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Originally Posted by suesiegel
I/we had a long time to plan-a year or two.
I sold a lot of stuff on eBay-thousands of dollars worth.
I discovered that the cost of our long distance move in the end came down to what they do not tell you, the tariff rate-number filed with government regulators-pound per distance. It came to .57 per pound. That item weighs about...... Is it worth moving?
We did four garage sales and sold about 6,000 worth of stuff. Money is far lighter to carry then STUFF.
There are things that I wish I had taken with us BUT, storage space is limited. One of the things I sorely miss was our BASEMENT. A basement in Central Florida will shortly be an indoor swimming pool-so forget it.
You will, OF COURSE, make some mistakes. Stuff you will wish you took and stuff you wish you didn't take.
If, you have not yet, sold your previous home that for us and I think for most was an adventure. You plan it all out.
You allow ???????? to sell the place and then discover it is not going as YOU had planed. Some people sit with a house for a year or more. I had it all PLANNED-six months to sell. It sold in one week-full price CASH. GOOD NEWS-yes, but. I was still packing with the guys loading the moving van. They, left a few things that I had PLANNED on taking. TRUTH-they did not take the full sized totem pole I had carved. Go figure.
In the end, it is one step at a time. There is the oft suggested three pile system. Pile one-PACK. Pile two-THROW OUT. Pile three-SELL. Pile four-give away. WANTED TO SEE IF YOU COULD COUNT. I packed 250 boxes. About TEN really full car loads to goodwill. About 10-15 full car loads to our town dump.
It is a BIG job. NOW is a good time to start.
GOOD LUCK-BE CALM.
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Sorry to hear about the Totem Pole
But really appreciate your experience. We are planning to sell this Spring and have been working on downsizing, but need to pick up the pace! Looking forward to warmer weather as our wind chills were negative this morning!