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Moving, Part III: Packing

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Packing

Before we even knew where we were going, and how we would be getting there, we started packing. Basically, as soon as the house sold, we started packing.  It’s important to get a head start on this, because the time can sneak up on you, and you don’t want to end up with movers in the house, and half the house unpacked.

We got moving supplies from Home Depot and Osh. We were later told by the movers that we saved a lot of money this way, as the moving companies will charge much more for the supplies.  We bought:

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Moving, Part II: Purging

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Before we could pack, we needed to purge. I’m tempted to suggest that people should move every five years or so just to make sure they purge. By “purge,” I mean “go through all of your stuff and throw or give away what you don’t need or want anymore.”  After all, what is the use of packing and transporting stuff you don’t need?  Especially if it costs you money to do so!  We started the purging process before the house went on the market.  Not only did it reduce the stress of packing, it did a lot to help the house show and sell better.

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Moving: Overview

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Recently, we sold our house (yay!). With a 30-day escrow (yikes!). Without having a home to move into (ouch!).

Normally, there would be a contingency placed on the sale that could allow us to stay in the house until we had somewhere else to go. In our case, we had plans to move into a rental home instead of buying a new one, which is (usually) easier to manage than the home buying process. With a 30-day escrow, the time for the buyer to commit is shorter, but it also means that there is a small window of time between the commit date and closing date. This didn’t give us a lot of time to find a home that was move-in ready. As soon as the commit date passed, there was a flurry of activity to look at homes, choose one, put in the application, provide the deposit, and sign the paperwork. This was all done in a matter of days, but the home that we found would not be available two weeks after the sale of our house closed.

Here are some of things that we have done to help our move go smoothly:

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