Home Removals Company from Jeddah to UAE | 0568829975 ◈ Long-Distance Home Moves via Al Batha with Car Shipping

Al Rahwan is the Home Removals Company from Jeddah to UAE that takes care of your move from the first survey visit to the last piece placed in your new home. Its closed trucks leave Jeddah and cross the Kingdom from west to east as far as the Al Batha border post, then enter the UAE at Al Ghuwaifat on the Abu Dhabi side, so your household arrives within 3 to 5 days of loading. Moving a one-room home costs SAR 1,300 at the least, a three-bedroom family home with its appliances SAR 4,100, and a villa SAR 8,300. Call 0568829975, say which Jeddah district you live in and where in the Emirates you are going, and a free survey will be booked.

Moving a home out of Jeddah is not the same as moving one out of Riyadh or Dammam. The road is longer because the truck drives from the Red Sea side right over to the Gulf side before any border appears, and the furniture leaves a humid coastal city to spend several days inside a sealed box. That is why this page focuses on what is specific to Jeddah: how packing is done so the cartons do not trap sea air, how the northern, central, eastern and southern districts and the Corniche towers are served, how loads from Makkah, Taif and Rabigh join the Jeddah run, and then the prices, paperwork, customs, car shipping and urgent air freight from King Abdulaziz Airport.

The Road from Jeddah to the UAE: Crossing the Kingdom to Al Batha

There is no short way from Jeddah to the Emirates. The only land border between the two countries is Al Batha, at the far eastern edge of Saudi Arabia, with Al Ghuwaifat facing it on the UAE side. A truck loaded outside your door in Al Hamdaniyah or Al Rawdah heads east across the centre of the Kingdom, passes Al Ahsa and reaches Al Batha for exit formalities, then rolls into Al Ghuwaifat, where Abu Dhabi Customs takes over. After the border, loads split up: Abu Dhabi, Al Ain and Al Dhafra come first, and the rest fan out north and east to Dubai, then Sharjah and Ajman, then Umm Al Quwain and Ras Al Khaimah, with Fujairah on the far coast.

The advantage of this road is that your furniture never changes vehicle. Whatever is stacked inside the truck in Jeddah stays where it is until the doors open outside your new home, with no port, no container crane and no intermediate unloading. On a long move that matters, because most scratches and breakages in house moves happen each time a piece is lifted and put down, not while the truck is driving.

Why does a household from Jeddah take 3 to 5 days?

Because transit time is more than driving time. Once the truck is closed in Jeddah, the load crosses the whole Kingdom, waits its turn at Al Batha and again at Al Ghuwaifat, and some cartons may be checked. Then comes the unloading appointment set by the building management in Dubai or Abu Dhabi, as some towers only allow deliveries at certain hours. So Al Rahwan gives you a window of 3 to 5 days counted from loading, not from booking, instead of promising a single day that may slip.

How Much Does a Home Removal from Jeddah to the UAE Cost?

Moving a home from Jeddah to any emirate with Al Rahwan starts at SAR 1,300 when only a single room or studio is going, rising to SAR 2,500 for a home with two bedrooms, a living room and a kitchen, SAR 4,100 for a family home of three bedrooms or more with its fridge, washer and other appliances, and SAR 8,300 for a villa. Those figures already cover dismantling, packing, loading, the road, unloading and reassembly; after the survey, anything unique to your home is added, for example a timber crate for a marble table or a large number of AC units.

When a car, spare cartons or shop stock come along with the home, these are the lowest prices for those extras on the same route, with a practical note from Jeddah:

Car prices by type are set out in the car section below.

By the kilo or by truck space: how is a home measured?

A whole home does not go on a scale; it is measured by the space it takes up inside the truck. A three-seater sofa is fairly light but swallows a large part of the cargo box, while a small carton of books is heavy but fills only a corner. So rooms, apartments and villas are priced on volume and on how difficult the job is, while cartons and parcels are charged by weight (parcel up to 5 kg, carton up to 20 kg, suitcase up to 30 kg, then per kilo for quantity), and air freight by chargeable weight.

What pushes the price of a Jeddah move up or down?

• Floor and lift: a fourth-floor flat in an older Al Sharafiyah building with no lift means carrying everything down the stairs, unlike a tower apartment with a service lift.
• Where the truck can stop: in narrow lanes and some central streets a large truck cannot park at the door, so pieces are shuttled in a smaller vehicle or carried further.
• Special pieces: marble tables, large mirrors, chandeliers, a piano, an iron safe.
• Number of AC units: every split unit removed and refitted is priced in.
• Type of truck: sharing costs less when the load is small, while a truck of your own fits a whole home or a date that cannot move.
• Extras: insurance, storage, delivery to a far emirate such as Ras Al Khaimah or Fujairah.

