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Old 07-30-2013, 10:27 AM
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Default A Confession of a Mover

I have to chill out and as a therapy I am writing this post, hoping that future movers to TV can learn from what we did. I have learned that a move is more psychological than physical both for my partner as well as for me. More for my partner perhaps because she is still reluctant to make the move though she had finally agreed. I am sure those who made that big jump will agree with me. If I have psychological stress, I can't imagine what she is going through. Though I have spent overseas on several occasions, we've never sold our house so there is indeed a 36 years of accumulation plus what my late brother left behind and never came back to pick up. My wife is a hoarder of our son's things from birth to when he got married. Where do we start? At least we already have a place in TV so that's a relief but our house in TV is about a third of our current home. This sudden move started end of June. We were thinking about the move sometime late next year but when we queried few of the real estate agent, they recommended that the timing is now. Currently the house inventory is very low and with the interest having gone up, house sales have picked up. Besides for families with young children, the time is now. We have a very good elementary school within short walking distance. We sold the house in 10 days. Fifth couple who came to see the house liked it and made an offer. That was great but the downside was that we have to move within six weeks. We did have the intention of moving eventually so we did start to clear up few things but we realize now it was just a surface attempt. The first major stressful event since retirement.