Moving cost calculator for Dubai and the UAE
Six questions that size your move the way a surveyor would: volume, crew, vehicle and cartons. Moves start at AED 950 for an apartment and AED 2,150 for a villa; the survey is what turns that into your fixed written figure.
Answer the questions, then send the summary and we will price it properly in writing.
Why we size the job instead of guessing a number
Every mover in Dubai can produce a figure in ten seconds. Very few will hold it.
Moving prices in the UAE follow four things: volume, access, packing and distance — roughly in that order. Distance matters least. An easy Dubai to Abu Dhabi run is often cheaper than a same-building move with a broken service lift, because the cost is people and time rather than kilometres.
That is why this tool gives you volume, crew, vehicle and cartons rather than a dirham figure for your particular home. Those four numbers are what a surveyor writes down, and they are what you should be comparing between companies. If two quotes differ and the crew size differs, you have found the reason. Our moves start at AED 950 for an apartment and AED 2,150 for a villa, and the survey is what turns a starting price into your price.
Take the summary to any mover, not only to us. A company that will not tell you its crew size and vehicle size in writing is quoting a number it intends to revise.
Questions about the estimate
Does this calculator give me a price in dirhams?
Not per home, and deliberately: a number generated from six dropdowns would be wrong for most homes, and a mover who quotes that way ends up revising it on the day. What we do publish is where moves start — AED 950 for an apartment and AED 2,150 for a villa. This tool sizes your job in volume, crew, vehicle and cartons, which is what a real quote is built from. Send us the result and we will price it properly in writing.
How accurate is the volume estimate?
It is close for a normally furnished home and less close at the extremes. A store room, a home gym or a full garden can move a three-bedroom estimate by a third, which is why the furnishing question matters more than the bedroom count.
Why does access change the crew and not the hours?
Because we do not charge by the hour. A stair carry with too few movers turns a half-day into a lost day, so we add people rather than time. The written quote names the crew before you commit.
How many boxes will I actually need?
The estimate here is based on our own packed jobs. Order slightly more than it suggests: unused cartons go back with the crew and come off the bill, while running out the night before the move costs you the evening.
What is the fastest way to get a real quote?
Send the summary this page produces by WhatsApp, or fill in the quote form. Most apartments can be quoted from a short video walkthrough on the same day; villas are usually surveyed on site.
Tell us what needs moving.
Message us on WhatsApp, show Rana your home on a free 10-minute video call, and get one fixed written price the same day. Month-end dates fill first: book by the 20th.