Worked examples for Jeddah homes

The figures below simply add up the starting prices so you know the minimum before the survey; the final figure comes in an itemised quote:

Jeddah Humidity and Sea Air: Packing a Household That Will Spend Days in a Sealed Box

Anyone who lives in Jeddah knows how windows mist over on summer mornings and how a carton left on a balcony goes soft. That humidity is the biggest enemy of a household on a long move, because damp air sealed inside a carton in Jeddah has nowhere to go once the road heats up. Vapour condenses on the inner walls, leaving marks on fabrics, a musty smell in clothes, swelling at the edges of chipboard and light rust on wardrobe hinges and bed bolts.

How the Al Rahwan crew deals with humidity

• Nothing wet gets wrapped: unplug the fridge the day before and prop its door open so it dries, empty the washer of water, and any surface wiped with water on moving morning waits until it is completely dry.
• Moisture absorbers: sachets go into cartons of clothes, books and electronics, and inside wardrobe drawers before they are closed.
• A breathable layer before plastic: solid wood and leather are first wrapped in cloth or paper, then blankets, and cling film never goes directly onto a wooden surface.
• Sealing on loading day: cartons packed a fortnight early in a humid flat soak up moisture, so the final wrap and taping are done on loading day or the day before.
• Protecting metal: hinges, screws and bolts go into sealed, numbered bags, and metal tools are packed dry.
• New cartons only: second-hand cardboard that sat in a damp store loses its strength, so only sturdy cartons go on the truck.

Appliances and electronics on a long journey

Screens, computers and audio equipment go back into their original boxes if you kept them, or into cartons padded with foam or bubble wrap plus a moisture sachet. The fridge travels upright and strapped, and the washing machine drum is locked if it has a transit bolt. On arrival, most technicians advise letting the fridge stand for a while before switching it on.

Jeddah Districts We Serve and What Moving from Each Area Involves

Al Rahwan crews cover the whole of Jeddah, but the work changes from one district to another, and those differences show most on loading day. Here is a practical look at what the crew finds in each area:

Corniche towers and high-rise apartments

In the Corniche towers and the residential high-rises along King Road and in Al Shati, the service lift dictates the whole day. It is booked in advance with the tower management, its walls are covered with protective panels and the corridor floors are covered too. If a sofa or wardrobe is longer than the lift car, it is dismantled before it comes down, and some towers insist that loading happens only through a rear gate. All of this is settled on survey day so nobody gets a surprise on moving morning.

Villas in Obhur and Al Shati

A villa in north Jeddah may have separate sitting rooms for male and female guests, a dining hall, garden furniture, staff rooms and an annexe, and it usually needs a full day of packing, sometimes two. The crew starts with rooms nobody is using, then the majlis areas, and leaves bedrooms and the kitchen until last so the family stays comfortable until the final night.

Collection from Makkah, Taif and Rabigh via Jeddah

Many people moving a home to the UAE from western Saudi Arabia do not actually live in Jeddah. In that case the Al Rahwan crew comes to your home in Makkah, Taif or Rabigh, surveys, packs and loads there, and the load then joins the Jeddah run heading east. Transit from Makkah and Taif to the UAE is 3 to 5 days, the same as Jeddah. For Rabigh, the loading day is agreed at booking so that it lines up with the departure of the Jeddah trip.

The benefit is that a small home in Taif does not need a whole truck hired just for it; it can ride on a shared truck leaving Jeddah, and the cost of the long road is split among several customers.

The Survey and Your Timeline Before Moving Day

The most stressful moves are the ones that start three days before the flight. It is far easier to spread the work over a few weeks, and this timeline suits most families leaving Jeddah:

1. About a month ahead: call to book the survey. The crew visits, looks at the rooms, entrances and lift, and records the large and fragile pieces and the number of AC units.
2. Two weeks ahead: decide what goes and what is sold or donated. A worn-out wardrobe or an old fridge can cost more to move than a replacement in the UAE.
3. One week ahead: get the paperwork ready: ID or iqama copy, the agent’s Fasah power of attorney plus the UAE receiver’s details, and ask the new tower’s management for a service-lift slot if you are moving into a tower.
4. Packing and loading day: the crew dismantles, wraps each piece according to its material, numbers the cartons by room, and the inventory is signed before the truck is closed.
5. Arrival day: the crew calls well ahead, unloads, reassembles beds and wardrobes and puts each carton in its room.

