Door-to-door removals from the UK to La Chaux-de-Fonds. We pack and load in Britain, run the road leg to the Swiss frontier, and our Swiss destination agent clears customs and delivers to your address in canton Neuchâtel. BAR Overseas Group member, fully insured.
Removals to La Chaux-de-Fonds from the UK are handled end to end — we pack and load in Britain, run the road leg to the Swiss frontier, and our Swiss destination agent clears customs and delivers to your door in canton Neuchâtel. French is the working language here, and the practical details of a La Chaux-de-Fonds delivery are genuinely different from anywhere else in the country, which is why this page exists rather than a generic Switzerland one.
La Chaux-de-Fonds is unlike anywhere else we deliver. Rebuilt on a strict grid after a fire in 1794 so that light could reach the watchmakers’ upper-floor workshops, the whole town is UNESCO-listed as a piece of industrial urban planning. It remains the heart of Swiss watchmaking, and the households we move here are very often watch-industry professionals joining one of the manufactures. It is also the highest city in Switzerland, at around a thousand metres.
La Chaux-de-Fonds is unlike anywhere else we deliver. Rebuilt on a strict grid after a fire in 1794 so that light could reach the watchmakers’ upper-floor workshops, the whole town is UNESCO-listed as a piece of industrial urban planning. Our Switzerland removals page covers the customs position in full, and it is worth reading before you book anything.
The grid layout is, for once, a gift — straight wide streets and predictable frontages make vehicle access easier than in almost any other Swiss town. Altitude is the real variable. At a thousand metres in the Jura, winters are long and hard, and a delivery booked between November and March needs a realistic weather contingency built into the date rather than bolted on when the pass closes.
The grid layout is, for once, a gift — straight wide streets and predictable frontages make vehicle access easier than in almost any other Swiss town. Altitude is the real variable. At a thousand metres in the Jura, winters are long and hard, and a delivery booked between November and March needs a weather contingency built into the date rather than bolted on when the pass closes. Where a piece needs protecting for a tight turn or a window entry, our custom crate service and export packing handle it.
This is the heart of Swiss watchmaking and the households we move here are very often industry professionals joining a manufacture, which frequently means high-value tools and instruments on the inventory. The full Swiss customs position — Übersiedlungsgut relief, the six-month rule, Form 18.44 and the inventory requirements — is set out on our removals to Switzerland page, and it is worth reading before you book anything.
For a La Chaux-de-Fonds delivery specifically, the thing to get right is sequence: your residence registration in canton Neuchâtel needs to exist before your goods arrive. If your permit and your moving date do not line up, our Lower Dicker storage can hold everything in the UK until Switzerland is ready — almost always cheaper than a container sitting in bond at the Swiss end.
Allow 10–14 days door to door. The grid makes the unloading itself quicker than almost anywhere else in Switzerland, but the Jura altitude is the variable: between November and March we build a weather contingency into the date rather than promising a day the passes may not allow. The same window applies across our European removals service.
A sole-use load sits at the faster end because it travels direct with no transhipment. A shared part-load waits for a scheduled departure, which is the trade-off that keeps the cost down. Late July and August are the busiest weeks across the whole industry, and winter weather can affect a date in the higher cantons between roughly November and March — we build that contingency into the plan rather than promising a day we cannot hold.
We are a small, family-run Sussex firm, established in 2017, and international removals are a core part of the business rather than something bolted on. The crew who pad-wrap your furniture in the UK are our own, working to our white-glove method — each piece wrapped in your home and unwrapped only once it is standing in its room in La Chaux-de-Fonds. We compile the itemised inventory that a Swiss entry depends on, and we do not hand your goods through a chain of subcontractors.
We are a member of the British Association of Removers Overseas Group, we work to the BS 8564 quality standard for international moves, and every consignment is fully insured. Read our customer reviews, use the free volume calculator to size your load, or call 01323 848 008 and speak to Mark about your La Chaux-de-Fonds move directly.
