Villa Moving in Collex-Bossy
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Your local villa moving expert in Collex-Bossy
Based in the Geneva region, we work regularly in Collex-Bossy and know the ground: access, building rules and parking constraints. This experience ensures an organised, punctual and stress-free villa moving.
Every job is carried out by a fixed, trained and insured team. Professional protective equipment, insured transport and transparent billing — a fixed quote, no surprises.
- Local, trained and insured team
- Professional equipment & insured transport
- Fixed quote, no surprises
- Service in Collex-Bossy and nearby
Our service area in Collex-Bossy
We provide fast and reliable services throughout Collex-Bossy.
Moving a villa or converted farmhouse in Collex-Bossy
Collex-Bossy has little in common with the rest of the canton: two settlements, the village of Collex and the hamlet of Bossy, set among the farmland of northern Geneva, former farmhouses turned into spacious homes, rehabilitated barns and outbuildings, and plots measured in thousands of square metres. A house move here is rarely just another flat: the volume spills out of the living rooms and into the dependencies.
That is what makes a villa déménagement (move) a different exercise from an apartment move. There are several floors instead of one, plus a cellar, an attic, a garage, a workshop, garden and terrace furniture, hand tools and machinery, pool equipment and very often a wine cellar. Each of those spaces has its own packing logic, its own weight and its own place in the loading order.
So our approach starts with the ground itself. We measure the width of the gate, the state of the farm track, how much load the gravel courtyard will take and the clear height under the barn roof, then size trucks, crew and days accordingly. Bespoke packing for farm furniture and antiques, protection for terracotta tiles and old floorboards, a furniture lift when the original staircase will not take a wardrobe — and a fixed quote confirmed before the first box is packed.
Why trust us with your villa move in Collex-Bossy
The farmhouse and its outbuildings, planned separately
Barn, shed, hangar: workshop, garden machinery, firewood stock and spare tyres are inventoried and loaded on their own, in their own trucks, without cluttering the house.
Gravel courtyards and farm-track access
We survey the gate and the turning radius, lay ground protection boards over gravel and soft ground, and run a shuttle with a shorter vehicle when the large truck simply cannot get in.
Very large volumes, several days accepted
A converted farmhouse move often exceeds 100 m³. We split the job into coherent days rather than compressing everything into a single date.
Valuable furniture and older pieces
Vaudois armoires, farm tables, paintings, piano, clocks: bespoke packing, purpose-built crates, expert handling and insured transport throughout.
Permits and third parties coordinated
We apply for the macaron (temporary parking permit) and the loading-zone authorisation when the destination needs one, and we coordinate with your régie (managing agent), gardener or architect.
How your villa move works in Collex-Bossy
- 1
Site visit and fixed quote
Volume surveyed building by building, gate measured, truck access tested. The price depends on volume in m³, access and the number of floors, and is confirmed as a firm figure in CHF with no hidden extras.
- 2
Permits and load plan
Packing materials delivered in advance, loading order defined, and the macaron or loading-zone authorisation requested from the commune when the arrival address is in town — filed early enough for the permit to be issued in time.
- 3
Packing, numbering and inventory
Wardrobe contents, paintings, mirrors, chandeliers and delicate pieces packed room by room; cartons numbered, inventory list closed and photo condition report taken before anything moves.
- 4
Loading in waves
House first, dependencies next. Protection boards laid, loads spread under the barn roof structure, everything strapped down and covered by our transport insurance.
- 5
Unloading, reassembly and handover
Furniture reassembled, appliances reconnected, everything placed to your plan; the surplus goes into storage if needed, and we dovetail with your état des lieux (handover inspection) and final cleaning.
What your villa move includes
- Technical survey: volumes, gate, courtyard and access track
- Separate inventory for house, barn, outbuilding and hangar
- Written inventory list and photo condition report before loading
- Bespoke packing of fragile items, paintings, mirrors and antiques
- Chandeliers, wardrobe contents and delicate furniture packed on site
- Dismantling and reassembly of bulky and built-in furniture
- Numbered cartons and room-by-room labelling at both addresses
- Piano, safe and heavy-item handling (option)
- Wine cellar: insulated crates, bracing and transport lying flat
- Disconnecting and reconnecting built-in appliances
- Furniture lift for old staircases and upper-floor access
- Ground protection boards, gravel courtyard and lawn edges protected
- Protection of wooden floors, terracotta tiles and stone thresholds
- Workshop tools, garden machinery and firewood stock
- Garden, terrace and shelter furniture plus pool equipment
- Macaron and loading-zone application at the destination
- Insured transport with organised, room-by-room unloading
- Garde-meubles (furniture storage) in a secure depot between two dates
Your villa mover in Collex-Bossy
Between the village of Collex, the hamlet of Bossy and the isolated farms along Route de Collex, Chemin de la Chênaie and Route de Valavran towards the Bois de Bossy, we know the practical reality: original gates too narrow for an articulated truck, narrow village streets and farm tracks with no turning space at all, long private driveways, and gravel courtyards where a loaded truck sinks in after rain. That is why we size the vehicle first and shuttle from a stable parking point rather than gamble on a reversing manoeuvre. Protection boards go down on soft gravel, and we keep weight off lawn edges and planted borders.
