I'm probably a bit quick off the mark posting considering I'm barely a wet week in the UK, but just made the big move & thought I'd share my experience of same for anyone interested.
We're a family of 2+3, 1 was working part time, one unemployed & in <1 year arrears of mortgage, negative equity of €200k approx. One personal loan of >€5k, no credit cards, two mobile phone contracts of >€100 altogether.
We both applied for employment, one of us got work, so moved over 3 weeks ago.
It's all still very new & lots to be done keeping us busy ie, applying for bank account, National insurance no., registering family for NHS no. etc
One thing I will say is to allow for a few grand in moving costs. Obvious as this might sound, they can add up! we're already up to approx. €4k owed to our very kind family for rent+deposit, flights over, UK car insurance, there are a lot of costs that don't be long about adding up.
One thing that caused me great concern was renting a house as the estate agency run a credit check on you. I have since been advised that this is irrelevant as it checks your UK history only, not Irish.
If you decide to buy a UK registered car in Ireland before you move (to transport stuff over) then make sure it's taxed & MOT'd as it can take several weeks to get the car registered in your name then either tested or taxed.
House removal firms can be costly, pallet companies are much cheaper & you can fit a surprising amount of possessions on a pallet. I found costs ranged from €80+ per pallet for 48 hour delivery Ireland to UK.
If you plan to visit UK prior to moving, it might be a good idea to pick up a UK mobile or a sim for an unlocked phone on that visit. It means when applying for jobs you have UK contact immediately & if you run in to problems on your travel over, you will have a functioning phone. I found out the hard way that roaming was not set up on my Irish phone despite my provider advising me differently!
I returned my keys by jingle mail with advice of our new address.
We're a family of 2+3, 1 was working part time, one unemployed & in <1 year arrears of mortgage, negative equity of €200k approx. One personal loan of >€5k, no credit cards, two mobile phone contracts of >€100 altogether.
We both applied for employment, one of us got work, so moved over 3 weeks ago.
It's all still very new & lots to be done keeping us busy ie, applying for bank account, National insurance no., registering family for NHS no. etc
One thing I will say is to allow for a few grand in moving costs. Obvious as this might sound, they can add up! we're already up to approx. €4k owed to our very kind family for rent+deposit, flights over, UK car insurance, there are a lot of costs that don't be long about adding up.
One thing that caused me great concern was renting a house as the estate agency run a credit check on you. I have since been advised that this is irrelevant as it checks your UK history only, not Irish.
If you decide to buy a UK registered car in Ireland before you move (to transport stuff over) then make sure it's taxed & MOT'd as it can take several weeks to get the car registered in your name then either tested or taxed.
House removal firms can be costly, pallet companies are much cheaper & you can fit a surprising amount of possessions on a pallet. I found costs ranged from €80+ per pallet for 48 hour delivery Ireland to UK.
If you plan to visit UK prior to moving, it might be a good idea to pick up a UK mobile or a sim for an unlocked phone on that visit. It means when applying for jobs you have UK contact immediately & if you run in to problems on your travel over, you will have a functioning phone. I found out the hard way that roaming was not set up on my Irish phone despite my provider advising me differently!
I returned my keys by jingle mail with advice of our new address.