What does the survey team record?

The team does more than count rooms. It measures the six-door wardrobe, asks whether the chandelier comes down or stays, checks whether the dining table is marble, counts the AC units and checks the stair width and lift length. From those notes comes an itemised quote, every line clear, along with the right type of truck.

Dismantling, Packing and Numbering: What Happens to Each Piece

A long-distance move needs heavier packing than a move across town. The road from Jeddah to the border is long, the truck goes over bumps and makes stops, and a piece that shifts a centimetre with every jolt can arrive scratched. So the crew follows a clear order:

• Bedrooms: beds and wardrobes are dismantled, screws go into a numbered bag taped to the piece itself, and panels are wrapped in blankets and then plastic.
• Sofas and majlis seating: fabric sofas are wrapped first in cloth or paper, then a thick moving blanket, then loosely applied plastic that lets the fabric breathe; leather gets a breathable layer before anything else.
• Glass and mirrors: layers of bubble wrap and cardboard corners, and for a large or valuable piece a made-to-measure timber crate.
• Rugs and carpets: dusted, rolled into a cylinder and wrapped on the outside, never folded, so they do not crease.
• Ornaments and paintings: dedicated boxes marked fragile with an arrow showing which way is up.
• Kitchen: every plate gets its own wrap and goes into the carton on its edge rather than flat, and wooden or aluminium cabinets are taken down if you want them moved.
• Air conditioners: the technician first draws the refrigerant back into the outdoor unit, and only then separates and seals the pipe ends so no moisture or dust gets in.

Numbering: finding your things in the new home

Each carton is marked with a number plus the room it left, and that number is repeated on the inventory sheet. When the truck is unloaded in the UAE, the crew knows where each carton goes without asking you twenty times. If the new layout is different, one sentence is enough: “the boys’ room cartons go to the second room on the right”.

Heavy pieces

An iron safe, an upright piano, a marble table or a solid wood wardrobe is not carried like everything else. The number of crew, the route down the stairs and the position in the truck, close to the front wall where there is less movement, are all planned, and the cost appears in the quote after the survey.

Loading: Shared or Dedicated Truck, Dyna or Trailer

The truck type is chosen after the survey, based on the size of the home and your date. A small load such as a room or a few pieces goes on a shared closed truck with other loads, so you pay only for your space, though it may wait a day for the truck to fill. A full home or villa travels in a dedicated truck that leaves on the agreed day and is only opened at your door.

Stacking the load for a long trip

Heavy items go in first and low down, close to the front of the box. Then the wardrobes and dismantled panels stand on their sides, strapped in place, followed by sofas, with heavy cartons under light ones and the most fragile items at the top. Gaps are filled with blankets or cushions so nothing can slide. These details look minor, yet they are the difference between a home that arrives intact and a broken box in every room.

Road or Sea? And Why Homes Are Not Shipped Through Jeddah Port

Some Jeddah residents ask: the port is right here, so why not ship the furniture by sea? There is sea freight from Jeddah Islamic Port, and from the Dammam port (King Abdulaziz Port), to Jebel Ali, but it is designed around big commercial containers. Full container (FCL) or shared (LCL), a household sent that way still has to be trucked to the quay, craned on and off at each port, and trucked again from Jebel Ali to the front door. Each of those steps means lifting, lowering and waiting, and a bigger load does not make them disappear.

The road route through Al Batha and Al Ghuwaifat takes the furniture door to door in one truck, with placing and reassembly included. That is why Al Rahwan moves homes by road and leaves sea freight for commercial goods in containers.

Delivery Across All Seven Emirates

Past Al Ghuwaifat the truck takes the road to your emirate. Al Rahwan reaches all of them, and the crew’s job is done only once the furniture is inside, placed, the beds and wardrobes rebuilt and every carton set down in its room:

Dubai and Abu Dhabi: building permits and service lifts

In Dubai and Abu Dhabi, facilities management firms run most towers and communities, and no furniture truck gets in until the management has issued a move-in permit and the service lift has been reserved in your name. Our advice is to contact the new building’s management as soon as you sign the lease, because some take several days to issue the permit. Once you have it, send it to the Al Rahwan team so the unloading slot can be set around it.

