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Moves for older people and care homes

Seniors relocation, bed made by evening

Downsizing to a smaller flat or a care apartment takes patience, so our movers unpack, hang the curtains and make up the bed before they leave.

Reviewed on Google4.9 Reviewed on Trustoo9.8 Erkende Verhuizers, the Dutch recognised-mover accreditation Klantenvertellen9.6

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Seniors relocation

Calm, careful and never rushed. That is how we move older people.

A seniors relocation is a move later in life, often after decades in the same house. To a single-storey home, a flat, sheltered housing or a care complex. That is more than shifting furniture: alongside the physical side, a move like this is emotionally hard as well. So a moving company for older people has to bring more than a van and strong arms: time, patience and consultation.

This page is for you if you are downsizing. And just as much for your son or daughter, because many children arrange the move for their father or mother; both work fine with us. You request the quote, we go through the rest calmly: at the pace that suits you, with packing help if you want it, and everything ends up where you want it.

You do not have to lift or drag anything yourself. We come round for a calm look first, and only then do you decide.

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In writing

In writing, before anything leaves the house

With a move later in life you want to know beforehand where you stand, and your children want that just as much. Below is what is fixed with us and what you settle calmly with the adviser, at your own kitchen table.

This is fixed

  • First a free home survey, a short visit of about 20 minutes. Within one working day there is a fixed quote, and that is what it stays.
  • Your household contents and both homes insured up to 100,000 euros, at replacement value and with no excess. A scratch on the new floor is covered too.
  • Dismantling and assembly of your furniture is included in the price of the move. So your bed is standing again by the evening.
  • Moving boxes free on loan; packing paper, tape and labels are included. No rent and no deposit, and we collect the boxes again afterwards.

Everything is set down in writing in your quote; how the cover works exactly is explained on our insurance page.

This you settle together

  • What you pack yourself and what we pack. The adviser goes through it calmly at the survey; leave it to us and the packing is usually done within a day.
  • What comes along and what does not. At the survey we say honestly what stands a good chance at the charity shop or a neighbourhood group, and we take away surplus furniture if you want.
  • Which jobs you hand over to us. Lights and curtains, connecting and disconnecting white goods, hooking the television up and off, and if you want we walk the first and the final inspection with your landlord.
  • Whether anything goes into our storage for a while, for instance if the new home is smaller. That is possible for up to 12 months, under the same insurance.

Not sure about something? Give us a call and we will go through it calmly with you. 023 532 26 23

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Our own fleet

You have known these vans half your life.

Our removal vans have been driving through Haarlem since 1927, and they have more than 50,000 removals behind them. Plenty of those were moves for older people. So you are not handing your household contents to a stranger, but to a van you know from your own street.

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Customer reviews

Our moving company, reviewed 1,065 times

If you are handing over the move of your father or mother, you first want to know who you are handing it to. So do read what others think of us: a 4.9 on Google from 281 reviews, a 9.8 on Trustoo from 596 and a 9.6 on Klantenvertellen from 188, all public and with a name and a story. As one customer wrote on Trustoo: "a bunch of hard workers with the utmost care for the furniture, good atmosphere and everything taken off our hands."

We move everyone from first-time buyers to older people, and have done for almost a hundred years. How senior-friendly a moving company really is shows in the pace, the patience and the care for your things; that is exactly what we like to be judged on. And if you are looking for a moving company for older people with an accreditation: we are an Erkende Verhuizer (the Dutch recognised-mover accreditation) and Kiwa certified to ISO 9001.

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How it works

Moved in four calm steps.

The survey, at your own home

Our adviser calls round free of charge, a short visit of about 20 minutes. He works out the cubic metres and goes through calmly what you want to do yourself and what we take over. Your son or daughter can follow all of it if you want.

Preparing calmly, with help where you want it

Within one working day you have a fixed quote. You get our moving boxes free on loan, and packing paper and labels are included. You sort things through in good time together with family: give away, sell or off to the charity shop. Leave the packing to us and it is usually done within a day.

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Moving day, at your pace

No rush: we work at the pace that suits you. Your furniture goes into moving blankets, and where the stairwell is too narrow we bring in the moving lift, up to the 8th floor, through a window or a balcony as well. In the new home we put everything down where you point.

At your own pace

Everything in its place, neatly finished

We put your furniture back together, which is simply included in the price, and hang your lights and curtains if you want. If you like, we leave the old home swept clean and take away surplus furniture. The empty boxes we collect again as soon as you let us know.

Assembly is in the price
Sorted straight away

Sorted today, by your son or daughter as well

Are you arranging the move for your father or mother? Send a WhatsApp message to 06 28 67 67 83 with the old and the new address. We book the free survey at your parents' home, and you can follow all of it, even if you live further away. Within one working day there is a fixed quote.

Would you rather call? That is fine too. You can reach us on 023 532 26 23, and from Amsterdam on 020 309 98 11. Tell us briefly which homes it is about and we will book the survey with you right away. You are under no obligation.

