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Orpheo
Amsterdam on Aug 2026
Mano first supported us with technical service, and later he also did the installation of key lockers and medicine lockers. He did various things for years, including transport, and he was always very accessible, day and night, and flexibly usable. I have always been very satisfied with his service, and the price felt really worth it. He was always respectful and professional, and for me he was above expectations.
Nancy
Dallas on Aug 2026
I have moved 23 times, and I have never had a better moving company than they were. I was moving precious things across an ocean, and the whole experience felt right from the start because the receptionist was so precious and so kind. It was a lot of money, but I looked at other companies and their prices were about the same, so I am not unhappy. I would hire them anytime and I would recommend them to anyone, it was worth the money that you pay.
Anonymous
Amsterdam on May 2026
I’ve used BearStorm Moving Service a lot for my AirBnb apartments and small moves, and a couple bigger ones, plus my own move. They show up exactly when they say, they work properly, and finish the job before heading to the next one. Communication is clear, they’re friendly and relaxed, and they even helped me put a bed together when there was some time left. Pricing felt fair compared to others, and they’re the first people I think of and the ones I tell friends to call.
Real price ranges from the jobs our vetted movers actually do. Updated July 2026
How much does a large house move cost in Amsterdam?
Past four rooms you're into 50 to 120 m3, four or five movers and a full day, sometimes two. A terraced house move inside Amsterdam runs about €1,200 to €1,800, a detached house €1,800 to €2,800, and going out of the region adds several hundred more. Canal houses are the wild card: narrow stairs mean the wardrobes and the sofa leave through the window on a hoist, and the van needs a reserved parking spot from the gemeente. Get the quote after someone has actually seen the staircase.
How much does an office relocation cost in Amsterdam?
Office moves are priced on floor area and on how many desks are going, and Dutch quotes cluster around €20 per m2. A small office up to 50 m2 comes in at €1,000 to €3,000, 50 to 150 m2 at €3,000 to €7,000, and anything larger starts at €7,000 and climbs from there. Movers are €30 to €50 an hour each and a coordinator €50 to €100, which is why the timing hurts: a Saturday adds about 25 percent and a Sunday about 75. Book the survey early, because an Amsterdam office in an old building has the same stairs, lift and parking problems as the flats above it.
How much does a 3 to 4 room apartment move cost in Amsterdam?
Three and four room flats are roughly 35 to 50 m3, so you're booking three movers and a six to eight hour day rather than a morning. Local moves in Amsterdam sit around €800 to €1,200, and moving out of the region takes that to €1,100 to €1,600. Randstad prices run about 10 to 20 percent above the rest of the country, mostly because of parking and awkward access at older buildings. Book a survey, in person or by video, before you accept anyone's number.
How much does piano moving cost in Amsterdam?
A piano is quoted per instrument rather than per hour, and the type matters more than the distance. An upright with a clear route runs €200 to €350, a buffet piano €250 to €450, a baby grand €500 to €850, and a full size or concert grand €800 to €1,200. Amsterdam adds the line that catches people out: the stairs in a canal house are too narrow and too steep, so the instrument leaves on a lift at €75 to €250, or on a crane at €300 to €700 when even that won't do. Tell them the model, the floor and the width of the staircase when you ask, check what the insurance actually pays out, and book a tuning one to two months after the move.
How much does a small apartment move cost in Amsterdam?
A studio or a one bedroom flat is usually 10 to 35 m3, which two movers and a box truck can clear in three to six hours. Local Amsterdam jobs that size land around €350 to €850, and two movers with a truck run €50 to €90 an hour. If you're on the third floor of a canal house with a steep staircase, budget for a verhuislift on top, and ask whether the rate you were quoted includes BTW.
How much does a packing service cost in Amsterdam?
Having the movers pack for you costs about €200 to €500 depending on how much you own, and it's charged on top of the moving day, never inside it. Materials can be another €50 to €200 unless the quote says they're already included. Unpacking at the new address is usually priced separately, so ask for both lines in writing. If you're moving on a tight budget, packing yourself is the single biggest saving on a small Amsterdam flat.
How much does an aquarium move cost in Amsterdam?
None of our Amsterdam price sources quote a rate for moving a stocked aquarium, so treat any number you get over the phone with suspicion. It's a per job price that turns on the tank size, the livestock, and whether the tank has to be drained and restarted the same day. Have the mover come and look at it, and agree in writing what happens if the glass cracks. Expect it on top of the normal moving hours rather than inside them.
How much does a verhuislift cost in Amsterdam?
