Straight residential street in Hoofddorp with a moving van at the kerb and open sky above

Moving in the Haarlemmermeer

Three moving quotes, three amounts. Here is how to weigh them.

One charges by the hour, the second names a fixed price without saying what is inside it, and the third invoices the ladder lift separately. All three can be correct. This page holds the table that shows which difference is real, and which item is still going to appear on your bill.

Per mover per hour

€35to€50

VAT included. Two movers and a van together: 105 to 175 per hour.

Terraced house, fixed price

€700to€1.200

The one amount on which both scanned sources agree.

Until the survey

3working days

Working days, at home or by video call. The only line here that is our own promise.

Someone else’s quote

Five ways to move the same house

Five ways to move, compared on seven points, with the strongest option marked on each point.
What you are comparingVan with driverWe drive, you and your friends do the carrying.Movers by the hourTwo movers and a van, you pack the boxes.Fixed priceOne amount, based on the volume we survey.With packing serviceFixed price, plus packing, unpacking and assembly.With storageFixed price, with your belongings stored in between.
Roughly what it costsThe amount on the invoice, VAT included, without the two items billed after.Source: measured rates; the bands for the van, the packing service and storage are derived from them and the arithmetic is in the cellstrongest on this point. On this point Van with driver is the strongest option€ 330 to € 675based on a terraced house of roughly 40 cubic metresSix to nine hours of loading and unloading yourselves, at 55 to 75 euro per hour for van and driver together. Derived: the hours are our estimate, the rate is measured.€ 525 to € 1.225based on a terraced house of roughly 40 cubic metresFive to seven hours with two movers and a van, together 105 to 175 euro per hour. The low end is the crew that starts at eight and finishes at one; the high end is the day that runs long.€ 700 to € 1.200based on a terraced house of roughly 40 cubic metresMeasured directly: this is what a Dutch terraced house costs at a fixed price on volume, across two published sources.€ 900 to € 1.900based on a terraced house of roughly 40 cubic metresThe fixed price plus eight to sixteen hours of packing at 25 to 45 euro per hour. A family home runs to fifty or seventy boxes, and that is where those hours go.€ 1.050 to € 2.300based on a terraced house of roughly 40 cubic metresThe fixed price, plus 50 to 250 euro of storage per month, plus a second loading day of three to five hours. That second day is the item people forget.
What you are charged forThe price basis. This is why two quotes with the same total can still promise different things.Source: the two pricing models that exist side by side in this marketPer hour, van and driver togetherThe clock runs from the moment the van is at your door until it is empty at the new address. Your own helpers therefore set the bill.Per hour, per mover, plus the vanA mover costs 35 to 50 euro per hour. A third pair of hands looks expensive and often shortens the day enough to pay for itself.strongest on this point. On this point Fixed price is the strongest optionA fixed amount on surveyed volumeThe volume in cubic metres is fixed at the survey. What happens to the hours after that is our problem, not yours.Fixed amount, packing hours counted separatelyThe move itself is fixed, the packing runs on hours. Ask for a ceiling, or this is the item where a quote still runs over.Fixed amount, plus storage per monthStorage runs by the month and is charged per month started. A fortnight of delay therefore costs a full month.
What is certainly includedWhat you do not have to ask for separately because it belongs to the option.Source: what this market customarily puts under each optionThe van, the driver, the journeyBlankets and straps are in the van. Nothing else: the lifting, the stacking and the unloading are yours.Van, movers, lifting and drivingEverything that happens on the day, for as long as the clock runs. Boxes and packing fall outside it.The whole move, room by roomLoading, driving, unloading and every box in the room it belongs to. That last part should be stated: it saves hours the next day.strongest on this point. On this point With packing service is the strongest optionEverything, packing and unpacking includedPlus taking apart and rebuilding wardrobes, beds and tables, at 30 to 50 euro per hour.The move and the stored householdYour belongings sit in closed storage, with the inventory list made at the survey attached to it.
What is charged separatelyThe items on which three quotes diverge. Ask about them with everyone who gives you a price.Source: measured rates per itemAlmost everything, the lift includedA ladder lift (verhuislift) costs 60 to 120 euro per hour and is never inside the price with this option.The lift, the boxes, the packingMoving boxes cost 1 to 3 euro each. A family home needs fifty to seventy of them.strongest on this point. On this point Fixed price is the strongest optionOnly what you add yourselfThe lift belongs inside the fixed price if the survey established that it is needed. If it sits underneath as a separate line, ask why.strongest on this point. On this point With packing service is the strongest optionOnly what you add yourselfA piano or a safe stays a separate item with every company. Expect two to three hundred euro for a piano.The second loading day and the monthsAsk whether the second loading day is inside the price. That is the item that separates two storage quotes.
Who carries and stacksThe question that weighs heaviest on the day itself, and the one hardest to find in a quote.Source: how the work divides per optionYou, with your own helpersThe driver drives and directs the stacking but does not carry. Count on four to six people for a terraced house.We carry, you pack and unpackLoose items cost the most money here: anything not in a box goes down the stairs one piece at a time.We do, with a set crewThe crew is known in advance and matched to the volume. At a fixed price that is our interest, not yours.strongest on this point. On this point With packing service is the strongest optionWe do, from wardrobe to box to wardrobeThe day before the move you need do nothing but empty the fridge. That is literally where the price difference comes from.We do, but twice overEverything is handled twice: into storage and out again. That is why the hours are higher with this option.
When the day runs longKeys arrive late, the lift will not fit, it rains. Who pays for the delay?Source: the pricing model decides this, not the companyYou pay for every extra hourThe clock runs as long as the van is there. This is the option in which a late key handover costs the most.You pay every extra hour, three times overTwo movers and a van together cost 105 to 175 euro per hour. Two hours of waiting is therefore an item of two to three hundred and fifty euro.strongest on this point. On this point Fixed price is the strongest optionWe do, unless it is the keysDelay caused by our work sits inside the price. Waiting for a notary or a housing association is billed afterwards, at the hourly rate and without a total set in advance.We do, unless it is the keysSame arrangement as the fixed price. The packing happens a day earlier, so that part does not run into the delay.strongest on this point. On this point With storage is the strongest optionBarely, which is the whole pointThis option exists precisely because the dates do not line up. A week of delay costs a month of storage here, not a moving day.
Where liability sitsNot the same as insurance. With every quote, ask who pays when something breaks.Source: customary terms in this market; always check them yourselfWith you, for all you carry yourselfWe are liable for the driving and for the load while it is being driven. What happens on the stairs is yours.With us, for what we handleWhat you packed yourself stays your responsibility: a box that is wrong on the inside cannot be judged from the outside.strongest on this point. On this point Fixed price is the strongest optionWith us, door to doorAsk every company for the amount your belongings are covered for and whether that is per event or per item. That difference is large.With us, packing includedWhoever packs is liable for what happens inside the box. That is the argument for a packing service that is rarely made.With us, storage months includedAsk how your belongings are covered during the storage months. That is a different cover from the one on moving day.
Where this option does not fitThis row carries the same weight as the seven above. Leaving it empty means selling an option rather than weighing it.A third floor without a lift, a wardrobe that will not fit the stairwell, or anyone who also has to hand over keys that same day. The hours mount up and the hourly rate goes with them.A move whose length you cannot judge. This is the only option where a setback on the day costs money straight away, which is exactly why it starts cheap.A household that changes a lot between the survey and the day. Clearing an attic afterwards, or adding a second address, moves the ground the price stands on.Anyone who wants to pack themselves to keep the cost down and has the weeks to do it. This is the dearest option and the difference is almost entirely hours you could put in yourself.Dates that line up. Then you are paying for a second loading day for nothing, and that second day costs more than the storage itself.

