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There is no sea leg, so the job is a lorry, a Channel crossing and a run through Germany. That makes the arithmetic simpler than a long haul move and means decluttering before you measure up has a direct effect on what you pay.
Serving international removals, relocation and shipping between the UK and Austria. A UK to Austria move goes entirely by road through the Channel Tunnel and Germany. A dedicated vehicle takes two to four days, a shared load five to nine. Most moves cost between £850 and £5,400, and used household goods normally clear duty free.
We match you with one vetted moving company for your route, free. We are not a removal company and we are not a quote comparison service, so you get one mover, not ten sales calls.
Moving from the UK there is one of the more straightforward international moves you can make. There is no sea leg, no container to hire and no port charges. The whole job is a lorry, a Channel crossing and a run through Germany, which is why it is measured in days rather than weeks.
What it is not, since Brexit, is a domestic move. The UK is a third country for customs purposes, so every shipment needs a declaration even though nothing crosses an ocean. Used household goods normally clear duty free under Uebersiedlungsgut relief, and the mover handles that as part of the job, but it has to be done properly.
The single biggest decision is not which mover but which service. A shared load puts your goods on a vehicle with other households and you pay for the space you use. A dedicated vehicle carries only your things and runs to your date. Flexible dates make the first option roughly forty per cent cheaper on the same volume.
Send your collection town, the delivery address, move date and rough volume. One vetted moving company checks the route and comes back with a real figure.
Send your move detailsVehicles leave the UK through the Channel Tunnel at Folkestone or on a Dover ferry, cross France or Belgium, then run the German autobahn network to the Austrian border. Where they enter depends on where you are going: Bregenz and the Vorarlberg towns come in near Lindau, Tyrol through Kufstein, and everywhere else past Salzburg on the A1.
That fixed geography is useful when you are comparing quotes. Two movers pricing the same job should be within a few hundred pounds of each other, because neither of them can choose a shorter road. If one quote is far below the others, the difference is usually in what has been left out rather than in the route.
Austrian customs allows used household goods in free of duty under Uebersiedlungsgut relief. You qualify if you have lived outside the EU for at least twelve consecutive months, have owned and used the goods for at least six months, and import them within twelve months of changing your residence. The goods cannot be sold or transferred for twelve months after clearance.
The condition that catches people is the Meldezettel, now formally the Meldebestaetigung. You must register your Austrian address with the local Meldeamt within three days of moving in, and customs will not normally finalise the relief without it. Your shipment can be sitting in the country waiting on a piece of paperwork you did not know was urgent.
If relief does not apply, local VAT is 20 per cent on the value of the goods, plus any duty. That is worth knowing before you decide to ship a sofa you bought last month.
Six to eight weeks is the right lead time for a dedicated vehicle on a named day, and longer if you are moving between June and September or into a ski resort in November. Shared loads can often be arranged in two to three weeks, but you give up control of the exact date in exchange.
Whatever the service, allow a week of slack behind the customs entry. A job that has to land the day a contract starts has no room in it, and the things that go wrong in an international move are almost always paperwork rather than transport.
One enquiry, one vetted moving company, no obligation to book. Send your collection postcode, the delivery address, your date and a rough inventory.
A dedicated vehicle usually takes two to four days door to door, travelling via the Channel Tunnel and through Germany. A shared load takes longer, commonly five to nine days, because the vehicle waits to be filled and stops at more addresses. Alpine destinations in winter can add a day.
As a planning guide, a 5 cubic metre shared load runs about 850 to 1,400 pounds, 15 cubic metres about 2,000 to 3,100 pounds and a 30 cubic metre dedicated vehicle about 3,500 to 5,400 pounds. Scottish and Northern Irish collections typically add around 10 per cent. Ranges come from published 2026 competitor route rates.
Usually not. Used household goods clear duty free under Uebersiedlungsgut relief if you have lived outside the EU for at least twelve consecutive months, have owned and used the goods for six months, and import within twelve months of your residence change. Austrian VAT is 20 per cent if relief does not apply.
For most moves, no. Austria is landlocked, so the standard route is road freight the whole way. There is a sea option above roughly 30 cubic metres, a container to Hamburg or Rotterdam then inland road, but it takes three to five weeks against two to four days and only makes sense on large volumes.
A shared load, sometimes called groupage, means your goods travel alongside other customers' belongings and you pay only for the space you use. A dedicated vehicle carries only your household and runs to your date. On the same volume a shared load is usually the cheaper option by a wide margin, and fixed dates are what you give up.
Six to eight weeks for a dedicated vehicle on a named day. Longer between June and September, and longer again for a November arrival into a ski resort. Shared loads can often be arranged in two to three weeks. Allow a week of slack behind the customs entry whichever you choose.
Yes, if you ask for it. Full export packing means the crew brings materials and packs everything, which protects fragile items properly and matters for an insurance claim. Packing your own boxes is cheaper and fine for books and clothes, but most movers will not insure owner-packed cartons for breakage.
Yes. the euro is the currency, and currency exchange is included in what we help with. We have done this for customers for many years through trusted partners who are experts in currency exchange, charge no hidden fees, hold five star consumer ratings and offer competitive exchange. Mention it on the quote form.
No, but hiring a van and driving it yourself is rarely cheaper once you add fuel, tolls, the local motorway Vignette, the Channel crossing, overnight stops and one way hire fees. You also lodge the customs declaration alone, and a rejected declaration at the border is an expensive place to learn.
Send your collection address, the delivery address, move date, inventory and service type. One vetted moving company checks the route, access, paperwork and price range, then contacts you with the quote. Free, with no obligation to book.
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All costs shown are planning ranges. Prices, transit times, customs and insurance are confirmed by the mover before booking.