{"id":12841,"date":"2026-01-19T09:52:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T09:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.craneandco.co.uk\/pages\/?p=12841"},"modified":"2026-01-19T09:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T09:52:08","slug":"how-to-prepare-emotionally-for-a-home-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.craneandco.co.uk\/pages\/how-to-prepare-emotionally-for-a-home-move\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Prepare Emotionally for a Home Move"},"content":{"rendered":"

Moving home is often about starting a new chapter in your life. But it can also be hard and stressful. Because moving is not just about packing up your physical stuff, it\u2019s about packing up your emotions too.<\/span><\/h3>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Here are our top tips for preparing yourself emotionally for a home move.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Don\u2019t expect it to be easy<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Moves only run like clockwork in sickly sweet American movies \u2013 the kind that Channel 5 runs on midweek afternoons.<\/p>\n

In real life, moving home is more complicated.<\/p>\n

Embrace the fact that things WILL go wrong during the moving process. Often, the best solution is just to shrug your shoulders, breathe deeply and move on.<\/p>\n

Allow yourself to feel<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Expect to feel stressed and even anxious about moving. It\u2019s perfectly normal.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t bottle things up.<\/p>\n

Talk to your partner and friends about how you feel. Scream or have a little weep if you want to.<\/p>\n

Take some time out<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

From time to time, take a few hours, or even a full day off, and completely move away from the process. (Pun intended.)<\/p>\n

Go out for a coffee, to the cinema, for a walk or play some sport.<\/p>\n

Turn your phone off. Switch your emails to pause. Have a strict \u2018no moving talk, thank you\u2019 rule with your companions \u2013 even just for a day.<\/p>\n

Say goodbye to your old place<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

This might sound odd, but it\u2019s worth doing. It\u2019s one of the best things you can do to prepare yourself emotionally for a move.<\/p>\n

Whether it\u2019s been a long-term home or even just a shortish rental, you\u2019re bound to have memories firmly embedded in the bricks and mortar. That\u2019s life.<\/p>\n

Hopefully, you\u2019ll have good memories \u2013 such as a first home together or the pitter-patter of tiny feet \u2013 but you might have some sad ones too.<\/p>\n

You can bid farewell to your home just in your head if you like. Or say goodbye aloud to every room for real.<\/p>\n

Who cares what anybody else thinks? You\u2019ll feel all the better for it. And usually you won\u2019t have an audience, anyway.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s best to start saying goodbye as soon as you\u2019ve decided to move. This way, once moving day comes, you\u2019ll be emotionally ready to start a new chapter in your life, too.<\/p>\n

A good agent can help<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

It\u2019s the agent’s job to help with the many aspects of moving home. And we like to think we\u2019re good at it.<\/p>\n

So, if you have any worries or concerns about your move, don\u2019t hesitate to pick up the phone and talk. We\u2019re good listeners, and we\u2019ll do everything we can to help.<\/p>\n

Doing business the ethical way<\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n

We are proud members of the Ethical Agent Network (EAN).<\/p>\n

A national group of independent agents who have been independently tested to ensure we meet strict standards of honesty, service, professionalism, and community care.<\/p>\n

To find out more about what we do and why we passed the EAN and are the only local agency in the network, contact us today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Moving home is often about starting a new chapter in your life. But it can also be hard and stressful. Because moving is not just about packing up your physical stuff, it\u2019s about packing up your emotions too. \u00a0Here are our top tips for preparing yourself emotionally for a home move. Don\u2019t expect it to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12842,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[8,25,28],"class_list":["post-12841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-personal-advice-from-our-team","tag-advice","tag-jerry","tag-selling"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craneandco.co.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craneandco.co.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craneandco.co.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craneandco.co.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craneandco.co.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12841"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.craneandco.co.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12843,"href":"https:\/\/www.craneandco.co.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12841\/revisions\/12843"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craneandco.co.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craneandco.co.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craneandco.co.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craneandco.co.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}