How and where to start relocating

[Dimosaur]

Looking for some advice on how to go about relocating within the UK.

Any tips?

We currently live near London, and want to move norfolk way next year.
We've an 18 month old currently and planning to try for another baby now, while I'm on mat leave (nhs) next year, I want to move, and get a job still in nhs in King's Lynn.
(I believe as long as I go back to nhs I wouldn't have to pay my mat pay)
Looking at Swaffham, heacham way.

Also, we private rent atm, and can't afford to buy.
Would it just be a case of packing up here and moving to a private rent there, then finding a job to go back to when mat leave ends?
So exciting, I've always wanted to be nearer the beach, feel so at home at the beach.

Double check the mat pay with your HR dept. You might be able to sort a transfer maybe?
As you have nothing to sell then it's the simplest of things! Find a new job, or transfer to new role, find new place, give required notice and sort removals.

Sort out school places as soon as you can - we did this before we moved.

Nice area OP. I used to work in King's Lynn.

@bettybattenberg...
Excuse my ignorance, as first baby, How would I do that, would I contact the school directly, or local council?

If we move next year as we're thinking, LO will be 2.5 - 3.

Local Authority will have a list. Don't believe estate agents catchment areas as they are not always correct. Some schools are oversubscribed but it isn't always easy tell as it can change yearly. Check out the schools websites to get a feel for them and those that have nurseries.It is sometimes easier to get a place if the child has been to the school nursery.
I used to live near a beach and absolutely loved it. We had to move for family reasons otherwise I would still be there. Your LO will be a lovely age to move too. Don't forget they sometimes regress a little bit due to the change but soon catch up.

Your child will be too young to apply for schools but you can find out what ones are in the area you are moving to.
I relocated to Norfolk
Found a job - started four weeks after the interview
In those four weeks I had to find a house to rent and schools/college for my kids
It was all a rush - I would recommend taking a bit longer !

Well hoping to move while I'm on mat leave, then either sort out a transfer, or I'll have plenty of time to sort a job.

The thing that worries me the most is going back to work because I'll have to financially, having 2 children in childcare.

My mums just round the corner now and before CV had DS one day a week to save us nursery.
He'd just started going 1 day a week before CV hit for my third day at work and that was expensive enough !

If your child is in any formal childcare, they'll get a letter from the council about applying for school places. The national dates for primary school applications are September-early January in the school year the child turns 4. Places are allocated in the April. So it sounds like you have plenty of time.

The local authority website will have information on catchment areas and, just as importantly, how far from the school the children who got in lived. For some schools not everyone who lives in the catchment gets in.

Well he will be almost 3 when we move, so if I can get him into a nursery with his 30 hours free that'll help things I guess.
He's an end of September birthday.

Think we will have to use this time to Actually visit where we think will be good to move to.

I'm a nurse, and will have no problem getting a job, My DH is off long term sick at the moment, but is getting better and ready for work.

Just hope me Being on mat leave pay won't hinder us in finding a private rent.

I had to pay six months rent up front when I moved to secure my house as I had never rented before so had no references and was going to start a brand new job in the new area.
If your husband isn’t working and you’re in maternity pay then that could go against you with some landlords as they might think you can’t afford the rent .
If your husband isn’t working could he not do the childcare?

If he's still off work by then yes, but his health is much better now so he's hoping to get back into working when this corona virus has settled Down.

We've just relocated to a nearby area of Norfolk. What we didn't realise was that if your child has SEN (ours does) you need to be on the Cambridgeshire side of the border (schools and healthcare). The area is lovely but the support services are woeful (according to local schools and advisors). Our local school is Norfolk but they advised us to go with the next local school which is Cambridgeshire - we find out this week if we've been successful.

It's a lovely area and I'd definitely recommend the move, just consider looking for a commute in the other direction to King's Lynn.

The rental Agency will do credit checks, employers references etc. Will you pass if he's not working and you are on maternity pay?

Check with your potential new health board that they will not put you back on probation if you move to their area. And that they honour salaries so if you are near the top of your ladder through years of experience that they won’t just start you in the first rung of the band as though you’re a newbie.

I think you will struggle with the credit reference checks/employer checks when looking for a new rented house.

As I said above, he will be working but the time we moved.
I work in the NHS, so I'll easily get a job at King's Lynn hospital.