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The links worth having. Nothing else.
24 services we’d actually use ourselves. Official and regulator links are never monetised, and nothing here is ordered by who pays us.
How to read the badges
- Official — GOV.UK, a regulator or a government service.
- Register — the professional body’s own search.
- Independent — impartial, not-for-profit or consumer bodies.
- Ours — run by My Home Survey Ltd. We’d obviously like your business.
Find an energy certificate
Check whether a property already has a valid EPC before you pay for another one. Search by postcode.
Open OfficialGOV.UKFind your local council
Council tax, bin collections, parking suspensions for the removals lorry and school admissions all start here.
Open OfficialDVLAChange your address with the DVLA
Free, takes minutes, and driving on an out-of-date licence or V5C is a fineable offence. Do the log book too.
Open OfficialGOV.UKRegister to vote at your new address
Affects your credit file as well as your vote — lenders check the electoral roll. Five minutes, once you are in.
Open OfficialHMRCTell HMRC you have moved
Keeps your tax code, child benefit and tax credits correct. Doing it late is how people end up on the wrong code.
Open IndependentRoyal MailMail redirection
Redirect post for 3, 6 or 12 months. Takes several working days to start, so set it up about four weeks out.
Open OfficialHMRCStamp duty calculator
The official calculator. Handles first-time buyer relief and the additional-property surcharge, which our estimator does not.
Open IndependentMoneyHelperBuying a home, step by step
Government-backed, advert-free guidance on mortgages, deposits and the costs people forget to budget for.
Open IndependentCitizens AdviceHousing rights and disputes
Deposits, notice periods, repairs, and what to do when a landlord or agent is not playing fair. Free and impartial.
Open OursEPC — £75 fixedBook your EPC
Our sister company. Accredited domestic energy assessors, fixed price, lodged on the national register.
Open OursEnergy ratingsHow to improve your EPC rating
What actually shifts a rating, what does not, and the paperwork to have ready before the assessor arrives.
Open RegisterRICSFind a regulated surveyor
Search RICS-regulated firms for a Level 2 or Level 3 survey. Your last chance to renegotiate on facts.
Open RegisterThe Law SocietyFind a conveyancing solicitor
The official register. Filter by conveyancing, then ask three firms for a fixed fee and a named file handler.
Open OfficialHM Land RegistryCheck the title and boundaries
£3 for the title register or plan. Worth every penny when a boundary, right of way or shared drive looks ambiguous.
Open RegisterBritish Association of RemoversFind a vetted remover
BAR members work to a code of practice with an advance-payment guarantee. Still get three written quotes.
Open OursGuideHow to pack so unpacking is not hell
Destination-room labelling, the essentials box, cable photographs, and why supermarket boxes will betray you.
Read OursGuideThe moving day runbook
Hour by hour, what to do and in what order, from the removers arriving to making up the beds.
Read OfficialOfcomCheck broadband and mobile coverage
Check the new address before you commit to a provider — or before you commit to the house, if you work from home.
Open IndependentWater UKFind your water supplier
You do not get to choose it, so find out who it is and open the account with your move-in reading.
Open OfficialOfgemYour energy rights when you move
Back-billing rules, final bills, and what a supplier can and cannot charge you for. Useful when a bill looks wrong.
Open OfficialEnvironment AgencyCheck long-term flood risk
Rivers, sea, surface water and groundwater, by address. Do this before you exchange — it affects your insurance too.
Open Officialpolice.ukStreet-level crime map
What actually gets reported on that street, month by month, plus who your local policing team is.
Open OfficialGOV.UKCompare local schools
Performance tables and Ofsted reports. Then check catchment with the council, because distance rules change yearly.
Open OfficialNHSRegister with a new GP
Do it in your first week, not when you are ill. Some practices have catchment rules and waiting lists.
OpenStill need an EPC?
Fixed £75, accredited assessors, lodged on the national register the same week.