External Factors that Could Delay you Moving to the SW1 Area
Posted on 01/09/2014
The number of things that can go wrong for you on moving day is endless, regardless of how much work you put into organising the move and making sure everything happens when it is supposed to, there are always external factors that could delay or even temporarily prevent you from moving. The best thing you can do is consider what these external factors could be and the best thing you can do to make the most of the situation, familiarising yourself with the following will prove very beneficial.
One of the most common external factors that create problems when moving is the weather, you can’t bank on having glorious sunshine on removal day and especially in the SW1 area, there is always a chance that it could rain or snow, we could have a hurricane or a storm, and if you have not prepared for this it can put a halt to moving home. The best thing you can do is always keep umbrella’s and waterproof sheets to hand to protect your things, if there is a chance of snow then grit or salt the pathway in between the houses and where the removal van will be parked. Further to this, keep some warmer, waterproof clothing to hand.
Another thing that could delay you moving home is the traffic you come up against whilst moving your things from one home to the next. Give some consideration to the journey time, and how peak traffic times might affect this, if possible find an alternative and quieter route for if you absolutely have to move during rush hour traffic. And always ensure that when you think about the route from your old to your new home, you make sure that the van will be able to travel it, that there are no low bridges or anything that the van might not be able to pass.
When buying a home most people are involved in a chain, if you are selling your home and buying another, for instance, and the person buying your home pulls out at the last minute, this will most likely mean that you won’t be able to move into your new house (how are you going to finance it without the money from the sale of your old house). The bigger the chain is the more likely it is going to be that someone somewhere has to pull out at the last minute affecting everyone else within that chain, therefore to minimise the effect that this could have on you try to keep the chain as small as possible. For example, try to sell to a first time buyer who doesn’t have a home to sell in order to finance purchasing yours, or buy from someone who is moving into rented accommodation or already has purchased another home to live in.
Your bank could delay your move by not releasing the funds you need in order to purchase your new property in a timely fashion, this could be for any number of reasons and will usually because they have some missing information or signatures. To prevent this from happening, call your mortgage provider prior to moving day and ensure that they have everything they need to release the funds to you. If there is a problem with your mortgage provider releasing funds this could delay your move for weeks, so it is important you check.
When you have collected the keys for the new property, you should ensure that you change the locks to your new home as soon as possible. The house will have had a number of residents living inside of it over the years, all of whom will have had keys and some of whom may not have returned those keys when moving out.
