There must be a few of us who are MOVING/ SOON TO BE let's join together to chat about being busy, excited etc etc

[LoveMyGirls]

Please?

We found out yesterday we are going to be moving in abut a month, 've woken up this morning feeling very excited but also worried about how i'm going to find time to pack etc (dp is expecting me to get a weekend job because my business isnt going so well at the moment) but I can't pack in the week because he's at work and i've got my own children plus mindees from 11.30am to 6pm mon to fri. what to do

Also where you you all getting your boxes from?

What are your worries, anything you wanna share?

(((((((((((((((((((((((Good Luck)))))))))))))))))

Well, I've just completed and have done the bulk of the non-furniture move myself with the assistance of many lovely friends and family members. Am knackered. Tomorrow the removal firm come to do the furniture.

Our housebuying saga:

• found the house in Jan, put in offer, accepted immediately
• sellers then messed about for months claiming to be putting in offers on houses, sometimes having them accepted and then backing off, all the while knowing we had a fixed end date of 6 May for our (rented) house
• time draws close. I decide enough is enough - what are they doing? It goes back and forth. Some days they are prepared to move out to rented, other days not. Finally I say: we exchange in a week or it's off. They agree.
• two days before exchange, they pull out, claiming it's all too stressful and life is just too hard for them. We are five weeks away from being homeless.
• that Saturday we go and view a nice house whose lovely sellers really have had the house purchase from hell (think court orders and the house being repeatedly vandalised by the owner to try and force them out of the deal). Put in an offer: it is accepted.
• original sellers come round on the Sunday to say they do want us to buy their house but they can't move into a rented house with a baby. This is whilst standing in my rented house in front of my baby. Sorry, I say. We've had an offer accepted elsewhere.
• Monday. Original sellers offer to drop the price 3 grand, but only if we agree to exchange at their convenience. No way - so they can string us along for another three months and then pull out two days before exchange? Thanks but no thanks.
• a little while later, original sellers put the house back on the market with NO UPWARD CHAIN. WTF. Now they will move to rented? Nutters.
• anyway, we have to run round like mad things to get everything ready to exchange prior to a divorce hearing in the sellers' sellers' case (following me?) because mad owner of that house (the vandal) has refused to agree to exchange and we need a judge to force him to do it.
• that happens, but too late in the day to exchange on the Friday, so we only had four days between exchange and completion. We're all kind of half living in each others' houses trying to find who still has a broadband connection, where is there a plumbed-in washing machine, who needs the spare fridge, etc.

Fun! Did I mention I am knackered?!

I feel like this should be labelled a support thread!! Am feelign your pain ladies, we've accepted an offer on our place but can't find ANYWHERE to move to. It's awful, buyer is getting impatient but what can you do?

Arrrrrrg

Well have to say I am glad that you guys are having a shiot time too - some of yo0ur stories ut mine in the shade to be honest but here we go.

Went to see house end of Jan - loved it - top of our bdget but with some squeezing put in asking price offer because was house in a million and we loved it - asked that they take it off market whilst we sell ours.

Put ours on market and after 5 weeks sold it - day we got offer the people we were buying from phoned to say they had found somewhere so if we didn;t have a buyer it would go back on market - luckily had buyer that morning and so all was fine.

5 weeks later and after spending on surveys, mortgage valuations etc.. we are ready to set date to exchange and are told by estate agent qwe are buying through that the people we are buying from are getting divorced - woman decided she doesn't love hubbie anymore and so is staying in house till she gets her settlement from him!!

We say fine - we don;t want to ose house or buyers so will rent for 6 months - forced DH into going to house again just to check it is perfect and I ask woman what she is going to do when she gets her settlement - is she prepared to rent if our six months are up - she looks down her nose and says definalty not as she has children to consider - 1 teeneager and a 9 year old - I have a 6 year old and a 2 year old so was pretty pissed off that this hold up her fault and we were going to have to rent but hey ho.

Got back home and DH said we should continue looking at other properties so last Monday we go and see a beautiful house - I check out nursery for DS and school for DD and we make an offer and is accepted. Hoorah end of all shit.

Noooo - last Froday when the survey was to be done got call saying woman and kids who are tenants on the house are sick and so survey cannot be done - think a bit iffy but rebook for Tuesday and then Tuesday morning we get call saying owner of the house is going to extend the womans tenancy for 2 years as she cannot possibly look for another house as a friend of hers died last week and it is all too much for her - we say will wait as can bunk at ILs and he says no!!!

