[nanci2539]

Some of you read my thread on our home sale. Of course we still need to get through the inspection but that shouldn't be an issue (I hope).

Most likely, we'll rent in TV for June and July. I want to have a little time setting up our new home before we move in. I think the first thing I'll do is call Closet Works; have the interior painted and do any grunt work like tile in the lanai, etc. I rather do this before the move than after the move.

But my primary question is storing the furniture Iwe'll be taking with us. What's the best way to handle this - store in FLA or store in IL. Most storage areas have AC so my furniture, etc should be protected from the heat if we store in FLA.

What have others done? If I could convince my husband to sell it all and start from scratch, that would be wonderful but he looks at the fact that we spent mega bucks on furniture here a few years ago and he's not about to sell it for a fraction of what we paid for it!

[Pete]

most of the storage facilities here are NOT climate controlled,There are some BUT most are not
and it gets pretty darned hot here in the summer with a lot of humidity, so if you have access there for climate controlled storage leave it there.
it will also be cheaper to give to the kids without having to ship it back.

JMHO

[chuckster]

As Pete said, we gave our kids furniture that they felt they could use and shipped the rest south. However we paid for storage in central New York and the mover (North American), arranged for the time to ship south to coordinate with our desired move in time. Hope this helps.

[Lil Dancer]

When we sold our other place in The villages we stored our furniture here for a couple of months. we had a choice of air conditioned or not, but the unit with a/c was more expensive. its amazing how much stuff you can fit into one of those cubicles. What we've seen though, is many people find their furniture from up north doesn't look that great when you get it down here....the darker woods, darker colored fabrics etc. somehow don't seem to fit in the bright airy Florida homes.. you might want to work a little harder on your husband to sell it!! And isn't it pretty expensive to ship?? After you add up the storage and shipping, maybe its worth selling it for less than you paid, and just buying new. Just a thought...good luck!

Hi, I feel Petes pain in not wanting to take a beating on your old furniture, but I think he might want to reconsider moving it. We are about to move to the Villages from Ohio, after having sold our home here in Ohio. We took invenory of our furniture and decided that we wanted to start with a fresh look in our new Florida home. It didn't seem that most of what we have here would work well in the new house and I wasn't looking forward to moving it. What we did was to offer most of our old furniture (at a fair price) to the people that bought our house and they took it all. We took advantage of the new pricing that the Villages is offering and will use the savings to help buy new furniture. We plan to make an adventure out of furniture shopping and hope to not be sitting on boxes very long. Good luck

[Gerard]

Best advice.........SELL IT. We sold our home in Philadelphia 4 bedrooms, 3,800 sq. ft. full of furnature that we had purchased over thirty years. It felt great to start over....so many people bring beautiful pieces down only to see that they do not work with this lifestyle. As proof, go to Bargins and Treasures, they always have a number of pieces selling for next to nothing in their showroom.

[aln]

nanci...
When we moved we had owned our home in TV for 2 years and rented it out. So of course it had furniture FOR RENTERS. Nice stuff but not like we had up north.
We sold our furniture up north for a fraction of the worth.
In hind-site we wish we would have brought some of it with us.
We used PODS to move. It was a great experience. One of the nice things is that PODS will move your container from house to storage and back to house and across the country into storage then to a new house and back to storage.
Of course the more you move it the more it costs.
I'm not trying to influence what you do but just give you my thoughts and experience.
I wouldn't move mattresses or pillows and probably no dining tables/chairs or lanai/patio furniture.
But I would consider your favorite easy chair(s) and bedroom furniture and curio cabinets.

Aside from that - :dontknow: