buying 'stuff' for a place you havent got yet? madness or moneysaving?

im-lost

Probably the wrong place to put this but...

How many of you are / have move out from your folks are buying things
that you will need when you eventually move?

You know the type of things you WILL need when your off in your own
place, the little things that when added together will drain your bank
account dry, kitchen 'stuff', bedding, bits and pieces etc etc

Some of my family think its 'odd' that I do this, is it? My reasoning is that
if I see a bargain now that I will use I may as well buy it as it'll save
forking out for it in the not too distant future.

So hands up who has done a similar thing when they moved, or are doing
the same thing because they will be moving shortly.

those that have done so, where do you draw the line? Do you stick
with the small things or are bigger things ok to get

Person_one

You don't need as much stuff as you think you will when you actually get your first place, and the things that will cost you the most like mattresses are not the sort of thing you can keep in a corner till you need it.

Are you actually in the process of moving? If not, don't clutter up your mum and dad's house with stuff you know you won't be using in the foreseeable future!

poppy_f1

i done the same with small things mainly kitchen and bathroom stuff but i didnt buy anything electrical until i was in the process of moving out

shelley_crow

I did that too, as long as you've got the room to store things then why not? I was 8 months pregnant when we moved and didn't fancy having to waddle out into the wide world and kit a house out. I picked things up as and when I saw a good offer.

adamantine

its an old thing (well in my area anyway) to start a "bottom drawer" of things for your first house like tea towel, salt and pepper shaker etc...

when i was in a homeless shelter after leaving my hubby i bought something every week and put it aside in my parents loft for when i got my house like one week i got my kettle, next my toaster then saved up a couple weeks for my microwave.

it makes sense to spread out the cost rather than just try to get everything in one go when you do move out.

BitterAndTwisted

I think it's OK if you've got concrete plans but unless you're putting together bed-linens, towels and the like you're just p!ssing away money on nicknacks imo.

People's first move from their parents' homes are usually into furnished flat-shares. They usually already have washing-up bowls and floor-mops.

Humphrey10

I didn't buy anything new before I moved, but I stored some stuff in the garage in preparation for moving, things that my mum had replaced for newer/nicer stuff but that were still serviceable, eg a whole dinner service.
So I'd say if you've seen something that's a good bargin (or even better, is free!) and you have somewhere to store it, why not!

Edit: I don't know anyone who lives or has lived in a furnished flat share except for students, and they were only there term time, so I'm not sure that most people move to one of those.

balletshoes

im-lost wrote: »

Probably the wrong place to put this but...

How many of you are / have move out from your folks are buying things
that you will need when you eventually move?

You know the type of things you WILL need when your off in your own
place, the little things that when added together will drain your bank
account dry, kitchen 'stuff', bedding, bits and pieces etc etc

Some of my family think its 'odd' that I do this, is it? My reasoning is that
if I see a bargain now that I will use I may as well buy it as it'll save
forking out for it in the not too distant future.

So hands up who has done a similar thing when they moved, or are doing
the same thing because they will be moving shortly.

those that have done so, where do you draw the line? Do you stick
with the small things or are bigger things ok to get

nope, didn't do any of that. When I moved out of my parents it was into a furnished flat, and my mum went through her cupboards and gave me anything spare she had. I only went out and then bought what I didn't have.

Same when I moved into my first unfurnished place - the word went out among my extended family and friends, and I think I ended up with pretty much everything I needed for free or for practically free. Then it was a case of replacing stuff as it wore out/broke down. The only things I had to buy new for the unfurnished place were carpets.

nearlyrich

I did the bottom drawer thing in my youth but it was the done thing, my children (now adults) both live independently now and when they moved out they had stuff from uni days, DD started buying bits when she started to buy the house even though it was under renovation for nearly 6 months.

Oldernotwiser

Humphrey10 wrote: »

Edit: I don't know anyone who lives or has lived in a furnished flat share except for students, and they were only there term time, so I'm not sure that most people move to one of those.

I don't think many people can afford a whole flat to themselves when they first leave home, unless they're moving out of their parents' house to move in with a partner.

Flat sharing's normal in your twenties and even into your thirties these days.

elsien

I waited till I got my place then raided the relatives houses for stuff they didn't want and hit the car boot sales for cheap stuff I could replace as and when I could afford it. In fact half the stuff in my front room now is from the car boot - far better quality than some new furniture and I like eclectic.
At one point I did have some bits of furniture left to me in a will stored in the garage but when the garage leaked it spoiled the lot and I had to bin it all. Put me off getting anything else, plus there was nowhere to store it.