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Does the MoveBox still exist?

newbie8
newbie8 Posts: 114 Forumite
Part of the Furniture 10 Posts Combo Breaker
in House buying, renting & selling
So, finally in and have my own house .. Yay... Mortgage payments booo..

I have been reading up about things to do when moving into new homes. And there was an old thread about a movebox .. Anyone know if this still exists? I clicked on the link and cant see.. Googled and cant see any mention of this mystery box :)

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  • dj1471
    dj1471 Posts: 1,969 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Home Insurance Hacker!
    Yes but you can't request one yourself - you have to use a mortgage provider, estate agent or other company signed up to the scheme.

    http://www.homemovebox.com

    I got one from Nationwide when I moved last year.
  • Madbags
    Madbags Posts: 222 Forumite
    We got one too from Nationwide in December.


    Can't say I was that impressed, the best part of it was the trolley coins.


    We got some kitchen towel, a plug in air freshener (without a cartridge), a bag of coffee (for a coffee machine we don't have), a single bottle of 375ml flavoured water and some other useless stuff. It was pretty hilarious to be honest.
  • charliewocka
    charliewocka Posts: 413 Forumite
    Just Googled this and looks pretty interesting. We completed on our two mortgages yesterday (one residential, one BTL) so wonder if they offer this? Anything is better than nothing! :D
  • newbie8
    newbie8 Posts: 114 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10 Posts Combo Breaker
    So I need to contact mortgage provider to get this box?
  • fed_up_and_stressed
    fed_up_and_stressed Posts: 1,673 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    I got one from Nationwide when i moved in March.

    I thought it was a nice touch even though the contents were a bit pants ... The main memory of it though was the fact the straw out of the box got everywhere ...

    I didn't need to contact nationwide ..mine arrived the day after completion.
    Spelling courtesy of the whims of auto correct...


    Pet Peeves.... queues, vain people and hypocrites ..not necessarily in that order.
  • Alarae
    Alarae Posts: 356 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Debt-free and Proud!
    I got one in April.

    We were painting and all our stuff was back in our rental before we moved it the next day. That meant no food.

    That pack of chocolate digestives was heavenly...
  • orionmoo
    orionmoo Posts: 121 Forumite
    I got a similar sort of hamper in a blue fabric "lunch box" type thing from Halifax in March. It had a small bottle of red wine, picture hooks, a mini screwdriver set, some leaflets, and a small packet of thorntons chocolate things. The rest of just padded out with straw.

    Would rather not have got one though as what were we supposed to do with the box? Ended up just going to landfill!
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