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Moving home cash budget Calculator
Estimate moving expenses and temporary deposit cash needs. This free moving home cash budget calculator shows the calculation and its assumptions so you can compare your own figures.
Your results
Estimate moving expenses and temporary deposit cash needs.
Calculated outcomes
- Moving Expenses
- €2,233.00
- Refundable Deposit Cash
- €1,800.00
- Contingency
- €203.00
Assumptions and estimates
- Returned deposit is assumed to arrive after the move and cannot fund the upfront requirement. A refundable deposit ties up cash but is not normally a permanent expense. Timing, deductions and tenancy rules need separate confirmation.
- Method: Add removals, storage, overlap, setup and contingency; add the new deposit before the old deposit returns.
- Deposit return occurs after the move in this model. Refundable deposits tie up cash rather than being permanent expenses.
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How the moving home cash budget calculation works
Add removals, storage, overlap, setup and contingency; add the new deposit before the old deposit returns.
Deposit return occurs after the move in this model. Refundable deposits tie up cash rather than being permanent expenses.
Using this calculator
- Enter your own figures in the labelled inputs. Keep the currencies, units and time periods consistent.
- Choose any applicable rate profile, pattern or assumption shown for this tool. Open additional inputs when relevant.
- Review upfront cash required and net cash cost after deposit return, then read the stated assumptions and eligibility conditions before using the result.
Worked example
This is a static example using illustrative inputs, not facts about you or today’s date. The displayed eligibility selections and assumptions apply only to this example.
See example inputs
- Removals (€)
- 800
- Packing materials (€)
- 100
- Cleaning (€)
- 180
- Storage per month (€)
- 120
- Storage months
- 1
- Overlapping housing cost per month (€)
- 1500
- Housing overlap months
- 0.5
- Utility/setup charges (€)
- 80
- New deposit needed upfront (€)
- 1800
- Old deposit returned later (€)
- 1500
- Expense contingency (%)
- 10
- Upfront Cash Required
- €4,033.00
- Net Cash Cost After Deposit Return
- €2,533.00