Edinburgh Relocation Blog
Helpful advice on coordinating your next move, downsizing & de-cluttering.
How I Help With Your House Move
Edinburgh Relocation Services. Imagine someone taking care of all the planning and preparation when you move house? The clutter becoming orderly and disappearing, the admin and paperwork carefully collated and organised, the removal firm chosen and booked, excess...
EAT OUT – EDINBURGH
Eat Out Edinburgh https://www.edinburghcitycentre.co.uk/eat-out-edinburgh is back for March 2025, with some amazing dining deals across Edinburgh City. With an impressive lineup of over 50 top restaurants, it's time to browse and book your table now. Sign up now for...
6 Nations Rugby fever
It's that time of year, and whichever team you support, heading to Murrayfield is such a fantastic experience. The walk West towards the stadium from Haymarket, and indeed the walk back into town (after a riotous Scottish win) is an iconic feature of the fabulous...
The Scottish Colourists – Dovecot Studios
In partnership with the Fleming Collection, this exhibition at Dovecot Studios showcases the Scottish Colourists in the context of their European contemporaries. The exhibition highlights the influence of French colour and Scottish light on this distinct group in the...
Happy New Year 2025
Hogmanay walk in the Pentland hill above Edinburgh. What better way to start the New Year.
And we’re back….
It seems a lifetime - but only 3 house moves since we left Edinburgh in 2021. Tally now....17? I think. It takes 5 minutes to remember these days. Luckily for me, the network military wives have created allows me to hit the ground running - information a...
Edinburgh to Perth (Australia) – Satisfaction, Success and Sadness
It has been a wonderful few months of using all my hard-earned knowledge to ensure that the job would be done. It would all be ok – the house will sell, and we will clear it and pack up in time.
Scottish Staycation – Sea or Mountains?
Seaside or mountains? What is fabulous about living here, is that both are on the doorstep. In 2-3 hours, you are in the quiet isolation of island beauty or mountain splendour. And if by luck, you end up with glorious sunshine, you wonder why anyone would want to be anywhere else.
Thoughts on the Exam Results Chaos
The SQA ignored the professional judgement of teachers and used an algorithm instead to determine grades The result – an estimated 125,000 lowered grades. Predictable? Unfathomable? Unbelievable? General incompetence seems to be the watchword.
Edinburgh Property Market is Open – and Flying off the Shelf!
The property market is booming in Edinburgh, likely as a result of easing Lockdown. Many from London are wanting to move up, and properties are going for over their valuation reports, so now is the time to sell!
A Levels or International Baccalaureate?
Both are recognised as highly valued entrance qualifications at universities and no real evidence exists that universities prefer one qualification over the other. The biggest difference between IB and A Levels, sited by UK university admissions officers was encouraging global outlook.