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A Step By Step Guide to Buying and Selling
Buying and selling a home at the same time can be incredibly stressful. if you are relocating then follow this step by step guide...
Advice on Moving Refrigerators and Freezers
How preparation is the key to moving your refrigerator or freezer from one house to another. How to clean it and other ways you can protect it during the move....
America's 'Most Wanted Professions'
The professions in the USA where they are struggling to meet the demand in terms of not having enough people to fill certain professions and how they differ from those professions whereby it’s more li...
Best Times to Move
Some of the considerations you may need to take into account when deciding when is the best time of the year to move home. How school issues are usually at the forefront of this decision and how you s...
Budgeting for Your Move
How drawing up a budget for the costs you’ll incur when moving home will help you plan your finances better. The kinds of things you’ll need to take into consideration....
Buying Or Renting In The USA
Choosing to rent or buy a property in the U.S. if you are emigrating there and why it’s probably better to rent first as opposed to buying unless you’re retired and can afford to buy a property outrig...
Cheap Tips to Transform Your Home
Whether you are moving into a new home or are fed up with your own decor, some cheap and cheerful changes could give you a whole new look....
Choosing a Professional Removal Company
What to look for and things to consider when choosing a professional removal company. Questions you should ask and in order to find establish an accurate quote and what services will be provided for t...
Choosing Which Area To Live In
The types of issues you’re likely going to need to consider when choosing a location to move to....
Cleaning Your Home Before Moving Out
How to follow a set routine of cleaning in the run up to moving out. How devising a well thought out plan will prevent you from having to clean certain things over and over again....
Common Questions House Buyers Will Ask You
The types of common questions you’re likely to be asked by a prospective home buyer if you’re selling your home and why it’s important you answer them honestly....
Coordinating Your House Moving Day
The day you move house will be both busy and stressful. Planning ahead is essential if you want it all to run as smoothly as possible....
Costs Involved After Moving Abroad
How many people forget to include the additional costs they’ll incur after they’ve moved home. The types of things to consider and how it can all add up....
Creating a Checklist
How by drawing up a moving home checklist/timetable, you can stay organised and tackle all the various tasks associated with moving home in the best possible order to keep the process as simple as pos...
Dealing With Changing Over Utilities
How moving home can sometimes be the perfect opportunity to look at switching utility suppliers. Even if you’re familiar with switching you may find there are additional suppliers in your new location...
DIY Removal
How you can often save a considerable sum by DIY home removal. Some of the issues you need to weigh up in order to determine whether or not any cost saving you can make are worthwhile....
Garden and External Presentation
The importance of ‘kerb appeal’ and ensuring that your gardens and your home’s exterior are just as appealing as the inside of your home if you want to seriously attract prospective buyers....
Get Property Ready to Rent: Interview With a Letting Agent
If you are relocating but do not want to sell your home, letting it out might provide the solution you are looking for. Here are some tips from an expert....
Getting to Know Your New Neighbourhood
How it’s important to get out and about and show your face when moving into a new neighbourhood. How to meet new friends and how to familiarise yourself with your new surroundings...
Giving a Tour of Your Home to Potential Buyers
The importance of keeping out of the way if you’re going to handle the viewing of your home to prospective buyers yourself as opposed to letting an estate agent do it and how to make your home appeali...
How to Choose an Estate Agent
When it comes to selling your home, most estate agents will try to convince you that they are the right person for the job. But think carefully, ask the right questions and listen to their answers. Th...
Informing People of Your New Address
The main companies and organisations you’ll need to inform if you are changing your address. How you can get post redirected and how you can speed up the process of notification by using specialist co...
Leaving Day - Final Things to Remember
The day of the actual house move and the final preparations you need to take care of. How most of your day will be spent with the removal men and additional things you’ll need to attend to....
Moving and Packing the Garage or Shed
How to pack items from your garage and shed for a house move and how it’s important to ensure that all gas and oil items are fully drained before you pack them and that you cover up any sharp edges, s...
Moving Home - Telling Your Children
How you need to tell your children you are moving home as soon as possible. The importance of telling them where you are moving to and the reasons why and allowing them a chance to put across their vi...
Moving into Shared Accommodation
The things you need to consider when moving into shared accommodation. How you need to respect your roommate and consider their feelings and needs too when sharing a place together....
Moving into Your New Home
Steps you can take to make the transition from your old home to your new one go as smoothly as possible. How it’s important to feel both a part of your new community as quickly as possible and to make...
Moving Out of Your Parents' Home
How you need to ensure that gaining your independence and moving out of your parents’ home for the first time is something you can really afford to do before deciding to take the plunge. Why planning ...
Moving Out When a Relationship Goes Wrong
How there is no definitive right way to move out when a relationship ends as everybody’s circumstances are different and some are more complex than others. Hoe you should try to resolve the situation ...
Moving Overseas
The many things you need to consider if you are thinking of moving overseas. How your experiences as a tourist will probably have little bearing on what your life will turn into as a resident abroad a...
Moving Overseas With Your Pets
Advice and things you should know about moving overseas with your pet. What you can expect on the flight and organisations that can assist you in the arranging and managing of pet relocation....
Moving Pets to Your New Home
Preparing for your pets when moving house. Things to consider and ways in which you can make the move easier for both you and your pets....
Moving With a Baby
How you should try to leave baby with someone capable of looking after them on the day of a house move wherever possible. If you can’t how to amuse baby on the trip, planning for all eventualities and...
