Moving abroad is a life changing event whether you’re moving from the UK for work, retirement or just because you’ve decided to emigrate, it comes with many challenges and definitely more stress than just moving to a new house.
Brexit and COVID-19 have also added extra hurdles when considering moving away from the UK. Before going ahead with moving, there are a lot of different things you need to put into place and consider. The biggest decision of these is what you do with your UK property.
For some the option to retain there UK home is a viable option, but for some it maybe a necessity to sell up so they can afford a new place abroad or recoup cash to live out their lives. It’s important you decide whether to keep your property and rent it out or get rid of it and sell up and move on. Both options come with their pros and cons, so you need to make a decision on what is best for you and your financial situation.
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This is very dependant on your situation, because some may be in the position to hold onto there property in the UK and others maybe not. It’s unlikely you’d want to leave the property empty, so the smartest thing would be to rent the property out which is a positive because you’d be able to gain income from that property and if you ever decided to move back to the UK you’d be able to move back in. However, you will have to pay Capital Gains tax (and other taxes) on the profits you were making, you’d have to hire a property management company or letting agency to handle things on your behalf in the UK which costs money, you will have to pay for repairs on the home if anything happens and finally if you haven’t paid off the mortgage then you would have to convert your repayment scheme to ‘buy-to-let’.
If you have decided to sell your house but don’t know whether you should sell it before or after you moved abroad. Each of these options have different strengths and it’s all about deciding which is the best option for you, we will try to outline them in this section.
If you’ve already moved abroad and you’re wondering if you can sell quickly and stress-free from abroad, the simple answer is yes. You have a few options Auction, Estate Agents or a quick house sale company like ourselves.
Using an estate agent is probably the slowest of the 3 options, they can never guarantee a fast sale as it can be dependant on the state of the market at the time. Choosing the right estate agent when you plan on selling from abroad is important, you need to make sure they can make a correct evaluation and can market your property appropriately and are striving to get you viewings, this can be hard to control when you aren’t in the country. As well as this you need to choose an agent that is capable of handling a long distance property sale.
Using an auction house to sell your property when you live abroad is still possible. It will require a lot of dialogue with the auction house and you may have to provide keys to the auctioneer (as you would with an estate agent) to show potential bidders around the property. Communication is paramount, so you want to choose a established auction house that you can stay in continual contact.
If you’re looking for the fastest possible sale and at a fair price, then look no further as we offer a service that allows us to buy your house fast. We can buy property, and handle everything for you and we can do this quickly. We’ll organise and cover the solicitors charges and fees. Along with this we will keep in constant communication and make the process as easy and stress free as possible, we will of course buy the property in as little as 7 days or a timeframe that suits you. You can find out more about this service by clicking the button below.
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