After living abroad for 13 years, Margaret (70) moved to Lincoln after the loss of her husband, Ron but had her sights set on ultimately returning to Accrington, Lancashire, where she grew up. However, her move was on hold – until she came across Countryside’s Assisted Move scheme.

Chain-free process

“I’d found the home I wanted at Countryside’s Ribblesdale Place in Accrington but with a house to sell, I wasn’t sure how long it would take,” Margaret explains.  “The sales consultant, Anne, alerted me to Assisted Move to enable me to speed up the process.”

Margaret hadn’t come across Assisted Move before but with help from Countryside, she knew it was the ideal option for her. Using Assisted Move meant that Margaret could sell her home much sooner than expected – the team would help with the sale of her house, whilst holding back her new home until the sale completed.

Margaret added: “The team got in touch and told me they had researched the best estate agents in my area. Strangely enough, it happened to be the agent that I had purchased my bungalow through a few years before! We first spoke on 5th August and I had sold my home by 15th August.”

A stress-free move 

 Margaret added that Countryside stayed in contact with her throughout the entire process, and she found the scheme really easy to use. “The process was so easy, in fact I only had to sign forms. They even suggested which solicitors would be best to use.

“Every document was explained in full and if I didn’t quite understand anything, the team were only a phone call away. During the legalities Countryside took a lot of the stress away, and I can honestly say that without them I don’t think things would have gone quite as smoothly as they did.”

Find out more about Countryside’s Assisted Move scheme.