How the hell do you relocate a family?

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I've moved cities a few times when younger, was grand, just load the car and off to go.

Now we're considering relocating with a family. Still within the UK.

How do you sell and buy houses, get the dc into a new school, and get a job all to start at the same time?

I've probably overthought it all, but it seems almost impossible. Do we need to rent for 6 months in new location? And enroll dc in the school and aim to buy there? What if we can't find a house?

DH can wfh so he's no bother, but I'm NHS and don't want any break in employment for various reasons.

Any advice please?

Not the same as my friend's husband got a promotion which included a relocation package and help but this is what they did:

Taking children out of school for 2 weeks - touring the general area they moved to to find a town to live.

Husband moved first, rented, with help of the relocation assistant, a two bedroom flat with a rolling notice of a month in the area they wanted. He then started searching for houses.They joined him for a couple of long weekends to look together. Children were in lower primary and the school knew what was going on so missed time was quietly signed off and my friend did work with them at home.

Friend put house on the market and sorted out the move. They only moved when contracts were exchanged. 4 months of long-distance family life but they found it worthwhile as it meant no stress with a house sale and nowhere to live.

Op might you be able to port your mortgage?

i feel like schools are the hardest thing as good schools are often full. Dh wants us to relocate but I’m less keen, partly due to logistical reasons! Don’t want my kids in a worse school than currently

Not sure if it’s relevant to your situation but loads of my friends move all the time: living in an expat community in Europe. For virtually all of them, it works out because only one person (usually the man) Is working, leaving the other person (usually the woman) to organise everything else, from schools to packing to houses. It also means there is only one job to work around.

ATM in my book group we have
one moving from France to Canada, one France to Shanghai, one Switzerland to France and one France to England. In each case, it’s the husbands job that is moving and everyone else is trailing along behind.