Moving home - when do you breathe a sigh of relief?

Wickedkitten

When everything has been moved over to the new property, the old one has been thoroughly cleaned and the keys have been given back. That's pretty much when I can finally close the chapter and start a new one.

beccad

When the keys were in our hands! Although then when we walked through the door for the first time the clenching feeling returned as we realised quite how much work there was to do lol!

azkaban420

Definitely when the keys are in hand and I can step into my new property as the owner...oh and sleeping in my bed staring at MY new ceiling lol!

Can't wait!!! :j

Az

theartfullodger

I breath a sigh of relief if, after a month, the children still haven't found me...

mkaibear

Doozergirl wrote: »

The first cup of tea is usually the point at which I wonder what the heck I've bought

Buy nicer tea, then :P

Doshwaster

azkaban420 wrote: »

Definitely when the keys are in hand and I can step into my new property as the owner...oh and sleeping in my bed staring at MY new ceiling lol!

Can't wait!!! :j

Az

Then the feeling of waking up in the middle of the night wondering where you are!

muskoka

I'll breathe a sigh of relief when all the woodworms gone, joists & floorboards replaced, re-plastering done the extensions up, the new windows are in, the place has got gas to it & central heating is installed, when the kitchen's been installed and the new bathrooms re-fitted, carpets fitted, re-wiring done and maybe then, just maybe I'll be able to move in ..............3 months so far, expect another 3 months before I can move in:(

This is all in anticipation of not going over-budget...time will tell

whysitallsocomplicated

For me, it will be when I have spent the weekend doing something other than D.I.Y.

Only worry is that based on history this tends to be the point when the wife starts making noises about "now we have the house the way we want it, wouldnt it be nice to have another baby".

Although I love our kids and cant think of a nicer feeling than holding your new born child this normally entails lots more D.I.Y getting the house prepared for the coming months as the new born turns to a toddler and then to something akin to "horrid Henry" (only relevant if you have children and your telly watching is based mainly on CITV).

Of course as the children grow the house that once seemed so huge compared to the last one now seems to be running out of space. You start having conversations about how it would be nice to have another bedroom, a bigger garden (I now concentrate on having a shed/workshop further from the house with a lock on the inside of the door) or more famialy room.

After months of agonising & stress you sell your house and move to the bigger new one. Your life is taken over by D.I.Y and the weekends are full of things like fitting new bathrooms, erecting conservatories or turning the smallest living room into a games room for the kids. You reach a point some time later when you breath a sigh of relief because at last all is done and the weekends are no longer full of D.I.Y and you can just relax. You look forward to the long summer days just relaxing in the garden. On one such day your wife turns to you and starts to talk about how it would be nice now that the house is just the way you want it if (now the next part depends on how old you have got) 1) you had another baby or 2) the granchildren came to stay at the weekends more often to give their parents a break.

If option 2) above this is likely to cause a lot of D.I.Y as they are young and you need to prepare the house again for toddlers/small children.

By now you breath a sigh of relief when you have to spend the weekends doing D.I.Y. As now it means you can get down to the bottom of the garden to the workshop/shed, close the door behind you and breath a sigh of relief.

God that was a bit of a ramble wasnt it?!

In short breath a sigh of relief when you feel the momment/situation warrants it, but try to make sure your not breathing a sigh of relief too soon.

chiefgoobster

probably about 2 years down the line when you've tackled that final box in the spare room marked up " spare stuff / bits n bobs " .

TighterThanTwoCoatsOfPain

olias wrote: »

Definately when contracts are exchanged. Not too worried about anything else.

Definately once you have the keys....

On my friends purchase the contracts were exchanged in advance, the sale of his house completed but the purchase didnt.

Two days later it did, but it was a frantic two days living on the sofa / spare rooms of friends and their belongings scattered between transit vans and garages.

But dont worry, i'm sure yours will be fine! :beer: