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I found it so so stressful. Apart from bereavement one of the most stressful things ever.

We have only moved once in our lives and that was stressful enough. We now live in a flat and as much as I miss having a garden, I can’t bare the thought of having to get everything out and down to ground level before we have even moved. Have to say it’s the sort of thing I would need to leave to my husband and disappear for the day or I might just keel over watching it all happen.

I'd love to start afresh in a new home but the thought of packing and moving and setting up again is painful and expensive

Best moving advice I've been given was to pack a box containing tea making facilities (kettle, cups, tea bags, etc) and a packet of biscuits. As long as you have that box all the other unpacking can wait! ?

Moving can be stressful. I find it best when packing, list what's in each marked box. Then when it comes to unpacking you know where everything is.

Ive moved home a few times, the first time I was 19 and that was exciting I felt grown up and didn't have as many possesions to take with me!
Now Im married with children and our house is currently on the market, the thought of being in a new home and settled in is great. Although the actual upheaval of packing everyones things and sorting out a removal van and then having to unpack the other end, makes me shudder.
It will be nice when its done!

Very stressful having to remember where to change addresses. So many places. But making a list helps and ticking them off as you go along

Found it stressful! I shall avoid moving again for as long as possible

I always feel like you need an extra "interim" house. That way, you can sell your existing house, sort the stuff out in the interim house and then complete any work that may be required in the empty new house before moving in.

moving house is stressful there are legal issues as well as physically moving stuff to the new home can take a lot of time to deal with and organise

Moving is extremely stressful, especially when it's done out of need and not by choice. The idea of moving feels me with dread

The very thought of moving just fills me with stress an anxiety. So much planning and things to remember.

Moving to a new home would be too much of a daunting task for me so hope to stay where I am for ever.Just not good at organising,get easily stressed,know something would go wrong so best leaving things as they are

We have been in this house over 30 years but are now getting ready to move on to a bungalow. The thought of doing so and getting up to speed on what is involved these days is really quite daunting.

Work situations meant that in our married life we moved further North each time, strange as I am from Cornwall originally! The downside of moving is all the complicated process of moving, we had some difficult buyers over the years. It wasn't difficult decluttering at all, we now live in a small bungalow. I have not missed my previous possessions although I did take photographs of many items in case I regretted getting rid of them. I have to confess to missing my gardens, but there is always the challenge of creating a new one. My advice when house hunting is to follow your instincts. We spent ages looking for a place by the coast, but ended up on the outskirts of a city. It just felt right, the bungalow suits us and we love being able to have plenty to do.....

Have you ever put off moving because it seemed too difficult?
Yes I was afaid that I couldn't meet the cost and that it wasn;t managable on my own, but last year I finally took the plunge and I moved from North to Midlands and I was so very glad I did. It was what I wanted to so for ages and I found a way of making it work both financially and practically and a year or so later I am still here and have made a nice home for myself

What do you least look forward to about moving house?
The hassel of cost and physical moving, to put all your belongings which once collected together seem to amount to so much stuff which needs both packing,moving and unpacking again. I have this experience many times and each time it fills me with dread, hence why I put off the invitable however much I want it. However as I have found out recently, making the effort to move is well worth it in the end.

Does the thought of decluttering when moving house fill you with dread, or does it feel like an exciting new start?
No while I, like most people, have stuff, I have learnt to accept that alot of it can be disposed of or donated to charity and brought again if needed once you reach your destination. During my last house move I went into super decluttering mode, I was strict and rufeless about what I did and din't keep and was amazed at how much went. Of course this was necessary for me as I was moving virtually everything alone but it actually felt so satisfying at the end and I have since updated and brought new things into my life. I miss nothing and clearly a good and thtough clean out did me no harm.

What would make you consider moving house in the future? Perhaps you have tips for moving house that you’d like to share? I have always rented and one day I hope this will change, perhaps not in the near future but its a goal. The home I have is as close to what I am gonna get so I treat it like my own, furnish it and decorate it and enjoy the space I have. I am tired of constantly moving and adapting to new spaces and places so until this goal is achived I hope I can stay put.

This prize would sure help me add a little extra to my home, thanks.

Never want to move again after our last move, had to downsize to ground floor with wet room for husband's disability, so so stressful, but worth it now we are settled.

It is a biggie. I know I will have to consider it in the next few years. I think it’s hard to leave the memories and I still have a 20 year old cat at the moment that would be harder to budge than me! Pegasus does sound an honest helpful company though

We have moved many times. Longest we have been in a house is 7 years. So moving and packing does not bother us. We like the adventure. Moved to Ireland two years ago on retirement and have one more move planned when we reach 75.
We did live in an over 50's flat for around 3 years. Whilst there were many things we enjoyed such as no maintenance, lovely gardens etc we eventually felt that we wanted more control over our living environment and moved back to a house. Family and grandchildren need a lot of room which you can only provide in a house.

If one of us ended up on our own , I think we would seriously consider this type of housing again but not while we are both active.

I would love to move house but unfortunately I am in a minority as the rest of the family love our home.

We moved from Devon to "up North" to be closer to our children . I packed the house ready for storage.
6 months later we finally found a house i liked. The company who stored our furniture and moved us were brilliant. If/when we move again I would pay the extra and have the removal company pack for us.

since 2008 i have moved eight times we live in rented property and the last move this year as we were moving a distance away we decided to use a removal company and let them do the packing, we just packed our clothes and personal paperwork and let them do the rest it was such a pleasent experience the guys who moved us were fantastic, everything packed well, they even helped us unpack at our new address, all i did was make the tea and snacks then drove myself to new home (partner had gone on ahead), after handing in keys to agents , to find removal men already there and unloading, a really pleasant stress free expereince.

After moving quite a few times within a short space of 9 years, without the help of my now ex-husband, I dreaded moving yet again. I was the one that ended up doing all the packing with no help from him.

When he wanted to move yet again, I called time on our marriage (other than the fact that our marriage had broken down anyway). I couldn't go through with moving yet again and doing it by my self; and I was simply tired of moving.

I expected to have to move when I got divorced but my ex was moving abroad for a new job so I managed to get him to agree to give me the house equity in exchange for not having any maintenance payments. An inheritance from my mum enabled me to keep the house which meant I avoided trying to move when the market was volatile and gazumping was commonplace. I was relieved not to move at the time, but will need to downsize when I retire next year. I dread the de-cluttering which will be necessary. It will be the first time I've had to manage a move myself apart from my first purchase which was quite easy as I had very little stuff to move. It all feels rather daunting but I mustn't delay too long as it will only get harder as I get older I guess. At least the market is slower now which is probably less stressful as I don't really have any deadline to meet so can find a buyer first then look for a place to buy. I just hope my adult children will take away some of the stuff they still have in my house - I don't fancy having to deal with their stuff as well as my own and all the stuff my ex left behind!

Decluttering would not be a problem. I am permanently decluttering. I take stuff to the charity shop month. All we have in our loft is Christmas things and suitcases.

That really only leaves furniture and household goods and I cannot say that that would cause much problem either. I would just get them sent to our local auction house.

The sticking point is that I do not want to live in a 2 or 3 roomed flat. The more housebound I might get, the more I would need extra living space and rooms to stop me feeling claustrophobic and to give space for DH and I to have space to be apart as well as together.

There is one exception, offer me a great big warehouse space, that we could divide up to meet all our needs, and you might possibly, just might get me interested. But it would have to be very big.