Harveyspecter

Just through i'd update the regulars with my news here as you have all helped so much. My start date is now June 5th, it was delayed due to problems with the background check (the company was basically too lazy to do it) and we leave WA tomorrow in the UHaul as we decided to make a road trip of it! Finally got a house confirmed tonight too, luckily it's rented by someone who works for the same company so I was able to skip some of the process. Interestingly I had to do a credit check and even though I've only have a credit card a few months my score is 692, not bad!

Pulaski

That's not unusual, but your credit history has neither depth nor breadth so the score is likely pretty useless - any lender can see that your credit history is very short and has only a few items on it.

Good luck with your road trip and the start of your new job. Driving a UHaul that far is going to be quite an ordeal, especially if it's a big truck. I drove a 25' Penske truck (the largest you can rent on a car license) from NY to southern Virginia, which was an interesting experience as a vehicle that size would be a Class 3 HGV in the UK!

civilservant

Agreed with Pulaski, a credit company doesn't use a 'score' to determine what they will offer you, they look at your full file and it gets scored according to their own models. With little history, you are likely to get denied most products because they have no history to work with.

MidAtlantic

Thanks for the update and all the best!

ian-mstm

When I moved to the US, I drove a 17' UHaul truck with a full-length car trailer from Nova Scotia to Kentucky!


Agreed. My trip was 1,475 miles. The worst part for me was driving through the northern part of the Appalachian mountains... very slow going.

Ian