The short answer
A move in Munich typically costs between 450 – 850 € for one room and 2.400 – 4.500 € for a house of 140 to 200 square metres — gross, VAT included, for a move within the city or into the nearer surrounding area. A two-room flat sits at 700 – 1.400 €, three rooms at 1.100 – 2.000 €.
These are market orientation values, not offers. The binding fixed price comes after a survey.
The price table by home size
| Home | Volume | Crew | Typical (gross) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 room, 30–40 m² | 12–18 m³ | 2 people | 450 – 850 € |
| 2 rooms, 55–70 m² | 20–30 m³ | 2–3 people | 700 – 1.400 € |
| 3 rooms, 75–95 m² | 30–40 m³ | 3–4 people | 1.100 – 2.000 € |
| 4 rooms, 100–120 m² | 40–55 m³ | 4 people | 1.400 – 2.800 € |
| House, 140–200 m² | 60–90 m³ | 4–6 people | 2.400 – 4.500 € |
The spread within a row is not negotiating room — it describes the flat. The lower end is a sparsely furnished flat on the first floor with a lift and parking outside. The upper end is the same number of rooms on the fourth floor without a lift, with a full cellar and a van eighty metres away.
The additional services
| Additional service | Gross |
|---|---|
| Packing material | 80 – 250 € |
| Full packing by the crew | 300 – 900 € |
| Furniture dismantling and assembly | 200 – 600 € |
| Kitchen dismantling and refitting | 400 – 1.200 € |
| Additional vehicle (car) | 15,00 € per hour |
| Per-kilometre rate | 0,55 € per kilometre |
| No-parking zone per address | 300 € |
| Fixed-price survey service | 290 € |
| Saturday surcharge | +50 % |
| Sunday/public holiday and 24-hour express | double rate |
One note on Sundays that is rarely written down anywhere: § 9 of the German Working Hours Act prohibits employing staff on Sundays and public holidays outside licensed exceptions. A company that offers Sunday appointments as freely bookable is telling you something that is not accurate.
The four things that actually determine the price
Volume in cubic metres. It sets the vehicle size and the number of trips. The rule of thumb is 0.3 to 0.5 m³ of goods per square metre of living space — so a 70 m² flat is 21 to 35 m³.
Working time. The largest item by far, and it depends less on volume than on distances. A floor without a lift adds roughly half to three-quarters of an hour at 30 cubic metres, per storey. A carrying distance of eighty metres instead of twenty adds one to two hours.
Distance between addresses. The most overestimated item. Up to about fifty kilometres it barely registers; it is billed at 0,55 € per kilometre. A move from Pasing to Fürstenfeldbruck costs about fourteen euro in travel one way — less than a difficult inner-city address adds in working time.
The extras. Packing, assembly, kitchen, storage. This is the part you control.
Three worked examples
One-room flat, Maxvorstadt, 4th floor without a lift
35 m², about 15 m³, two people, half a day. Base price at the upper end of the first row, because there are four flights to carry. Packing material, and a no-parking zone at the old address — in Maxvorstadt effectively unavoidable. None needed at the new address in Moosach.
Realistic total: 950 to 1,250 € gross.
Three-room flat, Haidhausen to Trudering
85 m², about 35 m³, three to four people, a full day. Second floor without a lift at the old address, a terraced house with a driveway at the new one. Dismantling for two wardrobes and a high bed. Kitchen stays. No-parking zone in Haidhausen only.
Realistic total: 2,000 to 2,600 € gross.
House move, Gräfelfing to Starnberg
175 m², about 75 m³, five people, two days. Converted attic, full cellar, garage and garden shed. The kitchen comes along. Both addresses have a long carry from the van to the door. No no-parking zones, but a carrying-distance allowance at both ends.
Realistic total: 4,800 to 6,200 € gross.
Why two quotes can be a thousand euro apart
The scope is not the same. One quote includes dismantling and assembly, the other does not. Compare line by line, not total against total.
One was written without a survey. Then it is either padded, or there will be a supplementary invoice. A serious quote states the scope, the crew, the date and a fixed price — and that requires someone to have seen the flat.
Nobody opened the cellar. An average Munich cellar compartment holds three to six cubic metres. On a two-room flat that is a quarter of the total volume.
It is billed hourly rather than as a fixed price. An hourly rate looks cheap on paper and moves the entire risk onto you. With a fixed price the company carries it.
What you can actually change
Pack yourself. Saves the full packing at 300 – 900 €. The catch is in the law: for self-packed boxes, liability for transport damage to the contents is limited under § 451d HGB. The middle way — you pack books and clothes, we pack crockery and electronics — costs a fraction and keeps the liability for the items that matter.
Declutter first. Every cubic metre that does not move costs nothing. On a house move, ten to twenty per cent volume reduction is realistic, and that is worth more than any negotiation over the hourly rate.
Book the no-parking zone. It sounds like an extra 300 € and is almost always a saving in the inner city: eighty metres of carrying costs more in working time than the zone does.
Avoid month-end if you can. It does not change the price, but it changes your choice — and choice is what gives you leverage.
What is not charged
Three items that people expect and that we do not bill:
Waiting time we caused. If the crew arrives later than agreed, that is our problem.
Time beyond the estimate. A fixed price is a price, not an hourly rate. If a move takes longer than calculated, the company carries that risk. Only additionally commissioned work is charged, and always after prior agreement.
Travel within Munich. It is included in the base price. The per-kilometre rate applies only beyond the city, into the surrounding area and further.
How to compare quotes properly
Get two or three quotes and compare these five lines rather than the totals:
- How many people are coming?
- Are dismantling and assembly included — and for which furniture?
- Is packing material included, and how much?
- Who applies for the no-parking zones, and are they in the price?
- What happens if there is more on the day than was calculated?
The fifth question is the most revealing. A company with a clear answer to it has a clear calculation behind the quote.