Factors that determine the price of a local transfer
Are you thinking about moving from home or local within the metropolitan area of Madrid and you're not sure about how much can the move cost you? if a professional company does it for you?
Although it is practically impossible to establish a fixed price for a move within the Madrid conurbation, since there is no "standard move", it does there are a number of factors that determine and influence the final price of the same.
Factors on which the price of a move in Madrid depends
1) Volume of the shipment
How many objects do you need to transport?
Usually the volume in m3 of belongings to be moved is calculated, so that the greater the number of objects, the greater the dedication time and, consequently, the price.
Having to move a 50 m2 apartment with minimalist furniture is not the same as a 250 m2 chalet with a baroque style.
2) Type of furniture and belongings to be transported
Do you need to move fragile and delicate belongings that require reinforced packaging and handling? Is it a grand piano or an accordion?
Is necessary disassembling furniture and then reassembling it? An Ikea piece of furniture is quick to assemble and disassemble. However, the wardrobe that your grandmother who returned from the Americas left you cannot be disassembled, but it must be carried as a single piece.
3) Packing and unpacking of objects to be moved
This aspect is especially relevant.
On the one hand, packing and unpacking furniture and other belongings requires a lot of time.
On the other hand, it is not the same to carry out a basic packaging with boxes and protective material than a packaging for valuable objects.
You also have to distinguish if specific packing material is required for removals or serve us with newspaper and some bubble wrap.
Often, if the customer himself packs the material to be transported, he saves costs important.
On other occasions, it is the client himself who is in charge of packing the most personal belongings (clothes, books, etc.) and the removal company is in charge of the more complex objects (appliances, beds, plants, cabinets, etc.)
3) Conditions of access to housing
Is the house you are moving from a 10th without elevator or is it a ground floor?
Is the elevator is big enough to allow you to transport all the bulky objects of your house?
Is necessary install an external crane to download some enser? Is there space to mount it? Maybe you have to mount a pulley?
In addition, it is necessary to consider the proximity or difficulty to get from where the removal vehicle is parked to the access to the house.
Do you park nearby? Are they required to go up or down stairs? Is road traffic interrupted?
4) Distance from the point of origin and destination of the transfer
Metropolitan Madrid is very extensive, and obviously, moving from Parla to Alcobendas is not the same as moving from Tribunal to Chamberí.
Is usually allocate a minimum amount per kilometer, which in our case is usually at least 40 cents. That initial amount is necessary to multiply it by the kms. round trip to destination.
For example, a transfer over a distance of 300 km would incur a minimum mileage cost of €120 to amortize fuel, vehicle and tolls. The driver's salary and social contributions would go separately.
5) Time to move in
If you reside in the capital of the Kingdom, you will be familiar with the everlasting traffic jams that plague us.
It does not cost the same atransfer at 11 a.m. on a Tuesday in a suburban neighborhood that at rush hour on the M-40. The time can be doubled or tripled and must be taken into account.
In the same way, maybe you think that early morning is the best time to make a change of address or location commercial.
Surely, it will be a faster and more comfortable process, but the budget will increase due to the suddenness and the special care that must be taken to avoid disturbing your old and new neighbors.
6) Date or day of the move
Although it is very It is usual for removal companies such as Portes Lorenzo to work weekends and holidays, the final cost differs if we have to mobilize team members on a Saturday or Sunday, Christmas Day or a normal business day.
7) Number of operators, trips or vehicles to be used
In the end, a large move or transport translates into work time.
If required employ more team members, take only one trip with a small van, half or a single trip with a truck larger.
So, what information do we need to give a serious budget for a move within Madrid?
–Origin and destination of the transfer.
–Date, day and time.
–Situation of the house, typology, plant (if applicable), if there is an elevator, it has a balcony or terrace, distance from the portal or entrance to the parking place of the transfer vehicle.
–Inventory of furniture and other objects to be transported by us, photos, if they require special treatment.
–If it is necessary to pack them or are offered packaged.
–If the client wishes to collaborate in the cartage of the objects or you want the removal team to handle it directly.
In the end, as a quick summary, the most important thing is the exact inventory of things to be moved and the conditions of the house, because that gives us an exact idea of how many team members we are going to need, the vehicle and the trips.
In summary: the approximate price of a move in Madrid is…
Based on our experience in the world of transport, we can venture to give the following prices:
–50 m2 apartment with furniture and boxes (normal access to the house): between €200 and €300, depending on the volume in m3.
–100 m2 apartment with furniture and boxes (normal access to the house): between €400 and €500, depending on the volume in m3.
Do you need to move in Madrid and are you looking for a serious company?
Do not hesitate and ask us for a budget for removals in Madrid without obligation.