Ras Al Khaimah and Umm Al Quwain

These two emirates are in the north, and the truck reaches them after passing Dubai and Sharjah. Homes there are mostly villas or apartments in mid-rise buildings, so unloading is usually easier than in towers. The delivery day is agreed so that the full crew is there for placing and reassembly on the same day.

Sharjah and Fujairah: prices and what affects them

The minimum price does not change with the emirate: SAR 1,300 for a one-room home, SAR 4,100 for a family home and SAR 8,300 for a villa, whether you are heading for Sharjah or Fujairah. What changes after the survey are the details of the home itself: the floor, the lift and the number of special pieces. Fujairah and the Sharjah enclaves of Khor Fakkan and Kalba face the Gulf of Oman, so delivery there is timed for the crew to arrive early in the day and finish reassembly before evening.

Bringing the Family Car Along from Jeddah

Most families on the move do not want to sell their car at a loss and buy another. Al Rahwan loads your car in Jeddah onto a long transporter with several levels, under a protective cover and strapped down to the deck, and it reaches the UAE 3 to 5 days later. Luxury and classic cars get a transporter that is closed on every side, so neither road dust nor sun can reach them.

• Sedan sharing a multi-level transporter: lowest price SAR 1,100, and the most popular choice for families.
• Sedan alone on an open flatbed: from SAR 1,650, for anyone who wants a departure date just for their car.
• SUV or 4×4 sharing a transporter: from SAR 1,400.
• SUV or 4×4 alone on a flatbed: from SAR 2,050.
• Luxury or classic car in a closed transporter: from SAR 2,300.

Car documents

The car has its own file: a valid istimara, both plates, an export certificate issued before departure and the owner’s ID photocopied. A car still being paid off to a bank needs the bank’s consent to leave, and if a relative or friend sends it instead of the owner, the owner must sign a power of attorney. A practical tip: do not leave personal items or cartons inside the car. It travels empty, and your belongings belong with the household in the truck.

Who Moves Home from Jeddah to the UAE and What Each Needs

Requests from Jeddah share the same road but differ in the details. An expatriate finishing a contract after years in Jeddah wants to take almost everything, and sometimes plans a later stop in his home country, so temporary storage in the UAE matters to him. A Saudi employee transferring to his company’s Dubai office needs his furniture there before his first working day, so he benefits from air freight for his work bag and a dedicated truck with a fixed date. An Emirati family returning to Al Ain or Fujairah after living in Jeddah often brings large majlis sets, handmade rugs and a lot of kitchenware, which means heavier packing and a full day of reassembly.

Then there is the student or single person who only needs one room moved on a shared truck. Each of these cases calls for a different truck size, date and packing approach, which is why the Al Rahwan team asks about your circumstances on the first call, not just the number of rooms.

Cartons and Suitcases for Those Travelling Light

Not everyone leaving Jeddah moves a full home. A university student joining family, or a young professional taking a furnished apartment in Dubai, often needs no more than a few suitcases and cartons sent. With Al Rahwan an envelope or light parcel of 5 kg or less costs SAR 110 and up, a carton of up to 20 kg SAR 140 and up, a suitcase of up to 30 kg SAR 230 and up, and anything beyond that is charged by the kilo from SAR 9. These shipments join the road trips heading to the UAE.

Write your name, mobile number and UAE city on every carton and attach a list of what is inside, because an inventory is needed at customs just as it is for a full home.

Moving Offices and Commercial Goods from Jeddah

If your move includes an office or a shop, Al Rahwan moves office furniture, files and equipment the same way: inventory, numbering, packing, then reassembly in the new office. Stock is priced differently: a single pallet from SAR 740, a whole trailer from SAR 6,500, and if your trade needs containers, the small twenty-foot box from SAR 2,300 and the large forty-foot one from SAR 3,500. Commercial cargo has its own paperwork, such as a commercial registration, invoice and certificate of origin, so send it as a separate shipment from your home.

Air Freight from King Abdulaziz Airport for Urgent Items

The household travels by road, but some things cannot wait 3 to 5 days: work files, a child’s school bag, the laptop you need on your first day in the office. These are booked on a cargo flight out of Jeddah’s international airport (King Abdulaziz) landing in Dubai, the capital Abu Dhabi or Sharjah, so they are in your hands a day or two later.

How is weight calculated for air freight?

Airlines do not bill a carton on its weight alone but on the heavier of two numbers: what the scale says and what its size says. The second number has a fixed formula: multiply the three measurements in centimetres and divide the result by 6000. Take a carton half a metre long, forty centimetres wide and thirty high: it works out at 10 kg, so if the scale shows only 6 kg you still pay for ten. That is why bulky, light things such as pillows and duvets should go by road with the household, not by air. Since an air kilo has no fixed price, each carton is costed for you in an itemised quote.

