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51 weeks but we’ve done it! Moving day today.

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Sago Fri 16-May-25 07:58:44

On the 21st May 2024 our house went on the market.

Today nearly a year on we finally move into our new home.

We moved out on 21/3/25 and have been living out of suitcases for two months!

We have had to have immense patience as our sellers had so many hitches with their purchase but we’ve done it!

It will hopefully be worth all the stress, today we move in with all the stuff we’ve been lugging around for 8 weeks and some bits we stored with friends, the big day is Monday when our furniture arrives!

Anyone out there going through the process my advice is stay calm and stick with it!

Grandmabatty Fri 16-May-25 07:59:55

Congratulations Sago! Enjoy your new home

GrannyGravy13 Fri 16-May-25 08:00:22

Wishing you much happiness in your new home🏡

Luckygirl3 Fri 16-May-25 08:01:21

Phew ... at last! Been there, done that, all while OH was reaching the end of his life ... so if I can do it, so can you!!
Wishing you well for this challenging day and for your new life in your new home.

Jaxjacky Fri 16-May-25 08:05:53

Well done Sago you can drop those shoulders, ungrit your teeth and finally relax 🥂

LovesBach Fri 16-May-25 08:29:06

What a stressful time it can be - so well done for remaining sane, and every good wish for a happy life in your new home.

Smileless2012 Fri 16-May-25 08:33:19

Great news Sago smile.

Chocolatelovinggran Fri 16-May-25 08:38:47

Happy New Home Sago.

fancythat Fri 16-May-25 08:40:52

Congratulations!

I know someone who waited 15 months to get the house that they wanted.
They were in a chain of 5. The chain broke 4 times.

M0nica Fri 16-May-25 08:50:44

Congratulations, We are just a month or so behind you. We are in a short chain; buyer and a first time buyer, and our sale is not dependent on us purchasng anything, although we are, and our purchase has no upward chain.

We went on the market in January 24 - and then had four people people competing to buy the house in March 25.

As the house we are buying needs work we will not be moving in immediately, but as DD moved into quite a large house in the same town 2 months ago we are moving in with her temporarily. We have been allocated 2 bedrooms so that we have our own living space as well as bedroom and our temporary stuff will be in her garage.

Casdon Fri 16-May-25 08:53:40

Hope all goes well on Monday Sago, it will feel wonderful to have your own things around you again.

TillyTrotter Fri 16-May-25 09:02:24

Hope you spend many happy years enjoying your New home 🏡

Aveline Fri 16-May-25 09:12:05

Wonderful. Enjoy the settling in period in your lovely new home. And relax....

NotSpaghetti Fri 16-May-25 09:16:06

Exciting and exhausting no doubt.

Wishing you a long and very happy new life in your new home.
🥂

Samsara1 Fri 16-May-25 09:29:13

Good luck with the move and I hope you love your new house.

Cossy Fri 16-May-25 09:30:20

Phew! Well done, congratulations and the best of luck flowers

Redcar Fri 16-May-25 11:48:55

I hope all the moving plans come to fruition and that by the end of Monday you’ll be arranging your furniture and possessions and be cracking open a bottle of fizz!

SueDonim Fri 16-May-25 12:36:00

Good luck with the move! We had a hiatus between houses and spent the summer in a one bed flat, along with our cat. We took some essentials with us while the rest went into storage for three months. Since then, some of it has never been unpacked, it’s sitting in boxes in the garage, which makes me wonder how much ‘stuff’ we truly need. I was glad to unpack our books, though.

loopyloo Fri 16-May-25 18:35:33

I hope its gone well! Are you in the house without the furniture??
Have you a bed to sleep on?

valdavi Fri 16-May-25 19:01:38

Good luck with the move, Sago.

cornergran Fri 16-May-25 20:50:21

Good news sago. We also lived out of suitcases between selling our previous home and moving here. A bit of role reversal, our younger son took us in. It was actually fun. smile. Once we completed on our new home we camped in our touring van while we renovated, installing very basic kitchen equipment. The vast majority of our furniture and oh so many boxes were in storage. We soon realised what we didn’t actually need or indeed want. We shed a lot, have never regretted it.

sodapop Fri 16-May-25 21:06:01

Really good news Sago hope it's all plain sailing now.

merlotgran Fri 16-May-25 21:18:37

Congratulations, Sago. Good luck with the move.

Sago Fri 16-May-25 21:26:41

Thank you all!

Furniture and all our belongings arrive on Monday, we bought a bed from the vendors so have somewhere to sleep!

We’ve unpacked two car loads, had new furniture delivered a TV fitted and a Waitrose shop arrived at 6.30!

Just scoffed a “dine in” and a bottle of Cremant.

Sleep now🙏.

escaped Fri 16-May-25 21:29:01

I hope your long-awaited new home is full of future happiness. 🏠