We moved all the items needed to live down from NE in a UHaul trailer behind a subaru outback, then purchased the furniture there. . . Total cost of the new furniture $18K, we did a second trip several months later with a few items, and will make one final trip with a one way Uhaul for remaining when we relocate permanently, ie lawn equipment, tool chest, but the furniture still remaining up north will never go well in the begonia, nor do we have florida lanai furniture in NE. Nor did we have a leather recliner, nor a 65" TV so didn't make sense to ship a large amount of furniture from here to there. The final trailer will be pulled by an F250 diesel, so weight will not be an issue.
Of course, we read quite a bit about the villages' opinion on here and looked at alot of houses for sale to get different ideas of how homes where furnished to get an idea of what we wanted that was local decor.
But everyone has their own level of sentimental value and affordabilty.
Good luck
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