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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/utility/feedstylesheets/atom.xsl" media="screen"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xml:lang="en-US"><title type="html">Announcements</title><subtitle type="html" /><id>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/private-accommodation/b/announcements/atom</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/private-accommodation/b/announcements" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/private-accommodation/b/announcements/atom" /><generator uri="http://telligent.com" version="12.0.0.15013">Telligent Community (Build: 12.0.0.15013)</generator><updated>2025-04-23T14:49:51Z</updated><entry><title>What Bills do you need to be aware of.</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/private-accommodation/b/announcements/posts/bills-bills-and-more-bills" /><id>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/private-accommodation/b/announcements/posts/bills-bills-and-more-bills</id><published>2025-10-13T14:06:39Z</published><updated>2025-10-13T14:06:39Z</updated><content type="html">Some of these you may already have if you have relocated from Service Accommodation, but here are a list of the main bills you will need to pay when being in your own home:
Rent
This will need to be arranged and agreed with the Landlord, with payment...(&lt;a href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/private-accommodation/b/announcements/posts/bills-bills-and-more-bills"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/aggbug?PostID=12114&amp;AppID=316&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>RN FPS HQ</name><uri>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/members/rnrmwinfo</uri></author><category term="bills" scheme="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/private-accommodation/b/announcements/archive/tags/bills" /><category term="Utility" scheme="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/private-accommodation/b/announcements/archive/tags/Utility" /></entry><entry><title>Household Insurance</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/private-accommodation/b/announcements/posts/house-insurance" /><id>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/private-accommodation/b/announcements/posts/house-insurance</id><published>2025-10-13T14:04:34Z</published><updated>2025-10-13T14:04:34Z</updated><content type="html">Whether you are renting or own your own home, is it vital you have home insurance to cover you should anything untoward happen.
Money Helper provides some useful information on &lt;a href="https://www.moneyhelper.org.uk/en/everyday-money/insurance/home-insurance-how-to-get-the-best-deal" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Household Insurance&lt;/a&gt;
The following have military affiliation and you may f...(&lt;a href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/private-accommodation/b/announcements/posts/house-insurance"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/aggbug?PostID=12113&amp;AppID=316&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>RN FPS HQ</name><uri>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/members/rnrmwinfo</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Leaving your Service Families Accommodation</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/private-accommodation/b/announcements/posts/leaving-your-service-families-accommodation" /><id>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/private-accommodation/b/announcements/posts/leaving-your-service-families-accommodation</id><published>2025-10-13T14:00:52Z</published><updated>2025-10-13T14:00:52Z</updated><content type="html">When leaving your Married Quarter, Pinnacle are here to help.&amp;nbsp;
&lt;a id="" href="https://www.pinnacleservicefamilies.co.uk/moving-out/"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a id="" href="https://www.pinnacleservicefamilies.co.uk/moving-out/"&gt;https://www.pinnacleservicefamilies.co.uk/moving-out/&lt;/a&gt;
Everything you need to know about how to book a Pre March out and March out can be found in the link above.&amp;nbsp;
You will also...(&lt;a href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/private-accommodation/b/announcements/posts/leaving-your-service-families-accommodation"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/aggbug?PostID=12110&amp;AppID=316&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>RN FPS HQ</name><uri>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/members/rnrmwinfo</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Civilian Housing Options Brief and Information</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/private-accommodation/b/announcements/posts/civilian-housing-options-brief-and-information" /><id>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/private-accommodation/b/announcements/posts/civilian-housing-options-brief-and-information</id><published>2025-10-06T13:45:00Z</published><updated>2025-10-06T13:45:00Z</updated><content type="html">Civilian Housing Options Briefs are delivered twice a month by the Defence Transition Service (DTS) part of Defence Business Services (DBS) who are the MOD&amp;rsquo;s tri-service focal point to provide service personnel and their dependents with civilia...(&lt;a href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/private-accommodation/b/announcements/posts/civilian-housing-options-brief-and-information"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/aggbug?PostID=10859&amp;AppID=316&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>ASK INFO</name><uri>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/members/askinfo</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Forces Help to Buy</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/private-accommodation/b/announcements/posts/forces-help-to-buy-2049752257" /><id>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/private-accommodation/b/announcements/posts/forces-help-to-buy-2049752257</id><published>2025-10-06T13:43:00Z</published><updated>2025-10-06T13:43:00Z</updated><content type="html">This scheme, designed to help you get on the property ladder, launched on 1 April 2014 and as of 1 January 2023 is an enduring policy available to all serving personnel and subject to certain criteria.
