How do you do to move out and in in the same day?

captainusa

Cleaning? I’m going to do a hoover and a bit of a dust but nothing that’s going to take more than 20 mins total. I would expect most buyers to do a proper scrub before unpacking so what’s the point of the seller doing a deep clean? My buyer mentioned they are going to put a downstairs toilet and change a few walls around straight away so I’m inclined to do even less this time around!

hazyjo

Yet another vote for getting removal men to do it.

I don't care about the couple of hundred quid extra. I would rather sell the shirt off my back or eat bread and water.

It makes a MASSIVE difference to moving house and takes so much of the stress away.

Plus I don't think it's as bad as you think price-wise. I had LOADS of boxes and they're very generous with the paper for wrapping, the tape, and even left me several hanging wardrobes (they usually take these back or collect them later). Handy as I literally had none (and LOADS of clothes between me and my OH). If you add up the cost of all that (even cheap places like Wilko or Argos), it's pricey! Unless you're hunting down tens of empty boxes which are likely to be all different sizes and not easy for packing into the van.

Seriously, I cannot tell you how much I recommend a packing service! All done the day before. None of this packing malarkey for weeks or days ahead. I remember doing it myself and was up until the early hours and finishing it off the day of the move. Just awful.

davidmcn

captainusa wrote: »

Cleaning? I’m going to do a hoover and a bit of a dust but nothing that’s going to take more than 20 mins total. I would expect most buyers to do a proper scrub before unpacking so what’s the point of the seller doing a deep clean?

This, really. You're not contractually required to hand over a scrupulously clean house, so don't think of doing it to the standard of a fussy letting agency.

martindow

Another vote for getting the removal company to do the packing. It's worth every penny.

If you pack yourself you will find the removal company's insurance will not cover breakages in transit.

PThome

dancing_star wrote: »

Sod cleaning the windows. How dirty can they be???

As you're selling, you don't need a deposit back from a landlord, and there's hardly likely to be anything in your contract of sale specifying cleanliness.

I really would not bother cleaning the chuffing windows when you've got your stuff to pack and a little daughter. Have fun with her instead.

I don't need to leave the windows clean??? That would be great! I spent all weekend thinking about that (although not doing it, as I HATE doing that )! I thought we had to leave the house clean as for "getting a deposit back".
Laminate floor and carpets are cleaned, as quite good as we have a no shoes policy at home and we have clean them thoroughly before putting the house in the market! The worrying bit was that "small" things that turn into big things if time is limited:
- windows
- shower glass
- skirting boards
- kitchen cupboards

Unfortunately we don't have a garage, as that would facilitate a lot as space would be free on the house... But I think I'll do as suggested, start packing all kitchen stuff and clean all kitchen and live from take aways until move out :rotfl:

Thanks,

Good luck everyone :T

PThome

SG27 wrote: »

How about moving some stuff into storage a few days before so you have less to move on the day itself?

Ive never tried this, jist an idea as we have a big self storage warehouse 5 minutes away!

Thank you! Maybe that is the best way to go! As we don't have space in our house (flat actually) to accumulate boxes

WibblyGirly

Murphybear wrote: »

All really good advice.

We moved 5 weeks ago. We booked a part pack service, mainly kitchen things and all the fragile stuff, china etc. Worth pointing out here to check the removal firms insurance terms, you may not be covered for broken items that you pack yourself. As we were downsizing we manically decluttered, at least 20 trips to the tip.

We moved 85 miles and put the cat into a cattery about half way, 2 days before. We retrieved her 3 days after we moved so we were a bit straighter. We moved from a large house so had plenty of room to stack boxes and cleaned as we went. We packed 2 cars with essentials, refreshments (our moving bods could eat biscuits and cake for England:rotfl:), bedclothes, cleaning stuff etc.

It really is worth paying for a professional removal company, member of BAR. Ours had won awards and provided useful extras such as large padded covers for tv, furniture etc.

Good luck with your move

We moved our cat 200miles in one trip and he certainly let us know his feeling about it! Took about 130 miles for him to shut up and go to sleep. :rotfl:

We rent, but last time we moved we packed earlier and then I moved all the boxes I could downstairs a few days beforehand so everything could be cleaned quickly upstairs. I think it only took us a few hours to load the van and then spent a night in the new house, came back to the old house to drop back the van, spent a last night in our old house with take out and cleaned. Then just had to pack a few bits of bedding and the cat into the car.
This time I've actually purposely left boxes packed as we'll be doing the 200 mile move back in about a month or so :eek:

NeilCr

WibblyGirly wrote: »

We moved our cat 200miles in one trip and he certainly let us know his feeling about it! Took about 130 miles for him to shut up and go to sleep. :rotfl:

I moved my then two cats about 70 miles One of them was violently car sick half way down. And, then, a warning light came on in the car. I've never been so glad to get anywhere. Fortunately, the warning light wasn't anything serious!

Yet another vote for a packing service. I don't have that much furniture and, given they did the packing the day before, they were in and out quickly. Good job, too, because my buyers removal van was waiting. I followed in the car with the cats and various items I was going to need when I got there.

By the time I got the keys the removal guys were already here. They unpacked almost as quickly as they had loaded. I had a cuppa and a bite to eat (and cleaned up the cat!) and went to bed. Did the sorting out the next day.

I moved over ten years ago and still have some stuff in boxes.

EmmyLou30

I wish I'd bought a house from someone who cared enough to even do a brief clean let alone a deep clean involving windows! I bought both my houses from filthy people who hadn't cleaned for months prior to me moving in and I don't think either made a habit of regular cleaning even before they sold. Thankfully I didn't need to move into either straight away so could deep clean the place and shampoo carpets (I wouldn't have walked into either without my shoes on it was that gross).


So well done to all these people caring enough to clean before they vacate :-)

NaughtiusMaximus

SG27 wrote: »

How about moving some stuff into storage a few days before so you have less to move on the day itself?

Ive never tried this, jist an idea as we have a big self storage warehouse 5 minutes away!

If you can afford it I recommend this.

In every house move I've ever made I've been in a position to be able to overlap the moving dates so everything doesn't have to be done on the same day, if this wasn't possible I'd definitely hire storage for all but the basics. Aside from making a deep clean of both properties a lot easier it also give you the chance to do some redecoration of the new property without having to work around boxes and furniture.