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• No call-out charges and no weekend surcharge
Why choose Holland Movers as your moving company in Leiden?
- 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.
- Experience with the deep, narrow canal houses of the centre, where the moving lift is standard rather than an extra.
- 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.
What makes a move in Leiden different
In the centre along the Rapenburg and the Hooigracht the houses are deep, tall and narrow, with a staircase that turns twice. A wardrobe or a three-seat sofa rarely makes it, so the moving lift is part of the plan rather than a surprise. On the quays only a box truck fits, and often only for part of the day.
Around the Bio Science Park and in the newer districts the picture is the opposite: flats with a lift, wide streets and a parking space. Those moves are shorter, but the timing is tighter, because a contract at the university or a research institute starts on a fixed date.
What is the duration of a move in Leiden?
A move in Leiden usually takes 5 to 8 hours and is finished in one day. A student room is done in three hours; a canal house on the Rapenburg with three floors takes a full day with four movers.
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.
How much does a move in Leiden cost?
A move in Leiden with Holland Movers usually costs between 1,000 and 2,000 euros. A studio can be less, a family house with packing more. In Leiden the staircase decides: a canal house in the centre sits at the top of the range, a flat near the Bio Science Park at the bottom.
Below are five examples of moves we carry out in and around Leiden, 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 in the centre to a studio near the station | 25 m², third floor, narrow stairs | 2 movers, 3 hours | €620 |
| Two-bedroom flat near the Bio Science Park to a flat in the Merenwijk | 70 m², lift at both addresses | 3 movers, 5 hours | €1,000 |
| Canal house on the Rapenburg to a family house in Oegstgeest | 120 m², three floors, double turn, moving lift | 4 movers, 8.5 hours | €1,850 |
| Family house in Leiden to Utrecht, full service with packing | 120 m², packed the day before | 4 movers, 2 days | €2,600 |
| Detached house in Oegstgeest to Germany | 150 m², international, in our own vehicles | 4 movers, 3 days | €3,800 |
Recognise your own situation in one of these? Then that indication is close. Your advisor confirms the exact amount during the free survey.
Leiden moving prices by 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.
Your personal moving advisor in Leiden
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.
For a canal house the survey is not optional in practice. We measure the stairwell and the window frame, because that determines whether your furniture goes down the stairs or through the window.
Careful handling in Leiden, insured 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.
Moving in Leiden without lifting a box
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 Leiden 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.
Furniture storage for your move in Leiden
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 when a research contract starts before the permanent home is available. More about moving and storage.
Moving to a smaller home in Leiden
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.
Moving through the window in Leiden with a moving lift
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 Leiden centre the double turn in the stairwell is where most furniture stops. 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.
Let us pack your move in Leiden
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.
Arranging your Leiden move step by step
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.
Business relocation in Leiden: offices and shops
We move offices, laboratories, shops and hotels, usually outside opening hours so your business keeps running. In Leiden that is often a laboratory or an office on the Bio Science Park, where equipment needs its own handling and 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 clients in Leiden keep coming back to us
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.
International removals from Leiden
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 Leiden also unloads.
An international move from Leiden 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.
From one part of Leiden to another
A large share of our work here is people moving from one part of Leiden 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 in the centre to a flat near the station, or a canal house to a family home in the Merenwijk. We plan a local move around exactly those points, which is why the survey looks at the access before it looks at anything else.
Moving to Leiden from abroad
Leiden brings in internationals through the university, the Bio Science Park and the institutes around it. A large share of our work here is researchers and PhD candidates arriving for two to four years, often into a furnished flat first and a permanent home later.
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.
Leaving Leiden for another city?
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 Leiden are to moving company The Hague, moving company Delft, moving company Rotterdam, moving company Amsterdam and moving company Haarlem.
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.
Building types and access in Leiden
Leiden has three kinds of address, and the staircase is what separates them.
The canal ring: Rapenburg, Hooigracht and the Oude Rijn
Deep, tall and narrow houses with a staircase that turns twice, on quays where only a box truck fits. The moving lift comes out on almost every one of these moves, and the day is longer than the volume suggests.
The Bio Science Park and the station area
Flats with a lift and, in the newer blocks, a loading bay. Smaller volumes, tighter timing, because contract dates are fixed.
The Merenwijk, Stevenshof and Oegstgeest
Family houses with a driveway or a parking space in front of the door. Easy access, more belongings, and usually a completion date to work towards.
Moving service Leiden
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 Leiden 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 Leiden.
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 Leiden
What is the cost of relocating to Leiden?
Calculating the cost of moving to Leiden can be intricate and varies based on the specific needs of each customer. Various factors such as the size of the current residence, the number of required moving boxes, the need for specialized equipment like a moving lift or multiple trucks, or if the move is urgent, can affect the total cost. To prevent any unforeseen expenses, Holland Movers provides customers with the option to schedule an on-site survey or request a no-obligation quote. Additionally, we do not charge any call-out fees.
How do I pay for the move to Leiden?
After each day of your move, payment for our services is due and can be made through a PIN transaction. An invoice will be provided to you on the following Tuesday after your move has been completed.
Where should I notify my move in Leiden?
If you are relocating to Leiden 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 Leiden. 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, and a signature is not necessarily required.
How far in advance is the best time to book my move to Leiden with you?
To guarantee availability and facilitate a hassle-free relocation, we suggest booking your Leiden move with Holland Movers at least 6 to 8 weeks ahead.
Do you provide insurance for my belongings during the relocation to Leiden?
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.
Are there any surcharges for a move on the weekend?
At Holland Movers, we believe in providing transparent services. We never charge extra for weekend or holiday moves, so you can choose a time that works best for you without incurring additional 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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