When you plan to move house, the last thing you should be thinking is that you can do everything yourself. When you don’t do it for a living, it’s very unlikely that you will know how to move belongings from one home to another safely and efficiently. Here’s why you shouldn’t consider it:
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Top 10 Mistakes to Avoid When Moving House Mistake 1 – You Don’t Plan For It
You may have heard this aphorism before: fail to plan = plan to fail.
Leaving your old home to live in a different place is a surprisingly difficult and time-consuming thing to do. After looking for a new place to live, you end your tenancy or sell your old home. You then sign a tenancy agreement or jump over all the hurdles put in your way by mortgage paperwork. You probably then think you’re through the worst of it. Not necessarily!
Grants relocate customer for first time in 40 years
Grants Removals and Storage Ltd recently relocated a customer into her new home after she had not moved for 40 years. After living in Epsom for such a long time, she decided to downsize and buy a bungalow in Woking to be closer to her family. As an older customer...
Job of the week – Grants move family into country home in Brighton
Grants Removals and Storage Ltd recently helped a family move into a fantastic country home in Brighton. The family decided to move from their house in Sutton to a large, detached property with land and stables. After finding our contact details online, they filled...
Halifax bank: Sandbanks tops the list of Britain’s most expensive seaside towns
Sandbanks in Dorset is Britain’s most expensive seaside town with average prices of £929,187, up 10% on 2020 Salcombe, Devon, 2020’s most expensive location is in second place with an average price of £912,599 The South West of England dominates the Top 10 most...
Grants move customers out of our storage warehouse after four years
Grants Removals and Storage Ltd recently moved a long-standing storage customer's furniture out of our warehouse. After selling their large home in Surrey four years ago, they needed somewhere to store their furniture and possessions while completing the renovation...
Halifax House Price Index: UK house prices rise steeply to reach new record high
Figures from the latest Halifax House Price Index show monthly house price growth of 1.4% the biggest increase for six months. This has pushed the average property price to reach another new record high of £282,753 and two years on from the first lockdown, house...
Do you need competitively priced storage?
Depending on your circumstances a home move often requires a partial or complete move of items into store. Grants' offers storage in secure warehouses and our team is experienced in managing storage moves. We'll also deliver your items out of storage and into your new...
Job of the week: Customer moved into Surrey property after using our storage facility for six months
Grants Removals and Storage Ltd recently helped customers move out of our storage facility and into their new home. After selling their large house six months ago, they moved into rented accommodation while they waited for their onward purchase to go through. As they...
Last minute move in Kingswood for divorcing couple
Grants Removals and Storage Ltd recently completed a last-minute move for a divorcing couple who thought they had booked a removal firm. Their property in Kingswood, Surrey, had been sold and they were very close to the completion date. They left it late to book us...
Halifax: Detached homes now more than £420,000 as demand soars
According to new research from Halifax, the UK housing market boom has been driven by a surge in buyer demand for detached properties during the pandemic. Figures based on data from the Halifax House Price Index and conducted in partnership with IHS Markit show the...
Grants relocate older customers who lived in their house for 50 years
Grants Removals and Storage Ltd recently moved a couple who had lived in their home for 50 years. They had sold their home in Wallington, Surrey, and were very nervous about moving. Even though they were not going far, they wanted a trustworthy local firm....