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Pregnancy and selling/buying

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Andthenanothercupoftea · 21/03/2021 08:12

Hi all, just looking for some advice and opinions really as well as any experiences you have.

I'm pregnant and my first child. Due in August. We have been wanting to move (sell our house, buy somewhere new) for a while, but have only been in the position to bring the house to market now due to some ongoing repairs that have been delayed on/off due to covid.

I'm starting to worry about timings. Our house is slightly "niche" (as one EA described it) so may take a while to sell (or alternatively it might be snapped up because there is nothing quite like it out there...) But say we put it on at the start of April and accepted an offer at the end of May... That leaves 10 weeks pre baby. It's very unlikely that we'd complete in that time, right? I don't mind bringing the baby home here or moving with a little one, but I am slightly paranoid about giving birth on our moving weekend.

How much say over the completion date would we have e.g. would we be in a position to say "if not completed by xx then it would have to be after xx" or something like that?

We could wait until after the baby is born, but the idea of having viewings etc with a baby to deal with seems like a nightmare.

I don't really have a question, but would love to hear some opinions/experiences!

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LifeIsBusy · 21/03/2021 08:25

We moved with our first at 32 weeks and thinking back I don't think it would have been wise to do it much later as I was already quite large, sore and moving house really takes a lot between the viewings, packing up, Unpacking, ect. I still think it would have been easier to do it prebirth though as moving with an infant would be incredibly difficult as you do not have a lot of free time initially (esp if you choose bfeeding) as small humans are credibly demanding.

If you're serious on moving I would start the process now, and see where you get to. Everything is always achievable but your expectations would need to be lowered on your abilities.

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Andthenanothercupoftea · 21/03/2021 08:35

Thank you! My hope is that because everything is taking so long at the moment that we will almost certainly be completing after the birth.

I think I'm catastrophising a "best case scenario" that is very unlikely to happen.

We are lucky in that we have very supportive family in the same town, who are willing to help with any post baby move.

I also keep joking that unpacking will give me something to do in mat leave...

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TokyoSushi · 21/03/2021 08:38

I'd say just get on with it! You could always pay for a full packing and moving service if necessary, you can work around dates etc. But I'm a very much 'get on and do' type of person!

ShipOfTheseus · 21/03/2021 08:38

I moved at 38 weeks. I’d rather move pre baby rather than post baby.

Aurorie11 · 21/03/2021 08:39

We completed on the day I started mat leave at 37 weeks, and I then oversaw work at our new house, decoration, new doors, flooring, windows. We were staying at parents as completed on sale of previous house 3 months earlier. Baby born at 40+3. We moved into house with DC when they were 3 or 4 days old, we needed paint smell to go off. Pleased we did it that way than had baby first

Clockingon · 21/03/2021 08:46

I moved at 38 weeks and had a back up plan in place just incase. I'd rather move pregnant /with a new born than with a baby that is mobile.

Barneybear11 · 21/03/2021 08:56

We put our house on the market with a mobile one year old. Viewings were a nightmare, one day dd split a drink on the light carpet minutes before a viewing.
I’d say get it done!

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Andthenanothercupoftea · 21/03/2021 08:59

Thank you all!

I think getting on with it is probably the best way @tokyosushi then I can worry about dates as they begin to happen.

Just a Sunday morning panic I think!!

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TokyoSushi · 21/03/2021 09:01

Good, that's settled then 😁 Happy house moving!

Hallyup5 · 21/03/2021 09:06

It'll be fine. We sold our house when I was 5 months pregnant with our 5th baby. She was born a week before we moved. She was either in her Moses basket or car seat, popped out for the occasional breastfeed or cuddle, but she slept through most of the time. It'd have been more difficult with an older baby, I'll admit.

notinthestarsigns · 21/03/2021 22:17

I am also due in august. We put our house on the market a few weeks ago. We got an offer of full asking price on the first day of viewings and we have now had an offer accepted on a house for us to move into. Only problem is the sellers still need to find somewhere and just hoping when they do that will be the end of the chain. I plan on giving a cut off date for completion and saying if not done by then it will not be able to happen until September. I will be induced at 38 weeks so unless the baby arrives very early we at least have a good idea of when the baby will arrive! Ideally we of course want to move before the baby is here, but if we have to move with a young baby then we will have help from family and will pay for a removals service, potentially for packing/unpacking aswell. Good luck!

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