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The Hawthorns at Meadow Park, Braintree - Moving Made Easy

The transition from your current home to your new home at The Hawthorns couldn’t be easier, with our Smooth Move Scheme; a range of initiatives designed to help you achieve a seamless, stress-free move. We have joined forces with a variety of companies whose services will take away much of the hassle and worry associated with moving, leaving you free to enjoy your life at The Hawthorns.

Smooth Move Scheme - help is at hand every step of the way

Removals
Pickfords

Established for nearly 400 years, the Pickfords brand is the UK’s leading name in home moving and storage. Pickfords has 57 branches throughout the UK and Ireland and moves more than 250,000 people every year. Pickfords provides a personal move co-ordinator to manage your move from start to finish and focuses on providing a service to suit your requirements.

  1. Pickfords will move all your furnishings, even packing if you wish, from your home to The Hawthorns.
  2. They will place all your furnishings in the appropriate rooms of your new apartment at The Hawthorns, and even unpack your cases.
  3. You will receive these services free of charge, as the cost is covered by The Hawthorns.

Letting Agents
Martin & Co.

Martin & Co understand the importance of providing every landlord, whether
experienced or new to lettings, with a service that exceeds expectations and maximises the returns from property portfolios, large or small. Martin
therefore provide a professional and personal service with regular
communication and sound advice.

If you would like to let your property once you have moved to The Hawthorns, Martin & Co will:

  1. Provide services ranging from tenant find to property management.
  2. Market your property and ensure prompt rent receipt and payments.
  3. Individual charges apply.

Handyman Service
handy man service

We employ our own full-time maintenance expert who from the day you move in will be there to help you with all those tricky tasks around your apartment.

  1. He can help move your furnishings to where you want them.
  2. Hang up your pictures and mirrors
  3. Generally help around your apartment to make life easier for you
  4. There is no extra charge for these services.

Property Purchasing Services

PXS

PXS specialises in purchasing residential property rapidly and with certainty. Our service aims to relieve the stress of selling by offering a solution to help you move quickly, secure your new home and enable you to start enjoying your new life at The Hawthorns. This service means PXS will buy your home (or any other in the chain if there is one) to enable you to move on the date you choose. PXS is part of Assettrust Limited.

  1. PXS will act as a cash buyer and make you an offer to buy your property. As a cash buyer there is no chain and the whole process can be fast and stress-free.
  2. There is no charge for this service.

Property Sales Management

Bridgefast Property Services

Bridgefast Property Services is a company that specialises in helping retired home owners move to their new homes. Bridgefast takes away all the stress and hassle involved in selling your own property, by managing the whole process for you.

  1. Bridgefast will handle the whole process of selling your property.
  2. They can provide you with bridging finance to help you move into The Hawthorns before selling your property.
  3. Individual charges apply.

Independent Financial Advisors

Finansec Financial Advisors

Financial advice for individuals. Just as our DNA is unique, everyone’s circumstances and aspirations differ. So Finansec provides a personalised service, tailor-made to your financial make-up. Finansec are regulated by the Financial Services Authority and are in the business of helping people make important decisions about their future and that of their families.

  1. Finansec can advise you about the best way to use your property to fund your rent.
  2. They can advise you on the optimum way to invest the proceeds of your property.
  3. They also advise on how best to pass on funds to your family now; how you can minimise inheritance tax and lessen the potential impact of possible future care costs.
  4. Individual charges apply.