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To ask for your "moving house" top tops?

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WestrayWife · 26/12/2024 21:40

Moving house in the New Year - big move in terms of quantity of "stuff" (4 bed house, been here for 14 years, 2 primary age kids) but only a local move a few streets away.

AIBU to ask for your top tips for moving house?!

We'll be moving as part of a chain and I genuinely don't know how I'm going to have time (or, more likely, the movers are going to have time) to pack up an entire house in one morning and allow for enough time to clean up and get out before the new family arrives at (I assume) lunchtime?!

What do you recommend I do in advance to help make the situation easier for all involved? We'll try to declutter as much as we can between now and then, but are there any things I won't have thought of which would help?

Maybe also worth mentioning I'm in Scotland so Scots Law applies.

OP posts:
BlondieDH · 26/12/2024 21:47

I agree with getting the packing service - absolute god send

HorrorFan81 · 26/12/2024 21:46

We paid for a full packing service. They came the day before we completed and packed most of the house up, just left the beds we needed and a few kitchen essentials. The morning of completion they were back at 8am and house was basically in the van by 11, we cleaned as each room got cleared and I think we were out by 12 (had completely at 10.30)

MiddleAgedDread · 26/12/2024 21:46

Get the removal company to pack. Worth every penny and more.

Stormyseasallround · 26/12/2024 21:44

Watching with interest as we’re also moving in the New Year. We’re packing ourselves and doing lots of tip runs as we go. We’re also hiring someone to come in and clean as we leave and head for the new house.

HappiestSleeping · 26/12/2024 21:44

Don't put anything in storage. It will be there way longer than you expect, and will cost you more than just buying it again.

Also, clear as much out as you can before you move. I am terrible for keeping stuff I might need one day, and all I've done is move shit from house to house that has never been used.