freddie Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 Well, completing today, and moving over the next three or four days... Still packing boxes, and waiting for the keys..... Stress? Naah Got the pup a "moving " bone, to keep her occupied, and am moving the hens after we've done some necessary fencing! Never moving again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LolaLayla Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 Good luck with the move. Remember to mark which box has the kettle in it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaireG Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 Good luck with it all. A tip for packing your plates, if you havn't packed them already is use paper plates between them, rather than wrapping in newspaper. It works better and you don't have to wash newsprint of the plates before you can use them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LolaLayla Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 A tip for packing your plates, if you havn't packed them already is use paper plates between them, rather than wrapping in newspaper. It works better and you don't have to wash newsprint of the plates before you can use them! That's a good idea It's such a hassle to have to start washing things with everything else you have to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGirlsMum Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 Good luck I remember waiting for the keys was the worst bit, was supposed to be delivered to us but ended up many hours later having to go to the estate agents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowberry Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 Best of luck; tis tradition round here that photos of new pad must be posted at the first opportunity! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddie Posted September 16, 2011 Author Share Posted September 16, 2011 Only once we've cleaned it. it's really , esp the bathroom We've been scrubbing away since midday, and are now back at home, in spartan bliss with a ready meal in the oven (asda Fish, and oven chips!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 Good luck - microwave & kettle are a must! Don't get stressed, it's not worth it. I also had a small case of clothes to keep me going until I unpacked my main clothes. Corkscrew & glasses were pretty urgent on the list too. Time went no where on moving day - but it was fun. Enjoy every minute of it!!!! Best of luck.. Emma.xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calamity Jane Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 Good luck with everything. I must admit to having a bit of a phobia about moving house Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groovychook Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 Hope all goes well Freddie! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jess1merlin Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 Hope all goes well. We will be doing the same thing in the spring and I am already getting stressed. Keep smiling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddie Posted September 17, 2011 Author Share Posted September 17, 2011 never again. Painted three rooms today, another one to do tomorrow, and found out where all the leaks are(it's rained a lot today.) M in law came over today to help and was wonderful Credit is due! and we kind of figured out the hot water system..... I'm beyond exhaustde Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patricia W Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 That's some going! We moved SIX years ago - and we are still painting..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 We were lucky when we moved in here 3 weeks ago. All freshly painted - clean, crisp & a blank canvas..No work to do! Sat here with the fire lit - believe me, you'll do the same soon & think wow it was worth it! Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddie Posted September 18, 2011 Author Share Posted September 18, 2011 Apparently the old part is lime plastered, so i need special paint for that. Off to homebase later, after another load or two.............. the new bit is any paint friendly!(thank goodness, as that's the bit I've done. Raining buckets here, so all the leaks are showing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 Does sound exhausting but very exciting too! Hope the move goes really well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddie Posted September 21, 2011 Author Share Posted September 21, 2011 It's been awful. the house leaks like a sieve(so much for advanced survey) There is a windfarm going up about half mile away that never showed on the survey either. Not sure how this will affect us. Left the hens at the old home overnight, having shut them in at about 8.30pm, as we needed to do a load of fencing Tuesday to get a run for them, and came back Tues 8am to find them all dead, and a ferret.This would have happened whether we were here or not, but I'm in bits. Last night, after torrential rain all weekend, the drains failed, so we were up half the night digging up the back yard and rodding drains out to stop the garage flooding. Dont talk to me about the rural dream. And DS has a filthy cold. I need gin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purplemaniacs Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 Oh no I am so sorry to hear that things are so difficult. So sad about the chickens, had not thought of a ferret attacking them, it must have been such as shock for you expecially after all your work to prepare their new home I hope things improve for you soon. Chrissie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 Oh no, that's awful, I'm so sorry. Not a good start. I hope you got your gin and that your rural dream improves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddie Posted September 22, 2011 Author Share Posted September 22, 2011 Got fleas now! Not the humans, but the animals. We did spray the house from top to bottom before we moved in, but not the outbuilding(it was empty, bar an old reasonable looking sofa, and we forgot). Dog was crawling with then this morning, so a catching I did go. Sorted out the drains, OH dug up the back yard. It looks like a WW1 enactment But it's stopped raining; and I got to take the pup out for a decent walk before heading off to work this morning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