Paperwork for Moving House from Jeddah to the UAE

For the Saudi formalities, moving your household from Jeddah to the UAE takes just four papers: your national ID or iqama photocopied, a list of every carton and piece in the home (the packing list), an electronic power of attorney you give the clearing agent through Fasah, and the details of whoever receives the goods in the UAE: name, mobile, the home address, which floor it is on, whether a lift serves it and the spot where the truck can stop. The list shifts a little with the type of shipment:

Documents the UAE side may ask for

On the UAE side, subject to the regulations applying at the time of shipping, you may be asked for proof of who owns the goods and where they live: a passport copy, a copy of the UAE residence or Emirates ID (or the work visa if residency is still pending), an itemised bilingual Arabic–English packing list making clear the furniture is used, and a power of attorney for the agent there. The Al Rahwan team tells you exactly what your case needs.

Customs Between Al Batha and Al Ghuwaifat: Who Handles What

You will not have to drive to Al Batha and queue. It is enough to give the clearing agent an electronic power of attorney on Fasah, the portal operated by ZATCA (the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority); the agent then completes the exit. Across the border, Abu Dhabi Customs handles entry at Al Ghuwaifat, and if your home is in Dubai the agent also enters the details on Mirsal, the Dubai Customs electronic system.

A customs officer may ask to open some cartons for inspection. That is routine, and it is exactly where a numbered inventory helps: the officer knows what is in carton 34 before opening it, and it is closed again quickly.

Are there charges on used furniture?

The decision on used furniture is not the mover’s to make; customs determines how second-hand belongings are treated, applying the rules in place on the day of shipping. What genuinely helps is an accurate inventory marking every item as used, and the receiver’s UAE papers prepared before the truck sets off. Do not rely on any promise of a fixed rate or amount from any mover.

What Does Not Travel on the Removals Truck

Before packing day, open the cupboards, the store room and the kitchen and sort what you find into three groups, remembering that customs has the last word on everything below:

Insuring Your Household on the Long Journey

The longer the road, the more insurance matters to the homeowner. Al Rahwan does not fold insurance into the price automatically; you choose it when booking, it is built on the sum you put on your belongings and the inventory with its photos, and it sits on its own line of the quote. Photograph valuable pieces before they are wrapped and note their condition on the list; that protects you and speeds up any claim.

Tracking Your Household from Jeddah

You will not be left asking where the truck is. You receive a notification at loading in Jeddah, another when the truck crosses Al Batha, another on arrival in the delivery city in the UAE, and a final one at delivery. If you need details between those points, ring the Al Rahwan line any time between seven in the morning and eleven at night.

Holding Your Furniture Until the New Home Is Ready

Sometimes the Jeddah lease ends first, or the furniture lands while the new flat is still being fixed up. Either way there is no need to rush: the household can wait in a store inside the Kingdom before you fly, or in one in the UAE until you collect the keys to your new home. The cost and duration of storage are set after the survey according to volume, and the furniture is stored wrapped as it is, so it does not need repacking.

Best, Cheapest or Fastest: Finding the Balance

Anyone planning a move from Jeddah to the Emirates wants all three at once, but in practice each comes at the expense of something. Cheapest usually means a shared truck and waiting for it to fill. Fastest means a dedicated truck leaving on your day. Best is the option that fits your situation with no surprises on the road.

Saving money without taking risks

Get rid of what is not worth moving, pack clothes and books yourself if you like, and leave glass, appliances and dismantling to the crew. If you can, pick a day away from the end of the month, when demand peaks. There is often an Al Rahwan offer running, so do mention it when you ring.

Steps to Book Your Home Removal from Jeddah to the UAE

1. First step: ring 0568829975 or use the web form, telling us your Jeddah district, where in the UAE you are going and how many rooms the home has.
2. Free survey: a visit to the home, or a photo and video survey for small loads.
3. Itemised quote: every service with its price, with insurance and storage as separate lines if you want them.
4. Paperwork: ID or iqama copy, the Fasah power of attorney and the receiver’s details.
5. Packing and loading day: dismantling, packing, numbering and signing the inventory.
6. Border crossing: Al Batha then Al Ghuwaifat, with a notification at each stage.
7. Delivery: unloading, reassembly and arranging, with the inventory checked together with you.

