A promising home needs to work with the whole household’s schedule. Draw one ordinary week and include every repeated journey, not only the commute.
List fixed commitments
Write down school or childcare times, work shifts, care visits and regular appointments. Mark the journeys that cannot be late.
Test the connections
Check the time between commitments, how they work by your usual mode of transport and what happens when one person is unavailable. Include a practical back-up plan.
Verify changing details
Childcare places, school admissions and service hours need confirmation from the organisations responsible. Use the school research questions as a starting point.