Lodging, rental expenses and travel

Whilst you necessarily maintain a home elsewhere, you may claim either:

Reimbursement of lodging rental expenses and reimbursement of one return journey to your former home per week (at leased car mileage rate); or
daily travel allowance (at leased car mileage rate)

Removal of furniture and effects

Reimbursement of expenses, including insurance, will be based on the lowest of two competitive quotations. One quote is to be from a locally-based provider where possible.

If you are living abroad, costs will be reimbursed from the UK mainland point of entry.

Storage

Where necessarily incurred, storage costs will be reimbursed; based on the lowest of 2 competitive quotations.

Legal and other professional fees

Fees necessarily arising out of the sale and/or purchase of a house will be reimbursed

Replacement of fixed fixtures and fittings

Where necessarily incurred, the cost of replacing fixed fixtures and fittings will be reimbursed. Payment is intended to cover items which are required in your new home which you cannot bring from your old home due to them being fixed - for example, fitted carpets, built-in cooker, or where they cannot be made to fit your new home - for example, curtains.

Payment will not be made for new items where they are purchased solely to fit with new décor.

Non-qualifying expenses

Non-qualifying expenses, as determined by HRMC, will not be reimbursed.

Examples of such are:

mortgage or housing subsidy
mortgage interest payments
compensation for any financial loss on the sale of your home
compensation for other losses, for example, penalties on withdrawal of child from school; membership fee; return of lease car etc
redirection of mail
Council Tax bills