We have to move out of our house 2 weeks friday with 2 kids and ahouseful of junk!!

Going to see little cottage in pretty village Thursday - I love it on Rightmove but DH is unsure - I hope to god that it is as lovely as it looks and then we can rent in that area and get the kids settled and hopefully making friends!!

I am also starting a new job in a few weeks so have the added hassle of finding childcare for the kids too!!

Surprising that my wine and fag intake has increased from nothing to lots!!

Anyway - hope you all get some sort of resolution soon - I know what ot feels like - you get so cynical about people and what they say to you when you are moving and doing all thelegal stuff - where have all the honest people gone????

Twinkie - that's awful! I so don't get this whole "I cannot live in a rented house, I have children to consider" thing. Our sellers were the same, lost a guaranteed buyer because they wouldn't move into rented. What's so bad about rented? In some ways my rented house is nicer than the house I am buying. Have been sighing to myself about losing our lovely garden overlooked by nothing but trees; at the bottom there is a stream with a little bridge - all the spring wildflowers are out and it's so peaceful; only residents can access it (I think). Ds has just got to an age where he can appreciate it, sigh.

We're mainly moving because dh's disabilities mean we can't live in a 3-storey house in a hilly area, although the 3-storey bit is a pain in the rear for me too, in terms of having to carry ds up and down the wretched stairs to the kitchen all the time. But I love the stream and the new house has no similar feature Struggling not to resent dh tonight (esp as he has done nada towards the house move).

I'm a mixture of frickin' terrified and delerious at the challenge. DH has new job in Munich - we'll all be out there (have a DS who is 2) by July. Handed in my notice last Friday at work, nursery have been informed and there's no going back! I can't speak German and the house here is going to be rented...god I hope they aren't a bunch of scummy b***ds that trash the joint. This is some scaaaaaaaaaaary shit, and I hope there's someone out there who's also going to go through a relocation with a kid that can offer support.

God - twinkle, tribpot, you are sending shivers down my spine!!! You poor things, isn't moving a nightmare?

We would be happy to rent but there is nothing in the area we want to go to, either rental or purchase. I am terrified our buyer will drop out.

What's this 'busy and excited' about? Stressed and depressed more like it
We found a buyer for our house at the end of Jan, had already found one we wanted and had offer accepted, and for the last month we have been on the verge of exchanging, but one little thing after another keeps popping up and we have already missed potential move day number 1 (people in house we are buying were so confidant that they had booked removals and storage so they are now living with minimal furniture etc) and we are now hoping that we will finally exchange this week and move in 3 weeks time..but still nothing guarenteed.

God this is all terrifying isn;tit - I didn;t sleep again last night for worrying about what we are going to do when we move out of here ina couple of weeks - we are going to have to rent somewhere - but where - I start a new job in a week or so and where we rent or buy needs to have childcare up and running pretty much immediatley - which means I will be paying 2 lots of nursery fees for a month at least as I haven't cancelled DSs nursery place be cause I had no idea where we were going to.

There is one shildminder near the school that DD willbe going to if we like this cottage we are going to see tomorrow but it would mean she would have to have places for DS and DD!!

Well enough on mumsnet this morning as DS wants to help me!!

It's not quite as terifying for me as all of you as we're not buying we're renting.

The most terifying bit for me is because i'm a childminder and i obviously have to move my business i'm hoping not to lose any customers because of it - we need every penny, i've got someone coming today hopefully he'll start with me next week (praying it works out) and hoping OFSTED don't stop me working for too long while they give permission for me to use the new house.

They haven't given us an address yet, we can't even see the house until 14th May and then they are expecting us to move at the end of May which is when all the kids are off school which equals my busiest time - not a time i can shut down for so i'm going to phone them today to see if we can move on or after the 4th june when the hols are over! Plus there's noway OFSTED will let me be up and running after only giving them 2 weeks notice.

Fingers crossed for you all!

LoveMyGirls, have you checked the tenancy agreement to see if you can run a business from the property?

