Collections
Collections
A collection lines up the guide's pages around one specific situation, so you do not have to hunt through the sections. Just choose your case and follow the links from top to bottom: the basic pages first, then the more detailed ones. Each collection helps you focus on what matters for your particular move and calmly skip the rest.
A small move is still a move. Even a one-bedroom flat fills more boxes than you expect until you open the first cupboard.
Collections only include pages that have already been published. The order is chosen so that each link builds on the previous one and you never have to go back.
Moving out of a one-bedroom flat
For anyone moving out of a small flat who wants to get it done over a weekend with as few helpers as possible.
- A move in five stepsStart here
The outline on the home page, easy to spread over two weeks and a weekend.
- How to pack a kitchenStart here
The kitchen in a one-bedroom flat is small, but it holds just as many fragile things as a big one.
- Questions about moving dayGo deeper
Loading, the stairs and the wardrobe that refuses to go through the door.
Moving with children and pets
How to organise the packing and the day itself so that children and pets stay safe and the adults are not torn between boxes and looking after their loved ones. Older relatives, too, are best given a calm role and a quiet spot in advance.
- Answers about helpers and belongingsStart here
What to do with your pet on loading day and how to protect valuables and keepsakes.
- The safety sectionStart here
General rules for lifting with care and working in pairs, so that nobody ends up under a heavy load.
- Moving glossaryGo deeper
The inventory, the first-night box and other ideas that help you keep everything under control.
Country house: clearing out for winter
For those who close the season in autumn and take appliances, tools, crockery and supplies back to town, leaving some things in place until spring.
- Furniture and appliances in the sectionsStart here
How to get appliances ready for the road and what to do with large items.
- Loading termsStart here
How to distribute the load in the vehicle so that tools and jars do not slide about on the bends.
- Feed of new pagesGo deeper
Separate articles on seasonal moves will appear here as soon as they are ready.
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Based on
- Occupational safety rules for loading and unloading work (general provisions)
- Furniture manufacturers' assembly and disassembly instructions (general recommendations)
This guide offers general advice on preparing for a move and handling your belongings with care. Rules for carrying particular items are set by the carriers themselves, and furniture assembly by the manufacturer's instructions, so in any specific case follow those first.