In Amsterdam the furniture hoist often isn't a luxury, it's the only way a sofa leaves a canal house with narrow, steep stairs. A lift with an operator is €60 to €150 an hour, most jobs are done in two or three hours, so €150 to €350 is normal, and a half or full day runs €200 to €480. For a single heavy item, a piano say, the lift on its own is €75 to €250, while proper crane work on an awkward building is €300 to €700. You'll also need a temporary parking permit from the gemeente to stand the lift on the street, charged separately from about €20 and considerably more in a big city, so check that the permit and the operator are both in the price.
How much does moving a safe cost in Amsterdam?
A safe is priced by weight and by how it gets out of the building, and none of our Dutch sources publish a rate for one. What we can give you is what the lifting costs on comparable heavy jobs: a lift is €75 to €250 and crane work €300 to €700, before the movers' own time at €50 to €90 an hour. Tell the company the weight and the floor when you ask, because a safe that turns up unannounced on the day stops the move. Get it in writing that they'll carry it at all.
How much does art and fragile item moving cost in Amsterdam?
Our Amsterdam sources publish no rate for this, and honestly they shouldn't: crating a painting or a sculpture is quoted per piece once someone has seen it. What you can settle in advance is the cover, because standard insurance at a recognised Dutch mover runs to around €100,000 for the whole load, which can be less than one item is worth. Ask for a separate valuation and a written condition report before anything is wrapped. Protective materials are a real line as well, usually €50 to €200.
How much does construction waste removal cost in Amsterdam?
Our moving price sources don't cover builders' rubble, so we'd rather say that than invent a number. It's priced by volume plus tip fees, and tip fees vary by gemeente: on a household clearance they run €150 to €700, which is the nearest honest scale we can give you. Ask for disposal as a separate line, and check whether carrying it down from an upper floor is in the price or on top of it. Coming out of a flat in the centre you're paying for the same access problems as a move, including a reserved spot for the van.
How much does a full apartment clearance cost in Amsterdam?
Clearing a flat completely is quoted as one fixed price, and the Dutch range is €450 to €1,000 for a one or two room flat, €500 to €1,400 for a bigger apartment and €1,000 to €2,500 for a house with three or more bedrooms. That works out at roughly €8 to €20 per m2, and how full the place is matters more than how big it is. Ask whether the tip fees are inside that price, because on their own they run €150 to €700. Anything still worth selling comes off the bill, so say what's there before the crew arrives, and expect a third floor with no lift to cost more than a ground floor.
How much do packing materials cost in Amsterdam?
This is the boxes and the tape, not the move itself, so it's the cheapest line on the whole job. Boxes are €1 to €3 each and an average household gets through 30 to 50 of them, with another €50 to €200 for bubble wrap, tape and furniture covers. Plenty of Amsterdam movers include materials in the price, so check before you buy a stack you don't need. Supermarkets often hand boxes out for free too.
How much does furniture disassembly and reassembly cost in Amsterdam?
Taking beds, wardrobes and desks apart and putting them back together is priced as an add-on: about €50 to €150 for a few standard items, and €100 to €250 when there's a big wardrobe at each end. It's one of the easiest places to save, because every simple piece you flat-pack the night before is time the crew doesn't bill you for. Keep the screws and the instructions with the piece they belong to. In Amsterdam some furniture has to come apart whether you like it or not, purely to get round the turn in the stairs.
How much does storage cost in Amsterdam?
Storage is priced by volume and by the month, roughly €30 to €60 per m3 per month, so the bill follows how much you kept rather than how far you moved. A studio's worth of things is about 15 m3 and a two bedroom flat closer to 25 m3. Short stays are sometimes charged by the day instead, €10 to €30, and a single container is €50 to €200 a month. Getting your things into the unit and out again is quoted as moving hours, not as storage, so ask for that line too. A month of storage is worth it when your Amsterdam handover dates don't line up, which happens more often than you'd expect.
How much does a partial apartment clearance cost in Amsterdam?
Clearing part of a flat is priced on the volume you point at, not on the size of the place. A garage, a storage room or a cellar is €200 to €700 and a single room is €150 to €900, with the same €8 to €20 per m2 rule of thumb underneath. Taking up carpet is about €2.50 per m2 and a broom clean afterwards around €20 an hour, both quoted separately, and disposal should be its own line as well. Walk the crew through exactly what goes and what stays, ideally with photos, because a list agreed on the day is how a price grows.
What people want to know before hiring movers in Amsterdam.