available payment options for the relocation to Haarlem?
Our payment policy requires settling the charges at the end of each removal day, and we accept payment through PIN. You will receive an invoice on the Tuesday of the following week after your move.
Which parties or organizations should I notify about my relocation to Haarlem?
In the case of relocation from another location, including overseas, it is mandatory to report the move on the official website of the Haarlem municipality. It is also crucial to notify relevant entities such as your employer, dentist, pharmacy, general practitioner, sports club, phone provider, and bank regarding your new address.
After making a request for a quote, when can I expect to receive it?
At Holland Movers we strive to offer prompt and effective service. If you request a quote by 5 pm, you will receive it the same day, with no additional charges.
How do I accept the quote?
You can confirm your acceptance of the quote via email and no signature is required.
When should I book my move to Haarlem with Holland Movers?
To guarantee a smooth relocation process, we advise you to schedule your move to Haarlem with Holland Movers at least 6 to 8 weeks ahead of time.
Is there insurance coverage for my belongings during the move to Haarlem?
We provide insurance coverage for your belongings during the move, and it is included in the provided quote to ensure you have peace of mind.
Do you charge any additional fees for a move on the weekend?
We uphold transparent and reasonable pricing at Holland Movers, which is why we do not impose additional charges for weekend or holiday relocations. You can select a suitable time for your move without any 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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