Daughter needs to move out of student house this month - can I drive her there?

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Student DD moved back home with us before the lockdown but left most of her belongings at her student house. Her tenancy runs out at the end of the month so she will need to go back at some point to clear her room. Would we be allowed to drive there? It's about 60 miles away so we could do the journey without stopping anywhere on the way, but I am aware there is always a slight risk of breaking down, punctures etc. She'd need to stay for a day or two to pack everything and clean up so I'd have to do the journey twice.
Would we be ok to do this? Or should we wait a bit longer? We want to do the right thing but it's confusing.

Yes, you can do this now.

I did wonder about this. DS will be returning from University at the end of June. He has to empty his room and clean the house etc. I will be driving down to fill the car up and bring him and everything home. Assuming that’s ok. No choice really.
But we will then be mixing two households 🤷‍♀️

It is an essential journey its fine you are allowed to move out of rented property.

Thanks all, we will go ahead then. There's a chance some of her housemates will be there so there might be a mix of households but I don't see how it can be avoided in cases like this. We'll have to hope they have been careful too, though judging by the state of the bathroom last time I visited I'm not optimistic about that

I am a bit worried where all his stuff will go back here. He’s accumulated quite a bit more over the last two years living in the same student house.

We've got the same issue here.

We don't really have a choice though do we.

There will be loads of us doing this.
It wasn’t the end of University I had envisaged for DS1, I think the moving out will be quite sad.

I would get her to sort a rota with her housemates so they are not there at the same time. It’s easy to do to avoid any risk. If you go and help her you can surely pack her belongings and clear her share in a day.

*clean

Mine is in wales we are being threatened with fines and arrest if I try and get her so I'm petitioning everyone to find out just what happens to my english daughter when her accommodation runs out is she homeless in wales or can I just go get her it will be interesting to see the official stand on this as legally her home is in england but she is stranded in wales

@Myfriendanxiety that is an excellent idea!

I have two that I need to move out of shared uni houses that have been empty since just before lock down.

Dread looking in their bin and the fridge! I know they didn’t think to empty these even though I told my two to bring all food stuff and empty bins, make sure everything is turned off.

We gave one in Birmingham and one in London to empty not looking forward to that nor bringing it home. Past years I move one from one shared house directly to another so finding space for all this extra stuff will be a challenge.

Oh no, slippery, that's a worry. Hopefully there will be a way round it one of these days. There must be lots of students in the same boat. We are in England near the border with Wales and there have been loads of posts on Facebook warning people not to cross the border.
No idea where we will put all her stuff when we do get it!

If you can, I'd think I'd go and stay the night there with her if you can't pack it all up in a day rather than going up and down.

That’s a good point @slipperywhensparticus, my eldest is in Wales too and needs to leave her flat by end of June

slipperywhensparticus

I'm imagining a 'handover' at the Severn bridge, like they used to do with spies in the cold war.

English parents at one side, Welsh parents and the police on the other and the students walking from one to the other.

That’s what I was imagining, students with wheelbarrows of stuff!

My DD is going back to Uni this weekend. She needs to empty and clear her room in a shared house. Her housemates apart from one have already find this so no one else will be there. She is going to stay for a week as all the work she needs to finish her dissertation is there and she wants to have the house to herself to do this. I am not keen but she is set on the idea. I will drive her there and take all the food she will need for the week do she does not have to go out. She said she needs to finish her dissertation and totally clean out the house as no one else has done it. They will lose their deposit if house is. It left spotless. I can imagine it is in a state!

I will then go and get her after a week to bring everything home.

Sorry ‘if the house is not left spotless’

I turned up, my child had done nothing, we did her room, her kitchen and other bits in one day .

🤣🤣🤣🤣 handover on the severn bridge

She is convinced the university wont leave them hanging I'm insisting on a plan b of public transport and a delivery company to get her stuff home if needed she is lucky my friends have all left the army we might have gone on a raid to get her back (yes I'm joking... kind of )

Slippery how far away are you? We are in Cumbria so not easy travel normally

Another one with DD’s stuff in Cardiff but live in UK. Stroppy email from landlord telling them it better be spotless by such and such days with social distancing. Feel sorry for the last kid to lock up although they are all very good. I can’t even stay at a hotel I presume as it will be very tiring (if we are allowed in)

It can be done in a few hours if needs be. My DD was home, travelled 600+, miles and got her stuff into store the following morning. So glad she did it the week before lockdown, as I don't think Scotland would welcome her at the moment.

I'm in the west midlands its doable in a day we usually go collect her stretch our legs grab a coffee and drive home I can forgo the beach and the coffee just do a few stretches outside pjm I will be fine 🤣