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Area Orientation

An insight into living in a new location

The aim of the area orientation or preview trip is to provide the relocating employee and family with an insight into day to day life in the new location, enabling them to make well informed decisions around their prospective move.

Moving, especially with a family, to an unfamiliar area will raise a number of concerns around home, schooling, lifestyle, social networks and many other matters. An area orientation can address these concerns positively, giving a snapshot of daily life and with impartial advice delivered by one of our experienced Home Search specialists.

In our experience, the orientation tour is useful in both introducing the employee to a new destination but also in refining their requirements to a particular area or neighbourhood, ensuring the most effective use of any subsequent home search time.

Whilst the content of the area orientation is tailored to the individual employee, key points of the service include:

• Initial employee telephone consultation
• Client consultation and agreement of service levels
• Employee and family local Area Orientation
• Visiting a selection of property styles
• Visit some key schools in the area
• General orientation of local services – public transport and shopping
• General orientation of social and entertainment areas – local parks and recreational facilities
• Provide impartial advice on area and lifestyle
• Address employee’s questions and any concerns around the move