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Question about moving
Hi all! I posted below about our inspection, and we found out yesterday that the seller has agreed to fix all of it! Whoo hoo!
Next step is arranging our move. A close date isnt scheduled yet (our realtor wanted to make sure we were good-to-go on the inspection stuff before she did that) but one date that was thrown out there by the buyer of our current home falls on a Wednesday. If we end up closing and moving mid-week, we will not be able to use the muscles of our friends and family. So, Ive been researching our options. Ive looked at a few moving companies and that route seems very appealing. However, I have also looked into getting a PODS or something similar, or even a UHaul truck here for a few days prior to close, and load it up over the course of a few days. Then, once we are officially closed, move it to the new home. However, this would be less expensive, but would be one big hassle moving ourselves. Has anyone used any of these methods? (UHaul truck, PODS, move yourself with friends/family, hire movers, etc) Opinions? Any other suggestions?
Re: Question about moving
I'm about to move for the 5th time in 17 years... all with movers. I won't go back to moving without movers if I don't have to. They're better at it, I don't have to sacrifice my own body and energy, or that of my friends and family, who love me but certainly wouldn't choose moving me as how they want to spend a day or so.
If you close on a Wednesday, you can still move on any weekend after that. Use the interim days to clean, put shelf paper in the cabinets etc. and haul some small stuff. We haul the small stuff and hired movers for the big stuff.
We used a UHaul - I will never do it again.
We had a cash buyer, so we had to close on our new home the following day. So, we loaded up the UHauls on Wednesday, drove two hours to our new home on Thursday afternoon, and unloaded the UHauls Friday. We were able to get some help loading Wednesday night, and unloading Friday night, but DH and I basically unloaded/loaded one of the 26' trucks on our own.
While we didn't have any major damages, we did notice some of our things got scuffed up during the move, and we were very careful. While it was cheaper to rent the trucks, it was not at all worth it. We'll pay someone to move us from this point forward.
ok now Im confused...if we clmose on our current house on a Wednesday, we have 24 hours to be out. How would we be able to do the actual move to the new house the following weekend? And is it possible to close on our new house a few days sooner than our current house when we plan to use profit from our current home sale as downpayment on the new house? I hope that makes sense because Im really not getting it. haha (and sorry for the typos, Im using my phone to reply and its on crack)
You didn't say in your OP that you were doing a domino close (closing on your current house to fund another). That does complicate things.
I'd ask the people buying your house when they want to close. If it doesn't matter to them, either push closing to Thursday (so you'd have until Friday to be out) or ask them about renting back from them for a couple days so that you can move on the weekend. It can be a pretty straightforward arrangement, you basically draw up a rental agreement and pay them pro-rated rent for the amount of days you're there.
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