Last Night In This House!

[LadyCG]

I can't believe we were only given tomorrow as our completion date.... this Tuesday just gone. We thought they (the Solicitors and our buyer) would never get their act together. We kept pushing for this Friday, but we just couldn't get them to commit. Our buyers Solicitor wouldn't even respond to messages last week and we resigned ourselves to the fact that it wasn't going to happen. Suddenly they sprung it on us on Tuesday and we said, "No way."

There were tears and tantrums from our buyer who said we'd have to pay her extra storage costs for December and January and my husband just laughed at her. She threatened to pull out so Lord MG told her that if that was what she wanted, that's what she'll have to do, but it was she who held things up so long holding onto her money for a few extra pennies in interest and she apparently didn't transfer any funds until Tuesday, as my husband pointed out to her. After everyone calmed down we made a few calls and managed to find a removal firm who weren't booked for tomorrow. It has been utter chaos since but I think we're getting there.

Tomorrow we move into a house with plaster falling off the walls, a kitchen that looks like it's never been cleaned and a bathroom that frankly ... well I won't even go there ...

Someone remind me ... what was I thinking???

[Prudie]

Very best of luck in your new home! Very exciting for you, especially when you first wake up Saturday morning - make sure you can make tea :-)

[LadyCG]

Thanks Prudie and Pasta. It's exciting and daunting in equal measure xx

[Barmaid]

You'll probably spend an awful lot of time in the first few weeks trapped in box hell, looking at the fabric of the building and thinking "what the heck have we done?" but with the odd satisfied smile. Then slowly it starts to slot into place and before you know it the satisfied smiles overtake the "OMFG" moments.

One tip - label the box with the kettle and emergency booze rations in as "Grandad's ashes" and keep them very very close. Guaranteed no one will touch them!

You'll be fine. Good luck.

[TonyV]

Lady bound to be a stressful day, moving always has been for me anyway.
But once it's done it's done.
Wishing you all the best.

[rockyracoon]

Good luck with your move x

[marval]

Good luck with it all, I am sure it will be worth it in the end

[LadyCG]

Thank you all. I can barely see out of the living room window for all the boxes x

[TonyV]

That's a good sign then x

[rowanwitch]

Did it with my first husband, even with him it was fun, exhausting, argument generating but fun.