Lady jane louise Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 Hi I'm moving home to UK after 21 years in aus Dies anyone know of company's that maybe help with rentals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marisawright Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 (edited) Best of luck with the move. Your only sensible option is to book an Airbnb or a holiday flat for a month when you first arrive, then look around. The two main websites are https://www.rightmove.co.uk/ and https://www.zoopla.co.uk/. There's also an app called Movebubble that I'm seeing a lot of publicity for - no idea if it's any good. I'm not aware of any companies that will find rentals for you. There are executive relocation companies (try Googling "executive relocations uk"), but they serve the top end of the market. Edited July 16, 2021 by Marisawright 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulip1 Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 As Marisa says, go for a holiday type rental to start with, Airbnb probably easiest. Rightmove is great for seeing what’s about longer term. Most will do a credit search which will be irrelevant in your case as you’ve lived overseas for so long. They may well ask for references and they will need evidence of income to confirm affordability. Just the usual things really. Will you be working/have pension income? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderer Returns Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 On 16/07/2021 at 07:59, Lady jane louise said: Hi I'm moving home to UK after 21 years in aus Dies anyone know of company's that maybe help with rentals I can highly recommend Overseas Packers & Shippers, if you plan on shipping a load of stuff back. All our stuff arrived yesterday, and not a single item was broken or damaged https://www.overseaspackers.com.au/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady jane louise Posted July 17, 2021 Author Share Posted July 17, 2021 On 16/07/2021 at 11:00, Marisawright said: Best of luck with the move. Your only sensible option is to book an Airbnb or a holiday flat for a month when you first arrive, then look around. The two main websites are https://www.rightmove.co.uk/ and https://www.zoopla.co.uk/. There's also an app called Movebubble that I'm seeing a lot of publicity for - no idea if it's any good. I'm not aware of any companies that will find rentals for you. There are executive relocation companies (try Googling "executive relocations uk"), but they serve the top end of the market. Thankyou so much You have really helped me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady jane louise Posted July 17, 2021 Author Share Posted July 17, 2021 20 hours ago, Tulip1 said: As Marisa says, go for a holiday type rental to start with, Airbnb probably easiest. Rightmove is great for seeing what’s about longer term. Most will do a credit search which will be irrelevant in your case as you’ve lived overseas for so long. They may well ask for references and they will need evidence of income to confirm affordability. Just the usual things really. Will you be working/have pension income? Thankyou so much for your help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandL Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 The biggest obstacle seems to be having no UK Credit Rating. We came back twice now and always found that's the biggest hurdle, be it a mobile phone contract or a rental. With rentals we always ended up paying up in full for 6 month in advance . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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