It can be stressful to move home at any time of the year but moving at wintertime can boast its advantages as well as disadvantages.

Winter weather conditions can cause havoc for removal vans with the icy roads and falling snow. Removal vans can find it hard to transport customer’s belongings to the new homes if they get stuck in the snow, or slip in the dangerous driving settings.

But moving in the winter season can also reap its benefits because the market is fairly quiet and you may save money. This means that a removal company can help you right from the beginning stages with packing, transportation and insurance services.

A top tip from Robinsons International is to be prepared. By planning ahead and checking the weather forecast in advance, the whole process can run smoothly without any hitches. We can give you a checklist of all the things you need to know beforehand so nothing gets forgotten and you don’t get left standing in the cold.

If it is bad weather or hailing on the day, salt the driveway, door path and steps, and shovel away the snow to prevent anyone slipping when carrying heavy boxes.

Make sure you use durable material to move all your possessions. The ordeal can turn nasty if the boxes get wet or damp and break apart. And as well as safeguarding the moving boxes, cover all the furniture with protective gear so the couch and chairs don’t get ruined.

Expert advice from Robinsons removals UK is to wrap up warm when moving. Try not to pack all your clothes and have extra jumpers, scarfs and gloves on-hand for the big day. The removal men will appreciate it if you keep the kettle out so you can make them hot brews to keep warm. And it is a great tool to keep hands warm so they don’t get stiff.

Follow these helpful tips and have a stress-free house move this season!

The Only Way Is up for Mick Norcross as he reveals his extensive plans to renovate a hotel in Essex.

The TOWIE star’s latest challenge involves a dilapidated hotel in Leigh-On-Sea and the club owner, alongside his son, plans to transform it into a plush boutique hotel.

The venture is anything but an easy ride given the state of the property but the 48-year-old expects to make-over the rundown Victorian Grand Hotel into a boutique hotel, restaurant and spa. The Essex celeb bought the debilitated property for £4.3million and is reportedly ploughing £3million into the project.

Work on the building is said to begin in January 2012 and while Mick focuses on the main hotel, it is reported he has given his lad Kirk, 23, the responsibility of setting up the spa.

The businessman has stressed that he thinks the building, which was built in 1896, is beautiful and that he has no intention to turn it into a club or pub. He currently owns the Sugar Hut club in Brentwood.

From photos released to the public, the inside of the property is in desperate need of some TLC and the exterior of the building over the years has deteriorated due to vandals breaking in and destroying parts of the hotel. The hotel has been boarded up for three years when the previous owners went into administration.

Robinsons International specialise in business removals as well as home removals, so after the project is complete our expert services would be more than qualified to move all the new furniture and antiques in. It would be proper to restore some of the old Victorian structures and install features of the archaic era into the new décor.

Our reputation for care and security means that we are also able to offer full transit insurance to all our clients- so ‘contact us’ today and let us move all your fittings and fixtures into your business.

David Cameron has vowed to ‘get Britain building’ as part of the government’s plans to improve the housing market.

The Prime Minister has said that buyers of new homes will be able to borrow up to 95% of the value in a bid to help 100,000 Brits get onto the property ladder.

The new mortgage indemnity scheme is part of a wider strategy to build more homes and boost home ownership which is great news for Britons trying to sell their homes and move. It will enable lenders to provide mortgages up to 95% of the value of newly built homes to budding first-time buyers- supported by government guarantees and the government underwriting part of the risk.

It is reported that building more homes is now one of the coalition’s economic priorities with the number of new ones being built at its lowest ever record since World War II. Just over 120,000 new homes were made available last year.

However, the key proposals are to make more public sector land available for building and £440 million public funding to help developers ‘unblock’ stalled housing schemes. It is estimated that 130,000 building projects have been delayed due to funding problems.

Mr Cameron said the aim is to help the many people who cannot afford huge deposits needed to buy properties- so this means that the chances of people being able to afford to buy houses will increase which is great news for Robinsons removals UK.

The PM added: “When first-time buyers on a good salary cannot get a reasonable mortgage, the whole market grinds to a halt.

“If we don’t do something like this we are not going to get this vital market moving… we will restart the housing market and get Britain building again.”

If the scheme comes into fruition and you are fortunate enough to find a buyer for your home, contact Robinsons International for expert home removal services.