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Moving & Scotland
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So, I thought you guys could so all my thinking for me.
I moving to Scotland for at least a year, maybe more. Currently living at home, greater london ish, so will be a nice big change.
Plan is to stay on a friends sofa for the first two weeks while I look for somewhere to live, then I'm away for 2 weeks, then I've got a bit of holiday to do the actually moving thing.
So - tips and advice please on the following:
What I need to take for first two weeks - flying there, and staying in someones house, also starting new job and looking for house in this time.
What to look for when looking for somewhere to live for the next year - shared house or solo renting.
I haven't actually worked out what I'm doing, as in sharing or renting my own place. So any thoughts on that too.
I moving to Scotland for at least a year, maybe more. Currently living at home, greater london ish, so will be a nice big change.
Plan is to stay on a friends sofa for the first two weeks while I look for somewhere to live, then I'm away for 2 weeks, then I've got a bit of holiday to do the actually moving thing.
So - tips and advice please on the following:
What I need to take for first two weeks - flying there, and staying in someones house, also starting new job and looking for house in this time.
What to look for when looking for somewhere to live for the next year - shared house or solo renting.
I haven't actually worked out what I'm doing, as in sharing or renting my own place. So any thoughts on that too.
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I would probably go for a room in a shared house to start with ideally with a short agreement of maybe 6 months, that will give you a chance to get to know people if you dont' knwo that many and work out where you want to live and how you get on with living with people or know you definately want to live on your own.
I've never done the standard house hunting thing before - so knowing what I need for that is useful. Also, what is it worth looking out for when looking at places?
If you looking at a shared house, what the other people in it are like and what types of jobs they do (if they are students you might end up being liable for paying all of the council tax and annoyed by late nights early mornings). Do they have any house rules, how do they split bills, sort out the bathroom rota in the morning.
You might also want to consider asking around at work as there may be others in a similar situation.
If I am guessing right about where your moving to then there are some really nice streets round the back of the highstreet area which are quiet but close to everything.
Getting accommodation & employment will be different depending on where you're going.
You might need guarantor details for rent or references from previous landlords, if you have any?
Good luck with the move!
You should use the first couple of weeks getting to grips with the area and working out where you want to base yourself. You definitely don't want to make a bad decision about living somewhere that's disconnected from where you're gonna need to be.
Either way though, just go with it and enjoy yourself.
I moved to Thailand for 8 months earlier this year. I didn't know anybody out there, or even speak the language, but had the time of my life. Who needs planning, right?