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Three free e-books
on buying, selling and moving. |
| Handling
the transition |
| Buying new
equipment for your home |
| Save
energy |
| Avoid the boiler blues! |
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More pages on Motherwise
Safety in the home and
on the road |
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| Making the transition |
| Excellent
guide to making the
transition from Brilliantissimo! to help you chart your own emotional journey
through the ups and downs of a major change in your lifestyle. |
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Why are we moving home? |
A fun story on audio tape for
children aged 5-9 that is both therapeutic and entertaining. Includes a booklet
for mum.
One of an excellent series of 'Coping with Growing' tapes developed in
consultation with relevant professionals by former Blue Peter presenter Diane
Jordan, who has a young child of her own - well worth checking out. |
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Berenstein Bears Moving Day
Just £1.77 for a simple book all about moving house to read with little
ones. |
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And, for after the
move...
Will this place ever feel like home?
Simple Advice for Settling in After You Move |
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The Big Move
How to Transform Relocation into a Creative Life Transition (currently out of
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Smart Moves
Your Guide Through the Emotional Maze of Relocation (currently out of
print) |
Writing a chapter on the effects
of relocation on children for the Handbook of Child Psychiatry, the author was
struck with the difficulty many children experienced following a move, and with
the lack of resources available to help adults or children deal with the
stresses of relocation.
So she began to work, with expert colleagues, on a book that could help both
individuals and families better prepare for and deal with the stresses of
relocation to produce the excellent Smart Moves (currently out of
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Moving home
How to help children handle the disruption to their friendships and
education, how to create a social life for yourself, how to sell cheaply, and
understand just what you're letting yourself in for!
But first - Great time-limited offer to help you furnish you new home!
Do you know how to check out the hidden costs when buying a new home??
Sellers always get lots of advice from Estate Agents about how to present their
homes to the buyer- time to turn the tide. Here's a great 18 page .pdf document
from Location, Location presenters Phil Spencer and Kirstie Allsopp with a
checklist
for Homebuyers (.pdf)
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Selling your home using the Internet is now as effective as using an estate
agent, with one major difference...you don't pay the agent's commission.
That's a typical saving of over £4,000.
Want to know more??? Well, for a limited period we're giving away
HouseWeb's 21-page "Guide to Selling Your Home"
Click here for your free copy
includes...
Selling - Options & Costs?
Agent or the Internet?
Reducing My Costs
What is My Home Worth?
The 6 Myths of Agents
Marketing my Property
Click here for your free copy
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Really Moving
has a useful planning and reminder service and an easy-to-use free service to
let everyone know you have moved. (Three years ago my advice was to make the
call yourself - not all the services listed were up to coping with e-reminders
but I'm sure things have moved on - so give it a go!)
Upyourstreet
compares prices and services in different areas and gives Acorn marketing
vignettes of the profile of your potential neighbours by postcode!
Fascinating!!
Will your new neighbourhood affect your credit rating??
Check my
File to find out!
Homecheck - enter your
postcode to find out the chances of landslide, flooding and subsidence. Compare
air quality and crime rates.
An amazing set of financial calculators
from This is Money - helps you work out the hidden costs of home-buying : what
would happen to your mortgage if interest rates rise and how much stamp duty
will add to the cost of the property you are considering purchasing.
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Sign up with Puddle-jumping.
Designed primarily for those who have to relocate for their jobs, Nancy's brief
newsletter (Ex-Pat Tips) is relevant to anyone moving home - and gets you
thinking about all the things you need to do to acclimatise to a new community.
Read Nancy's
Top Ten
Tips.and download her
free e-book - 102 Tips For Reducing Your Stress When Moving
Far From Home packed with valuable and unique tips for both before and after a
relocation. Primarily for ex-pats by an ex-pat.
Of click here fot the Motherwise guide to making new friends and
meeting other mums in your
new community
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Gas and electricity |
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Should you change gas and electricity suppliers? Here's an online
Energy
calculator
Find out which suppliers offer grants to help you
save energy.
Check out the insulation in your new home - and use it as a
bargaining tool to bring the price down if you need to do a lot of work. This
simple
article by Handy Andy points out the main areas. to look out
for.
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Boilers |
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Sounds a bit boring, but if you have central heating, then you might want to
check out your boiler. Boilers usually manage to break down in winter so you'll
want to make sure that yours is up to scratch before you move. If the boiler in
your new home is over 15 years old, it's probably time you gave it the elbow
and replaced it with a new one.
Think about energy-saving. Condensing boilers have been a controversial choice
in the past, but are the most energy efficient and will save you around a third
on your heating bills straight away.
If we all switched to a condensing boiler, we'd save £1.3 billion a
year!
Log on to www.boilers.org.uk. Answer a few questions and they'll even
help you work out the optimum boiler size for your new home. (Smaller than you
might think!!)
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| Buy a satellite map of your new
area - it's amazing what you'll find!! |
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Even more special : a unique
historical
map centred on your new postcode would offer a fascinating insight into the
place you'll be living .- available direct for the first time from £39.99.
Hand-drawn by expert cartographers over 100 years ago and printed on parchment
colour paper. |
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Kaleidascope
15% off your first order!! |
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| Buying
equipment for your new home? |
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Kit out your kitchen with the latest
Motherwise-recommended gadgets! |
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| Tesco remains my favourite store -
offering free delivery, free returns within 28 days, Clubcard points on all
purchases and a free emergency delivery service on selected lines (eg
washing machines). PLUS regular price checks to ensure they're the best value
around! What more could you ask! |
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other essentials well in advance of moving day and then relax on the day by
using internet shopping! Tesco allows you to enter your new address and plan
your order up to three weeks in advance. Have some great Finest meals all ready
to put in the microwave for the first few days. Because you're worth
it!!! |
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John Lewis
Always good value prices. |
At The Cotswold Company
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when they all claim the best prices, how can you be sure? |
| Fortunately, there are websites
out there prepared to take on allcomers and tell us who really does offer the
best prices. But remember that best prices don't always mean best value or
best customer service. |
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| PriceRunner offers price
compairons plus easy online access to technical specifications to help you
compare different makes of product |
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| Update : In face of all the
competition, Shopsmart. has closed and EasyValue is now powered by
Kelkoo. |
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| Find out about co-buying with
LetsBuyIt . 'Let's buy it' brings together as many people as
possible who want the same product and then goes directly to the supplier to
get the best price. |
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