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Could we be about to resume where we left off, having pressed the pause button on all but essential international travel? It felt as if Christmas had come early when there was a Covid-19 vaccine breakthrough in November, and hopes are rising still with the start of a global immunization programme.

Europe is the next stop on our list as we compare Milan and Madrid, with a focus on relocating and finding a rental property.

Whilst we have all probably had our fill of hearing and reading about coronavirus, it continues to consume our daily lives. It has also consumed many livelihoods and businesses – from sole traders to mature high-street brands – locked down for good. 

The impact of COVID-19 has been unfairly polar. Hospitality and travel businesses struggled to stay afloat while IT-based services surfed the crest of a wave, as a “new world order” swept across the globe as quickly as the pandemic did.

For many businesses, the lockdown was a “wait-and-see” moment. But the moment was long and painful and had significant consequences.

Our series of city ‘head to heads’ continues, and we travel ‘down under’ to discover the relocation and rental markets in Sydney and Brisbane.

In the first of Adleo Relocation’s new head-to-head blogs, we pit Silicon Valley against Los Angeles to provide you with a relocation and rental market snapshot.

With most of us spending more time where we live than ever before and even top-flight professionals working from home, the desire to create comfortable surroundings can’t be suppressed. As the saying goes, ‘there’s no place like home’ but what if your home has been decorated by someone else and you don’t have the right to change it?

That is the scenario faced by many tenants who inherit a bland interior from a landlord and are contractually prohibited to wield a paintbrush. But is personalising the interior of a rented property as restrictive as it’s made out?

There is a mighty tussle playing out in the media concerning the return to offices across the UK. In very late August, the director-general of the CBI shared the same sentiment as our Prime Minister, claiming ‘getting staff back to offices was as important as children being in school’. She cited office workers as huge drivers of the economy and lifelines to dry cleaners, sandwich bars and barbers, to name a few of the businesses who are suffering as a result of the WFH (work from home) revolution.