Aim: To ensure that people have realistic expectations of what the relocation will entail, the area being relocated to and how to organise the move so the arrival proceeds as smoothly as possible.
The orientation tour encompasses a broad range of subjects and can include visits to sites tailored to the interests of the individual or family, focusing on either education or housing. The search consultant collects the relocatee (and family) by car and gives a preliminary briefing prior to driving around the chosen area. This service is also an integral part of the Rental Homesearch.
Typically, an orientation would include:
• UK overview: brief insight into British culture and way of life; socioeconomic history and trends; the media; the legal system; political and economic climate; weather; holidays and traditions; banking; utilities; driving regulations;
• Local area overview: housing; healthcare; education; shopping; local authority services; public and private transport; parks; places of worship; sites of historic or educational interest; leisure facilities; distances from airports / major cities;
• Provision of information pack: - Guide book to living in the UK; Maps; Highway Code; Local newspaper; Area handbooks
Area Orientation including a Property Specific Overview
Full orientation with specific advice about and insight into local housing market. Tour route will include viewings of appropriate properties in key target areas.
• Completion of Rental Homesearch Requirements Profile by the relocatee
• Advice about and insight into local housing market
• Tour route will include viewings of appropriate properties in key target areas.
Area Orientation with overview of state and private schools
Full orientation with specific advice about schools, including providing web addresses and information prior to visit, arranging for prospectuses of schools to be available during tour and external viewings of appropriate schools
• Completion of an Education Requirements Profile by the relocatee
• Providing web addresses and information of local schools prior to visit
• Arranging for prospectuses of schools to be available during tour
• External viewings of appropriate schools
