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Does the house still belong to you, or has the business taken it over? It starts as a minor inconvenience. A few boxes stacked in the corner of a bedroom. Then the landing. Then the garage. Then the car. Then one morning you are stepping over a pile of poly mailers at half past six, […]

Between homes after a breakup and not sure yet where you’re going? When a relationship ends, most people are not planning. They are reacting. A partner is moving out this weekend. Or you need your own things out of a shared place before it gets harder. You do not always know where you are going […]

Just need somewhere for a few weeks while the dates sort themselves out? Completion dates rarely line up. You hand back the keys on a Friday and the new place is not ready until the following week, or the week after, or whenever the solicitors finally sort out the chain. There is a gap, and […]

Refurb booked, but the old furniture’s slowing every tradesperson down? The gap between one tenant leaving and the next one moving in is the moment a landlord earns their money. The old tenancy is done. The new one is not ready. And somewhere between those two dates sits a property full of furniture that belongs […]

Outgrown the house but not ready to move — is there a third option? There is a moment most households recognise. A room that used to be a spare bedroom is now a holding zone for everything that does not have anywhere else to go. The pushchair is in there. The boxes from the last […]

Renting somewhere smaller while you wait for the right house to buy? Renting before you buy is a deliberate choice. You sold, or you held back from selling, to stay out of a chain. To move fast when the right place appears. To avoid being that buyer who has to wait three months before they […]

Away for a year or more — will the unit look after itself while you’re gone? You have a departure date. You have a house full of things. And somewhere between the flight booking and the packing boxes, you hit a wall: what actually happens to all of it while you are gone? The guides […]

Reading this on the very day it all went sideways? If you are reading this on the day it all went sideways, put the kettle on first. A completion date has moved, or a buyer has pulled out and the chain has gone with them, and somewhere between the removals van and the school run […]

Stuck between two completion dates with nowhere to put your things? The date has just moved again. The removal van is booked, the sellers want the keys, and the new place is not ready, or the chain has slipped and everything has shuffled by a fortnight. If that is you this week, you are not […]