Free relocation help for Scotland
Moving to Scotland, planned properly.
Choose an area, find a home, sort schools and work, and get through the settling-in admin. Free to you. We are paid by the estate agent or solicitor, and only if you choose to use one we introduce.
- A checklist built for your household
- Guides to how buying and renting work here
- Introductions only when you ask
How it works
From first question to first week
- 01
Tell us about your move
Three answers and an email. You get a checklist built for your household and timing.
- 02
Learn how things work here
Offers over, Home Reports, closing dates, catchment by address. Plain guides, written for people new to Scotland.
- 03
Ask for an introduction when you want one
If you want an estate agent or solicitor in your new area, we introduce one. Only when you ask.
Where to live
Six regions, explained
Edinburgh and the Lothians
The capital, its commuter towns and the East Lothian coast.
Read the guideGlasgow and the West
Scotland's biggest city, the Clyde coast and fast-growing suburbs.
Read the guideStirling and Perthshire
Central and well connected, with market towns and hills close by.
Read the guideAberdeen and the North East
Energy jobs, granite towns and Royal Deeside.
Read the guideDundee, Fife and Angus
A regenerated waterfront city, coastal villages and St Andrews.
Read the guideHighlands and Islands
Inverness, remote work and some of Europe's emptiest landscapes.
Read the guide
What we help with
Everything that works differently here
Choosing an area
Commutes, schools, housing and what each region suits.
Buying a home
How offers, surveys and missives work in Scotland, and who does what.
Renting
Private residential tenancies, deposits and what a landlord must do.
Schools
Catchment by address, placing requests and when children start school.
Work
Where the jobs are and how to plan a move around a new role.
Settling in
GP, dentist, council tax, DVLA and the rest of the admin, in order.
Your settling-in checklist
The admin, in the order you need it
Scotland-specific steps come first: appoint a solicitor before you offer, register with a GP, set up council tax (which includes water). A short weekly email tells you what is due next.
Get my checklistAppoint a Scottish solicitor before you start bidding
3 months before
Read the Home Report before a second viewing
10 weeks before
Set up council tax with your new council
Moving day
Register with a GP practice
First week
For estate agents and solicitors