Moving house - please give me your hints and TIPS!

[EdgarAllanPond]

We have sold again (hurray!)

the thing we wanted to buy has gone Sold STC to someone else so I am happy to move in with my parents and help them renovate theirs (5 bed house, so mucho spaco) whilst we wait for the right opportunity.

we don't have a date for exchange of contracts yet, but the buyer is processing their sale and hopes to move before Xmas.

SO: when to start boxing stuff up? i'm thinking do as much preliminary work n parents house whilst we aren't living there as we can, until exchange of contracts, then sort through our junk and do the stowing and throwing...

[Notyetthere]

Try this link, lots of advice.

forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?p=36196317%23post36196317

Good luck with your move.

[frostyfingers]

Clear as much as you can before you move - taking stuff to the tip and recycling is very satisfying. Last move before this I gave a load of stuff to local Women's Aid - books, cutlery, small furniture, towels - which they pass on to people in need. It felt like a very worthwhile way of recycling.

Try not to move it with you and sort after, it costs more and you will have run out of energy by then.

[EdgarAllanPond]

very true so :dejunking even more.

i have enough baby stuff for several families!

[EdgarAllanPond]

ooh had confirmation of sale documents and a thing from our solicitor saying they have all our paperwork ready - exciting!

if we move before xmas i won't be able to do decs in this house!!

[EdgarAllanPond]

ooh DH gone to parents house to do more fixing...

our solicitors have sent off all our gumpf
chain wants pre-Xmas date. feeling a bit sad as this is a lovely house.