To ask how you moved away from your 'base' area?

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DH and I want to move. We currently live in the south east and have a small house for the price we paid/our mortgage!!

We have seen some beautiful houses further up the country in the derby area - we also have some family around there.

But how on earth did you do it? Obviously we would be leaving jobs (am already looking for a new one but cannot guarantee it!) so how does the mortgage work similarly if we did get new jobs then moved how would we time that with selling the house, completing etc?

I just don't understand how it's possible - anyone who has done this please explain!

Rent at first?

@Dozer this did cross my mind but even then they ask for proof of jobs etc also we have animals including dogs and cat and guinea pigs so trying to find somewhere is like hens teeth

I moved from the south east to the far west 5 years ago. I sorted employment first, then rented my property in the east for a year and rented a property in the west. I wanted to make sure I was happy with the move before selling up.

I then sold my place in the south east and bought somewhere. Although I miss my family and friends dearly I do prefer living in the south west.

Get the job and then commute for a while. Or vice versa.

Find new jobs, then perhaps somewhere to rent, sell old home and look for new home in new area.

We moved countries in 2020. DH had a job in new country, we rented out our house in SE and rented a new one here, then bought here after a year. We will sell old one when tenants want to leave. If you're sure you want the new area I'd rent a place whilst moving, if you can afford it. That way you can sell chain free, move out, buy chain free. Obviously it's an expensive way to do it but it massively takes the pressure off. Plus it was much easier to buy without a chain!

We moved from NW England to the west coast of Scotland. It was relatively easy for us. I WFH so my job came with me, OH is retired and we didn't need to sell the house we were in in order to buy the new one. Was still difficult to arrange, but relatively easy.

We have considered temporarily moving in with family until we 'find our feet'. DH could commute as he only goes into the office at the moment a maximum of 2x per week. I on the other hand would need to go in each day and it would be a 3 hour commute for a very very minimum wage!!

Get a job/sell simulataneously. Move. Rent. Buy. Be prepared for the family to potentially be split for a while.

You have family in the area which is really good if you need to stay with them for a while if your old house doesnt sell, and you need to start a new job.

When I was a kid my family did this. Me and my Dad moved to Gloucestershire so I could start school in the sept, and my Dad could start a new job. We stayed with my Granny. My mum stayed in Yorkshire until the house sold. We were apart for maybe 6 months.

Dh got a job first. He was on 12 weeks notice and they waited . In meantime we sold the house and bought our current one. The house was already up for sale and was going through on the proviso that the purchasers had to be flexible re a move in date. During the house sale we found our current house.I visited the area and got a job. I then came a month before dh in the end and he worked in old location ,living in a mates spare room ..

I did it. In yr 2000 so pre-internet as well for us. While waiting for exchange I had to order copies of the phone book for the new area to look up school phone numbers and utility companies ect.. And buy actual paper maps to see where the hell the nearest main shops were We'd bought a tumble down cottage in a tiny village, and we didn't know the nearby area at all.

We sorted the mortgage for the new property and then used the selling/buying conveyancing time to switch jobs basically. We were lucky in that XH got a transfer within the same company - but couldn't join me for 2 months. I moved up here with the kids (3 under 5) on my own (cottage was in an awful mess - i nearly had a mental break down) and once XH joined me i managed to get 3 or 4 part time jobs in and around the village within a couple of weeks. We made a bit of money on our move which did help keep us afloat for a couple of months till wages kicked in.

We didn't know a soul up here. It was the most stressful thing i've ever done (second only to divorcing XH 7 years later) and i'm amazed i got through it with crap husband under the circs.

This isn't much help sorry OP, but it was good to get it out