Help calm me. House buying and selling stress

I had hundreds of CDs and DVDs, but got rid of them all - after making a detailed list of what they were. I only kept things that I could not download from spotify or find on TV catch-up.

My box of stuff outside the gate has been substantially raided already!

Franbern, I laughed out loud at the idea of you in “little old lady mode”!!! Thanks for cheering me up !

You've reminded me Franbern, I was in such a panic tidying away the Christmas decorations I bashed the battery Christmas lights against the porch window, and it cracked. Very luckily the joiner who was painting the porch managed to get the gothic arch glass shape cut in time, and put it in for me. Another unexpected £100+ spent before I left, I spent far too much before I sold.

I've just come on to ask if any of you keep your DVD's? I've just unpacked mine and have about 60, I'd packed them over a year ago. Should I dump the lot?

when my buyer had his private - very full- survey on my house, he insisted on flushing all my loos, checked all opening windows, and then asked me turn on the central heating. This caused me a few moments of near panic - it was in the height of a heat wave and it took me a little while to realise why the heating would not kick in when I turned it on. I had to turn the thermostat very high to get it working.

When the house was on the market and I was getting viewers, I (stupidly) stook on the bathroom toilet lid, and it cracked right across. rushed to DIY shop to purchase replacement, then could not get the little screws off that held it on. I went over the the builders who were then in the house opposite me that had sold, and played the ;little old lady' routine asking for their assistance. They were great, - sent their actual plumber over to me along with their apprentice so he could learn how to do this small job. Obviously, it only took them a few minutes, then I had to almost have a row with them to get them to accept the twenty quid I offered them.

Oh Shandy I wish I lived near you! Only last week I was wishing that my son in law had some bellows, and a Roman soldier companion set ...wow!
You have the rest of your life for these boxes all of you- no need to rush!
Afraid that doesn’t apply to you Luckygirl but it soon will.

Good idea Pittcity - I will try putting my box of charity bits by the gate.
Thanks for the link Merylstreep

I had a large box marked "charity" which I advertised on Facebook as FREE bootsaleable items. I put them outside and the box was taken within half an hour. The rest of the empty moving boxes are going the same way later today.
DH has just gone to the tip. He says it will be two trips but I fear that he will only be allowed one a day as the tip is always busy and they are social distancing the cars!!
I have been busy using the ice cube method to bring the pile up in the carpet indents. It has helped and I've let the robot hoover loose.
I've been so busy arranging and rearranging that I've got lax with the housework so must tackle some ironing today.

Most places have some little quirks that when you live with them for a time you actually forget they are quirks. When I arrived at my flat on moving day, my Son in Law told me that the loo in the bathroom was not working properly. He had tried to fix it, but not successful. It was useable by leavng the top of the water tank and manually pulling up the thingie that flushed the toilet. Fortunately, the one in the en-suite was fine. The plumber I got in to sort the problem out, was the one who eventually, got the big job of completely re-doing the bathroom.

I have been finding normal taps increasingly difficult to grip and turn, and one of the things I was insistent about was basin and bath taps were the type with arms to turn on and off.

Merylstreep thanks - yes it is that sort of gadget. Purchased mine several years back from either Stow or Coopers. Keep it safely in a small bag in my boot. Have used it on the side of the road, in a Lorry Car park at a motorway service station (one memorable christmas morning), in the Sainsbury Car park at the start of my trip to London. It is so easy to use. I have set mine to my cars tyre pressure (fortunately it is the same for all four). So just plug it in and let it do its work. In London, my daughter used to bring her car round to my house to do her car - I bought one for her to keep herself.

What would we all do these days without Charity shops!! BEfore I moved I was taking a box every week to mine - going to different ones. As soon a box was full, i replaced it with a new box. Still found (and am still finding) loads of stuff to go - but keep it all in corner of garage now. TBH it is easier to just give things away that try have the bother of selling them - but then nothing I have is really worth that much.