Switzerland is priced by volume, at the same rate to every canton — a shared load runs from £145 per cubic metre with a 4 m³ minimum, and a dedicated vehicle, yours alone with no transhipment, starts at £4,250. Access charges are rarer here than anywhere else in Switzerland thanks to the grid; the variable that shapes a winter quote is the date, not the street. Access charges are rarer here than anywhere else in Switzerland thanks to the grid; the variable that shapes a winter quote is the date, not the street.
| Your home | Typical volume | From |
|---|---|---|
| Studio or single room | 10 m³ | £1,450 |
| One-bedroom flat | 18 m³ | £2,610 |
| Two-bedroom house | 30 m³ | £4,350 |
| Three-bedroom house | 45 m³ | £6,525 |
| Four-bedroom house | 62 m³ | £8,990 |
| Five-bedroom house or larger | 85 m³ | £12,325 |
These are the prices you pay. International removals are zero-rated for UK VAT, so unlike a domestic house move there is nothing to add on top. Import duty or VAT levied by the destination country, where your goods do not qualify for transfer-of-residence relief, is separate and is payable there rather than to us.
What changes between Swiss destinations is the delivery leg rather than the rate — the access notes above are what shape a La Chaux-de-Fonds quote. Volumes here are typical rather than measured; the survey sets the real figure and the price is then fixed in writing. Our free volume calculator gives you a cubic-feet number in a couple of minutes. For the supplementary tariff and what is included, see the Switzerland page or the full European rate card.
The Jura watchmaking belt and the nearest lowland cities. The national rate is the same wherever the load goes in Switzerland — what changes is the access, the language at the door and the timing, and each page covers its own.
Allow 10–14 days door to door. The grid makes the unloading itself quicker than almost anywhere else in Switzerland, but the Jura altitude is the variable: between November and March we build a weather contingency into the date rather than promising a day the passes may not allow.
Our Swiss destination agent. We pack, load, inventory and export from the UK and run the road leg to the frontier; the agent clears customs and delivers to your address in canton Neuchâtel. That local knowledge matters here, because the delivery problem in Switzerland is almost never the distance.
The grid layout is, for once, a gift — straight wide streets and predictable frontages make vehicle access easier than in almost any other Swiss town. Altitude is the real variable. At a thousand metres in the Jura, winters are long and hard, and a delivery booked between November and March needs a realistic weather contingency built into the date rather than bolted on when the pass… We establish all of it at survey and price any shuttle vehicle or furniture lift into the quote from the start.
Normally not. Used household effects can usually be imported free of duty and Swiss VAT as Übersiedlungsgut when you are genuinely transferring residence, subject to the conditions on use before and after the move, your residence permit or registration, and a full itemised inventory. Vehicles, alcohol, tobacco, firearms and plants are handled separately from the standard relief. Watch-industry arrivals here frequently import professional tools, which belong on the valued inventory rather than being folded into general household effects.
Yes, from anywhere in the UK. Our vehicles run regular collection routes through London, Sussex, Norfolk, Wales, the Midlands and Scotland. Those are collection runs rather than premises — our only depot is at Lower Dicker in East Sussex, and that is where every European load is consolidated, checked and sealed before it travels.
It is the main thing we plan around. At roughly a thousand metres in the Jura, La Chaux-de-Fonds has long hard winters and the approaches can be affected between November and March. We build the contingency into the date at booking rather than bolting it on when a pass closes, which is the difference between a rescheduled day and a stranded vehicle.
Yes, and it is the only Swiss town where we say that without qualification. The post-1794 grid gives straight wide streets and predictable frontages, so shuttle vehicles and external lifts are needed far less often here than in Bern, Fribourg or Lugano. Summer deliveries here are among the most straightforward we do.
Yes, on the same route and the same national rate. Le Locle shares the UNESCO listing and the same industrial grid character, and the valley addresses beyond it are straightforward outside winter.
Call us for a free, no-obligation quote, or use our online form. Whether it is a shared part-load or a whole house, we have handled the route before and we will handle yours with care.