Saturday 25 March 2017

It's Finally Happening.

So many ups and downs and maybes that I'm scared to actually say we're moving but...

...we're moving!

This time next Friday, 31st March, as long as there are no last minute delays, we'll be moved into our new house...at last.

This time last week our buyer was threatening to pull out if we didn't move on the day he wanted. It didn't help that our solicitor was on holiday this week and the lady doing his work had her own work to do first before tackling his so we weren't high priority. 

Just by chance I saw our buyer in the local Wetherspoons' while I was having lunch with some ladies from my slimming club (talk about serendipity). I took a deep breath and went to talk to him. Within a couple of minutes we had everything arranged and, a quick phone call to the people we're buying off, and it was all agreed.So, off we go. 

We're popping round to the new house on Wednesday evening so that the current owners can show us the workings of the boiler, cooker, washing machine, and where all the light switches etc. are. Very thoughtful of them to invite us, even though the guy has been a right pain in the rear.

We've spent this morning packing and sorting out. Thankfully much of the stuff I'd packed when we thought we were moving in February was still boxed up, and we'd already disposed of most of the things we no longer wanted. Our nearby charity shop has benefited, and we've probably added a few tonnes to the paper recycling total for this area. 

Our future son-in-law was going to drive a van and help us move but now needs to work that day, so we've booked a removal van and 2 drivers through Anyvan, a sort of comparison website where you register your requirements and then available firms 'bid' for your business. I've paid the deposit and had email confirmation but need to phone the company who won our contract to confirm the details.

I spent last evening online doing all the change of address stuff with the water companies (we have 2 separate companies, one for water supply and another for waste water) and arranging mail redirection (£59 for 12 months). This afternoon I've arranged for an engineer to come round to the new house to connect us to Virgin Media services (Broadband, cable TV and phone) but that won't happen until 5th April so we'll be TV and broadband free for about 5 days. We'll still have internet on our mobile phones and if the weather is good we can fill the days with some work in the garden (not that it needs much doing to it, it's been beautifully kept). I can inform the power company on the day we move out when I take the final meter readings. 

My stomach keeps doing somersaults, there have been so many times we've thought all was going well only to have something rear it's head and set us back that I won't believe it's happening until it's happened. 

So, if I don't get on here again for a week or two, please wish me luck. I could do with something going right without any hiccups for once.

Love you all,

Helen xx

8 comments:

  1. Hope all goes well for you.
    Hazel

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  2. Yes, Good Luck Helen. The week will pass quickly. Patience does pay off in the end and you have certainly been patient.

    Joan (Wales)

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  3. I know the feelings you are going through. We just moved to where we are now living about this time last year. We did all of the moving with the help of friends for a couple of days. My husband was a work horse. He'd work all day, come home and either haul boxes up from the basement or down from upstairs and load them onto our pickup, drive 40 miles, unload them and haul them down into the basement of our future home. My dad was living there and so as I unpacked at the new house, I packed much of his stuff at the same time. Then he would stop by and we would load his boxes into his pickup to bring to his new location. It was a lot of work, very stressful and exciting at the same time. I look at everything now and still can't believe we did it. Good luck - I will be thinking of you as you move into your new home. As Joan said, your patience will pay off and even if you take awhile to unpack, you will be so glad to have the moving part over with. Very happy for you. Ranee (MN) USA

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  4. Good luck hope everything goes well with your move. We have just started the process of selling and buying and it is certainly an emotional rollercoster of a ride.

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  5. I hope the move went smoothly and you are starting to feel settled in your new home.

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  6. How did it all go? Am hoping your quietness is to do with internet connections and not moving hiccups...

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