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The full comparison

The five ways to move, fully compared

Seven points side by side, with the strongest option marked on each and the source of every amount attached. At the bottom, the choosing guide that does the same weighing for you.

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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 comparing	Van 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 cell	strongest 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 market	Per 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 option	The 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 item	Almost 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 option	You, 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 company	You 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 yourself	With 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.

Too narrow for five columns: below, each option becomes its own block. The seven points return in the same order, so two blocks can still be held against each other.

Van with driver

We drive, you and your friends do the carrying.

Roughly what it costs: strongest on this point€ 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.
What you are charged for: Per 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.
What is certainly included: The van, the driver, the journeyBlankets and straps are in the van. Nothing else: the lifting, the stacking and the unloading are yours.
What is charged separately: Almost everything, the lift includedA ladder lift (verhuislift) costs 60 to 120 euro per hour and is never inside the price with this option.
Who carries and stacks: You, with your own helpersThe driver drives and directs the stacking but does not carry. Count on four to six people for a terraced house.
When the day runs long: You 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.
Where liability sits: With 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.
Where this option does not fit: 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.

Movers by the hour

Two movers and a van, you pack the boxes.

Roughly what it costs: € 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.
What you are charged for: 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.
What is certainly included: Van, movers, lifting and drivingEverything that happens on the day, for as long as the clock runs. Boxes and packing fall outside it.
What is charged separately: The lift, the boxes, the packingMoving boxes cost 1 to 3 euro each. A family home needs fifty to seventy of them.
Who carries and stacks: 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.
When the day runs long: 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.
Where liability sits: 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.
Where this option does not fit: 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.

Fixed price

One amount, based on the volume we survey.

Roughly what it costs: € 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.
What you are charged for: strongest on this pointA 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.
What is certainly included: 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.
What is charged separately: strongest on this pointOnly 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.
Who carries and stacks: 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.
When the day runs long: strongest on this pointWe 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.
Where liability sits: strongest on this pointWith 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.
Where this option does not fit: 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.

With packing service

Fixed price, plus packing, unpacking and assembly.

Roughly what it costs: € 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.
What you are charged for: 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.
What is certainly included: strongest on this pointEverything, packing and unpacking includedPlus taking apart and rebuilding wardrobes, beds and tables, at 30 to 50 euro per hour.
What is charged separately: strongest on this pointOnly what you add yourselfA piano or a safe stays a separate item with every company. Expect two to three hundred euro for a piano.
Who carries and stacks: strongest on this pointWe 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.
When the day runs long: 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.
Where liability sits: 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.
Where this option does not fit: 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.

With storage

Fixed price, with your belongings stored in between.

Roughly what it costs: € 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 for: 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 included: 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 separately: 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 stacks: 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 long: strongest on this pointBarely, 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 sits: 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 fit: 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.

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The five ways to move

The five options in short

For anyone who would rather see the table from a distance first. Each card says what the option is and where it does not fit.

Van 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.

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Why is hiring a van yourself not in the table?

Because no rate was measured for it. Everything carrying an amount on this site appears verbatim in a scanned source, and a day rate for a self-hired van does not. The cheapest option that is in the table is a van with driver, where you load and unload with your own helpers.

What does liability actually mean when moving?

That whoever handles something is responsible for what happens to it. If you pack yourself, breakage inside that box stays yours, with every mover in the Netherlands. With every quote ask not only whether there is cover, but for how much and whether it applies per event or per item: that difference is large.

Is a certified mover better?

Certification by a trade association says something about terms and about a disputes procedure, not about the people on your staircase. Treat it as one of the seven points in the table rather than the only point. We mention it so you can check it with others, not because we present it as a badge of our own.

Can I combine two options?

Yes, and that happens more often than any of the five in pure form. The usual combination is a fixed price for the move plus half a day of packing help for the kitchen and the attic. On the quote that is two lines, as it should be: it stays visible what you are paying for.

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