Tell us about your move
Where you are moving from and to, when, and roughly what is coming with you. It takes about two minutes, it costs nothing, and you are not committed to anything at the end of it.
In Hamburg the street often decides the price: narrow access in Eimsbüttel, raised ground floors in Eppendorf, and a furniture lift quoted differently from Elbchaussee than from Wandsbek. Several quotes show those differences straight away.
Hamburg has two faces, and both have to do with water and stone. In Eimsbüttel, Ottensen, Winterhude or the Schanze, nineteenth-century houses stand shoulder to shoulder: narrow streets, kerbs parked solid, flats on the third or fourth floor and often a raised ground floor that costs half a flight of stairs before the first floor even begins. In Wandsbek, Rahlstedt or Bergedorf there is usually room outside the house, but the routes through the city are longer.
Then there is the Elbe. Anyone moving between Harburg or Wilhelmsburg and the north has to go through the Elbe tunnel or over the Elbe bridges, and there the time of day decides whether the drive takes twenty minutes or an hour. Good moving companies plan their departure around that. Give both addresses precisely in your request and it is allowed for from the start.
For a move within Hamburg you should generally expect around 500 to 1,500 euros. A room in a shared flat or a small flat is at the lower end, a family flat over several floors with furniture assembly at the upper end. These are guide values, not fixed prices.
It becomes more expensive mainly through:
What lies behind each item is explained in Calculating moving costs.
In the densely built districts a no-parking zone almost always makes sense. In Hamburg the road traffic authority at the local police station (Polizeikommissariat) is responsible. Allow about two weeks, since the signs have to be up some days before the move. Most moving companies offer to take care of the application and the signs. Have the price for it shown in the quote.
As everywhere, month-ends and weekends are taken first. In Hamburg there are also the big events that close whole districts: the port anniversary, the marathon, the Cyclassics. A quick look at the calendar saves a van that cannot get to the front door. If you are flexible, choose a weekday in the middle of the month and compare several quotes.
Where you are moving from and to, when, and roughly what is coming with you. It takes about two minutes, it costs nothing, and you are not committed to anything at the end of it.
Every request is read by a person before it goes anywhere. It then reaches the companies whose service area covers your pick-up address — you do not have to find them or ring round.
Each one arrives by email with a link to your own page. Compare the prices, read what each company says it includes, and ask them anything before you decide.