If you are following any property investment advice it is almost certain that you will have to move house at some stage in your life. This is because most investment strategies are built around using the equity in your house as the basis for acquiring more property. Inevitably, this will lead to at least one or more house moves in your life.
On the face of it moving house is a straightforward proposition albeit physically and emotionally draining one. If there are children involved however, you need to plan carefully so that you reduce the stresses much as possible and, who knows, you might even enjoy the day!
Of course, it depends on the age of the children but for arguments sake let’s assume you have children of early school age and need to make a plan to move house. Here is a checklist of things you should do to make moving day not only less painful, but even enjoyable!
- Children can often be confused by a change of location so it is important to start talking about it many weeks in advance. Even better, wherever possible, drive the children to their new house and look at it from the outside at least every couple of days so they slowly become used to the idea. Talk to them about the local parks, and any exciting features you can think of to make the new environment sound as alluring and as exciting as possible. If it isn’t possible to visit your new house, look at photographs every day and talk about a new aspect of it so that the children become more familiar and have a clear picture painted inside their minds.
- Make sure the children participate in every aspect of the move. This means getting them to start packing up their rooms and labelling boxes as early as possible in the process. Help them to think about where they will be putting things in their new room at the same time so that they have a clear understanding of what is happening every step of the way.
- Leave out any special toys for removal day so they can use them for comfort.
- See if you can get some other members of your family to look after your children on the day of the move itself so that they are not in the way of the removalists. This will avoid accidents and if you make the right plans, the day can be enjoyable for them so that when the removal is done they can move in to their new rooms straight away.
- Always remain enthusiastic about the move and keep the conversations upbeat.
- Try to maintain the same family routine after you have moved into your new house so that the children do not have a sense of disruption.
- Always be ready to talk to the children about any concerns or fears they have and bring them out into the open for all the family to discuss.
Your new property investment will take on a completely different aura when you involve the children in the move and let them see how moving house can be exciting too.
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