Is moving house extremely stressful if you are not buying the house

[CassandraBarrett]

I keep reading that moving house is one of the most stressful things people do in life.

Does this actually mean BUYING a house and moving? And that the buying is the stressful part?

Oh god ignore me I misread. I’ve spent all day packing so I’m just proving my own point.

@Saltblood that's an astounding amount of moves!
To a who commented, thanks. I'm interested in the theory that certain personalities like the process. I might be one of them.

And I'll try to get rid of stuff now before we move!

We are moving our furniture but we're not going tok far so can be over and back a lot .

We'll also try to overlap for a week and just pay double rent. That will give us time to sort things out I hope

That sounds like a good plan - one of the easiest moves we did was a rental into a purchase with an overlap of 3 weeks.

Definitely get rid of your clutter before the move if possible. We gave as much as we could to charity and then got a skip, which was easily filled.

@WitchDancer yes to the skip too!

I have moved house before I should add and didn't find it super-stressful but I was wondering if I had rose-tinted /glossed over it.

I think it will be less stressful than my mother thinks but more stressful than my DH thinks

Selling and buying as part of a nice is very stressful as it goes in for weeks, during which you lay out a lot money for surveys and searches and the whole thing can still fall through up until the moment you exchange.

Plus the packing, getting rid of and replacing furniture to fit, changing all contacts and utilities.

Making big decisions that affect so many areas of your life and ultimately taking a gamble. See the number of threads about dodgy neighbours!

It's the doing it all on one day I think. I found it so stressful that I'm resolved not to do it ever again!

If you're moving from rented then hopefully you don't have to do it all in one day.

It's the lack of control.
You aim to exchange and complete on certain days, and there are loads of factors out of your control that mean this won't happen.
I learned about it being top 10 most stressful life event in 6th form. My family had moved the week before Xmas of y11. I thought it wasn't that bad. Afterwards, it isn't, it is the lead up that's a killer. Of course as the adult in the equation it is a lot worse! I've never bought a new build, I'm sure they come with their own problems. Having the previous occupant still on your property at 5pm, with various extended family members from her family and mine around to help was a particular highlight.