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I'm really upset to have found out that our landlord is selling....I want you all to tell me the GOOD things about moving house...why it's fantastic.

I am sad to leave the village...been in this house for 7 years...though we will be looking to move to one which is closer to the DC school which will make it much easier in the mornings...

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Your current house is haunted. By a creepy child ghost.

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The school thing.

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Till you're settled in, you get to eat fish and chip takeaways out of the paper. That's good.

You you still be late for school but you'll always be home earlier for coffee and Mumsnet.

You will ruthlessly cull a load of crap you don't need.

Theirs a creepy little girl ghost watching you RIGHT NOW.

You can make new friends in The New Village.

unless it's like Royston Vasey

Umm - you will find things you lost when you start packing up?

You will leave the creepy child ghost behind... Maybe.

You can declutter.

I love moving house. It is a fresh start, like a new exercise book at the start of the school year. You can vow to keep your new house tidy and always be on top of the washing etc. You have all the fun of decluttering, arranging the furniture, choosing a few new bits and pieces to make it feel like home.

New neighbours = new friends. You can still keep in touch with people who matter to you in your old village, but there is a whole new set of experiences waiting for you.

Time saved on the school run is valuable time that you can spend in positive ways (e.g. reading with your children in the mornings, making more exciting breakfasts, watching the news or reading the papers, lazing around in bed for an extra 15 minutes, painting your toenails, faffing about on mumsnet...)

Good luck with your house move.

The landlord is selling because Colombian drug barons have caught up with him, at YOUR address.

Your new house is bang next door to James Middketon and you'll be able to spy on his shagfests sell stories to the tabloids for a fortune.

Mary Berry lives on the other side.

Thank you all Salmon it IS a little bit like Royston Vasey....AND the village hall is haunted by a child ghost of whom there is a photo!

I keep google mapping the house we want...it IS bigger and older...which might equal a real ghost of out very own! I've always wanted one!

Oh! There you go then - creepy child ghost in the new place AND it's handy for school, so you can drop the ghost off in the mornings with the DC and get some peace.

Another rolling stone here, so I find it odd that someone stays in the same house for as long as 7 years! I am usually ready to sell and look at pastures new after 5, because .....

.... I get sick of dusting the same corners (you will have SO much more fun dusting different ones
.... I get sick of seeing the same faces (you meet lots of new people, and the old faces you actually like will stay as friends)
.... I get sick of the furniture not being arrangeable in 'just the right way' and after 5 years, I have tried every possible combination (you get to re-arrange a lot in new houses )
.... I get sick of the old furniture/soft furnishings (you get to choose lots of nice new bits to make the new house look perfect)
.... I get sick of the limitations of my local shops (you get to find lovely new little shops)
.... I just get bored (you really will find it exciting!)

Edited I know what you are saying but the new village has ONE shop only. granted, our old larger village is a mile and a half away with a good bus route...but still! ONE shop! No chippy....there are 2 pubs, a church and church hall....and one shop.

What will I DO!? I may have to invest in a dog or something.

A new house is a bit of an adventure.
If you want to go to more shops, you must walk, and become fitter/slimmer/release some endorphins....select the motivation of your choice.
You will be healthier as you will not have chippy chips as often...

parsley that's very true...I think there will be some lovely country walks near to the new house...I will have to buy welllies as it's very "fieldy" round there...and there's some fascinating local history to the place..ancient wells and bridges...Roman remains...all kinds!

My current village doesn't have any shops!
Moving usually means, though, that a different town becomes the easiest to access for shopping - so even though it may have been accessible, before, it still becomes an exploration.

As for what you will do ......this is small village life!! trust me, the welcoming committee will be inviting you for coffee a lot while they suss you out

Do you think so Edited? I would like to join their history club....but I'm scared it will be full of old men! I would maybe volunteer for their Rainbows group as I know they are short...

You can throw out seven years of crap and buy more once you've moved!

The best advice I have ever been given, regarding moving, was "never turn down an invitation in the first year". Even if it is out of your usual comfort zone.
Admittedly the advice was given in relation to moving to the other side of the world, where I knew no-one, but I have applied it ever since .....and it works. The more involved you are ready to be, the easier it is to slip into local life.
I imagine the Rainbows pack would be absolutely delighted by an offer of real help each week.

Mention your interest in history, see where it leads. Some of those 'old men' make amazing neighbours