I have just paid £££ to dump a pile of stuff in a self-storage facility, with a view to moving house eventually. It feels great to have that particular heap of stuff out of the way but the house is still cluttered and there is just too much stuff. I just wish there was somewhere to PUT STUFF but we have no garage, no loft, no cellar, no spare room. One small storage cupboard and a boxroom that I need as a study (work at home) - otherwise it would be a storage space. 3 bedrooms but they are all on the small side.
I would really like to move and have a spare room, a garage and maybe a utility room. However I feel really guilty that somehow a 3-bedroom house just doesn't have enough space for 4 people's stuff.
It's not a hoarding issue, though me and DP both do have quite a bit of hobby-related stuff (things like fabric, tech and musical instruments) I am good at having clearouts and chuck out/charity shop a lot of stuff as regularly as I can. And we are not madly materialistic and try to keep kids' presents at birthdays and christmas fairly manageable and stop relatives from going mad.
It's stuff we shouldn't actually be getting rid of - everyday stuff like the hoover and steam mop, DIY things and tools, camping stuff that we use often, clothes and shoes being stored as handmedowns, toys and games, even the 3 tubs for putting recycling in - there is nowhere to put them! They just stand around in hallways or get stuffed under furniture.
I just want to know if I'm normal, do normal families have too much crap everywhere, and/or WIBU to move to get extra space?
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SoFishy · 11/05/2014 21:57
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