International Removals to Liberec from the UK

Tell your mover three things about the address

1. Is it on a slope? A gradient that is nothing in a car can stop a loaded forty five foot vehicle on a wet or icy surface.
2. Is the final approach a cleared road? Main routes are cleared quickly. Residential lanes and anything above the city are cleared later.
3. Is there anywhere lower down to park? If a smaller vehicle has to shuttle the last stretch, knowing in advance where it starts from turns a crisis into a line on the quote.

None of this is exotic. Liberec movers deal with it every winter. The problem is only ever a British customer assuming Czech weather behaves like British weather, and an international moving quote written on that assumption. A moving company that has served this area before will ask about the approach without being prompted.

Agree what happens if it goes wrong

Get this in writing before booking, because on the morning itself nobody is in a good mood to negotiate it. There are four normal answers and any of them is fine:

• The crew waits and the delay is absorbed by the mover.
• The crew waits and waiting time is charged at a stated hourly rate.
• The load transfers to a smaller vehicle, at a stated cost.
• The load goes into local storage overnight and delivers the next day.

Two towns, one delivery region

Jablonec nad Nisou has 46,206 residents and sits about ten kilometres from Liberec. The two form a single urban area of roughly 227,000 people, served by the same crews, reached by the same road and cleared through the same customs process. Ceska Lipa to the west falls into the same coverage.

So this page covers all three rather than pretending they are three different jobs. Put the town and the street on your enquiry and the quote will reflect the actual address.

Access in the towns themselves

Within Liberec and Jablonec, access is reasonable. There is nothing like the vehicle restriction of central Prague. The older apartment buildings have the stairwells of their age, so measure the narrowest turn and the lift car before the survey, and measure your largest item in three dimensions while you are at it.

The journey

Overland the whole way. There is no sea leg and no container, because the country is landlocked. Your belongings cross the Channel by ferry or through the tunnel, drive through France or Belgium and Germany, and approach Liberec from the north rather than through Prague. Your price is built from volume and mileage.

If any part of your move involves a German address, mention it on the first enquiry. The vehicle is crossing Germany regardless, and Liberec is close enough to the border that a combined job is sometimes possible.

Duty relief

The same everywhere in the country. Relief from import duty on personal property comes from Council Regulation (EC) No 1186/2009: your normal home outside the EU for at least 12 continuous months, goods owned and used for at least six months before you left, entered for free circulation within 12 months of establishing residence. Alcohol and tobacco get no relief. An EORI number and proof of your Liberec address are both needed.

Full conditions and named sources are on our Czech Republic removals page. Removal companies that handle this area regularly will already have the clearance work priced in, so ask whether it is included rather than assuming it is extra.

What long distance movers quote separately

These pages cover the parts of the job that moving companies price on their own rather than folding into a single figure.

• Portugal
• Ireland
• Switzerland
• UK to Czech Republic removals
• Czech Republic to UK removals

Questions people ask before booking a Liberec move