I can see many homes in Citrus Grove are struggling with all the stuff they brought down. They either thought they needed or could not get rid of. Now they have a home or garage (or both) full of boxes and tubs. Luckily, we learned our lesson and sold everything we had before we moved here. 18 years earlier we had built a new home in Cincinnati and before we moved in sold everything. New home, new stuff felt like a long vacation for a while. Took longer than planned to get our new furniture delivered here, but it all worked out. Even though there is not much storage here (Charlotte) we have plenty of room in house and garage. A house or garage full of boxes is a house soon to be full of bugs. Sell it, give it away, you don't need it. JUST PULL THE BAND-AID OFF! The pain will quickly be over.

You have a SITUATION!

I sold lots of my tools before coming here, figuring I wouldn’t need them. Little did I know I did need them and replaced almost all of them.

The one thing I wish I'd brought is more of my garden shovels, picks, pots. Otherwise I brought very little and it's all been useful, except a dressy long sleeve black dress. Who knows if I'll ever go to a dressed-up winter event again...

Wife
 

Not kidding......

We used to have a Little tikes plastic wagon with wheels, that my wife used all the time in the garden hauling around the mulch.

I wish I brought down my golf cart heater. It gets very cold mornings out on the courses in Jan-Feb

I brought one small chair, two bookcases I’d made, a couple hundred books, a couple hundred CDs, a couple hundred DVDs, some of my tools, some kitchen stuff, and a LOT of paintings (some seen below. That filled a ten foot truck and filled the Prius twice.

We paid movers to move down about half of our household. They nicked up most of our furniture, which we plan on replacing or painting. We filed a claim and wound up with a profit of $1600 so they paid us money to move our stuff (and damage it).

It's best to purge as much as possible before coming here. But make sure you bring what you personally need. There is a long wait time on ordered furniture.

Surprised your mover did not make you depreciate the stuff they damaged/ What they asked us to do on the small amount damaged made us decide to not bother. Which of course is their aim from the getgo.

Wall art. My daughter insisted that I needed to bring it despite me knowing that only a few would actually work in my new home.

Brought way TOO MUCH. Was giving it away for YEARS after moving here!

Who cares? Water over the dam either way.

I'm in the process right now. Started going through all the old photo albums. Pulled out the pictures and put them in those nice boxes. My kids will take some of my furniture. The rest I'll donate. My place in TV was bought fully furnished which worked out great for when I came on visits. I have to admit, I'm having a hard time with my collectables. Nobody wants them, it kills me to get rid of. I'm assuming that when my neighborhood has their annual garage sale, that I can sell a lot of the stuff. Also, I have stuff from my grandmother that the dishes have gold trim, and I don't know if they're worth anything. I will get rid of a lot of clothes and other decor. I'm getting overwhelmed. I'm still working full time till the end of June and then put my house up for sale. That's when it will probably get easier to purge stuff. We are bringing our back yard furniture, televisions, computers, both our cars and all our household items and sundries and kitchen small appliances.

When we sold the house we raised the kids in, we found out most of the stuff isn’t worth much. We did an estate sale.

People don’t want dining room sets, unless a bedroom set is pottery barn or something comparable, forget about getting anything
Landscapers/contractors will buy the stuff in the garage.