How long did it take you to unpack?

[Laughingpidgeon]

Moved 2 weeks ago and still not finished.

I feel like I have completely run out of steam

8 years. Some boxes just got tucked to one side.

Depends. We moved in but had redecorating to book in, so we only unpacked some things.

We did ours in a few days BUT we moved on 15th December & that does put a bit of a rocket up your bum!

Ah.....

How long did it take to pack??? We're moving in Thursday.......
I was going to do Tuesday and Wed. Do I need to add in Monday as well??

Last time I moved (no furniture that time) it took a day to pack, and empty all the boxes. That did involve leaving piles of stuff in the middle of the floor so the boxes could be reused.... I have enough boxes this time, since I've had more than 3 days notice!!!

@KarrotKake how big is your house? How many kids? Packing takes a lot longer than unpacking!

2 kids, 2 adults.

As I said, last time we packed and unpacked in 1 day (it was hellish) without furniture. So I guessed 2 days packing, then the movers will deal with furniture and boxes...... that's 3 tomes longer to do half the amount.......
Am I totally wrong??? It was only 4 years ago.....

It might be ok if you live in a very minimalist house…😬

Moved into our house 22 years ago still have unpacked boxes in the loft,be like Christmas if we ever get round to it 😁

OK. I'll add in Monday!! That's 4 times longer. Better make sure it's enough time 😶‍🌫️
Thank you for the reality check!

If you finish early it doesn’t matter, but if you’re still packing when the movers turn up it’s a nightmare! Good luck!

About six months. But that was deliberate as there was no point unpacking tens of boxes of books until the walls had been painted and floors carpeted. We did the majority in a few weeks but deliberately left the books and a few other things until furniture was permanently in place.

2 years till last box unpacked. To be fair we were renovating. Still everything not in right place.

but all the main stuff in 2 days, we had family help.

Ditto, moved on Dec 13th!

I’d say we’d unpacked almost everything within two weeks bar a big mass of books in the spare room that’s still there seven months later. But we had the luxury of moving into a bigger house so it felt like there was space to put everything, rather than planning and stressing. Plus we didn’t need to decorate.

Been here 6 months. Still multiple boxes that remain unpacked.

Another one saying 8 years here. We had a little celebration to mark the occasion.

About a year before every box was unpacked. Been here 2 years now and I'm still moving stuff around and deciding where I want things to go.

A couple of days. I am quite minimal, and live on my own though.

We moved inn6 years ago, there are still unpacked boxes in the spare room 🤦‍♀️

3 years and still got boxes in the spare room we havent opened finally found the iron a few weeks ago

Moved in 2007, still have unpacked boxes.

Moved, had dc 2 days later, moved again 5 years later, chucked all the stuff ( lots) that was still in boxes from previous move

3 days. I cried with exhaustion. Gave birth 3 days later, so glad we did

We had 80% done in first week but we need substantial changes to be finished before we can finish (office, garage sized shed, new kitchen) plus we have no bookcases and need ones building in to alcoves which we can’t afford yet. So it will be years before the books are unboxed sadly!
We have been in 9 weeks.

We're moving house this year, after living in our current house for 8 years. There are boxes in our garage that have never been unpacked. 🤣

The first 8/9 moves I did it all in 24 hours - just kept going. Last time it took a couple of weeks. This time I’m two weeks in, and reckon another two weeks to go - BUT !!!!! this time we have had absolutely zero furniture to bring with us, no curtains eat for us, not even toilet roll holders or seats, so I’ve spent probably 10 of the last 14 days either buying or building furniture, just so we have somewhere to sleep/sit/put things away in.