Moving house - help!!

[PinkFizz]

God im getting myself in a right tizz(or should that be fizz!!).

How soon should I start to pack seeing as I don't want to liv in a bare shell for weeks? I move on 16th December. And Im losing track of everyboy I am meant to notify ie electricity board,BT etc. Haven't moved for years and had forgotten how stressful it can be!

[Katie~77]

Pack everything that you don't need. Then when the time comes to move, you will have much less to do.x

[redcrx]

start by packing up the least used rooms like spare bedroom and then clear out storage cupboards and garage etc.

Then a week or two before the move start on the rest and clear a room a day. Youll be so busy you wont notice that the rooms are emptying

I recently moved a lot of my personal stuff from my flat (havnt lived there in 16 months) ready to rent it. It took me 2 solid days and i wasnt even sorting out stuff as i packed it so itll be even worse when i have to unpack.

[havinmysay]

hi pinkfizz try not to get yourself in a rut i no it can be stressfull but look at it as ''a new home,a new start'' just do each day as it comes and like katie said pack the things u dont need then nearer the time have a couple of days packing.
good luck in your new home xx

[pie+mash]

"Losing track of everyboy"!!!!!

They should be the last thing on your mind if your moving LOL ;-)

I second Katie + red's slant on it, do it all gradually, as you say it can be (or is) the most stressful time.....

Good luck
pie+

[raysparx1]

Hi pinkie,

Don't forget to mark all the boxes,which room they go in etc,and take the teapot,kettle etc with you in the car,cos you will want a cuppa soon as you get there,now get off of here and start packing, go on go, xx

[Champagne]

Or... to make it more fun when you come to unpacking, mark up all the boxes incorrectly so that they end up in the wrong rooms. That's a laugh a minute.

Fake your own kidnapping a couple of days before, thus leaving all your family/friends to do the move for you. Then you can turn up a day after the move claiming to have amnaesia. Nobody would ever question that.

Genius I tells ya. :o)

[divegirl]

Hi...and be brutal...chuck out everything you don't need or use. I had one pile for me, one for the charity shop and one for the bin...... it makes un-packing a pleasure.

Lisa x

[redcrx]

wish Id asked you for advice before doing my flat divegirl lol

[PinkFizz]

Hi guys!

Well I have been clearing out the wardrobes and sending unwanted stuff to the charity shop,and I have also started to put a few bits in the local auction - may as well get a few pennies rather than just throw stuff away!

Just forgot how much work was involved!

[Cheekystar]

I used a website called the moving service which is free and has a calender to follow, pack all non essentials and label clearly each box and its content, I got lazy and just wrote the room which caused havoc!