Across the seven points the van with driver is strongest on two, the fixed price on two, the packing service on two and the storage option on one. That balance was not arranged but calculated: it falls apart this way as soon as somebody weighs the points that affect them. A table where the same column keeps finishing on top is an offer with borders around it.

All amounts include Dutch VAT (btw) at 21 per cent. That matters here: this is a consumer market, and a quote that states the amount without VAT reads a fifth too low. Two items are deliberately absent from the table because they vary too much per job to average: waiting time when keys arrive late, and kilometres outside the region. They sit under the item list as work billed afterwards, with their rate and without a total.

The full table with every note

What is charged separately

The seven items on which quotes diverge

Take this list with you when you read someone else’s quote. Whatever is missing arrives later, and it arrives on the day itself rather than at the kitchen table.

What a move costs, item by item

Seven items on which moving quotes diverge. Take this list with you when you read someone else’s quote: whatever is missing arrives later.
ItemWhat it costsHow to tell whether it is in your quote
Mover per hour35 to 50 euroA quote that names an hourly rate without estimating the hours is not giving you a price, it is giving you a running meter.
Van with driver55 to 75 euro per hourIf the van is listed separately beside the movers’ hourly rate, add them up: together that is 105 to 175 euro per hour.
Ladder lift (verhuislift)60 to 120 euro per hourA quote for a third floor with no lift line is incomplete, and that becomes visible on the day rather than beforehand.
Packing and unpacking25 to 45 euro per hourAsk for a maximum number of hours. Without one, this is the item on which a fixed price still runs over.
Dismantling and reassembly30 to 50 euro per hourWardrobes, beds and tables. If the quote says nothing about it, your wardrobe will be standing in the new living room in pieces.
Moving boxes1 to 3 euro eachHired crates cost less than bought boxes and go back afterwards. Ask which of the two is in the price.
Household storage50 to 250 euro per monthCheck whether the second loading day is included. It takes three to five hours and costs more than a month of storage.

