{"id":115258,"date":"2020-03-30T13:00:17","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T06:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/first-time-buyers-how-will-coronavirus-crisis-affect-our-move\/"},"modified":"2020-03-30T13:04:51","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T06:04:51","slug":"first-time-buyers-how-will-coronavirus-crisis-affect-our-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/first-time-buyers-how-will-coronavirus-crisis-affect-our-move\/","title":{"rendered":"First-time buyers: how will coronavirus crisis affect our move?"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nWe\u2019re due to move at the end of April and don\u2019t know if this qualifies as essential travelQ We are in the process of buying our first house, with our expected moving in date at the end of April 2020. We are wondering whether, in this current coronavirus climate, moving house counts as \u201cessential travel\u201d. Equally, will removal companies and cleaning companies (which we will require for our end of tenancy clean) be up and running, and classed as essential services? Many thanks, and I hope you can answer our query.AMA government guidance published on 26 March 2020 is silent on whether moving house counts as essential travel. What it does make clear is that people who haven\u2019t yet exchanged contracts on a property purchase should put off doing so. Those, like you, who have exchanged contracts can go ahead if the move is to an unoccupied house. Otherwise you should take steps to delay your completion date to which end the government is \u201cworking with conveyancers to develop a standard legal process for moving completion dates\u201d. If moving is unavoidable because you\u2019re not able to agree a delay, you must follow advice on social distancing when moving. For the staff of removal firms this could be easier said than done. Given the size of most domestic furniture, two people carrying a chest of drawers, for example, are going to be a lot less than two metres apart; ditto sitting together in the cab of the removal lorry. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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