Question: How can my family stay safer when we are moving or buying a house?

Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Guidance Government advice on home moving during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
section_headers: Advice to the public
People self-isolating or having tested positive for coronavirus
section_content: More detail on progressing the individual elements of the home buying and
selling or rental process and how this applies to different groups is set out
in the next section.
Moving home is not appropriate whilst you pose a direct risk of transmitting
coronavirus. People who have coronavirus or are self-isolating with their
family member should not leave their home to either move home, or undertake
property viewings.
If you are contractually committed to move home, you should delay your move
until all members of your household have come to the end of their self-
isolation period. All parties involved in home buying and selling should
prioritise agreeing amicable arrangements to change move dates for
individuals, or where someone in a chain or their family member is self-
isolating or has tested positive for coronavirus.
Should a move be essential for people in this category, for instance due to an
urgent health and safety risk, please contact Public Health England/local
public health teams for advice.

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
The question is about staying safe during a move, but the answer is about moving home when people involved have symptoms of the virus. This is a completely different situation from what is in the question.
This is a detailed explanation of what to do or not do if someone in the house is either infected or quarantined with an infected person. It does not address more general circumstances, though.

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Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Guidance Government advice on home moving during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
section_headers: Advice to the public
What does this mean for my property move or purchase which is scheduled whilst measures to fight coronavirus apply?
section_content: More detail on progressing the individual elements of the home buying and
selling or rental process and how this applies to different groups is set out
in the next section.
People are free to move home, however the process of finding and moving into a
new home is likely to be different, as those involved in the process will need
to adapt practices and procedures to ensure that the risk of spread of
coronavirus is reduced as far as possible. It is vital that everyone stays
alert and safe.

Initial viewings should be done virtually wherever this is possible and property agents should help you to do this.
All physical viewings should be limited to members of the same household and open house viewings should not take place.
When physically viewing properties, where possible, you should avoid touching surfaces, wash your hands regularly, and bring your own hand sanitiser. The number of people on a viewing should be minimised to those from your household that absolutely have to be there. If you need to be accompanied by small children, you should try to keep them from touching surfaces and ensure they wash their hands regularly.
If people are being shown around your current home, you should open all internal doors and ensure surfaces, such as door handles, are cleaned after each viewing with standard household cleaning products.
As most people choose to, we recommend that you vacate your property whilst viewings are taking place in order to minimise your contact with those not in your household.
Anyone involved in any aspect of the home moving process should practice social distancing in line with public health advice.
When moving between properties, you and those in your household should try to do as much of the packing yourself as you can. Where this is not possible, you should speak to removal firms in advance. There is further advice about this below.
If you are particularly worried about the risk of infection, then speak to the professionals involved, your landlord, estate agent or removers as they may be able to put in place extra measures.

Everyone involved in the moving process must follow social
distancing to minimise the
spread of the virus.

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
This is a detailed, bulleted list of things to do or consider when selling, buying, or moving.
the answer provides a great amount of details concerning staying safe while moving. it talks about virtual showings, as well as small details like leaving the doors in the house open, and not touching surfaces.

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Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Guidance Government advice on home moving during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
section_headers: Advice to the public
1. Preparing to buy, sell or move home
section_content: More detail on progressing the individual elements of the home buying and
selling or rental process and how this applies to different groups is set out
in the next section.
You can put your home on the market and start to look for properties you want
to move into. If any member of the household being viewed is showing symptoms
or is self-isolating then estate agents should not physically visit the
property.

You can begin to market your home and estate agents are able to visit in order to take photos/videos of the property.
To help prevent the spread of infection, we encourage people to do the majority of their property searching online; for example only physically viewing those properties which you believe you are most likely to want to move into.
As usual, you can also start to bring together the documentation necessary to sell your property (more information on these documents is available in the government’s guidance on how to sell homes).
If you wish to buy a new build property you should make contact with the developer in the usual way. You should be able to view the show home or visit the particular plot you are interested in purchasing, although there will be appointment systems in place.


Reviewer feedback on this answer:
The answer gives a general amount of details that relate to how to stay safe while moving during the pandemic. There aren't a great number of details concerning safety - there is more about general procedure. But there are some details.
There is some vague, general information, but it is not very detailed.

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