Moving Home

Whether you're moving into the area, moving out of the area, upgrading or downsizing, here's advice and useful links for tenants, first-time buyers, buyers and sellers.

Electoral Register
Changes of address should be reported to the Council so the Electoral Register can be updated. Please go to /council/elections/Registering_to_Vote_-.htm for more information and to download the relevant forms.

Change of address
Change your address for Council Tax, the Electoral Register, Educations, Council Tax/Housing Benefits, Libraries and others, with the Council using this electronic form.
N.B! If you change address for the Electoral Register, you will need to print and sign the form, in order to send it to the address specified within the form, or have the form sent to your current home address.

This useful website at https://www.iammoving.com/ and offers a free service which enables you to inform all you main services of your new address.

Remember to update your vehicle registration and driving licence! Go to http://www.dvla.gov.uk to update your details.

TV Licences also need to be transferred. Go to http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/ to update your details online.

Post Office - Mail Forwarding and Redirection
Royal Mail offer a mail forwarding service to ensure you don't miss any post at your new address. Go to http://www.royalmail.com/portal/rm/jump2?catId=400040&mediaId=600008 to register.

Housing Benefits
If you are in receipt of Housing Benefit, you must inform the Council of any change of circumstance. Go to /advice/benefits/housingbenefit for more information.

Removal Firms
The Moving Home website can help you find a removal firm in your area.

Alternatively, try http://www.yell.com/ucs/HomePageAction.do to search for companies listed by area.

Home Improvement Grants
The Council can help with various grants to improve your home, including assistance with energy efficient heating, plumbing and insulation. Go to /housing/homeimprovementgrants or /environment/energy.

Homelessness
The Council can help you if you find yourself homeless - go to for more advice.

General Advice
The Council produces a selection of useful leaflets for both private and council tenants and homeowners, which can be downloaded from /housing/HousingAdvisoryLeafletsIndex.htm.

Fish4Homes has some good general advice on their website at http://fish4.co.uk/homes/moving/index.jspincluding a searchable list of estate agents and letting agencies in the area.

Money Guardian has interesting articles on their moving home pages, at http://money.guardian.co.uk/homebuying/movinghome/0,1456,567764,00.html, including advice on the housing market, mortgages and buying to let.

Direct.gov's site at http://www.direct.gov.uk has useful lists and links, including reminders of all the things to remember on moving day.