ASK AN EXPERT: How to Relocate A Family Without Having a Meltdown
Barbara Carty is a Property Consultant for relocation specialists INHOUS. The London-based company has expanded to Dublin to accommodate returning emigrants. We asked Barbara for the inside track on relocating with a family: “If you have kids, the most important thing to factor in is access to local schools. There are super national schools in Ireland […]
10 years ago
8 Pros And Cons Of Living Back With The Grandparents
We planned some building work on our family home this year and so, when my folks were on their annual trip abroad at the beginning of January, we decided we’d ‘mind their house’ for them while they were gone. ‘It’s only two weeks’ we said, ‘and then we’ll find somewhere else to rent until we […]
11 years ago
8 Things You Are Bound To Lose When You Move House
We’re at it again. At the beginning of almost every single year since Jacob was born (2011) we have moved house. He was six months old when we first moved into a rented house, a year later, we moved to another rented house, the year after that, we bought our first home. We gave ourselves […]
11 years ago
Which of these life events do you consider the most stressful?
Buying a house, changing jobs, getting married and having kids are just a few of the major events that happen in your life but have you ever asked yourself which one was the most stressful? According to The Scotsman a new survey, conducted by Which? Mortgage Advisers, has and you might find the results rather surprising. […]
11 years ago
3 women on living with their mothers-in-law
What happens when the credit-crunched decamp to their in-laws? Nikki Walsh talks to a new generation of women playing a different kind of house. Karen, 39, Dublin Living with my mother-in-law wasn’t exactly what I had in mind when baby number two came along, but like most young Irish people up-and-down the country in our age […]
11 years ago
How to calculate your potential mortgage (without having to talk to other humans)
So, you’ve got the kids, you’re semi-grown-up (see below for a definition of this in case you’re unclear), now’s the time to think about putting a roof over their heads. But where to start? We might be grown-up enough to be making our own people, and we possibly know at this stage which compartment of […]
11 years ago