Shandy at the moment there are 11 hours different. When you go onto your summer time and we go back to our usual time there will be 9 hours but there is a week or so difference between our change dates so there is 10 hours then. It gets very confusing. A friend who lives near Oxford and I ring each other every couple of weeks, fortunately my computer tells me the time difference.

Hey Spice I feel better if you are doing six boxes a day, I'm averaging that at the moment. Only 999 to go - ha ha!

Our charity shops open on 12 April and I will have a lot to take, I did try to give away my fireside items but no-one wanted my bellows, metal buckets for ash, or my lovely Roman solider companion set I have got an antique crystal chandelier in a million pieces, plus other very large art deco glass lampshades and many glass ornaments I'm going to sell on ebay. I'm going to keep my ceramic collections of wall masks and plates as I can hang them, then see what I can fit in on the surfaces. I was very naughty and couldn't resist a Victorian jug and bowl set - with the soap dish. You hardly ever see complete sets nowadays.

I haven't got any storage space here, just a wardrobe and an odd built on the wall cupboard with shelves. I've got about 100 vinyl LPS, I will be trying some of them on one of the shelves tomorrow.

I am sorry you have found issues, it does make you think less of the seller doesn't it. Mine has emptied her old pots onto the garden and I've inherited a weed patch that will need some serious digging. I had to bath the dog today, and the bath tap was really difficult to turn on and off. If I had liked my buyer I would have left a list of the house's 'quirks' - they all have them don't they. If I ever buy another house I'll make sure I try the taps, flush the loo (it has an annoying drip, drip for about twenty minutes afterwards) and ask direct questions about things like -window locks!

I'm really tired but finding it hard to go to bed, how many hours difference are we? 8? It's 23.16 here. Glad you are about to enjoy your day, have a good one, speak again soon.

I'm afraid my task of unpacking boxes has come to a halt. I only have a few days worth left -if I stuck to my 6 boxes a day mantra but it is over a week since I did any.
One excuse reason is that I was waiting for the cabinet maker to do alterations in the kitchen. Well they were done on Saturday so there goes that excuse.

I did have a huge clear out before our first move and another before we moved from the rental but there is still a lot that I have decided can go. Thus as I unpack I have a box to put things in as I go, so far I've filled one box and another is well on the way to being filled.

We do have plenty of storage space here but it is not always just where I think it should be for particular things. I've decided I do like minimalist living though so a lot of things that have sat in cupboards for years without being used are being passed on to the op shops.

We have found several more issues in this house which we should have been told about - the previous owners and the agent I suspect have been somewhat economical with the truth in some cases. Annoying and in some cases expensive but I guess it is a case of buyer beware so it's a lesson learnt.

Luckygirl
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Franbern - des this gadget have a name please?

Glad to read that you are gradually getting settled in now Shandy. Has your pussycat made herself at home yet? Is she allowed out?

I am sure that you will find a home for all your possessions in due course, as you get the boxes emptied. You might even decide that you really don't need everything you brought with you. We certainly did when we moved here and adjusted to the available space. The charity shops did well out of us both before and after our move!

It really feels like a happy ending to your story, knowing that you are safely moved and settled. Well done and thanks for sharing the ups and downs of your journey. Wishing you much happiness in your new home

Thanks Franbern, I think I might have had one of those at sometime in my life, it used to pump up from the cigarette lighter, I'll get another one. I know it's just my nerves, when I checked them today only one of them had lost 1lb.

Just coming on to say I managed to get the 'wheels' back onto the sliding rails in the dishwasher, and it works now. I only use the dishwasher once a week and had a mountain ready to be done, I was fed up! It is extremely old, the plate holder sticks are all bent all over the place, not sure if I'll replace it. I'm not on a water meter, I've just found out it's £17 per month which is just £4 more than the rental cottage.

