how to move home/life/job/dcs long distance?

[tricot39]

Someone suggested I post my question here even though I'm looking at moving our life in the UK. Can you help?

We want to move to a new city at the other end of the country. How do I juggle selling a house and finding a new job? I have worries about being jobless and/or homeless!

Presumably we put our place on the market if I get a job offer in principle and then hand in my notice at current job when we get a buyer?

We will probably rent in the new city to make it simpler. Should we go furnished/unfurnished? Get an extra room for boxes or pay for storage until we buy?

I can't imagine packing and then moving with 2 preschoolers in tow and a 7 hour drive.... How?

Thanks

Well, the overseas move is different in that most people move overseas when they already have a job lined up or are transferring with their current employer. Sometimes the logistics can involve splitting the family short term (eg employee goes off to foreign country- trailing spouse and children stay in UK and sort out the move/ rent the house/ coincide move with school terms etc). However, an overseas employer is more likely to accept a longer lag between acceptance and start date than a UK based employer because they're usually employing an overseas bod because the skills aren't available locally and they know that an overseas move takes longer/ is more complicated.

The problem you may well have is that it could take you at least 6 months to sell your house and no UK employer will wait that long (or not ones I've met anyway!). Most people who move overseas tend to rent their house and then rent overseas as the overseas move is often temporary, and anyway, you want to make sure you like it before you burn all your bridges.

Unfortunately I don't think the 2 situations are comparable.

I would find a job first, your new employer may have a domestic relocation package which may help you sell your house or assist with renting while you sell your house.

Once you have a job offer you can work out whether you think you can sell your house within a reasonable time, probably renting in your new location until that happens. Otherwise, you may have to rent your house out in the current location and rent in your new location. If you are moving from a high cost to a low cost location you might be lucky enough for your rent on the house you own to cover the rent in your new location.

Are you heading north or south?