Relocating to Scotland

[HungryTeacher]

Hello everyone,

This is a bit of a logistical question for people who have done a big move.

We are currently in South London but originally from Scotland. We would like to move back up to somewhere around Glasgow or Edinburgh. We have one child now and would like more. We will never be able to buy a house here and we loved being in Scotland.

I'm a teacher and my husband works in finance. My question is logistical really. How does one organise such a big move? When we moved down here we were renting and a couple, so fairly easy. But now we would both need jobs starting at a similar time. We own a small 2 bedroom place that we have to sell.

We would be happy to rent in Scotland first and then buy once we are sure about the area. This also means we could be chain free.

But how do you coincide the sale of a house and 2 jobs starting at the same time? What if the place doesn't sell and then we have new jobs somewhere else? What if someone wants to buy but we aren't ready to move up just yet? Best time for us would be the summer holidays.

I know this may sound silly to experienced movers but the logistics behind it all give me a bit of a headache.

I don't really know but would think the order would be

Find jobs
Rent house in Scotland for start dates
Sell current house
Buy house in Scotland

One of you may need to move up first depending on start dates.

No real advice about the logistics of moving, but if you are intending to work as a teacher I suggest startng the process of getting registered with the GTCS as soon as possible. It can take a few months to get processed sometimes and can be quite an arduous process as I discovered!

Charger, thank you. That's kinda what I thought order wise. NY fear is sorting everythig and then being unable to sell (which would mean no move at all). Maybe one of us could go up a tiny bit earlier and sort the rental and stuff, you're right.

Fuckweasel, thank you. That's literally the first thing on my list and I'm in the process of gathering some bits. When did you make the move? How did you find it?

If you have some cash around, it all becomes a bit easier. Eg, find jobs, find rental, empty house and put everything in storage, pay estate agent to show people around house, sell house, buy house.

If not, it's a bit more complicated and I think could actually be a lot easier if one of you moves up first.

Thank you. I mean we have some cash but we couldn't pay the mortgage and rent for more than a few months.

Move into rented in Scotland
Rent out the flat in London
Then you never need to coordinate sales

@chergar

I don't really know but would think the order would be

Find jobs
Rent house in Scotland for start dates
Sell current house
Buy house in Scotland

One of you may need to move up first depending on start dates.

That seems the most logical way for me too.

If DH is in finance it might be more difficult for him to get a job so I'd set him looking first. Once he's lined a job up, find a place to rent, once you have a rental sorted get your place on the market, then start looking for teacher work / get registered with supply agency's.

Could you put the London place on the market now then job hunt and move to rented in Scotland when that sells?

We were similar but no kids. We put house on market and both started applying for jobs. I got job first and had the dilemma of should I take it or not. I took it and moved back in with my parents for a while. The house then sold so we put an offer in on a property in Scotland. When it all settled my dh moved up with no job. He was unemployed for a week. It would have been very different with a child and if I didn't have my parents to stay with.

Actually could you rent your London place out for a year or so, and rent up here? It takes a bit of time to get to know areas, etc.

Thank you all.

We dont have anyone we can stay with and we really noth need jobs to get another mortgage/port ours.

We cant rent out our place due to a variety of reasons unfortunately. That would be the perfect options but we aren't allowed.

This has given me a lot to think about. Thanks everyone

Would none of your family / friends even put DH up short term to let him start a job so you can deal with selling up in London?

Another not very good option would be to try and do a deal with a small B&B who might be glad to get a couple of months business from one person.

Sorry for the late response. Yes one of us could possibly stay with a family member, just not all of us for an extended period.

B&b would be another option and possibly more flexible with more of us.