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You will be able to borrow up to 5...(&lt;a href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/private-accommodation/b/announcements/posts/forces-help-to-buy-2049752257"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/aggbug?PostID=10858&amp;AppID=316&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>ASK INFO</name><uri>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/members/askinfo</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Find Your Local Council - Northern Ireland</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/private-accommodation/b/announcements/posts/find-your-local-council---northern-ireland" /><id>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/private-accommodation/b/announcements/posts/find-your-local-council---northern-ireland</id><published>2025-04-23T14:19:27Z</published><updated>2025-04-23T14:19:27Z</updated><content type="html">To find your local council and what it offers, go to:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a id="" href="https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/find-your-local-council"&gt;https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/find-your-local-council&lt;/a&gt;(&lt;a href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/private-accommodation/b/announcements/posts/find-your-local-council---northern-ireland"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/aggbug?PostID=10867&amp;AppID=316&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>ASK INFO</name><uri>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/members/askinfo</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Find your Local Council - Scotland</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/private-accommodation/b/announcements/posts/find-your-local-council---scotland" /><id>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/private-accommodation/b/announcements/posts/find-your-local-council---scotland</id><published>2025-04-23T14:15:57Z</published><updated>2025-04-23T14:15:57Z</updated><content type="html">To find your local council and what it has to offer, go to:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a id="" href="https://www.mygov.scot/local-council-website"&gt;https://www.mygov.scot/local-council-website&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(&lt;a href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/private-accommodation/b/announcements/posts/find-your-local-council---scotland"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/aggbug?PostID=10865&amp;AppID=316&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>ASK INFO</name><uri>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/members/askinfo</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Find your local Council - Wales</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/private-accommodation/b/announcements/posts/find-your-local-council---wales" /><id>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/private-accommodation/b/announcements/posts/find-your-local-council---wales</id><published>2025-04-23T14:13:39Z</published><updated>2025-04-23T14:13:39Z</updated><content type="html">To find details of you local council and what it can offer, go to:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a id="" href="https://www.gov.wales/find-your-local-authority"&gt;https://www.gov.wales/find-your-local-authority&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(&lt;a href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/private-accommodation/b/announcements/posts/find-your-local-council---wales"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/aggbug?PostID=10864&amp;AppID=316&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>ASK INFO</name><uri>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/members/askinfo</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Find your Local Council - England</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/private-accommodation/b/announcements/posts/find-your-local-council---england" /><id>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/private-accommodation/b/announcements/posts/find-your-local-council---england</id><published>2025-04-23T14:11:52Z</published><updated>2025-04-23T14:11:52Z</updated><content type="html">To find your local council and the support that it is able to provide, go to:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.gov.uk/find-local-council"&gt;https://www.gov.uk/find-local-council&lt;/a&gt;(&lt;a href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/private-accommodation/b/announcements/posts/find-your-local-council---england"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/aggbug?PostID=10863&amp;AppID=316&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>ASK INFO</name><uri>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/members/askinfo</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Trust Mark</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/private-accommodation/b/announcements/posts/trust-mark" /><id>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/private-accommodation/b/announcements/posts/trust-mark</id><published>2025-04-23T13:51:54Z</published><updated>2025-04-23T13:51:54Z</updated><content type="html">TrustMark is a not-for-profit organization, licensed by the Government and supported by consumer protection groups. The website provides a search engine to find all types of tradesmen in all the towns across in the UK.(&lt;a href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/private-accommodation/b/announcements/posts/trust-mark"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/aggbug?PostID=10862&amp;AppID=316&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>ASK INFO</name><uri>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/members/askinfo</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Tenancy Deposit Loan Scheme</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/private-accommodation/b/announcements/posts/tenancy-deposit-loan-scheme" /><id>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/private-accommodation/b/announcements/posts/tenancy-deposit-loan-scheme</id><published>2025-04-23T13:49:51Z</published><updated>2025-04-23T13:49:51Z</updated><content type="html">The Tenancy Deposit Loan Scheme allows Civilian and Service personnel to apply for an advance of salary loan to help meet the cost of a deposit for a rental property in all UK locations. The initiative was developed by the Department of Communities a...(&lt;a href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/private-accommodation/b/announcements/posts/tenancy-deposit-loan-scheme"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/aggbug?PostID=10861&amp;AppID=316&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>ASK INFO</name><uri>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/members/askinfo</uri></author></entry></feed>