Two items with no total, and that is deliberate

These two are absent from the table and from the fixed price. They vary so much per job that an average would only look more precise than it is. They stand here with their rate, without a total, and with the reason attached. A quote that does put them in as a fixed amount has hidden them somewhere else.

Waiting time when keys arrive late: 35 to 50 euro per mover per hour
The rate is fixed, the number of hours is not. That hangs on a notary or a housing association rather than on the move, and it becomes clear on the day itself.
Kilometres outside the region: 0.5 to 1 euro per kilometre
Within the municipality of Haarlemmermeer the journey is inside the price. Moving to Groningen, the distance is known but the travel time is not, and then it belongs on the quote as its own line.

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Your own cubic metres

The one number you do not have

Every moving quote rests on cubic metres. The mover estimates it at the survey in ten minutes; until you know it, you are comparing two amounts without knowing whether they cover the same household.

What kind of home is moving?
What comes on top

Your household is roughly

26 to 39 cubic metres

A band and not a single number, because this is an estimate. A half-hour survey turns it into a fixed figure, and that figure is the basis of every quote you will get.

Moving boxes
30 to 70
Amount from the volume
€ 650 to € 1.950
Amount from the type of home
€ 700 to € 1.200

The two amounts line up. That means your household is ordinary for this kind of home, and a quote should fall inside this band.

Amounts include VAT, without ladder lift, packing and storage. What the survey changes: the cubic metres are measured rather than estimated, and the parking spot is added.

What your home makes of it

What your move costs depends on the kind of home you leave

This municipality has roughly four kinds of housing, and each asks something different. Below, per kind: what goes well, what goes wrong, and what that does to the price.

Access gallery of a post-war block with a long concrete walkway and a solid parapet

Gallery flat, 1960s and 1970s

Graan voor Visch, Bornholm and the blocks along Bosweg

What goes well here
A ladder lift can almost always be set up: there is pavement, there is verge, and the facade is flat. Whatever goes through the window never touches the gallery.
What goes wrong here
The lift inside the building. It is narrow, it is slow, and it belongs to the neighbours all day too. A sofa or a double mattress will not fit in it as a rule.
What it does to the price
The walk from door to van is the longest of these four housing types. On an hourly rate that adds up; at a fixed price the saving is ours and not yours, which is exactly why the option matters.
Row of family houses with front gardens and a van parked at the kerb

Terraced house, 1970s and 1980s

Toolenburg, Pax, Overbos and the older parts of Nieuw-Vennep

What goes well here
The van stands at the door and the front garden gives room to stage boxes. They leave in a chain rather than one at a time.
What goes wrong here
The staircase and the landing. The turn at the top is where the wardrobe gets stuck, and the attic is reached by a folding ladder or a very steep flight.
What it does to the price
This is the housing type the measured band of seven hundred to twelve hundred euro applies to. What pushes it up is nearly always the attic, and no quote lists that separately.
Newer residential street with built-in storage rooms and a raised kerb on a shared surface

New build, 2000 onwards

Floriande, Getsewoud, Stellinghof and the newer parts of Badhoevedorp

What goes well here
Wide doors, generous stairs and a storage room inside the house. What goes wrong here is rarely the house.
What goes wrong here
The street. Traffic-calmed courts are full of bollards, humps and raised kerbs, and the nearest place a twelve metre van can turn is sometimes two streets away.
What it does to the price
Distance from van to door is the item here. Fifty metres extra is ten seconds a box, and across sixty boxes that is an hour nobody costed in.
House beside a dyke with steps rising from the street to the front door and a driveway alongside

Dyke and ribbon house

Zwanenburgerdijk, Vijfhuizerdijk, Aalsmeerderweg and the Hoofdweg

What goes well here
The driveway. Where the van reaches the door, most of the carrying disappears and this becomes the cheapest of the four.
What goes wrong here
The height difference. Beside a dyke the front door sits metres above or below street level, and a sack truck is useless on steps that turn.
What it does to the price
Two extremes in one housing type. With a driveway this is the easiest move in the municipality; on the dyke side without one, the heaviest. Settle it at the survey, not on the day.

