Some of you will know, but a lot of you won’t know that I have very recently moved house and city. I am London born and raised so starting over somewhere completely new was a big step and it all sort of came about in a very spur of the moment kind of way.
My sister and I had a conversation about finding a house together and she suggested that we leave London I had briefly lived in the Midlands before so I was willing to give it a think and we started looking… Fast forward about 8 weeks and we now live in Birmingham yay!
What I want to talk a little about now though, is the process in between…
The whole process started out with us at home in London trying to figure out which part of Birmingham we wanted to live in, asking friends about good areas and trying to figure out what our budget was. The first choice we had to make once we decided on where and how much, was whether we were going to go through an agent or go direct to a private landlord. There was a ton of agents offering great homes and because we were travelling up from London to do the viewings it made more sense to use an agent so we could see more houses in each visit up there.
We made a total of 3 trips to Birmingham to look at houses, the first house we wanted was one we found in the first trip but unfortunately the landlord didn’t want any pets in the property and I have little chihuhua mix so that one was a no go. The second house we decided we wanted and are actually now living in is a house we found that was above our budget and a lot further out than we wanted but it turned out to be perfect.
From viewing the house to move in day was approx 3 weeks while we went through the referencing process etc the referencing agent used was HomeLet they made the process really easy and kept great correspondence with us so we always knew what was going on and how far along we were with the process. They provide insurance for tenants as well as for landlords and carry out all referencing for the agents. They really are an ‘all your needs under one roof’ type of company and it makes the moving process easier and takes a lot of stress out of finding insurance and constantly chasing agents for status updates on the referencing application.
Now I’m looking forward to the best part… decorating!
I love buying things for the home and making the house reflect your personality. Soon on the blog I will be doing more home and decor posts and I can’t wait!