Removals from Hayes to Germany
A regular road corridor from west London into the Rhineland and beyond — Berlin, Munich, Cologne, Frankfurt and Hamburg — with the customs paperwork prepared before your load leaves Hayes.
CROSSING · Dover–Calais or the Channel Tunnel, then the E40/A3 into the Rhineland
Germany is the busiest leg of our corridor, and the one where getting the paperwork right matters most. Since Brexit a household move from the UK is a customs export on this side and an import on the other, so a load that leaves Hayes without a proper inventory and a transfer-of-residence declaration is a load that waits at the border. We do not let that happen.
You choose the shape of the move. A full household usually travels as a dedicated run — one vehicle, one crew, loaded in Hayes and unloaded at your German address with no transfers in between. A partial move travels as a shared slot on a scheduled corridor leg, so you pay for the space you take rather than a whole vehicle you do not fill.
Whether you are landing in a Berlin apartment with a narrow stair or a house outside Munich, we survey the access at both ends before we commit a crew and a vehicle size. Guessing the access is how moves go wrong; measuring it is how they go right.
What’s included
Survey and written quote
In person or by video call, against the actual volume and access.
Export packing
Full or part packing to a standard built for a long road leg.
Customs export & import entries
Inventory, ToR declaration and entries prepared and lodged.
Dedicated or shared transit
A whole vehicle, or a slot on a scheduled corridor run.
Delivery, unpack and rebuild
Carried in, beds and wardrobes reassembled, debris removed.
Transit depends on the leg, the crossing and whether your goods travel dedicated or as part of a consolidated run. Your written quote sets out the expected window for your specific move — we would rather give you a real one than a headline number.
What Germany needs from you
We prepare and lodge the customs entries — but a few documents have to come from you. Here is the short list, in plain terms.
- Inventory (packing list)
- A valued, itemised list of everything moving — the document every other customs form is built on.
- Transfer of Residence (ToR)
- The declaration that lets you bring used household goods into Germany without import duty when you are relocating.
- Proof of residence
- Evidence you are moving to a German address — tenancy, purchase or employer letter.
- Passport / ID copy
- Identity for the person the household goods belong to.
The customs pack was done before we left Hayes, so nothing got held at the border. Same two lads loaded us and carried it up three floors in Cologne. No drama, which is exactly what you want.
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Do you move to all of Germany or just the big cities?
The whole country. Berlin, Munich, Cologne, Frankfurt and Hamburg are our most frequent stops, but the corridor delivers to any German address — smaller towns are routed off the nearest trunk leg.
What is Transfer of Residence and do I need it?
Transfer of Residence (ToR) is the declaration that lets you import your used household goods into Germany free of duty because you are relocating rather than importing new goods. If you are moving your home to Germany, you almost certainly need it, and we prepare it as part of the move.
Can you take a car or a motorbike as well?
Vehicles are a separate customs category with their own rules, so tell us at survey if you want one included. We will explain what is and is not practical on your leg rather than promising and sorting it out later.
Moving from Hayes to Germany?
A local hop across Hayes or a full household to Zürich — send the details and we’ll arrange a survey and put a written quote in front of you. No stock figures, no pressure.