What’s the most stressful decision in your adult life? You might disagree with me on this one, but I think it’s moving home. Moving house, selling your old one and packing up is an incredibly stressful life choice. There’s so much to think about and a massive cost involved that you simply can’t avoid.
That’s why I’ve written this post. Here, you will find some of the best ways to take the stress out of a move. That way you can just look forward to starting your new life in a new place. Let’s get started.
Do Make A List
As I’ve already mentioned, there’s a lot to think about when you decide to move home. If you’re not careful, you might forget an important detail. But you can avoid this issue by making a home moving list.
Write down everything that you need to do and tick it off as you go along. On this, you can include things like arranging an inspection on a new home, or any improvements you need to make on the old one.
Do Fix Up Your Old Home
Don’t forget that a home doesn’t sell by itself. You need to put a little work into it, particularly if you want it to fetch a good price. I suggest you have a look at some of my own curb appeal concepts. Adding curb appeal to your home is one of the easiest ways you can make sure the offers on your home are high.
It’s quite simple to add curb appeal to a house. You can start by simply making sure that your garden looks neat and tidy. As well as that, you may want to try and buy a unique feature for your yard like a water fountain.
Don’t Set A Deadline
If you can avoid it, you shouldn’t set a deadline during a home move. If you do this, you’re just asking for stress. You’ll constantly think about a time in the future when you need to make progress by. But selling a house isn’t like that at all. It’s very difficult to know when you’re going to meet the right buyer or when you’re going to find the right new home for you.
Obviously, once you’ve found the perfect home and everything is in motion, then you, of course, you have a deadline to meet. But that’s when that super important list comes into action. Don’t be afraid to delegate. For example, van service is also a good choice to make sure all house appliances are delivered from your old home to a new one. If you’re living in the UK, you can look for any man and van in Runcorn.
Don’t Buy An Old Home
If you can avoid it, I wouldn’t recommend that you buy an old home. Some people love the idea of buying a fixer upper and setting to work once they move in. But other people want everything to already be perfect. If you’re in the latter group, you should buy a brand new home.
Avant new homes are perfect because they have got everything you need already set up and ready to go. The kitchen looks stunning and I don’t think you’ll need to do a lot of work to make one of their homes a dream come true.
Do Choose The Right Time To Buy
Lastly, you need to make sure that you are buying at the right time. I suggest you take both the season and the market into account. If the housing market is poor, hold off and wait until it improves. Otherwise, your house could be on sale for quite some time. I hope you find these tips useful and wish you luck with your future move.
Great tips! I’d never buy an old house, they kind of put me of for a completely different reason 😉
Haha it is very convenient having a new build. Much more time/money for the more exciting things in life xx