So - what are the REAL costs associated with moving house at the moment ?

[puffylovett]

I don't seem to recall that there were any upfront costs when I relocated alone from London to the north.

I'm DESPERATE to move house into our local town to be near friends - at the mo we live in the outskirts / countryside. Which is lovely, but with DC2 due shortly and a toddler in tow, our 2 bed 30s semi is going to be very cramped and I HATE relying on the car.

However my other half is really reluctant to even think about moving for at least the next year or so . We need to ideally redo the bathroom and he wants to paint the flashings etc but more importantly thinks that we need money in the bank before we even put the house on the market. I'm sure that all my last set of legal fees / surveys etc just came out of the equity of the sale of my old house and I had no need for any cash up front last time.

However with the intro of the HIPS - has this all changed ?

Thanks for reading !

Need to pay for the HIP (in the region of £250 - £300) upfront. Other than that as you say it all comes out of the equity of the sale of the old house. I'm not sure about the removal company, last time we moved we did it outselves. This time we're getting a removal company in and we've assumed thats a bill we have to pay out of our bank account and not the sale of the house.

Good luck with whatever you decide.

I know this is a zombie thread but could anyone talk to me about upfront costs as if I'm an idiot

Off the top of my head...(non exhaustive list)

Estate agent
Solicitor
Searches
Stamp duty
Surveyor
Removal firm

I've also paid for Chancel Liability insurance

Also, in my experience, when you move in there's always things that need doing, whether it be chimney sweep, new carpets, fixing that annoying squeak/leak, putting in a cat flap....

We’ve just moved, surveys, solicitors, searches, stamp duty, removal costs came to just over £16k. Buying a house for £400k. We used equity from our sale but needed some money for searches, surveys before completion, depending on your surveys then I’d say between £500-£2k.

Mail redirection
Cleaning
Packing materials