When relocating employees - at any level - there is considerable focus on ensuring the smoothest possible transition for both a new work and home environment. But these issues only get magnified when senior executives are involved. That’s why the opportunity for top executives to create a home that meets theirs and their family’s expectation can have such a positive influence on the relocation experience, explains Claire Padun.

Meeting Your Needs

Relocating to another country in never a simple or stress free operation, even if everything is managed for you.  There are number of factors that have to be seriously considered, particularly when there are school aged children involved.  You can always rent a fully furnished executive apartment, which are typically in city centre locations, but what if you want to live in a specific location or have a home environment that is better suited to meet your family’s specific needs and tastes?  Customised rental interiors for Executives may be the answer.

Today, there are a number of companies that specialise in providing customised rental interiors for globally mobile Executives and their families. The Roomservice Group, for example, will send out an experienced designer to meet you at your new home to develop a detailed understanding of your personal tastes, lifestyle, expectations and, most importantly, how the family will function. This is typically done as soon as the property agreement is finalized, often on a pre-assignment visit.

Following your return home, Roomservice develops a furnishing scheme and engages with the family decision maker(s) in getting their agreement to the proposed rental furnishing scheme. By the time you move to take up your assignment, or when the family moves over, the temporary residence is completely furnished and ready to move in.

Easing the Transition

Roomservice has been providing this type of high end service for very senior executives for over twenty years through their ‘Select Rental Service’. Roger Hollis, Managing Director of Roomservice Group stated, “Our ultimate aim is to provide a consistent living environment that matches or exceeds that of the permanent home. In so doing, the relocation furnishing service is guaranteed to make relocation to the UK easier, by reducing some of the emotional uncertainty involved in moving to a new location both on a temporary and long term basis.”

Making sure the whole family achieves a successful transition abroad is a shared concern for the relocation industry. From relocation agents and furniture rental companies, senior executives moving abroad should feel confident that there are vast range of resources available to support a successful expatriate experience.