The Inbetween(Home)rs: How LongerStays Comes to the Rescue

In Quebec, Canada, there’s a tradition where the entire province is encouraged to move house on the same day—July 1st. Much like ice hockey and Nickleback however, this particular cultural phenomenon hasn’t quite caught on in the UK. And perhaps that’s for the best—because who wants to live a world where your God given right to holla the immortal instruction ‘Pivot!’ over and over to ever decreasing chuckles of your fellow sofa luggers, is cruelly denied by the couple moving the opposite way, who happen to yell it out just before you. 

Thankfully here in the UK, we do things a little differently, and so everyone can have their own ‘Ross’ moment. But House moves are rarely a fun transition. For many, on top of the usual stress there’s a frustrating, limbo-like period between selling their old home and getting the keys to their new one. Instead of spending time settling into their new place searching for potential hidden rooms that seem to be commonplace on tiktok, they find themselves in a strange inbetween existence  , having moved out of one house but unable to move into another. For the purpose of this blog we have hashed together the term The InbetweenHomers.

The Purgatory of The InbetweenHomers

This unique stage of the moving process leaves people with limited choices—and most of them are far from ideal. Some might consider squeezing their entire life’s possessions into a self-storage unit, setting up a makeshift bed between their boxes of  Ibiza Chill CD’s and their old GCSE coursework which will definitely come in useful again one day. Others might take on a full-year rental, only to find their new home ready far sooner, leaving them paying for a place they no longer need. And of course, there’s always the option of crashing at a friend’s house, but let’s be honest—living out of suitcases and navigating the awkwardness of the ‘so when do you think your new house might be ready’ conversation every few days is probably best avoided.