Oh another thing that hit me this morning was how much more serious it feels with my dp, we've lived in this house for 5 years and shared a flat for 6mths before that and we've since had dd2 together but I guess when we moved into together last time it was because we didnt want to not live together and were enjoying living together, now 5 years on I guess i thought that there might be a slim chance he would say "i've realised I don't want to move in with you again" but I double checked and he laughed at me so I'm guessing he still wants to live with me I know I was just being daft but if there was ever a time to call it quits surely its when you're moving out of your home anyway. Scarey stuff!

Yeah it's housing association and they gave me written permission which i will have to get again for the new address. This would all be much easier if they would tell us the house number!! It's not like we're stupid, we're moving over the road we can see the house and the fact they've moved out but until we're told officially we can't get things moving on a formal basis!

ooo can i join, am moving this week!!

was told on monday that i need to be out my old house and in my new by weekend ish

things are hectic!

been getting up at 5.30 to pack(thats why i'm on mumsnet )

boxes~ i nicked from the back of Herons

paint~i'm frantically trying to get dd's room painted and floored by friday when i get my big stuff moved.

the living room and kitchen is open plan and has got no kitchen in it, should be 4 weeks so will have no washer or oven till then, i'm very excited, but feel sick with worry.

anyway back to packing, good luck everyone

We have had men round ot do moving quotations today, all local firms I tell you what they are when we get them.
It is mad that so many of us have terrible stories to tell about moving and selling lets hope we all get sorted.

Hi all - hope you're still following this thread. Well I picked up my keys on Tuesday afternoon and we went to the house and stayed overnight. It is lovely. The previous owner (who I had thought was horrible)has left us a lovely note and some light fittings we hadn't paid for. Also left us paint samples for repairs and toilet roll. The house is really clean and just lovely. Garden is so peaceful, backs onto a river, park the other side of it, so all you can hear are birds singing and children playing - it is bliss. Of course yesterday we had damp proof fixed, so they've taken plaster off lovely kitchen walls and we can't repaint for 12 weeks, but am now so excited about moving in in two weeks. Just need to find moving firm!

Fab news shiney, house sounds gorgeous. Can't believe how lucky you are you can afford a removal firm - we are only moving across the street so aside from the fact we can't afford it they would laugh at us im sure so we'll be doing the work ourselves!!

I've spoken to the Housing association today, they have given me an address so I can start writing offical letters, they're going to give ofsted access when they want it and are sending me a letter to give permission for me to run the business from that address they also agreed not to make us move before the 4th June - so i'm very chuffed she is such a lovely lady for putting my mind at ease!!

Hi
Can I join? We move fri 11.

Of course why not, hows it going, feel free to off load

We move in June to a lovely village about 2 miles from where we live now. We will also be renting - as we are now - taking the opportunity of our lease ending to move to a smaller, cheaper and hopefully warmer house. We moved back to the UK from overseas a year ago and do not intend to buy for some time unless there is a dramatic change in the market. It's crazy right now. I like renting - our rent is way less than it would cost us to buy the equivalent sort of house and if we want anything doing we just ring the letting agents. Looking forward to the move if not the packing - we will be moving ourselves, but luckily we get the keys to the new place before we give up this one so I am intending to move in slowly over a period of about 2 weeks.

Mega stressed, not even half way through packing,already 2 trips to dump, took 15 black bags of clothes to oxfam bin all from the loft, I dont think ive sat down for longer than 5 minutes at a time.

And LMG it sounds like you have a lot on your plate - can the bar job wait??

I'm getting my boxes from a local homeware company - I used to work for them so they are happy to help but I know many companies do routinely throw packing boxes and materials into the skip - do you have an industrial estate or anything near you? Argos sell moving kits incl bubble wrap but I think they are probably pricey. Am saving newspapers for wrapping things in.

Yes think the bar job can deffo wait, i've just taken on a new client to start next week so its not as desperate now so hopefully wont need to do it at all. phew!

Got a more reasonable quote for packing/moving today and am seeing another firm tomorrow. Once this sorted need to do some decluttering and find a gardener. Everything else pretty much sorted - found a cleaner and a nursery place for DS this week. Going to stay there this weekend and have a BBQ - cannot wait. Have loved my apartment but really want to move now.

god, i wish i'd not bothered moving!!
i'm so tired, just sat down since this mornig, doing it all by myself, with on/off help from family and friend when they feel like it, or when they can, and noone will take dd off my hands for a night this weekend.

sorry for moaning, just fed up!

hope everyone else's moves/imminent moves are going according to plan