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You have the offer of the dream job in your hands and the opportunity to advance your career which you have been working so hard for except you’re on the East Coast and you need to start next week in California!

Uprooting home and family is hard enough with the simple logistics of the move, breaking social and familial ties and getting settled in a new environment. More than this, your new job location may be in a part of the country you are simply not familiar with so how do you know which parts of town to look for a new home in, where are the good schools located at, how do you choose a new home and base to set your family and yourself up with and yet know so little about the area?

This is where temporary corporate housing really makes a difference. The advantage of corporate housing is that gives you the ability to become established in a new location without breaking the bank and at the same time gives you a wide range of services.

Corporate accommodation is usually let on a temporary basis without the need to sign up for 6-month or annual leases; typically it is available on a month-by-month basis. This avoids you becoming entangled in a costly lease which you will not need or use. In addition, services are frequently added such as maid service, gardening, pool maintenance – in short, you have no responsibility to maintain any aspect of the dwelling.

Corporate accommodation usually comes fully furnished with all the utensils and equipment you need on a daily basis such as pots and pans, TV with cable, telephone service. As well as the utilities being included in the rental payment so you don't have any problems with applying for a utility service, you pay the rent, collect the key, and start living in style.

You are also able to use a temporary corporate leased unit as accommodation just for yourself while your family remains behind to handle the sale of your old home or finish the school year. This gives you plenty of time to become accustomed to the new area and avoid the forced sale of your old home in order to get you into a new home at the new location – in either instance, rushing to sell will deflate the price you expect to achieve and rushing to buy a new home will inflate the price you are likely to pay – a considerable “double-whammy” which any pay rise is unlikely to cover.

With the current housing market collapse, many providers of corporate accommodation have been moving into the market because the price of developments is so low at the moment. This in turn means there is now a much wider range of accommodation options to choose from and covers a much wider budget range too. One advantage to corporate housing is that it gives people the ability to move their household and family using their own timetable instead of the usual timetable demanded by a new job start.

Lawrence Tyrone Reaves is a Richmond corporate housing consultant at Dabneyproperties.com, a temporary corporate housing provider in the Richmond area and beyond.