How much does moving cost

[motco]

GetCarter said:

Then there's the price of the removal firm. Check out the prices!

In December 2012 I paid about £900 to a remover to move a three bed house contents about twelve miles. The stamp duty and estate agent fees are the real killers. Legal fees aren't too bad in comparison.

[anonymous-user]

motco said:

GetCarter said:

Then there's the price of the removal firm. Check out the prices!

In December 2012 I paid about £900 to a remover to move a three bed house contents about twelve miles. The stamp duty and estate agent fees are the real killers. Legal fees aren't too bad in comparison.

Agree with this.

[DoubleD]

Yeah the actual moving is the cheap bit

[Welshbeef]

We decided to extend our house instead of move and it appears plenty in our street are and have done the same.

Price difference
Stamp duty
Buying fees
Selling fees
Mortgage fees
Moving fees
Hassle

All up we effectively spent the £ difference e between asking price of ours and the one we wanted but had the entire house made brand new in the process + the one we were moving into would have required work too.

We did the maths over and over and came to that solution.
Great Area great neighbours and so much £ to step up for not that much more real estate

[anonymous-user]

Moved from London to Chester in 2014.

Removals firm from Deeside, travelled down, packed everything, travelled up put into storage then collected from storage and unpacked at final destination.

£1400.

Snapped their hands off

[motco]

Welshbeef said:

We decided to extend our house instead of move and it appears plenty in our street are and have done the same.

Price difference
Stamp duty
Buying fees
Selling fees
Mortgage fees
Moving fees
Hassle

All up we effectively spent the £ difference e between asking price of ours and the one we wanted but had the entire house made brand new in the process + the one we were moving into would have required work too.

We did the maths over and over and came to that solution.
Great Area great neighbours and so much £ to step up for not that much more real estate

Yes that's right. We stayed put for thirty five years - extended once - and had good to reasonable neighbours, good access to rail and road connections. However circumstances changed in several ways, not the least of which was my retirement, so we bit the bullet and moved. Upsized against all the usual trends for retirees because each of our adult children had partners and children of their own, so for family events an extra bedroom was desirable. Now one lives in Australia so when he and his wife visit they occupy one bedroom with luggage and the other with themselves. Without all these motivations, though, we'd have stayed put where we'd been for a generation.

[DoubleD]

Welshbeef said:

We decided to extend our house instead of move and it appears plenty in our street are and have done the same.

Price difference
Stamp duty
Buying fees
Selling fees
Mortgage fees
Moving fees
Hassle

All up we effectively spent the £ difference e between asking price of ours and the one we wanted but had the entire house made brand new in the process + the one we were moving into would have required work too.

We did the maths over and over and came to that solution.
Great Area great neighbours and so much £ to step up for not that much more real estate

Yeah if possible, this is probably the most cost effective solution. But it depends on the house that you are currently in.

[wiggy001]

Petrolsmasher said:

Looking at selling my property and actually shocked as to the price of selling it my god!


House is worth 120k. Fees look to be in the region of about 3 thousand pounds to sell :/. How can i make this cheaper? Purple bricks seems to save a bit but still costly and not heard great things about them.

Are you talking about Estate Agent Fees only? If so, last time I put a house on the market the agent were charging 1%

Personally wouldn't touch PB etc al due to bad experiences as a buyer but ymmv

[Lagom]

Petrolsmasher said:

has anyone used 'housesimple', sounds like purple bricks but with more positive reviews.

Not used them to sell but they seem to be very popular on RM, a few places I have bookmarked are marketed by them. It kind of puts me off wanting to view etc.

[Lagom]

Petrolsmasher said:

has anyone used 'housesimple', sounds like purple bricks but with more positive reviews.

Not used them to sell but they seem to be very popular on RM, a few places I have bookmarked are marketed by them. It kind of puts me off wanting to view etc.

[Lindun]

Lagom said:

Not used them to sell but they seem to be very popular on RM, a few places I have bookmarked are marketed by them. It kind of puts me off wanting to view etc.

Why?

[KAgantua]

singlecoil said:

Whereabouts does a house have to be to be worth £120K?

One for the cringe thread?

[B17NNS]

Petrolsmasher said:

has anyone used 'housesimple', sounds like purple bricks but with more positive reviews.

I used House Simple last year. Pain free experience. I have a referral code if anyone wants it (gets you a free £125 premium listing). Also happy to split the £250 referral fee I'd get.

[T5SOR]

In the south and doing the move myself, it costs £10-15K the last two times I sold and bought.

[elanfan]

OP - if you’re not in a particular hurry why not get yourself a cheap mobile number and put up your own board outside. If you get a bit of passing traffic, you might strike it lucky, there are plenty of landlords looking for properties in that price area. Get an ad up on Gumtree (think they’re still free aren’t they?), some nice photos you never know. If it doesn’t sell you can always look at the other options.

[ARHarh]

singlecoil said:

Whereabouts does a house have to be to be worth £120K?

easy if you look
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prop...

Probably £3/4 million in that London

[V8RX7]

garyhun said:

SDLT has been like this for a long time so I'm surprised at the surprise.

It was WORSE 5 years ago - I know because I moved around 6 months before the change



No doubt it is now worse for a few but the old bands were horrific if you were buying just over them ie £250k+ £500k+ £1M+

[elanfan]

singlecoil said:

Whereabouts does a house have to be to be worth £120K?

How about in your own town?

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prop...

[elanfan]

singlecoil said:

Whereabouts does a house have to be to be worth £120K?

How about near you?

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prop...

[DoubleD]

elanfan said:

singlecoil said:

Whereabouts does a house have to be to be worth £120K?

How about in your own town?

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prop...

To be fair, thats not a house.