What is the best way to relocate?

[rlcarroll]

Hi I am a 33 year old married mother to 3 children aged 11, 8 and 7 and for the past 2 1/2 years we have had lots of family problems with my in laws and we are now at the stage where we are considering moving away Cornwall area is where we are thinking of, my husband is in temporary employment at the moment until the end of February and then needs to find another job and I work part time obviously we would need to find work and somewhere with good schools and I am just not sure how the best way to go about his is? Any help or advice would be grately appreciated, thanks :)

[annie0000]

I would think that your starting point would be to look for jobs in the general area that you are considering, then look at the best options for housing/schools to fit in with what employment you get.

It is a hard one really, I have relocated a couple of times, but that has been driven esentially by a change of job and then I have worked everything around that - e.g. somewhere convenient to travel to and from my job. The time before last, we moved and then realised that although we liked the house and estate we lived in, we were really not happy with the location and the town we were in. At least by that time, we had had a chance to see where we would prefer and then moved again!

Try looking at upmystreet.com for info - there is loads on information available on the web.

You also need to think about your lifestyle and what you enjoy and don't enjoy about where you are now and what things you would like access to e.g. shops, cinemas, countryside walks, football clubs etc - that may draw your ideas closer to a particular spot. You might want to involve the kids about what is important to them as well.

A hard decision to make, but make it with your eyes fully open about what you are moving to, rather than just jumping in to anything.

[flyingpig]

Cornwall is a beautiful place to live but house prices are high and wages often low. Public transport is not good so both of you would need to drive.