Money Advice service - Millions of Brits hit by unexpected home moving costs

10 Aug 2012 01:24 PM

According to our new research, almost three million people who recently moved home were ‘surprised’ by the cost of moving, and over one million of the home-movers admitted they encountered ‘unexpected’ costs for which they hadn’t budgeted.

Our survey, commissioned to launch our new Smart Move campaign, asked over a thousand home-movers about their recent experience and the cost. The majority (68%) of people, who’d recently moved, said it was surprising how home moving costs added up, and 37% of the people who incurred costs said the cost of moving was ‘more’ than they expected.

To help home-movers prepare for the overall cost of moving day, we have created Smart Mover – free online tool to help home movers get to grips with the cost of moving day

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