Putney to Denmark
Removals from Putney to Denmark
The longest of the four, reached by driving the length of Belgium, the Netherlands and northern Germany. It is the route where a shared load makes the most difference and where the plan has to be right before anybody sets off.
Danish flats are let emptier than British ones. That single fact changes what is worth loading.
Who takes this route from Putney
- Work relocations to Copenhagen — pharmaceutical, shipping, renewable energy and the universities.
- Moves to Aarhus and Odense, usually academic or technical, usually smaller loads.
- Households leaving an SW15 tenancy or leasehold flat and taking the contents with them.
The road out of SW15
South Circular to the M25, round to the M20 and onto the Folkestone shuttle, then a long continental drive. At this distance the shuttle earns its place by handing the driver back a whole set of hours.
From Calais the E40 runs north-east through Belgium, then the A67 and A1 across the Netherlands to the German border. The A1 continues past Bremen and Hamburg to the Danish frontier at Flensburg, and the E45 carries north through Jutland for Aarhus and Aalborg, or east over the Great Belt for Odense and Copenhagen.
Where we deliver
Customs, and the order to do it in
Denmark grants relief on used household effects for somebody transferring their residence, and the Danish system runs on the CPR number issued when you register your address. Without it very little Danish administration proceeds, and the customs file is no exception.
Who obtains what
| Document | Obtained by | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Detailed inventory (valued) | Us | Prepared at the Putney survey. Electrical items and anything of value listed individually. |
| CPR number | You | The Danish personal registration number, issued when you register your address with the kommune. |
| Residence permit or right to reside | You | Whatever evidences your basis for living there, which the relief is conditional on. |
| Proof of the Danish address | You | A rental contract or deeds for the property. |
| Proof the UK residence has ended | You | An ending tenancy agreement, completion paperwork, or a final council tax bill. |
| Export declaration and Danish import entry | Us | Both raised against the same inventory through our clearing agent in Denmark. |
Rows marked You are attached to you as a person and are what hold a load up when they are started late. Rows marked Us are built here from the inventory taken at your Putney property.
Read what the Danish flat includes
Danish rental flats are frequently let without light fittings, sometimes without a fitted kitchen, and occasionally without white goods a British tenant would assume came with the property. People arrive with a vehicle full of furniture and no way to light the hallway.
That inverts the usual advice. Normally a washing machine does not repay the freight; here it might. Read the listing carefully, get the answer from the landlord in writing, and tell us before the survey rather than after.
And on the SW15 end: this is the longest run of the four, so shared loads depart when the vehicle fills rather than when your tenancy ends. Where those two do not meet — and on this route they rarely do — goods are collected on your fixed British date and held until a vehicle is going.
Putney to Denmark
Questions on this route
- 01
Are Danish flats really let without light fittings?
Often, and sometimes without a kitchen. It is the single most useful thing to check before deciding what to leave behind in Putney.
- 02
Do we need the CPR number first?
You get it by registering once you are there. Because that takes time, collecting and holding in the UK is the normal sequence on this route.
- 03
How long does a Danish run take?
It depends on the origin, the vehicle arrangement, the crossings and the far-end access. Your written quotation carries an estimated window for your own consignment.
- 04
Is a shared load worth it?
Over this distance it makes a substantial difference. The catch is that the vehicle leaves when it is full rather than when your tenancy ends, which is usually why the load is held first.
- 05
Are UK appliances worth taking?
Denmark runs the continental plug and voltage standard, so adaptors are needed. Unusually, the answer may still be yes if the flat has none.
- 06
Our tenancy ends weeks before the Danish flat is ready.
Collect on the British date, hold the goods listed, and ship when a vehicle is going and the far end exists. That gap is normal on this route rather than a problem.
Moving from Putney to Denmark?
Both addresses, the agreement at the Putney end, and whether the far end is confirmed. We will come back with the route, the documents and a written quote.