The commune has no railway station and a thin bus service, so everything here depends on vehicles — including ours. Crews arrive with their own transport, park it on site and work full days without shuttling back to town. Access runs through Bellevue and Genthod, up from Versoix or in from Grand-Saconnex and the Vengeron junction, which also means quick reach to the airport, freight and customs for departures abroad, and easy early-morning slots before the commuter flow towards Ferney-Voltaire and the French border builds up.
Many households here are international families on assignment, arriving from abroad or leaving for the next posting, sometimes with part of the volume going into storage and part into export crates. We are used to that mix, and we coordinate happily with your gardener, architect or régie when a driveway has to be reinstated, a hedge trimmed back for clearance or a neighbouring plot crossed. Harvest weeks on the surrounding farmland are taken into account when we set the date.
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Frequently asked questions — Villa Moving in Collex-Bossy
My gate is narrow and the courtyard is gravel: can the truck get in?
We measure the gate and the manoeuvring radius during the survey. If the large truck will not fit, we work with a shorter vehicle on a shuttle, and we lay ground protection boards over the gravel and any soft ground to avoid getting stuck and to prevent ruts. On wet gravel a fully loaded truck is a real risk, so we would rather shuttle than repair a courtyard afterwards.
The lane to my house has no turning space. How do you handle that?
We identify a stable staging point on a wider stretch or in the village, then run a smaller vehicle between the house and the truck. Reversing a long vehicle down a farm track with hedges on both sides is not something we improvise on moving day; it is decided at the survey and written into the load plan.
The barn and the shed are full. How do you deal with them?
They get their own inventory: workshop, garden machinery, firewood stock, garden and pool equipment. We plan dedicated trucks and a dedicated day, with packaging suited to dirty or sharp items, so nothing is mixed in with the household furniture.
How many days does a converted farmhouse move take?
Above 100 m³, expect two to three days with several trucks. The exact split is set out in the quote: packing on one day, the house the next, the dependencies after that.
The barn has limited headroom and a wooden floor. Is that a problem?
No, as long as we know beforehand. We work below the real clear height, spread loads across timber beams so the weight never sits on a single joist, and hand-carry anything that cannot be rolled.
Can you move a piano, paintings and a wine cellar?
Yes. Piano and heavy items with specialist handling, paintings and antiques in bespoke crates, chandeliers dismantled and boxed, bottles braced in cases and transported lying flat away from temperature shocks. All of it covered by our transport insurance.
Do I need a parking permit for the move?
At the property itself, usually not: you have your own courtyard. It becomes relevant at the other end. In the City of Geneva and most urban communes a macaron or a loading-zone authorisation is required to reserve the space in front of the entrance, and the application goes to the commune or the city with a lead time of several working days. We handle the filing and the signage as part of the job.
How are my belongings insured, and what is documented?
Transport is insured and our liability is set out in the quote. Before loading we close a written inventory of what travels and take a photo condition report of the sensitive pieces and of the floors, thresholds and courtyard at both addresses. If anything is queried afterwards, the file already contains the evidence.
Is the quote fixed despite the volume and the dependencies?
Yes. After the on-site visit we confirm a firm amount in CHF covering crew, trucks, packing materials, furniture lift and ground protection boards. No hourly billing and no surprise at the end of the job.
What if the new house is not ready on the moving-out date?
We keep your belongings in secure garde-meubles storage, backed by the inventory, and deliver on the date that suits you. It happens often when a farmhouse renovation runs late.
Can you tie the move in with the état des lieux and the final cleaning?
Yes, and it is worth planning as one sequence. We schedule loading so the property is empty before the handover inspection, arrange the professional final cleaning, and take what you are not keeping to the déchetterie (recycling centre) or to a charity. A clean handover is what protects your deposit.
We are moving in from abroad, or leaving Switzerland. Do you handle that?
Yes. International families are a large part of our work in this part of the commune. We can split a volume between export crates, a delivery here and storage in between, and the airport, freight terminals and customs are a short run away via the Vengeron. Timings are aligned with your shipping dates rather than the other way round.