2011 Blog review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an excerpt:

A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 5,400 times in 2011. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 5 trips to carry that many people.

Click here to see the complete report.

Who should I notify before moving house?

So, you’re about to sign on the dotted line and you’re already looking forward to moving in to the new house? Who do you need to call to notify of your new address? Here’s a handy checklist (in no particular order) to use as a guide;

• ·         Gas company
• ·         Electricity company
• ·         Water/sewerage provider
• ·         Telephone provider
• ·         Mobile phone provider
• ·         Broadband provider
• ·         Satellite/cable provider
• ·         T.V Licensing Authority
• ·         Bank
• ·         Building Society
• ·         Credit card companies
• ·         Store card companies
• ·         Loyalty card companies
• ·         Shares organisations
• ·         Doctor
• ·         Dentist
• ·         Optician
• ·         Medical/life insurance company
• ·         Car/house insurance companies
• ·         Osteopath/Chiropractor
• ·         Vet
• ·         Health clinic
• ·         Motoring organisations
• ·         DVLA
• ·         Council tax office
• ·         Social security office
• ·         JobCentre
• ·         Passport Office
• ·         Employer
• ·         National Insurance Office
• ·         Inland Revenue
• ·         Pension Office
• ·         Nursery/Playgroup
• ·         School/s
• ·         Extra curricular teachers/groups
• ·         Magazine subscription companies
• ·         Charities
• ·         Sports/social clubs
• ·         Royal Mail (don’t forget to redirect the post for 6mths as well!)
• ·         Telephone/Mail Preference Service
• ·         Online shopping accounts

We’d hope you’ve already let your removal company know when to turn up.

Don’t forget to let your estate agent know where you’re moving to. We’re usually the first stop for new owners looking to drop off post/parcels and you’d be amazed at the amount of items we ship to old clients in their new homes every year!

Madison Oakley video testimonial collage

Now released, our most recent testimonials from our clients available on YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/­watch?v=s3M2FlXCyKY

How to sell your house & choose your estate agent

 

Learn how to pick the right agent, how to avoid stress when selling your home and discover some of the tricks of the trade.

It’s finally ready – we’re delighted to announce the publication of our 12 page/1MB downloadable Madison Oakley guide to estate agents & selling your home – now available direct from our website homepage. Got a question about the selling process or what estate agents do? Find the answers in our guide (and if we’ve missed anything out, do let us know!). We’ve planned out the whole process of selling, from choosing an agent all the way to handing over the keys – all from the owner’s point of view.

Click on the “Our Guide to Selling” button on our website homepage to download our guide. Please do let us know your thoughts – we’ve worked hard to try and make our guide the most comprehensive study we can find and we’d be delighted to hear any comments.

School information in and around Bath

Thanks to the tireless efforts of Bath Mums (@bathmums on Twitter), there is now a superb resource map available for those of you agonising over where to live and which school to send your offspring to. Visit http://www.bathmums.co.uk/schools/ for all the information you’ll ever need on schools within the BA1, BA2 and BA3 postcodes.