Moving house

RMJ

Is literally horrible. So much shite has emerged from places I did t know existing in our house. And none of it is mine.

Send me good vibes ladies. The next couple of days will be unbearable.

markslade07

We've been thinking of putting ours on the market. Just shown Mrs S this thread, we've now decided against it! Just saved me a wedge of cash!

Good luck with the move though, don't break the Trad!

Drew_TNBD

I've got this coming up in the next 3 weeks

Paul_C

I've lived here for the last 22 years, I'm not a fan of moving

RMJ

Drew_fx;545385" said:

I've got this coming up in the next 3 weeks

Then I'll give you the skinny. It's fucking hell mate. Start now. For God sake start packing now. I had a plan and a programme, and we are still in Shit Street without any money for a taxi.

RMJ

markslade07;545379" said:

We've been thinking of putting ours on the market. Just shown Mrs S this thread, we've now decided against it! Just saved me a wedge of cash!

Good luck with the move though, don't break the Trad!

Do it while your little one is incapable of moving. My boy has been farmed out to every family member, friend etc. He tries to 'help'. Hindrance.

TTony

Paul_C said:

I've lived here for the last 22 years,

But we've only been going for 18 months ...

shaunyshaun1234

We sold ours about 5 weeks ago so still a few weeks to go but I'm starting get twitchy arsed about the packing and hassle!

It's our first big move (the current house we are in was our first house so didn't have much furniture) so has anyone got any tips?

Paul_C

TTony said:

Paul_C said:

I've lived here for the last 22 years,

But we've only been going for 18 months ...

squatters rights ?

RMJ

shaunyshaun1234 said:

We sold ours about 5 weeks ago so still a few weeks to go but I'm starting get twitchy arsed about the packing and hassle!

It's our first big move (the current house we are in was our first house so didn't have much furniture) so has anyone got any tips?

Same situation as I was/am in mate.  My only advice is to get started as early as you can. We exchanged contracts and I made sure we had at least 3 weeks before completion to pack everything. 48hrs to go and I wish I had started 6 weeks ago. 

Nitefly

shaunyshaun1234 said:

We sold ours about 5 weeks ago so still a few weeks to go but I'm starting get twitchy arsed about the packing and hassle!

It's our first big move (the current house we are in was our first house so didn't have much furniture) so has anyone got any tips?

If you have lots of books, cd's, etc., pack them in lots of small boxes - if you put loads of books in one big box you'll struggle to pick it up.  I learned this the hard way. 

markslade07

RMJ said:

markslade07;545379" said:

We've been thinking of putting ours on the market. Just shown Mrs S this thread, we've now decided against it! Just saved me a wedge of cash!

Good luck with the move though, don't break the Trad!

Do it while your little one is incapable of moving. My boy has been farmed out to every family member, friend etc. He tries to 'help'. Hindrance.

Ah yes...good plan! Not thought of that! Had only thought how much 'help' the 2 cats would be!

IanSavage

I did mine in a day and a half, one day with a van (Sunday) to get the bulky stuff into storage (all done totally solo, except for bribing a neighbour with beer to get my sofa downstairs) and the next getting the remaining odds and sods out before handing the keys over. Like this:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v669/smokingbeagle/10959692_10153080776940350_4883780625320485524_n_zpswallvvnx.jpg

Like a fucking BOSS.

Sorry, I'm still proud of myself  

RMJ

Hero!

holnrew

I'm shedding myself of as many possessions as possible to make moving a piece piss if I ever need to.

chillidoggy

Sympathies. Moving house was arguably the most stressful time I can remember. Open your wallet/bank account, and just let everyone involved help themselves, or that's what it seemed like,

RMJ

chillidoggy;545771" said:

Sympathies. Moving house was arguably the most stressful time I can remember. Open your wallet/bank account, and just let everyone involved help themselves, or that's what it seemed like,

You're not wrong there fella.

boogieman

We thought about moving after we got married last year. Then we worked out it was going to cost about £45k in assorted fees and taxes. Bugger that, we're staying put and spending the money on useful stuff. Like holidays. And Gas.

NPP

I moved 5 times within 12 months in 2011/12. Mostly it involved small / second homes, but it included one big move. We do have lots of books, files and folders. I was thoroughly fed up with moving after that, and not having to do it again over the past few years felt massively relaxing. 

Throw away what you can, and pack systematically, bearing in mind where stuff will have to go in the new place, and label all your boxes clearly. Think about how many boxes you may need, then double the figure, then double it again

You have my sympathies!

joneve

Drew_fx said:

I've got this coming up in the next 3 weeks

Ditto. Our house will be ready on March 27th - aka D-Day. 

Our current house (flat) is full of boxes, shit we don't want and are trying to sell and shit no one will want to buy so we are going to give to charity. 

Spent most of last evening trying to remove one of our sofas from our first floor flat and delivering it to the bint (friend of a friend) who bought it. The whole process was horrendous - made worse by the fact I had unbearable man flu all day yesterday. 

I'll be glad when it's over! 

JRL

Do not move countries over the festive period. Absolute hell.

And definitely start packing earlier than you think you need to, we made our ferry with about 5 minutes to spare!