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How do I move house AND get a new bed at the same time?

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NewHome2026 · Today 09:07

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I’m in a right pickle about the best way to move house and get a new bed at the same time.

We MUST get a new bed. It’s not optional. DH is currently sleeping in a little pit created by a separating mattress. We’ve been putting it off because the issues with this mattress started when we moved it into this house and we don’t want to drop £2k on a mattress to then have it suffer in the move again. The bed frame itself is tired, has a rip in it and we want to upgrade to a superking so we have more space when our baby arrives at Christmas.

I can’t work out the best way to coordinate it with moving day. I wanted to order it all and keep it in the garage for the move but the mattresses we like don’t come rolled up and we can’t store a superking mattress flat.

These are the options I can see:

  • Order the divan base to keep in our current garage now and order a mattress once we have exchanged. During the overlap we have two single mattresses we can make do with using on the bed base until then. Get rid of current bed a day or two before completion. If we went for this option, where do we sleep for two nights?
  • Bring the old bed with us and have it assembled, order a new one upon exchange and pay for the recycling service upon delivery. This would be annoying in terms of faff on moving day, disassembling and reassembling and disassembling a bed frame again.
  • Order nothing until exchange and ask one of our sets of parents if we can stay with them for a few days while we get ourselves sorted (both local). Tempting but might be unsettling and obviously we would really like to enjoy our new house.

Some other option? This is occupying far too much of my brain space!

OP posts:
Dontevenlookatme · Today 09:15

I agree with @rwalker, move in, unpack, then worry about the bed.

backformoreofthesame · Today 09:14

How long are the lead times? Once you know that
can you order and ask for delivery on a specific date - and push back if they want to deliver earlier

we slept on the floor for a while though

rwalker · Today 09:12

Just take old bed and get a new one once you’ve settled in
your over complicating it

HippeePrincess · Today 09:12

When I’ve moved and changed beds at the same time I’ve just slept on the mattress on the floor temporarily. if you have 2 single mattresses spare does that mean you have 2 single beds? Are they moving with you? I’d just sleep on those, or any spare bed you may have till a new one turns up.

fishfingergermanbight · Today 09:11

Just get rid of old one now, and order new one for delivery the day after the move. In the mean time sleep on the single mattresses on the floor. When new bed arrives, get rid of the single mattresses. Good luck in your new house! And when we got a super king bed, I thought it was the best decision we had ever made for our health and sanity. We both sleep so much better now.

Any1ForTennis · Today 09:10

Take old bed for spare room, sleep in that for a couple of days while waiting on new bed being delivered. Have old bed removed when new one arrives.

That's what I'm planning on doing anyway.

TheAmazingShrinkingWoman · Today 09:10

Get an electric airbed. Ours is as comfortable as our proper bed. Then take your time!

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