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Ding! Ding! All change, please... (now replaced with new diary on MFW)

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  • Yay

    If I ever move I know where to come for advice as you sound so organised. We have lived here over 20 years from moving out of our parents in together so I won't have a clue 😂
  • lucielle
    lucielle Posts: 11,467 Forumite
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    Organised as ever!  Sooo very excited for you!!
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  • Cheery_Daff
    Cheery_Daff Posts: 17,064 Forumite
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    Calling quits on washing at this point sounds very sensible! Such a lot to do in these last few days. 

    I remember we had so much stuff, and such a small lane at the other end, that they had to send 3 vans 🙄 and the biggest one came on the Saturday and was stored in the movers yard til we moved on Monday. Utter chaos trying to figure out what to get rid of on Saturday, without leaving too much to go into the smaller vans on the Monday 😱 Sofa etc all went on Saturday I think (although I might have remembered that wrong) so it was quite a sparse weekend 😂 Did make packing up the last bits easier, but we were still slinging stuff in boxes at the last minute and didn't get out til after lunchtime 🙄😂 you sound far more organised! 
  • I honestly dread to think how I would pack us up tbh 😱 5 of us including my youngest with special needs, dog, car, fish tank. We have 4 bedrooms, a full loft, 2 sheds a garage and garden 😱 I'm just not going to think about it tbh as I doubt we would move anytime soon and it wouldn't be while my FIL is alive anyway 
  • rtandon27
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    Until our move 2 years ago, for 15 years, we had always moved every few years from rental to rental in different towns, with an occupancy cross-over of 2-4 weeks.  As we were younger & stronger then, we did the moves ourselves with a rented van.  Our latest move was a rented rural location to owning in a town and we decided to do most of the packing ourselves over the course of a few months, leaving the kitchen to the removals men.  It cost a pretty penny but the day itself was effortless.  We also had a labelled system, which was easy given that our house is smaller than the rental with a huge shed out back.  Again with the luxury of a cross-over, we had time after our move to deep clean the rental which was part of our lease agreement & left the place in a state better than when we moved in (builders dust everywhere from new window installation!)  In hindsite I'm very glad we packed the majority or our belongings ourselves, as our packing was more economical, less wasted space and fewer boxes for the whole house than they used for the kitchen!

    All that to say, EH I'm in awe that you've managed to pack with the added pressure or the last week and am blown away that your move will happen in such a tight timeline!
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  • Delurking to say - hooray to the exchange and wishing you all the best for Friday. Yours is one of the diaries I read on a regular basis (hello also Foxgloves) and I've been checking in every couple of days hoping each time that this would be the time that you had exchanged. So delighted to see it finally is!
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  • RelievedSheff
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    Well done on the exchange and good luck for a smooth move on Friday.

    Doesn't seem that long ago you had your offer accepted.

    Things must be freeing up on the conveyancing side. One of my work colleagues is in the process of buying their first house and they complete next week. Only 12 weeks since their offer was accepted and they had a chain to contend with. 
  • beanielou
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