Britons find moving home more stressful than having a baby, getting divorced, starting a new job or getting married, it has been claimed.
New research from online agent Yopa, involving 2,000 home owners, found that one in four home movers were left feeling depressed and ill, while 65% had lost sleep.
The most stressful part of the process was the cost of the actual move, which averaged £6,600 including legal and estate agents’ fees.
Despite their frequently negative moving experiences, 62% said that moving home worked out fine in the end, with 82% admitting to researching on Rightmove and Zoopla.
Yopa has launched a ‘smooth move’ campaign, to coincide with its new ‘Just Move In’ concierge service.
Yopa charges from £889 upfront, to £2, 299 for its ‘premium’ no sale, no fee service. In some London postcodes, the price range is from £1,399 to £3,399.
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Funny, I never found child birth stressful in fact I slept through it, mind you divorce maybe if she who rules reads this.
Yopa has launched a ‘smooth move’ campaign, to coincide with its new ‘Just Move In’ concierge service.
Ahh that’s it, its an advert. Meanwhile in the rest of the world consumers find moving home more stressful than having a baby, getting divorced, starting a new job or getting married, AND some are not allowed to own a home or costs much, much more.
*Breaking News* YOPA claims 62% of their vendors lose sleep whilst dealing with YOPA!.
Obviously not, but unless the research is completely made up, surely they must be talking to their own vendors?
I kid you not, I heard this yesterday:
“I am acting for sellers. The buyer’s solicitor has been in contact to say that they will be forwarding funds to us first Thing on the day of completion and expect my clients to vacate by 10.30 am as the buyer’s removal company will impose financial penalties if they cannot complete the removal in the morning.
I responded to say that my clients would not be able to vacate that early (it is quite a big house that they are packing up). The response from the solicitor was that if my clients do not give vacant possession by the time the money reaches our account their client will sue for breach of contract as the Law Society’s code for completion states that completion takes place place when we become aware that funds have reached our account.”
Aside from a poor stance from a removal company, the buyer’s lawyer has it all wrong as a seller has until 11.59pm to complete…only the buyer’s lawyer is at fault, as under the’Code for Completion’ – which needs serious review anyway – they are the ones who gave an undertaking to complete when they are aware they have received the buyer’s money …… but the buyer’s lawyer would be crazy to pursue that, or they will open themslves up for counter allegations when it is their turn to act for a seller and buyer’s money arrives early.
It just shows how removal companies and conveyancers can also add stress to the mix!
Likely that the physical move can be completed in half a day, client has no desire to pay for a full day. Moving company will do as instructed by customer. If that customer is paying by the hour or by day/half day then that is the influence. Not the mover. I agree it is a daft situation. Response is quite simply based upon test of reasonableness. Simply state time in contract will be ‘x’ and that is the time home will be vacant by. That the system in this country is so utterly stupid as to have a complete disconnect between financial transaction / contract / common sense / defined practice is something that causes these situations. Makes a nice change to see it being a problem of too soon rather than the everyday ‘too late’. Moving company is reactionary in this, not pro-actionary. Bringing them into it serves only to deflect from the idiocy of the process.
If law society wish to go public with the headline nobody has the right to move in on the day they buy a house i can’t wait to see the fall out.
To claim a buyer would possibly have to wait until midnight to move in after having moved out by 1pm is absurd and is the real issue here.
The logic here is non existent , woefully idiotic and stupid.
More stressful than having a baby, getting divorced, starting a new job or getting married,
This is not new research and it’s certainly not a news story. It’s an old canard that has been the staple line of some agents and all of the media for decades. It’s a lazy and inaccurate statement being used by a company to prop up some specious advertising claim.
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It is possible to lose sleep because you’re excited and looking forward to moving, not just because you’re depressed about the whole thing. And why is the cost the most stressful part? I’ll tell you why. It’s because too many people use unqualified and inexperienced so-called professionals whose incompetence only adds to the stress. Frankly, if the average cost is £6,600, then for the majority of us who do the job properly we’re being underpaid. (But then you know that already).
You’re quite right about excitement.