Hampshire Removals | Moving to Winchester

Looking at Villages Near Winchester to Live?

For many people, encountering Winchester is love at first sight. This picture-book city is small enough to walk everywhere yet large enough to attract the High Street brands. It’s surrounded by stunning countryside and yet brimming with independent eateries, festivals and events. For some escaping city life though, Winchester can be too hectic, the tourists too numerous. They’re looking for a more rural lifestyle, with access to the city when they choose.

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UK Removals to Devon | Moving to Devon

4 Best Places to Live in Devon in 2021

It’s always an exciting moment when the Sunday Times announces their ‘Best Places to Live’ list for the year. Partly because our part of the world (the South West) tends to get quite a few mentions, but also because we check out whether our clients’ best places to live in Devon align with the judges’ decisions. This year they announced that their criteria had changed as a result of the pandemic:

“Our focus for this year has been community, countryside and convenience. It hasn’t been a year for big cities or small villages. Instead it is small towns that have shone: big enough to have everything you need within walking distance and small enough for everyone to feel connected.“

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Removals Wiltshire | Moving to Wiltshire

Wondering What It’s Like to Live in Wiltshire?

It’s a county that tends to get characterised as the home of Salisbury and Stonehenge, but there’s so much more to living in Wiltshire! Just scratch the surface and you’ll find a wealth of stunning villages with thatched cottages and Georgian houses in yellow sandstone. Then there’s the busy market towns that don’t get the limelight but are lovely to live in, like Corsham, Marlborough or Devizes.

Schepens has been providing removals to Wiltshire for over a century now. Many of our movers are from London originally, and want a change of pace – and a house with a garden. Moving to Salisbury, Chippenham or Devizes from a large city is a major change, and one which requires adjustments. We asked 4 clients who’d relocated from London how they coped, and what advice they might want to pass on:

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Poole Removals | Weymouth Removals

5 Best Places to Live in Dorset

There’s an embarrassment of riches when it comes to selecting the best places to live in Dorset. The county has long been considered one of the top-spots for holiday makers, but increasingly it’s also seen as a highly desirable place to live. At Schepens we’re seeing London movers, in particular, looking to escape the city now that working from home is becoming a viable option.

At the end of the first lockdown in May 2020, Rightmove Estate Agents reported a surge in buyer searches for Dorset locations. This is no surprise to the Schepens team who have provided removals to Dorset for growing numbers of movers this past year. The 5 best places to live in Dorset, according to our movers, are as follows:

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