DH has accepted a job offer 2.5 hrs away. We have just had an offer accepted on a house there and have sold our house. We are doing our mortgage application based on my current income: I don't yet have a job down there.
I'm a teacher and currently there is nothing for me to apply for with a September start although obviously this is changing all the time and in any case I could do supply if necessary.
Now, what I have said to the lender is this: since I work three consecutive days a week, I can 'commute' in the sense of staying with friends for part of each week and continuing in my current job. It obviously wouldn't be ideal (we have two pre-schoolers) but it's doable as my mum lives close to the new house and is keen to help, plus obviously it wouldn't be for very long. All of this is true by the way although it's more likely that I will actually find a new job during the summer term.
I'm concerned though that this will look strange to an underwriter and that our application will be rejected. Then I start panicking about doing multiple applications as presumably your chances go down each time?
Can anyone reassure me? Presumably people relocate all the time in similar circumstances - how do they get around it?