Moving Your Car Overseas
How you must inform the DVLA if you are shipping your car overseas. The documentation you must obtain and things you should ask for when looking at quotes for international shipping companies....
Moving Your Computer Safely
How to pack away your computer and its peripheral equipment when you are moving home. Importance of making sure you know how everything fits back together and how to safeguard the information containe...
Moving Your Identity When Moving House
How criminals can use every opportunity to steal your identity and how you can become even more vulnerable when you are moving home. Steps you can take to minimise the risks of becoming a victim of id...
Organising Unpacking in Your New Home
How to organise your unpacking when you move into a new house and how it tends to be easier and quicker to do it room by room and let the kids unpack their own bedrooms....
Other Types Of Visas And Immigration
The different types of visas and immigration programs which are available if you’re thinking of international relocation abroad and some of the more common types of programs which are offered by many ...
Packing - Damage Limitation Tips
How it’s important to choose the correct packaging for each of your possessions when you’re moving house. How thinking about what could cause something to break or get damaged can help you choose the ...
Packing Awkward and Fragile Items
How you can never guarantee complete security when it comes to packing fragile or awkward items for a house removal but things you can do to minimise the potential of damage or breakage....
Packing Room by Room
A brief overview of how you should pack items room by room when you’re moving house. Things to consider and the best ways of packing particular items to minimise the risk of damage...
Preparing Furniture for the Move
How bulkier items of furniture are often the most stressful part of getting your belongings from one house to another when you’re moving out. How making an inventory helps and some tips on the best wa...
Preparing Your Home for a Viewing
Getting your home ready for a viewing can make all the difference in how a prospective buyer sees your home and considers him or herself living there. Follow this advice to make your home look as appe...
Putting Your Child in a Foreign Language School
When relocating abroad, one major consideration is always your children's education, and deciding whether or not to put them in a foreign language will be a big decision....
Questionnaire: Should You Rent or Buy?
Relocating is a stressful business and there are lots of decisions to be made - one, in particular, that must be thought out carefully is whether to rent or buy your new home....
Questionnaire: Should You Sell or Let Your Home?
If you own a property and are relocating you will be faced with a hard decision to make - should you sell your home or let it out?...
Quick Packing Tips for Your Relocation
Some useful tips to speed up and simplify the whole packing up and moving house process. How being organised and have willing helpers who know their responsibilities can help you move out more quickly...
Redesigning Your New Home
How it’s inevitable that you’ll ultimately want to bring your own tastes and individual wants and needs into shaping your new home the way you want it to be. How you should take your time doing this a...
Reducing the Stress of Moving House
How you can take some action to keep your stress levels to a minimum when you are moving house and how you need to take care of both your physical and psychological well-being....
Settling Children into a New School
One of the greatest problems in a move can be helping your kids adjust to their new schools. These tips will help the process....
Settling Your Pets into Their New Home
How your pets will need time to settle into their new home. Ways of introducing them into their new surroundings and things you can do to make it easier for them....
Shipping Overseas - Plane or Boat?
The things you need to weigh up when deciding whether to ship your belongings by air or by sea. How there are pros and cons. Shipping by sea is far less expensive. Shipping by air is far quicker. Ques...
Things That Put Potential Buyers Off
Some of the most common things that put potential buyers off buying a property and how you can take some simple steps to ensure this doesn’t happen to you....
Timetable for Moving Home
How planning a few weeks ahead can help you move home with less stress and how things will be a lot simpler if you’re organised and do the appropriate preparations for the move in the right order...
Tips to Help Your Kids With the Move
How involving your kids in the house move and letting them have their input will go a long way into helping them come to terms with moving home. Ways they can get involved and help you at the same tim...
Tips When Moving Elderly People
The many considerations you’ll be faced with if relocating to also accommodate the needs of an elderly relative coming to live with you. How it’s important that you consider both their needs as well a...
Using a House Move to De-Clutter
How you can use a house move to help you declutter your life, get rid of no longer needed items and to help you get organised for your future in your new home....
Vacation And Casual Work In The USA
A general overview of how you can find casual temporary work in the USA and combine it with a vacation. Some of the more reputable organisations and a flavour of some of the more common jobs available...
We Built a House in France While in the UK: A Case Study
Having a house built can be a tricky process but Alison and Pete Shaw decided to go ahead and do it while they were living in a different country. This is the story of their experience....
We Changed Our Décor to Sell Our Home: Case Study
There are all sorts of things you can do to improve your chances of selling your home. One property owner decided to change his colour scheme - and it worked....
We Let Our House While We Were Abroad: A Case Study
When moving abroad temporarily it can be tricky deciding whether to sell up or not. This is the story of one family who chose the letting route....
What Is A 'Green Card'?
What a green card is and the various ways you can go about obtaining one. How it differs from other working visas in the USA and how it’s not the same as U.S. citizenship. The green card diversity lot...
What Not to Pack
Items you shouldn’t pack onto the removal van when moving house. How most hazardous and flammable materials should be given away or disposed of and how you should carry all treasured possessions and i...
What to do About Council Tax
The key facts and details your council will need to be informed about if you are moving home. How you can be fined if you do not supply them with the correct accurate information....
Why We Struggled to Sell Our Home: A Case Study
We all love our homes and therefore expect others to be keen to buy them. One vendor explains why it didn't work out like that for her....
Working For Yourself In The USA
The process you’ll need to go through if you intend working for yourself as a foreigner in the USA. The paperwork you’ll need to obtain and the credentials you’ll need to prove to obtain it and how th...