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Niwesh
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moving from finland to germany

Post by Niwesh » Mon Jan 23, 2017 10:04 pm

hi all,

I would like to ask about cost effective way to move all our furnitures from helsinki to germany. What kind of options are available ?

thank you in advance
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PJG
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Re: moving from finland to germany

Post by PJG » Mon Jan 23, 2017 10:27 pm

Germany is a big country.

Where in Germany?

What time-frame?

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Re: moving from finland to germany

Post by zetorpilot » Tue Jan 24, 2017 5:04 pm

I would suggest using a Finnish removals / art transport company that specialises in Finland <-> EU/UK/Swiss/Norwegian work, and which has vehicles in Germany on a very, very regular basis ;)

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Re: moving from finland to germany

Post by Niwesh » Wed Jan 25, 2017 10:49 am

PJG wrote:Germany is a big country.

Where in Germany?

What time-frame?
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Re: moving from finland to germany

Post by Niwesh » Wed Jan 25, 2017 11:06 am

PJG wrote:Germany is a big country.

Where in Germany?

What time-frame?
Holzach to be exact. To store it there until we find a place of our own . And time frame is open to suggestions. Just within this year we would wanna move. Need to know how much approximately it will cost to plan our moving forward
PJG wrote:I would suggest using a Finnish removals / art transport company that specialises in Finland <-> EU/UK/Swiss/Norwegian work, and which has vehicles in Germany on a very, very regular basis ;)
i tried to pm you zetorpilot but i couldnt. Must mean i am getting too old. I read your some of the message board and want to know the company which you work for. I went on to your profile but i couldnt find the company name. And pm i couldnt work out.

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Re: moving from finland to germany

Post by mykds » Mon Jan 30, 2017 11:28 am

Niwesh wrote:
PJG wrote:... Need to know how much approximately it will cost to plan our moving forward...
Was talking to some german transport companys the other day. And they said to me it would be around 8000-10000€ for Ger->Fin.
So I guess it'll be quite the same the other way round.

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Re: moving from finland to germany

Post by zetorpilot » Mon Jan 30, 2017 4:13 pm

mykds wrote:

Was talking to some german transport companys the other day. And they said to me it would be around 8000-10000€ for Ger->Fin.
So I guess it'll be quite the same the other way round.

That's so many times more than the cost of a removal in either direction - I just can't think what to say. Even full service moves for a big family are going to be a fraction of those prices, even to the very south of Germany.

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Re: moving from finland to germany

Post by mykds » Mon Jan 30, 2017 5:36 pm

zetorpilot wrote: That's so many times more than the cost of a removal in either direction - I just can't think what to say. Even full service moves for a big family are going to be a fraction of those prices, even to the very south of Germany.
Really? Well I just asked them out of curiosity. They said 8000€ for 30cbm, transport, loading and unloading.
But it all depents on the actual shipping volume.

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Re: moving from finland to germany

Post by zetorpilot » Tue Jan 31, 2017 6:16 pm

mykds wrote:
zetorpilot wrote: That's so many times more than the cost of a removal in either direction - I just can't think what to say. Even full service moves for a big family are going to be a fraction of those prices, even to the very south of Germany.
Really? Well I just asked them out of curiosity. They said 8000€ for 30cbm, transport, loading and unloading.
But it all depents on the actual shipping volume.
It sounds to me like they really didn't want the job then, for whatever reason. I'd have expected a figure on one side or other of about 3k, it depends on factors like how well the location fits with other jobs (the full truck and trailer takes about 90cbm), if local help needs to be hired or if a colleague is going to fly out, or if the customer is able to assist the driver with loading and unloading, parking permits, etc etc.

But, a firm that specialises in this kind of work, and which has several vehicles constantly on the move backwards and forwards to and from Finland, will always be able to offer better rates than one for which a job like this would be a one off.

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Re: moving from finland to germany

Post by mykds » Thu Feb 02, 2017 9:18 am

Thanks for the advice Zetorpilot. Will keep that in mind :) :thumbsup:


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