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Seniors moving service

Four things you notice are different with us

A moving company for older people does not prove itself with fine words, but on the day itself. These are the four things that matter in a seniors relocation.

Getting on in years ourselves

Most of the Feitsmas are getting on in years themselves by now. So we know how it feels to leave behind a house full of memories, and we can easily put ourselves in your shoes, or your parents'. Since 1927 and more than 50,000 removals later we still do this work the same way: calmly and carefully.

Haarlem family business since 1927
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Your antiques are specialist work

Packing, dismantling and assembling antique furniture is a speciality, and one we have mastered. Your Biedermeier cabinet or Louis XIV sideboard goes into moving blankets, your china piece by piece into tissue paper. Art and collections of exceptional value fall within the insured amount up to 20,000 euros; if there is more value in the house, tell us beforehand and we make a separate arrangement about it.

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Downsizing without the stress of throwing out

Living smaller means choosing, and you do not have to do that on your own. Start in good time and sort through it with family: give away, sell or pass on. At the survey our adviser says honestly what stands a good chance at the charity shop, because they often take more than you think. What is left over we take away, and if you want we leave the old home swept clean.

Advice at the free home survey
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Help with the costs on a small income

If you have to get by on a small income and have little capital, the Haarlem council can sometimes contribute to necessary moving costs through the bijzondere bijstand (special assistance); we point you the way with that application. And if you want an idea of the price first, work your move out with our moving cost calculator.

Bijzondere bijstand, Haarlem council
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Moving in Haarlem

Your seniors moving company for Haarlem and the surrounding area

From our warehouse on the Izaäk Enschedéweg we are anywhere in Haarlem and the surrounding area within a quarter of an hour. Because we have been moving people here since 1927, the city's care homes and blocks of flats are familiar ground for us. And if you or your parents are moving to another town in the Netherlands, closer to the children for instance, we arrange that as well.

  1. At home in the care complexesfrom care home to sheltered housing: we have been moving generations of Haarlem residents into them and know our way around
  2. Direct contact on siteif something has to be arranged, we deal directly with the caretaker or the facilities manager
  3. Moving lift up to the 8th floorlifts 400 kilos and works through the window or the balcony too; handy with blocks of flats and apartments
  4. Free survey across the whole regionour adviser comes to you or your parents at home free of charge and within one working day there is a fixed quote
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Frequently asked questions

What customers usually ask us first

What does a seniors relocation cost?

That depends on the volume of the household contents, the work you hand over to us and the distance between the old and the new home. That is why our adviser calls round free of charge first, a short visit of about 20 minutes; within one working day you then have a fixed quote, and that is what it stays.

As a guide: we move a small household of around 20 m3 within the region for about 1,400 euros; with the moving cost calculator you can work out your own situation. And what the market charges: platforms generally name 800 to 2,000 euros for a seniors relocation, according to comparison sites such as Verhuisoffertes. Book the free home survey and you know your own amount within one working day.

What does a moving company for older people take off your hands?

With us everything, if you want: packing, lifting, driving, dismantling and assembly, unpacking and leaving the old home swept clean. We take on the jobs around it too: lights and curtains, connecting and disconnecting white goods, hooking the television up and off, and the first and the final inspection with your landlord.

Our team usually does the packing within a day, with your fragile things safely in tissue paper; you can read more about it on our packing service page. We take away surplus furniture, and whatever is still good goes to the charity shop as much as possible.

Do you also move people into a care home or sheltered housing?

We certainly do; after almost a hundred years we are a familiar face there. We know our way around the Haarlem care homes and care complexes, and that makes it easy when something has to be arranged with the caretaker or the facilities manager.

We arrange a move to a care home in another town in the Netherlands for you as well. If the move is within or into a care institution, have a look at our page about moving into care too. Is the whole household simply going to a different house? Then read how a private move works.

Can the contents go into storage for a while, for instance if the new home is smaller?

Yes, in our own climate-controlled storage on the Izaäk Enschedéweg in Haarlem. Interim storage is possible for up to 12 months and falls under the same insurance up to 100,000 euros.

Handy if you do not yet know what fits in the new home, or if it is not ready yet. Part of the contents is fine too, a few pieces of furniture or a cabinet you have not made up your mind about; there is no minimum.

Is there any allowance for the moving costs of older people?

If you have a low income and little capital, the Haarlem council can sometimes contribute to necessary moving costs through the bijzondere bijstand; we point you the way with that application. Ask your own council what is possible in your situation.

All the schemes together are on our page about the moving cost allowance.

I do not live nearby myself. Can I arrange my parents' move from a distance?

Yes, that happens a lot: many sons and daughters arrange the move for their father or mother. You request the quote, we go through the rest calmly with your parents.

Everything can be arranged by phone or on WhatsApp. The adviser calls round at your parents' free of charge, you can follow all of it and within one working day there is a fixed quote.