I've had my first 'kids playing in the street' experience tonight, there were two boys on skateboards. I realised I know them, twins, they won't remember me, but I volunteered in the reception class at the school when they were four, and one of them told me I had a fat bottom! I won't remind him

Shandy, I keep a small gadget in my car boot. Did not cost me very much, but I if I think that any of my tyres are low, I just attach this to that tyre and the car at pressure there is. Then you can let it pump up that tyre to proper presssure. When it reaches that it stops itself. I always have it with me and can use it anywhere.

That was really nice Luckygirl, I was so delighted to see my son and really appreciated the cleaning he did before I left the cottage. Lovely you made your 40ieth, I only had 30 years, we went to India, my husband had wanted to go his whole life. He died six weeks later.

I'm off to the beach now, hopefully it won't be quite as packed as it was yesterday. Then off to check my tyre pressure, I hate doing it, but they don't feel right and I have a fear of breaking down on our narrow country roads.

Two DDs just appeared and blitzed my place! - I am left with two plates, two cups, two bowls and two knife, fork, spoons. I am virtually camping in my own home! They do not do things by halves!!!

Shandy57 - I know what you mean about finding things making you sad. I just found a little plastic box containing the red sugar roses that were on our Ruby Wedding cake. Gulp.

Afternoon all on this sunny Sunday, 'Census' day! I've sent a message to my kids saying I've done it just in case they have forgotten

Just having a rest after ten boxes, very sad finding my husband's boxes.

I loaded the dishwasher earlier - it's broken, the little wheels are out of the top slot and I can't get them back in, I tried for ages. I suspect this was left in 2012 too, like the washing machine.

My dog has an upset stomach again, I suspect it's stress as I've been really careful not to let him get the cat's food. He is enjoying the small garden, I need to secure the side gate, it's just on the latch. I'm glad there is an outside light.

I hope everyone gets the news they are waiting for tomorrow, would have been very stressful if it had been the end of the Stamp Duty holiday in ten days.

I've just remembered Line of Duty starts tonight! Hurray!

Please do not lift boxes!!!! The last thing you need is to do your back in!

I am at the packing stage and am making up the boxes and carrying items to the box, then sealing it up and leaving it right where it is. I hope to do the same thing in reverse when I move. There is no way I would try lifting any boxes!! Please take care of your back Shandy57 !!!

Morning all, hot and sunny here!

I'm still in a terrible mess with boxes everywhere, but I'm finally getting them into the right rooms. I really have lost my strength, I find it hard lifting them. I'm just going to go slowly and surely through it all, no sign of my jab yet.

I had a sleepless night over a teeny ornament, and have just come on to say I am feeling so relieved, I've finally found it!
It's something my daughter asked me to keep for her during the move.

It is a very small chinese cork diorama we used to have in the hallway, I hadn't realised her Dad had bought it for her at a school fair when she was little. I've just been through twenty boxes of bric and couldn't find it - then thought of her memory trunk. Yahoo it was in there, carefully wrapped, thank heavens! I remember her phoning and asking, and remembered going to get it, but after that was a blank. Bit like my wedding rings!

This move for me has been a great success, I'd forgotten the small bus passes to go to the local shops. It's a very different road to the station and there are people passing all the time, it's like Piccadilly Circus compared!

My best friend has just sold and found a lovely bungalow in Dorset - but is anxious about the survey, it had to be underpinned many years ago as the oak tree roots disturbed the foundations.

Fingers crossed for everyone

We used mobile internet for a week. DS even hooked the TV up to the phone as the house had no ariel. We have both an Ariel and broadband now.
Must go as DH can't turn the TV on!!!

Census done!

Elusivebutterfly I have paid for a bigger mobile package so that I can leave mobile data on - but the very rural place I am going to has slightly elusive mobile reception. I will wait and see! DD says she thinks there is a way to link it to my laptop so I will leave that to her.

Don't forget to do your census with all this going on Luckygirl, whilst you are on line. I was off line for four days, it felt like four years