Are you moving house?

Well I’m 8 wks nearer moving at the end of July, I still have personal stuff to pack and furniture to donate and be picked up but the garage is pretty much only things I’m taking with me now.

How is anyone else doing?

Fingers crossed for you Sago my buyer asked me to move out so he could get on but I’ve said no I don’t want to move twice and impose on family and have to find storage. If he won’t wait so be it.

We completed on the 21/3, unfortunately the property we are buying is held up due to a probate issue further down the chain.

Moving day was crazy, we had packed everything ourselves other than some art work, the professional movers were outstanding and worth every penny, we were exhausted!

We are now living between our daughters and a holiday let we own until the probate is sorted.

It was all worth it so far!

Anyone progressed with their sale? Mine is at survey stage still hoping my buyer is happy to wait 3 months.

This thread never shows up on the Active page anymore I wonder why? I know it’s not that popular but you and I seem to be the only ones who notice it anymore Grammaretto 😂

Celebrate today and then start making lists! There will be a lot to do but you'll manage.

Thanks Grammaretto I’m excited but also daunted by the whole thing.

Exciting times tanith 😄
How are you feeling?

Offer accepted a bit of good news today. I hope things might go smoothly but who can tell.

Thanks MOnica

Try the 'Which?' site www.which.co.uk/money/mortgages-and-property/home-movers/moving-house/moving-house-checklist-aMppD6l8mlbQ

Lists! I suppose I should start making them. I’m waiting a reply to my offer on a house we saw yesterday. Both my daughter and GS agreed the house had everything I needed, it wasn’t quite where we wanted but otherwise was good. Smaller garden and only 4 yrs old so fingers crossed.
I need a ‘moving house plan’ as to the order I need to do things apart from the actual sale and purchase. Anyone found a helpful site?

and I have started to make Lists.
Well, it is getting to the serious part if you're making Lists! 😀

I do like a good List.

Well, our sale isunderway, formal documents from estate agent an solicitor - and I have started to make Lists.

Only four lists so far, but I feel more bubbling inside, and documents carefully sorted into order in tidy heaps on the dining room table. DH is fretting, but I am gearing up and remembering how much I enjoy organising things.

I already have paid help with the garden so I'm looking forward to cheaper running costs wherever I move to.

M0nica

We are downsizing because I now need paid help in the garden and moving because our DC's careers mean they both live over 100 miles away from us cross country. It made sense, for their sakes and ours to move closer.

Sensible.

We are downsizing because I now need paid help in the garden and moving because our DC's careers mean they both live over 100 miles away from us cross country. It made sense, for their sakes and ours to move closer.

Well the hitches came in yesterday!

We are moving out but will be temporarily homeless for up to 10 weeks.

This has been the most horrendous move ever.

No thanks to the Probate office and land registry who refuse to answer calls and emails.

We'd find downsizing quite difficult. We use most of our home daily and that which we don't use is nice for occasional guests.
Practical ground floor spaces, stairs to spare rooms are not steep.

I would like to live on one level (dodgy knees). I would rather slit my throat than have a lift (stair or otherwise). I don’t want to live in a flat. Developers seem to think that people wanting to live in a bungalow only need small rooms, no utility room, little storage space and of course only a handkerchief-sized garden - mostly in a nice little close of identical properties. Of course many are very happy with all that. I’m just not one of them. I suspect I will be looking for a very long time.

Agreed M0nica
I wouldn't downsize at all if I lived in a "normal" sized house but this one has 16 rooms. 17 if you count where I store bikes and tools.
3 of the rooms are a separate flat which I let out, and 2 rooms are my studio and showroom but that still leaves 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a kitchen and 3 public rooms, none of which is a cosy snug.

Grammaretto

Fantastic news M0nica 👏
I imagine a great relief. I hope the sale is smooth.

I viewed another sweet little bungalow yesterday although I noticed there's a closing date tomorrow.
It's been on the market for 2 weeks!
The couple are very keen for a quick sale. I explained that I am not in a position to bid yet but will submit a note of interest incase the sale falls through. I have done this.

I viewed with a friend who thinks it would be too small for me and she's
probably right. I need space for visiting family, a breakfasting kitchen, a craft room and plenty of cupboards. Oh and 2 loos! It had none of those things.

Exactly, Grammereto, we may be downsizing, but it does not follow that all we need is a one bedroomed flat.

Like you, I want a decent sized kitchen and eating space. DH and I both have academic interests and every house we have ever had has included a study, and we now have a beautiful partners desk, so we want a house with a good sized study, downstairs.

I find myself getting really irrate with all these young people pontificating and wanting to make us sell our houses to move into retirement flats. Do not get me wrong, I am not dismissive of retirement flats, they are just what a number of older people want, but this one size fits all attitude gets my goat.

We all have individual preferences and life styles which we wish to continue, especially if, as we get older, we are more house bound. Why should I be expected to give up my study, utility room, dining kitchen etc etc, just because I am over 60, or in my case over 80?

Oh my! The paperwork entailed in this house sale is truly taxing 😳 Mostly done online I’m having to download things for ID checks upload, passport photos, scans of my face, utility bills, driving licence and fill in reams of questionnaires, sign numerous papers, and so it goes on. I’m sure I missed out one section but once submitted you can’t go back.
Now I need to stop and sit in the sunshine for a while. I have 3 more viewings so far this week I’m beginning to lose hope I’ll find somewhere but I’m not going to settle for something that’s not right.
How’s anyone else doing?

Thanks Grammaretto me too!

Grammaretto

Fantastic news M0nica 👏
I imagine a great relief. I hope the sale is smooth.

I viewed another sweet little bungalow yesterday although I noticed there's a closing date tomorrow.
It's been on the market for 2 weeks!
The couple are very keen for a quick sale. I explained that I am not in a position to bid yet but will submit a note of interest incase the sale falls through. I have done this.

I viewed with a friend who thinks it would be too small for me and she's
probably right. I need space for visiting family, a breakfasting kitchen, a craft room and plenty of cupboards. Oh and 2 loos! It had none of those things.

Don't forget Gramaretto, that if you ever find you have difficulties with mobility that you will need space.. sweet little bungalows tend to have small rooms, unless you can remove the odd wall..