Help & Advice


We want to help make your move as easy as possible. So we have designed these easy guides to buying and selling your home to explain the process

Selling your home

  1. Before you sell your home
  2. Marketing your property
  3. Conveyancing
  4. A sale is agreed

Buying a new home

  1. You've made an offer, now what?
  2. Mortgages and surveys
  3. From exchange to completion
  4. Moving in

Key words explained

Confused by all the jargon? Our handy glossary explains it all!


Some of our favourites places on the world wide web...

When you're moving home it's often a great idea to get all the help and advice you possibly can! Here are a few of our favourite sites around the web that our homemovers have used in the past...


Google Earth

With its fantastic new street view feature, you can now walk round your new neighbourhood 'virtually'. (Click and drag the orange man to activate Street View).
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IKEA

Renowned for good quality, reasonably priced furniture, and of course meatballs! Take a look at the freebie room planning tools
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www.royalmail.com

Don't risk important post getting lost in transit! Arrange a redirection quickly and easily online

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www.moneysavingexpert.com

Informative advice guides on moving home and general savvy saving. Check out the useful forums and freebies page 
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www.schoolsnet.com

An authoritative guide to schools including profile information and reviews by parents
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www.petlog.org.uk

Keep tabs on your cat or dog when you move into your new home by getting them micro chipped
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www.helpiammoving.com

Putting the HELP into moving with loads of free advice, checklists and information on everything from storage to how to move your pets
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Google Maps

With its fantastic new street view feature, you can now walk round your new neighbourhood 'virtually'. (Click and drag the orange man to activate Street View).
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www.housetohome.co.uk

The site provides endless interior design tips and advice as well as handy room planning tools such as a DIY calculators
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www.upmystreet.com

Find out about your local area and neighbourhood profile on this useful website
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Crime Mapper

Information on crime and antisocial behaviour in your neighbourhood – wherever you live!
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www.eco-boxes.co.uk

Move home and help save the plant all in one day! Eco boxes provide returnable, reusable moving home boxes
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www.moveme.com

A completely free and independent service for home movers. Plan & organise your move, get local removal quotes, transfer your utilities and compare prices for home services 
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Big Yellow Self Storage Company


www.bigyellow.co.uk

With over 70 self storage locations across the UK, the Big Yellow self storage company is ideal for storing your possessions whilst you're moving home.
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Conveyancing Glossary


Glossary

Selling your home? Learn all about the process in our simple guide.
View the selling guide

Buying a new home? Learn all about the process in our simple guide.
View the buying guide

Confused by all the jargon? Our handy glossary explains it all!
View the glossary


Free Conveyancing Guides

Everything you need to help navigate your way around the conveyancing process!