Media Release

20 March 2001

movinghome.com.au moves in with online partners

Australia's leading online resource for people moving home, movinghome.com.au, has made moving home even easier by expanding its services. 

Now movinghome.com.au provides a one-stop online service to people wanting to find a new job and a new home, and arrange their move. This makes movinghome.com.au the only integrated provider of these services in Australia. 

Movinghome.com.au has strengthened its first-to-market position by forging alliances with Australia's top real estate and employment sites: realestate.com.au, property.com.au, domain.com.au, rent-a-home.com.au, and seek.com.au. 

movinghome.com.au takes the stress out of moving home by bringing together a range of essential moving tools and services at one address. And it's available any time of the day or night. 

movinghome.com.au CEO, Dr Steve Hodgkinson, said: "Net savvy consumers searching for properties and jobs want an online solution for moving home, too. movinghome.com.au was the first to go online with a moving home service and now it's the first to bring these commonly linked needs together. These alliances allow us to offer some of the most powerful online resources for home movers in Australia." 

Business Development Manager of realestate.com.au, Scott Holmes, said that his company's partnership with movinghome.com.au would provide a complete online moving solution that complements realestate.com.au's existing services and supports its future directions. 

General Manager, domain.com.au, Chris Meehan, said that, by being able to click between the two websites, users now have everything they need at their fingertips. "Movinghome is the only service of its type in Australia - online or offline - and we are pleased to offer it as an integrated part of our service," he said. 

The Managing Director of rent-a-home.com.au, Justin Butterworth, says the alliance is a natural fit that provides homemovers with a convenient and economical accommodation option. rent-a-home.com.au has the largest selection of short term furnished rental properties in Australia, managed through a network of professional agents. 

Home moves are often driven by a job transfer, promotion or career change. "This often results in people who are moving also needing assistance with finding a job for their partner in the new city," Dr Hodgkinson said. "This makes seek.com.au, the country's leading job search website, invaluable to them." 

SEEK's Executive Director, Andrew Bassat, said: "Now job hunters can find a new job using seek.com.au and have access to a range of useful information and services provided by movinghome.com.au." 

Toll Technologies, a division of Australia's largest logistics and transport company Toll Holdings, holds a majority interest in movinghome.com.au. 

For further information visit http://www.movinghome.com.au/about.jsp or contact: 

Kylie Lewis 
movinghome.com.au 
Tel: 03 8696 6023 
Mobile: 0411 691 723 
Email: kyliel@movinghome.com.au 

Jennifer Simon 
e-marketing 
Tel: 03 9682 4788 
Mobile: 0413 582 748 
Email: jsimon@e-marketing.com.au