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Help with house moves

Carrying boxes, taking furniture apart, driving a rental van: a helping hand that is always in demand.

How to get started

  1. Offer your help to people you know and on platforms for services between individuals.
  2. Before accepting, ask about the floor, the lift and the list of large furniture.
  3. Bring gloves and closed shoes.
  4. Agree in advance on a price per hour or for the day.

Skills needed

  • Good physical condition

Tools and equipment needed

  • Nothing in particular

Offers near you

Latest offers related to this idea. Choose your municipality to see the nearest ones.

Sources: Le Forem (CC BY-SA 4.0). Belgium: job offers in Wallonia (Le Forem). France: flea markets, car boot sales, second-hand fairs and markets everywhere (DATAtourisme); job offers only in Pyrénées-Atlantiques and Hautes-Pyrénées (France Travail), in Île-de-France (offers from the Region), in Tours (City and Metropole), plus Groupe BPCE offers across France. Brussels, Flanders and the rest of France will come later.

Good tips

  • With a driving licence, you can also offer to drive the rented vehicle.

Watch out for

  • Learn to lift by bending your legs to avoid back injuries.

Rules to know

France

Occasional help between friends and family is not a business; regular paid help must be declared.

Belgium

Occasional help may fall under the régime des revenus complémentaires (side income scheme); beyond that, you need self-employed status.

Simplified summary: check the official websites before you start.

How much it pays

Indicative amount, varies with region, experience and demand. Before tax and social contributions.

France

Estimate not available

No reliable source found yet: we prefer not to give a figure.

Belgium

Estimate not available

No reliable source found yet: we prefer not to give a figure.

Where to find opportunities and information

  • Le Forem (via ODWB) (Belgium: Wallonia)
    Job offers in Wallonia: student jobs, flexi-jobs, one-day assignments and part-time offers are shown in “Near me”, updated every 6 hours.
  • France Travail (open data des départements) (France: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Occitanie)
    France Travail offers from the last 7 days republished by Pyrénées-Atlantiques (data.le64.fr) and Hautes-Pyrénées (opendata.ha-py.fr, including the Adour Madiran community of communes). Only small jobs (part-time, temporary agency work, seasonal work, fixed-term contracts of 6 months or less, work-study) are shown in “Near me”, updated every 6 hours. The Seine-Saint-Denis dataset has not been updated since August 2026: it is skipped automatically.

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