Door-to-door removals from the UK to Zurich. 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 Zürich. BAR Overseas Group member, fully insured.
Removals to Zurich from the UK (Zürich) 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 Zürich. German is the working language here, and the practical details of a Zurich delivery are genuinely different from anywhere else in the country, which is why this page exists rather than a generic Switzerland one.
Zurich is where most of our Swiss enquiries start. It is the country’s largest city and its financial centre, and the moves we run there are overwhelmingly work-driven — a bank, an insurer, a pharmaceutical group or a tech employer relocating someone with a family and a house full of furniture. The city is organised into twelve numbered districts, the Kreise, and where you land changes the job completely: a Kreis 1 old-town apartment is a very different delivery from a house up on the Zürichberg or a new-build out at Oerlikon.
Zurich is where most UK enquiries to Switzerland begin, and the moves are overwhelmingly employer-driven — a bank, an insurer, a pharmaceutical group or a tech employer relocating someone with a family and a houseful of furniture. Our Switzerland removals page covers the customs position in full, and it is worth reading before you book anything.
Zurich delivery is mostly apartment delivery, and Swiss apartment buildings are strict in ways that catch people out. Loading bays and street closures need booking with the city in advance, many buildings enforce quiet hours that rule out early starts and Sunday work outright, and lifts are often too small for a three-seater sofa — which means an external furniture lift to a balcony or window. We establish all of that at the survey rather than discovering it on the day.
For Zurich the survey questions are almost always the same three: which Kreis, which floor, and how small is the lift. Buildings here enforce quiet hours strictly enough that an early start can be refused outright, so the delivery window is agreed with the building rather than assumed. Where a piece needs protecting for a tight turn or a window entry, our custom crate service and export packing handle it.
Zurich clearance is the most routine in Switzerland simply because the canton sees the most of it, but the sequence still decides everything: your Kreis registration has to exist before the goods arrive. 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 Zurich delivery specifically, the thing to get right is sequence: your residence registration in canton Zürich 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. Zurich sits on the main approach from the northern frontier, so the inland leg is short and the variable is Swiss clearance rather than distance. What most often moves a Zurich date is not the road but the building — a lift booking or an enforced quiet-hours window can set the delivery day. 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 Zurich. 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 Zurich 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. Zurich is the most expensive Swiss city to live in and the rate to it is the same as to every other canton, which surprises people who expect a premium. Zurich is the most expensive Swiss city to live in and the rate to it is the same as to every other canton, which surprises people who expect a premium.
| 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 Zurich 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.
Zurich commuters frequently end up in one of these instead, for space or for tax. 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. Zurich sits on the main approach from the northern frontier, so the inland leg is short and the variable is Swiss clearance rather than distance. What most often moves a Zurich date is not the road but the building — a lift booking or an enforced quiet-hours window can set the delivery day.
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 Zürich. That local knowledge matters here, because the delivery problem in Switzerland is almost never the distance.
Zurich delivery is mostly apartment delivery, and Swiss apartment buildings are strict in ways that catch people out. Loading bays and street closures need booking with the city in advance, many buildings enforce quiet hours that rule out early starts and Sunday work outright, and lifts are often too small for a three-seater sofa — which means an external furniture lift to a balcony or window. We establish all… 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. Zurich sees more of these entries than any other canton, which makes the process routine — but routine only if your Kreis registration is already done.
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.
Yes, and more strictly than British movers expect. Many buildings prohibit noisy work before a set morning hour, over lunch and on Sundays entirely, and a caretaker can stop a delivery that breaches them. We agree the window with the building rather than assuming it, which occasionally means a later start than you would like and always means the job finishes.
It goes in through a window on an external furniture lift, which is routine here. Swiss apartment lifts are frequently sized for people rather than furniture, and a three-seater simply will not fit. We measure the lift and the stairwell turn at survey and price the external lift in from the start.
All twelve Kreise and the surrounding communes — the old-town Kreis 1, Seefeld and the lakeside, Wiedikon and Enge, the Zürichberg, and out to Oerlikon and Schwamendingen. The delivery problem changes far more between a Kreis 1 top-floor flat and an Oerlikon new-build than the distance suggests.
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.