Moving home tips - anything over and above the usual?

Murphybear

SuzeQStan said:

Get rid of any furniture you don’t have attachment to prior to moving which should
make the move easier/ cheaper.

Within 1 year of our last move we had replaced virtually all furniture we’d paid good money to move as it didn’t work in our new place. 

Also try to sell any white goods like fridge/washing machine etc to your buyer. And try to negotiate free fridge/washing machine from your seller.  These things never work right after they have been moved anyway.

Sorry but I disagree.  After our last move our Miele washer/dryer, dishwasher, large fridge, large freezer and under counter freezer worked perfectly.  That was 6 years ago and they are still working perfectly.  

cymruchris

Murphybear said:

SuzeQStan said:

Get rid of any furniture you don’t have attachment to prior to moving which should
make the move easier/ cheaper.

Within 1 year of our last move we had replaced virtually all furniture we’d paid good money to move as it didn’t work in our new place. 

Also try to sell any white goods like fridge/washing machine etc to your buyer. And try to negotiate free fridge/washing machine from your seller.  These things never work right after they have been moved anyway.

Sorry but I disagree.  After our last move our Miele washer/dryer, dishwasher, large fridge, large freezer and under counter freezer worked perfectly.  That was 6 years ago and they are still working perfectly.  

That's what I'm moving with - Miele fridge freezer/washing machine and tumble drier. Reading lots of people saying they were just fine on moving. Read the manuals tonight, and there would have been transit bars when new which should have been placed on the back of the machine when installed - so I'll pull it out tomorrow to see if they're there. 

ouraggie

Supplies to make bacon sarnies for the removal men once they have done loading, before they set off to the new house.. Always goes down well.

cymruchris

ouraggie said:

Supplies to make bacon sarnies for the removal men once they have done loading, before they set off to the new house.. Always goes down well.

I like that idea - although maybe I'll get them some smokey bacon crisps - I'm not sure I want to be frying on departure!

MarriedtoFinn

My mistakes to learn from were:  Not decluttering - yes, expensive to move your junk along with the good stuff;  expecting removers to be sensible about carrying in mud all over cream carpets - ARGH;  not getting to destination ahead of removers - they were mad at us! But we DO have disabled kids, so it's harder for us.  Also a note on "just getting the removers to do it all" - relatives of mine did this, and it cost a pretty penny, but they had five children so it was hard enough for them anyway, but the removers did stupid stuff like transporting a deep fat fryer across several counties with the fat still in it!  

RHemmings

Did I say 'declutter' enough times on page 1 of this thread? 

cymruchris

MarriedtoFinn said:

My mistakes to learn from were:  Not decluttering - yes, expensive to move your junk along with the good stuff;  expecting removers to be sensible about carrying in mud all over cream carpets - ARGH;  not getting to destination ahead of removers - they were mad at us! But we DO have disabled kids, so it's harder for us.  Also a note on "just getting the removers to do it all" - relatives of mine did this, and it cost a pretty penny, but they had five children so it was hard enough for them anyway, but the removers did stupid stuff like transporting a deep fat fryer across several counties with the fat still in it!  

Luckily where I'm going has no cream carpets - and I hope to replace them fairly quickly!

cymruchris

RHemmings said:

Did I say 'declutter' enough times on page 1 of this thread?

You could add it once per page to ensure sufficient emphasis?

BungalowBel

Not sure this is relevant to the OP, but may help someone :  If you are not moving far (and can afford it) then try to have a month's overlap with the move, so that you can move in slowly and gradually.  It's far less stressful.  

tealady

Oh and introduce yourself to new neighbours and ask where you can park whilst moving in.
As long as my drive is available when I need it I dont mind people parking across it.