Moving house
- 7 March 2011 11:5895632As some of you will know, we are moving out of The Gateway. What I would like to know is, how did I accummulate so much rubbish in the nine years we have been here?
So far we have got rid of 5 black dustbin bags of stuff for the hospice shop (there are other charity shops!), we have disposed of 4 items on freecycle, we have taken about 6 black bags and an old wheelchair up to the tip, taken loads of books to clubs and friends, and there are still about 5 bags of stuff for charity and 2-3 bags of rubbish still to go. All this and I really am a person who chucks out/recycles/gives away what she does not use. I once read that if you have not used something for a year, you never will, and I took notice of this.
I also do not think I had to make so many official change of address notices last time. What's going on?
And I'm so cold...... moan, moan, whinge, whinge
Does anyone have any tips for making this moving process easier? - 7 March 2011 12:3395636Don't move?
Seriously though good luck Diana, there is so much involved but I found this useful for checklists and things that often get forgotton: http://www.bbc.co.uk/homes/property/moving_movinghouse.shtml - 7 March 2011 12:3795637Hopefully it will be warmer in your new place Diana. im sorry to see you go. yes we all accumulate loads of stuff....I dont know where all the paperwork comes from for example. Do you remember when computers first arrived they told us it would abolish all paperwork..it never happened. The internals of my flat has more paperwork than Colonel Gaddafi has weapons of mass production.
...so I shudder at the prospect of ever moving.
Good luck with things though and I hope the move goes okay. Cant offer any tips Im afraid.
email: dover7@msn.com - 7 March 2011 12:4895641Sorry to hear you are still cold Diana. Hopefully you will warm up today with this glorious sun!
Best of luck with your move.
- Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
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7 March 2011 13:1695644Diana, I know exactly what you mean, moving is pure hell in terms of what to get rid of and what to keep. I thought I had been really drastic getting rid of items in the local auction or charity shops when I moved from my bungalow back to Dover
I know I have some boxes of 'collectables' that have never been unpacked and I suspect they never will. I have pub mirrors which we were going to put them up the dark stairs to reflect the light, up in the loft.
All the trouble will be worth it when you move into your new home, the only problem then will be the unpacking.
Paul, maybe you should start sorting that paperwork now, a little at a time .-----------------------------------------------------------------------
I try to be neutral and polite but it is hard and getting even more difficult at times.
------------------------------------------------------------------- - 7 March 2011 20:3195750Diana sorry to see you move out of the gateway, but i hope you are happy in your new home
- 7 March 2011 20:4695755That's a relief: I thought this thread had to do with a moving house, or a few empty bottles rolling across the bedroom floor.
As for changing address: remember to inform all and sundry: Boots for the Boots-card, Spec-savers, as they wil send a reminder evry few years that one's eye-sight is (not) likely to be improving, the polling office, the tax-man and a few others.Chanters, Drums and Drones Potty Time http://youtu.be/99fMqpjnXYA
Rule Britannia!
Kent First http://youtu.be/04F3mAP3fV4 Keep banging on http://youtu.be/qYCU_SKmkGQ - 7 March 2011 21:0195761I thought there would be somewhere in this internet age where all is 'hassle free' as far as informing all and sundry and it's free and secure, they say...
http://www.houseweb.co.uk/house/pros/moving/tell.htmlIgnorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing. - 7 March 2011 21:0295762good and useful link tom.
- 8 March 2011 12:1395854Thanks to all for advice and for the useful link. It is amazing as you say, Paul, that so many companies cannot be informed on-line of change of address, for example pensions, etc.
The heating in our flat went off again at 8 pm last night, and we woke to a freezing cold flat (2 degrees!). It took him-who-thinks-he-gets-obeyed nearly an hour to bleed the radiator in the hallway thus allowing some hot water through. Thanks Alexander, I have informed the Chemist, but as for Specsavers, after my last run-in with them their correspondence can languish in the real-life equivalent of cyberspace as long as it likes.
I suppose this was not a good time to have to go into hospital to have the fistula for dialysis formed - it has left me with a gyppy right arm which has to be operated on again on 19th April. So I cannot get the curtains down, pack or carry heavy bags, walk very well (usually use right hand for stick or crutch). Oh dear, such a shame someone else will have to do all this for me. Oh, and please, anyone who knows us, no more meerkats for the love of God!!! - 8 March 2011 13:1395871trust all goes well for you at the hospital diana.
- 8 March 2011 22:3696001Good luck Diana, I am sure you will be very happy in your new home.