Do you want to calculate exactly how many cubic meters (m3) your household effects consist of? You can do this with the Moova household effects calculator. Per room you can indicate which items you want to move. Once you have indicated all your items, we also offer you to print out a PDF with your moving volume data.
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Calculating M3: how does it work?
Are you moving soon and are you searching for information on the internet? Then there is a very big chance that you have read about cubic meters. This is one of the first things you need to know before you can plan your move. But how can you calculate the cubic meters of your belongings?
What are cubic meters anyway?
A cubic meter is a volume measure. This belongs to the standard measure of 1 meter. You may remember it from primary school when we all had to learn volume measures. However, it is not often used in daily life, which is why many Dutch people have forgotten what it actually means.
Moova is here to help you remember what it is. A cubic meter is equal to a cube of 1 meter long, 1 meter wide and 1 meter high. It is the amount of space a load takes up in length, width and height.
Why are cubic meters important when moving?
To calculate the volume of your belongings, cubic meters are needed. The more volume there is, the more space is needed in the moving van and the moving van must therefore be larger. A standard truck has room for 91 cubic meters and it may not be higher than 4 meters. The most commonly used pallets are euro pallets and this truck therefore has room for 33 pallets. These cannot be stacked. When goods are stackable, much more fits in the van. However, the height of the load is also very important to know and that is why the cubic meters are always calculated. By making this calculation, you know exactly what kind of van you need to transport your belongings.
A moving company can calculate cubic meters, but now you can too with our handy tool. You only have to fill in your information and the number of cubic meters is calculated for you.
Can you also calculate your moving costs per cubic meter?
The Moova calculator calculates everything based on standard sizes. Therefore, the result of the calculator's calculation will not be an exact indication, but a good estimate. It is true that there are standard sizes, but one cabinet can of course be slightly smaller or larger than the other. Therefore, the answer to this question is that it is not possible to moving costs of your move per cubic meter.
Calculate the cubic meters of your household effects yourself
It is very possible to calculate the cubic meters of your household effects yourself. However, this can be a time-consuming job, because you are of course talking about all your stuff. Do you still want to try it yourself? Then you can start calculating!
Calculate the cubic meter of an object by multiplying everything in meters or centimeters. This means that you have to do the length x width x height. Do you have a bookcase that is 1 meter wide, 60 centimeters deep and 2 meters high? Then you multiply 1×0.60×2 and the result is 1.2 cubic meters. Pretty simple, right?
Amount of moving boxes that fit in a moving van
The standard size for moving boxes is 48.5x32m5x38cm with a capacity of 60 liters. With these dimensions you can say that 10 of these boxes fit in 1 cubic meter. For example, are you moving with a small truck? Then about 200 moving boxes fit in there. Easily calculate how many moving boxes are needed for your move with our moving boxes calculator.
Make it easy for yourself and use Moova's m3 calculator
You can now calculate the cubic meters of your household effects with our smart m3 calculator. This is very easy, because you only have to enter the number of objects and moving boxes. The smart calculator from Moova will then calculate everything for you. Calculate everything at Moova and let the smart calculator calculate the number of cubic meters for you. Download your entire inventory list in PDF format for free to use during your move.
Request a free quote
With the information you got from the calculator you can get a free request a quote. At Moova, you will receive free quotes in your mailbox from 5 different moving companies with one quote request. You can expect these within 24 hours. Moving is very difficult and that is why we at Moova want to make it a lot easier for you.