Date already fixed?

Then the survey is the fastest next step. It takes half an hour and produces the cubic-metre list any quote can be checked against.

The figures, with their source

Five figures, and where they were taken from

Four of them are published elsewhere and can be checked; the fifth is a commitment of ours and is marked as such. That distinction should be visible, including where a source suits us badly.

FigureWhat it covers
35 to 50 euroPer mover per hour, Dutch VAT includedtwo published rate pages, August 2026
700 to 1200 euroA terraced house at a fixed price on volumethe same two sources; the one band on which they agree
60 to 120 euroLadder lift (verhuislift) per hourone source gives the band, the other quotes 75 euro and sits inside it
50 to 70Moving boxes for a family homepublished rule of thumb; a flat needs 20 to 30
3 working daysUntil the survey, at home or by video callour own commitment, and the only line here that is

Amounts per type of home

Roughly what a move costs here

Amounts per type of home, VAT included. The items left out have their own table above, and they are exactly what makes two identical totals promise different things.

Four types of home, with the band two published sources give for each. All amounts include VAT, without a ladder lift and without packing.
Type of homeAmount, VAT included
Studio or small flat€ 350 to € 750
Two or three room flat€ 500 to € 900
Terraced house€ 700 to € 1.200
Detached house€ 1.200 to € 2.500

On a wide screen the note per row sits in the third column. In short: the low end is half a day with two movers, the high end a full day with dismantling and a second run.

What is not included

Ladder lift, packing, dismantling and reassembly, boxes and storage. They stand with their rate in the item list above, and they are why two quotes with the same total promise different things.

What the survey changes

Half an hour, free of charge, and it produces the cubic-metre list. With that figure you can check any quote, ours included, and the list is and remains your property, whoever ends up doing the move.

What we do

Four parts, ordered separately or together

Carrying, packing and assembly belong to almost every move, but nobody needs all three. Each therefore carries its own amount, and they happen on the same day because the van is coming anyway.

Where the van can stand

The parking spot, and why it belongs in the quote

A company that does not know the area cannot say anything useful about this, and it decides hours on the day itself. The survey establishes where the van will stand at your address, and that spot goes into the quote.

Where the van stands accounts for most of the difference between two amounts in this municipality, and it is the one thing nobody can judge from a distance. So ask whether it is written into the quote.
Type of streetWhere you find it hereWhat it means for the move
Traffic-calmed court with bollardsFloriande, Getsewoud, StellinghofThe van reaches the entrance of the court and no further. Count on fifty to a hundred metres of walking per box, or a smaller van making two runs.
Gallery flat with a car parkGraan voor Visch, BornholmRoom enough for van and ladder lift, but the route inside is long. This is where a lift pays for itself fastest.
Dyke road without a vergeZwanenburgerdijk, VijfhuizerdijkThe van stands on the carriageway and holds up traffic. That calls for a slot outside rush hour and sometimes a second person directing it.
Ribbon street with a private driveAalsmeerderweg, Hoofdweg, VenneperwegThe most favourable situation here: the van stands on your own ground, close to the door, and the clock runs shorter than anywhere else.
Town centre street with parking baysAround Marktplein and Concourslaan in HoofddorpKeeping two bays free only works if it is done early. Where the council requires an exemption we apply for it; what that costs varies, so no figure for it appears on this site.

Questions

Questions

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How far ahead should I book a move?

Four weeks in the high season, May to September, and two weeks outside it. Saturdays fill first. You can fix a date before the survey has happened; the volume changes the price, not the availability.

What does the survey cost?

Nothing, and that stays true if you hire someone else. It produces a list in cubic metres, with the parking spot and the floor noted, and you keep that list. With it you can check any quote, including ours.

Do I get a fixed price or an hourly rate?

Either is possible, and which works out better depends on your situation. With difficult access or an uncertain key date a fixed price is nearly always better, because then overrunning is our problem. With a predictable day and everything packed, an hourly rate is sharper. The table on this site sets the five options side by side.

Do you move people outside the Haarlemmermeer municipality?

Yes. Within the municipality the journey sits inside the price; outside it a per-kilometre line of 0.50 to 1 euro is added, and it appears separately on the quote. Collection always stays inside our service area.

What happens if it rains?

We move anyway. Rain costs time because more has to be covered and dried, and on an hourly rate you notice that. What does get called off is the ladder lift above force six: that is the manufacturer’s limit and there is no working around it.

Can the move be handled in English?

Yes. This site exists fully in English, rates and comparison included, and the request may be in English. Anything about liability and about the quote is confirmed in writing, so there is no misunderstanding about what was agreed.

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