02-02-2014, 05:34 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-02-2014, 05:38 PM by cookderosa.)
I do have one more thing to say about moving- we just moved from IL to NC. It was our first cross-country move too. I got an estimate for a moving company to do A-Z, and it was $15,000. I thought that was insanity so decided to do it ourselves. DH's job gave us $3k toward moving, so I figured I could do it for very little out of pocket. Did I mention it was our first cross-country move? lol
So, I rented 4 Uhaul storage boxes (like Pod - google them) and that got everything up and out so we could live and show our home like fake people...you know...staged. Then I sold ALMOST EVERYTHING. Seriously, my friends were asking if I was crazy- but my goal was to rent 1 big UHaul trucks and drive for the move. Hubby was gone, but teen son 1 drives, so I even sold one of our cars too- now hubby would be in NC with his car, I'd drive the Uhaul and son would drive our other car. Seemed perfect! So, day of packing the truck, we get to the end and I realize we are not even close to fitting in the truck. I had to go get a SECOND truck and pay my friend's son to drive with us. (and his plane ticket home).
After all was said and done, the grand total I spent moving was $15,000. THE EXACT SAME!!
NEVER AGAIN. (disclosure, a few hundred was spent on the hotel during our drive- we would have had that anyway, and my friend's ticket was about $400, but GAS alone was a fortune- in the thousands, UHauls only get about 8-9 miles per gallon)
I won't even go through all the drama leading up to that move and the drama of getting here and the drama of not having school or access to groceries (because you have to use it up or throw it out) and selling, sorting, etc. Having the delivery of our stuff arriving, being stored for months, etc. I'd also like to point out that besides 2 older sons, it was JUST ME doing the packing....oh yeah.....won't do that again. Ever try and convince your 8 year old to help you pack a truck?
So, before you believe that hiring movers is something just rich people do, I think you should give it some thought, especially on your super tight schedule.
So, I rented 4 Uhaul storage boxes (like Pod - google them) and that got everything up and out so we could live and show our home like fake people...you know...staged. Then I sold ALMOST EVERYTHING. Seriously, my friends were asking if I was crazy- but my goal was to rent 1 big UHaul trucks and drive for the move. Hubby was gone, but teen son 1 drives, so I even sold one of our cars too- now hubby would be in NC with his car, I'd drive the Uhaul and son would drive our other car. Seemed perfect! So, day of packing the truck, we get to the end and I realize we are not even close to fitting in the truck. I had to go get a SECOND truck and pay my friend's son to drive with us. (and his plane ticket home).
After all was said and done, the grand total I spent moving was $15,000. THE EXACT SAME!!
NEVER AGAIN. (disclosure, a few hundred was spent on the hotel during our drive- we would have had that anyway, and my friend's ticket was about $400, but GAS alone was a fortune- in the thousands, UHauls only get about 8-9 miles per gallon)
I won't even go through all the drama leading up to that move and the drama of getting here and the drama of not having school or access to groceries (because you have to use it up or throw it out) and selling, sorting, etc. Having the delivery of our stuff arriving, being stored for months, etc. I'd also like to point out that besides 2 older sons, it was JUST ME doing the packing....oh yeah.....won't do that again. Ever try and convince your 8 year old to help you pack a truck?
So, before you believe that hiring movers is something just rich people do, I think you should give it some thought, especially on your super tight schedule.
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