Thread: Moving to Hounslow

Hi im new to this site and new to being a army wife We have been offered a house in Hounslow, i currently have my home in Wales and not sure what things i should take with us as my husband said it would be easier to either have it part furnished or fully furnished. Can anyone tell what furnishings you have p/furnishes as i dont want to throw it all away.

And also are there any ladies out there who are currently living in Hounslow?

Lisa x

Cheaper to have it unfurnished, if you have your own home I assume you'll have it all?

I live quite close to Hounslow, though I have no idea about the MQs there, but if you'd like some general info about the area I'd be happy to help.

Originally Posted by lisa28

Hi im new to this site and new to being a army wife We have been offered a house in Hounslow, i currently have my home in Wales and not sure what things i should take with us as my husband said it would be easier to either have it part furnished or fully furnished. Can anyone tell what furnishings you have p/furnishes as i dont want to throw it all away.

And also are there any ladies out there who are currently living in Hounslow?

Lisa x

The West London/Windsor HIVE might be able to help:

Ministry of Defence | Defence For... | The Service Community | HIVE Information Service | London | West London (Windsor HIVE)

Hi Lisa,

We have the charges for SFA on our website, the document can be found here: http://www.aff.org.uk/linkedfiles/af...harges1112.doc. It gives you the rates for unfurnished, part-furnished and furnished.

The SFA application form (1132) has a list of items for you to choose from see http://www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/16294...oOccupySFA.pdf - scroll down for the list.

Hope that helps and welcome to RP!

Thank you will have a look now. How long after the acceptance is signed do they usually give you a moving in date please.

Regard
Lisa x

Hi Lisa,

Here's a link to our SFA Frequently Asked Questions: http://www.aff.org.uk/linkedfiles/af...nded200109.pdf there's some useful info in there. See our website for lots more info on housing - AFF - Housing

Do get back to me if you have any other questions, we're happy to help

hi, i coundnt find how long it takes only how long they have to offer you a home. i faxed the acceptance of house yesterday, stressing a little as i have so much to pack and not sure how long i have.

Hi there,

28 days prior to the required date, the HIC will confirm the offer, the address of the SFA and the date and time of the Move-In. This is the usual procedure but it can sometimes differ depending on individual circumstances. Generally the move-in date is around a week to ten days before the Service person starts work at their new posting.

If you haven't already done so it would be a good idea to check that the fax was received successfully by the Housing Information Centre (HIC), we have been told a few times that faxes haven't arrived!

I've checked the fax was received yesterday. My husband is living in single accomodation at the army barracks at the moment and
im in Wales as we recently got married. They have already gave us the address of where we are living

That's good that the fax arrived! What you had was the provisional offer of an address which, now that you have accepted, they will confirm in writing along with the move-in date and time 28 days before your required date, they call this the firm offer. You could call the HIC next week to see if they have processed your acceptance and maybe let you know the move-in date over the phone before it comes to you in writing.

Hopefully this helps a bit more?

Right know i'm understanding it a bit more. sorry for all the questions, new to all this . the only part i'm not sure on is this "28 days before your required date" i'm a right in thinking 28 days from they received acceptance? Thanks again for all your help, really appreciate this.

Morning Lisa,

Don't worry, ask as many questions as you like, it's no problem. We've all been new to the Army way of life at some point and it can be daunting when you are just starting out!

On the application for SFA (MOD form 1132) which is the very first form you fill out to apply for a quarter you need to put in a date that you need the quarter for. Then you you receive the provisional offer with address, you then send off your acceptance, then 28 days before the date that you put on the 1132 they send you the firm offer of address with the move in date.

For example, if on the 1132 you required for the quarter to be available on 31 October you should receive the firm offer around 3 October (this is 28 days before your required date).

I hope I've explained that a bit better for you but please do get back to me if it's as clear as mud!

Many thanks for your help. We have now been giving our moving in date, how long will the army let my husband have off to move in, were due to move in on a monday morning.

Hi Lisa,

Your hubby will need to speak to his Admin office about that one

Ah good luck with the move - I'm in SFA in Northwood - so not too far away... My hubby is RAF but we're on a tri-service base.
In my experience, if you already have your home set up, its easier to go unfurnished, that what we did - we still inherited light shades, curtains and blinds - all of which we've replaced!!

hi bonfire, i wanted to go unfurnished but for some reason my hubby wants to go furnished as he thinks its easier. Think it may have something to do with i go my own home here in Wales and he moved in with me, so i think hes thinking this will be our 1st house together so a new start. But i have read on some people comments that the furnishings are not that nice and on the other hand some have said it nice too. I can understand his point though but gutted im getting rid of my things too x I'm quite nervous about the move bit of a big one for me! Hope i settle in ok.

If you've put something along the lines as ASAP, then your move in date can be anything from 22 days after you accepted the offer, longer if someone's still living there of course. But obviously you've got your date now.

We're in our second quarter and we've gone completely unfurnished, as army furniture isn't the best so we took the opportunity to get some home comforts of our own. I saw somewhere that you're entitled to some time off to move (I read a somewhere a week?!) but OH was given a day to move, in that we moved yesterday, and (we're both) back to work today! So I think it completely depends on your OH's chain of command. My OH's CoC aren't too lenient EVER, he was back to work the day after our wedding! If it's "easy enough" for you to bring your things with you, I definitely would, if we'd had our own things in the first place I wouldn't have even considered renting the furniture. Bear in mind that as it's your first quarter, you'll have to pay for removals yourself from Wales which might be more pain than it's worth? But then again, his disturbance allowance might go some way towards it.

Hiya, thanks for the reply. We are moving in on the 24th october. My OH wants it fully furnished now he says, im a bit gutted as i have all my own things. But saying that i still have a lot to bring with me. I did hear that we are responsible to move are things to London. Notice you mention disturbance allowance what is this??? My OH never asks questions or what help we may be entitled too, he seems to leave that to me! But the army works so different and i haven't a clue. Can't believe i got 13 days left so nervous.

The OH has been very lucky he has been given a week, i was quite surprised with this but also glad as he can help and show me around the area so i know where im going