Moving with your four legged BFF

Are you about to say goodbye to your family home?

If you are, then be sure to spare a thought for your four-legged friend as he woofs a fond farewell to his favourite park, lamp post and chums. Dogs also get homesick when trying to get used to their new home and many dogs go missing during the processL. If you are due to move home soon, take a look at our tips below to try and make the move as smooth as possible for your pooch!

- Leave one room as a safe haven. Chances are, each room will be in chaos as you get ready to move but try to keep one room untouched for as long as possible; the kitchen is usually a good choice as its usually the last room a removal company usually tackle. Your dog can seek solace in here and it will keep him from getting under anyone’s feet!

- Paws for thought. Don’t leave all the packing to the last minute! Spread it over a few weeks to avoid too much stress in the last few days! This will ensure your doggy stays as relaxed as possible and does not get over excited in a last minute rush.

- Remember the routine. Try not to change your dogs’ routine! Try to feed him at the same times in the weeks leading up to the move and take him out for lots of walks. This should help to shield him from the stress that you will be feeling!

- Sniffing it out. If it’s a possibility, take your furry friend to visit his new area a few weeks before the big day so that he can get acquainted with new sights and smells.

- No escape. Make sure you put identification tags on his collar with your new address and telephone number so you can be sure that if he does run away during the move, he can be easily identified!

- Give him some barking space. When you arrive, try to find a quiet room or corner for your dog so that he can get acclimatised!

- Avoid having a whiff in the air. Try to thoroughly clean the rooms in the new house where your dog will be staying as lingering scents from other animals can be distressing for a dog in a new home.

- Home Sweet Home. In your new home, try to create a familiar and relaxing area for your dog by surrounding him with his favourite blankets and toys.

- And Finally… Spoil him. Give your dog lots of comforting cuddles and his desired food

If you want to find a removal companies who can help to make your move as stress free as possible, visit www.comparion.co.uk for up to 5 no obligation quotes.

DIY or hired help?

In an ideal world, everything in our home would be just the way we want it. We would have the perfect color on our walls with no lumps and bumps or lines where one color bled into another. We would have put the wall mount up for our dream TV without drilling 6 holes into the wall in our first 3 attempts and ending up with a TV that is ever so slightly wonky, and we would have all of our lights working as there would be no confusion about why when one went, 15 others lights went with it.

Everything I described above is from my own recent experiences and I know first hand how tough things can be to do alone. If you are handy around the house (which I am not), then these things may seem simple but the reality is, when it comes to DIY, some of us are about as useful as a chocolate tea pot.

Unfortunately, in an economical crisis we find ourselves attempting home improvements ourselves which we would, in an ideal world pay somebody else to do.

So the problem I am now faced with, is that I have to pay out for more paint, to correct the mistakes I made in my first attempt, I have to pay for filler to fill the holes I made in the walls putting up the wall mount, and I am spending my evenings in candle light because until pay day, I can’t afford to pay an electrician to fix what ever the problem is with our lights.

It has since dawned on me that perhaps, if I had shopped around using a company like Comparion.co.uk, to find somebody to come and help me out, paint the bedrooms, put up my wall mount, and figure out what’s going on with my lights, then perhaps I would have spent a similar amount of money anyway, that I am now spending to correct the mistakes that I originally made but without all the added stress!

Introducing the Comparion Crew

It seems you have stumbled across the first blog from the Comparion Crew – it’s good to see you here! You’re probably wondering who we are and what we do? Read on and I’ll fill you in!

I’ll start with myself, Natasha, the UK Director for Comparion (don’t worry, I will tell you what Comparion is in a minute). I am in charge of making sure our clients are happy, and making sure that everyone knows what’s ‘’going down’’. It’s a bit like gossiping really, which I’m pretty good at. I’ll be keeping you up to date with everything regarding Comparion and everything which may benefit our clients and customers!

Then we have Martin, Comparions CEO. Martin is the guy that not only talks the talk, but walks the walk. Martin will be the guy calling potential clients, trying to sell them a service they don’t yet realize they need, but they definitely should have! He is also the guy that makes sure our business runs like a Swiss clock; if something changes or improves, you can be sure Martin was behind it!

That leaves us with Peter, our cool and calm CIO or the Happy Nerd as we like to refer to him! Just kidding Peter! He is responsible for the IT within Comparion. Not somebody our clients will regularly deal with but definitely someone we can’t do without! When Peter isn’t at his computer, he is either playing table football or doting on his lovely daughter Laura.

Now that you know a bit about who we are, I will tell you about Comparion. Comparion.co.uk is an online lead generation site for the following services:

- Removals

- Painters and Decorators

- Air – Conditioning

- Alarm and Security

- Builders

- Windows

And there are more to come! Check us out www.comparion.co.uk.

In our blog, we aim to provide you with tips, tricks and useful information! Information about everything that involves Comparion, and occasionally, information that is totally and utterly useless. We like to keep things fresh!

Catch you later!