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GotGarlic
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Thanks, Kathleen! I feel pretty lucky that we found this place so quickly after we started looking seriously. I really love it.
Guess what? We're moving! 😁
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Roll_Bones
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Congratulations GG. We have been mulling this over for a couple of years now for the same reasons. However, we always chicken out.
Your new home looks fantastic! And the view! My kinda place.
How did you deal with all you have accumulated over the years? This for us is a giant obstacle.
Are you in the same city or state?
Your new home looks fantastic! And the view! My kinda place.
How did you deal with all you have accumulated over the years? This for us is a giant obstacle.
Are you in the same city or state?
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GotGarlic
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Thanks! I have a meeting with a moving company this week that a friend used recently and recommended to me. They will help you downsize, pack everything, move it, unpack and put everything away. They get a blueprint of the condo and help you decide what to keep and what goes where.
You can choose any or all of these services. I have no idea what it will cost - I'm a little scared about that lol. But we need help.
Good movers aren't cheap. Actually, bad movers aren't cheap. The more they do for you, the more it costs. Having them pack all the boxes is a nice service. I've never had movers unpack for me/us.
One nice thing is that moving locally is much better as far as customer care. The big cross-country moving companies are terrible. They break things, steal things, and just generally don't care.
A few years ago, United Van Lines moved someone into my neighborhood. The driver was having trouble rounding the corner in front of my house, so he just drove over the curb and across my lawn. The lawn was soaking wet, so he left a long, deep trench. I went to talk to the driver, and he jumped out of his truck and started ranting at me!
But, I have never had any issues with locally based movers. Their reputations are more at risk than the big boys.
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GotGarlic
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Roll_Bones, we're moving about 2.5 miles to a new neighborhood in the same city.
Casey, ordinarily I wouldn't consider hiring people to pack and unpack, but with DH's cancer treatment, he's exhausted much of the time and I have serious health issues myself. It's a locally based company. I was just reading on their website that the owner is the wife of a military veteran and moved many times during his career, as they do. DH is already under a lot of stress, so this is one way to minimize it.
Casey, ordinarily I wouldn't consider hiring people to pack and unpack, but with DH's cancer treatment, he's exhausted much of the time and I have serious health issues myself. It's a locally based company. I was just reading on their website that the owner is the wife of a military veteran and moved many times during his career, as they do. DH is already under a lot of stress, so this is one way to minimize it.
I get it. When we moved my parents, we had the movers pack. I hate doing that. I did most of the unpacking, but they moved from a 4,000 square foot home into a 900 square foot apartment in a senior living community. Unpacking was not that difficult. My sister "supervised" the whole operation.
Doing something with everything left behind was a whipping. I'd be glad to share our experience with that with you, and the lessons we learned.
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GotGarlic
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Sure. I would appreciate any advice you have. We're going from a 2,100-sq ft 2-story house to a 1,300-sq ft 2-bedroom condo. It has a ton of storage, but I don't want to take things we don't use or need.I get it. When we moved my parents, we had the movers pack. I hate doing that. I did most of the unpacking, but they moved from a 4,000 square foot home into a 900 square foot apartment in a senior living community. Unpacking was not that difficult. My sister "supervised" the whole operation.
Doing something with everything left behind was a whipping. I'd be glad to share our experience with that with you, and the lessons we learned.
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That downsize is not as extreme as my parent's. We hired an Estate Auction company to liquidate a lot of stuff, which was a huge mistake. They got garage sale prices for a lot of collectables, and took 40% commission. Several things got broken, scratched and dented. Some stuff disappeared. In the end, I estimate we got about 20-cents on the dollar.
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GotGarlic
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I'm getting rid of some stuff through local Facebook sales and freebies sites, and I have a friend/neighbor who has been running our neighborhood's annual yard sale for 20 or so years, getting permits and disposing of stuff that isn't sold on the day. I was thinking about asking her if she would run an estate sale after we move to sell for whatever she can get and offer her 25 percent of the proceeds. Do you think that's too low?
GinnyPNW
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My MIL lives in a nearby 55+ community. All SFDU's with golf course and activities, etc. When visiting her, we notice the Estate Sales signs on a regular basis. Folks move and leave what they can't/won't take with them. The Estate Sales folks come in and do their thing. I have no idea what they charge, but there are several companies and they do keep busy in her "village". We stop and shop, when time permits. It must be worth it to both sides, I would think.
Aunt Bea
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It might be good to keep a few accessories and pieces of furniture to stage the house for sale. 
jazzerlord
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This looks amazing I love moves. Congratulations!
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GotGarlic
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Yes. We're not taking the dining table and buffet/hutch, so those and the chairs will stay. My mom wants a surprising number of our things lolIt might be good to keep a few accessories and pieces of furniture to stage the house for sale.
It's been a while since I've sold anything on consignment, but the going rate was 30 percent back then. But, the main thing is having a friend who cares about you handling the sale.
In the end, you'll do better just donating some things to charity thrift stores, and taking the tax deduction.
The biggest mistake we made (well, my sister made, and I didn't fight hard enough) was to sell my parent's house to one of those companies that buys homes and closes fast. That company flipped the house in a matter of weeks for a little over a $50,000 profit.
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