Common Mistakes When Moving Home from Jeddah to the UAE

• Packing too early: cartons filled two weeks ahead in a humid home go soft and trap moisture.
• Forgetting the new building’s permit: the truck reaches a Dubai tower and cannot unload until the next day.
• Putting gold and passports in cartons: jewellery, official papers and cash stay with you in your hand luggage.
• Not mentioning special pieces: a marble table missed at the survey needs a crate that was never priced.
• Leaving the fridge running until moving day: melt water ends up inside the truck.
• An incomplete inventory: it slows customs and weakens any insurance claim.
• Taking the lowest price without a survey: it often turns into extra charges on loading day.

The Crew and How to Reach Us

The crew that comes to your home is not just a team of lifters. It includes people who dismantle and rebuild wardrobes and bedroom sets, a technician who removes AC units and recovers their gas, and packers who know that solid wood is handled differently from leather or glass. The crew secures every piece inside the truck so nothing slides, keeps to the agreed times and reassembles everything in the new home.

To reach Al Rahwan: a call or WhatsApp message to 0568829975 is answered between seven in the morning and eleven at night, seven days a week, or use the Request a shipping quote form on the website, which takes requests day and night; fill in your details and the type of move and the team will come back to you.

Reasons Jeddah Families Choose Al Rahwan

• A free survey before pricing, and an itemised quote rather than a lump sum.
• Packing designed around Jeddah humidity and the long road east.
• A direct road route through Al Batha and Al Ghuwaifat with no port handling.
• Collection from Makkah, Taif and Rabigh on the Jeddah run.
• Car shipping with the household, and urgent air freight from King Abdulaziz Airport.
• Clearance through Fasah, with follow-up at Al Ghuwaifat and on Mirsal.
• Unloading, placing, reassembly and arranging in any emirate.

If you are comparing several movers, read our guide to Home removals companies from Jeddah to the UAE, and if you are shipping belongings without moving the whole home, the Shipping company from Jeddah to the UAE page is the one for you. To book, call 0568829975.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Al Rahwan charge for a Jeddah to UAE house move?

At least SAR 1,300 for a one-room home and SAR 4,100 for a family home with appliances, while a villa starts at SAR 8,300; the final figure follows a free survey.

In how many days does a household from Jeddah reach the UAE?

Between 3 and 5 days after the truck is closed in Jeddah, not counting the survey day or the packing day.

Which border crossing does a household from Jeddah use to reach the UAE?

One crossing only: Saudi Al Batha facing Al Ghuwaifat on the Abu Dhabi side, as no second road link exists between the two countries.

Is a household measured by the kilo or by space?

By the space it takes in the truck and the difficulty of the job, while cartons go by the kilo and air shipments by chargeable weight.

How is the household protected from Jeddah humidity during the move?

Pieces are dried before wrapping, moisture absorbers go into the cartons, wood and leather get a breathable layer before plastic, and cartons are sealed on loading day.

Will the crew come to Makkah or Taif?

Yes, it packs and loads at your home there, then the load joins the first truck leaving Jeddah eastwards, arriving in 3 to 5 days.

How much is it to move my car with the household from Jeddah?

Sharing a transporter, sedans begin at SAR 1,100 and SUVs at SAR 1,400, and a luxury car in a closed transporter from SAR 2,300.

Which papers do I prepare to move my home from Jeddah?

An ID or iqama copy, a numbered inventory of the home, the agent’s power of attorney on Fasah, and the UAE receiver’s name and address.

Will I pay charges on my used furniture in the UAE?

That is for customs alone to decide under the rules in place on the day of shipping, and an inventory stating the items are used makes the process smoother.

Can some belongings be sent by air from Jeddah?

Yes, they fly out of King Abdulaziz Airport and arrive within a day or two, costed on the chargeable weight of each carton.

Does the crew rebuild the furniture in the new home?

Yes, dismantling in Jeddah and reassembly in the UAE are part of the room, home and villa prices, along with putting cartons in their rooms.

Is insurance on the household compulsory?

No, it is a choice you make at booking, based on your own valuation and the photographed inventory, and it appears on a separate line.

Can the household be stored before travelling?

Yes, inside the Kingdom before you fly or on the UAE side until the keys to your new place are handed over, with the cost set after the survey according to volume.

Which UAE cities receive households moved from Jeddah?

All seven emirates, from Abu Dhabi, Al Ain and Al Dhafra through Dubai and Sharjah (with Al Dhaid, Khor Fakkan and Kalba) to Fujairah, Ras Al Khaimah, Umm Al Quwain and Ajman.