Moving House!
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Well we did it!
It's taken a few weeks to put it all in perspective but now things are coming together, I feel it's worth an update...
On the day of the move, all went well. Hired a 57plate Merc luton van for 2 days and it only took two loads to empty the old gaff.
On arriving at the new house we realised it wasnt actually a house, it was a cess pit. Here is what we had to deal with:
Carpets which had clearly been used as dog toilets for years, all damp and smelly. We replaced these on day 3 and the underlay was so rotten from what could only be dog wee that we had to wear face masks... Grim.
Landing window that I tried to shut - had the handle come off in my hands... New windows and doors being fitted on Monday...
Downstairs loo works via a saniflow device, which didnt work and spewed faecal matter all over the tiled floor.
Hamster poo from their pets left on the shelf in the utlity room.
A shed full of rubbish - which we got them back to shift.
A malfunctioning burglar alarm which randomly went off until I had it replaced a fortnight ago.
6 hours of cleaning in the kitchen just to make it useable...
Seriously, it was like an episode from How Clean Is Your House with Kim and Aggy...
I guess when we were viewing we were blinded by the area, position and price and didnt see the squalor. That said, some 3 1/2 weeks later it is coming together. Decorators were in last week and did a top to bottom sort of the whole gaff. The new carpets are down and the old ones disposed of (in a nuclear reactor hopefully). The loo is fixed and alarm replaced.
The neighbours seem great and the estate is as quiet and nice as we could have hoped for.
All we are waiting on now is for the furniture to arrive and then it will be a home.
What a month it has been
It's taken a few weeks to put it all in perspective but now things are coming together, I feel it's worth an update...
On the day of the move, all went well. Hired a 57plate Merc luton van for 2 days and it only took two loads to empty the old gaff.
On arriving at the new house we realised it wasnt actually a house, it was a cess pit. Here is what we had to deal with:
Carpets which had clearly been used as dog toilets for years, all damp and smelly. We replaced these on day 3 and the underlay was so rotten from what could only be dog wee that we had to wear face masks... Grim.
Landing window that I tried to shut - had the handle come off in my hands... New windows and doors being fitted on Monday...
Downstairs loo works via a saniflow device, which didnt work and spewed faecal matter all over the tiled floor.
Hamster poo from their pets left on the shelf in the utlity room.
A shed full of rubbish - which we got them back to shift.
A malfunctioning burglar alarm which randomly went off until I had it replaced a fortnight ago.
6 hours of cleaning in the kitchen just to make it useable...
Seriously, it was like an episode from How Clean Is Your House with Kim and Aggy...
I guess when we were viewing we were blinded by the area, position and price and didnt see the squalor. That said, some 3 1/2 weeks later it is coming together. Decorators were in last week and did a top to bottom sort of the whole gaff. The new carpets are down and the old ones disposed of (in a nuclear reactor hopefully). The loo is fixed and alarm replaced.The neighbours seem great and the estate is as quiet and nice as we could have hoped for.
All we are waiting on now is for the furniture to arrive and then it will be a home.
What a month it has been
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Also remember to redirect your mail! I left a few dozen stickers with my new address on them as it takes the Post Office about 10 days to process the move. This way people are more inclined to forward on your mail rather than dumping it in the rubbish bin!
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How can anyone leave a place like that. It sounds disgusting! Whenever I've moved, I've always (or my Mum has 
) given the house a top to bottom clean so that there is nothing I could be embarassed about if I ever met them again. As we've moved 3 times in the same housing area, this is very likely.
) given the house a top to bottom clean so that there is nothing I could be embarassed about if I ever met them again. As we've moved 3 times in the same housing area, this is very likely.
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Cheers Sipie
Yes Chris, redirecting mail is a must I redirected mine for 3 months at a cost of £15.50 the week before we moved (it takes them a few days to remember)...
Clarebabes - I know... Smelly people...
Yes Chris, redirecting mail is a must
I redirected mine for 3 months at a cost of £15.50 the week before we moved (it takes them a few days to remember)...Clarebabes - I know... Smelly people...
Top tip I discovered when I moved - its often a lot quicker to move the big items of furniture like settees through the windows than trying to squeeze them through the hall and round corners and doorways. If you have upvc windows, it takes about two minutes to take out the pane of glass and refit.
We found this out after struggling for half an hour to get the 2 seater settee into the new house through the hall, then realising the 3 seater wouldnt fit at all. Whipped out the window and it was in in 5 minutes.
We found this out after struggling for half an hour to get the 2 seater settee into the new house through the hall, then realising the 3 seater wouldnt fit at all. Whipped out the window and it was in in 5 minutes.
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Our last house wasn't far off that when we moved in and had my parents to thank for ripping up the carpets and cleaning from top to bottom. How people can live like that is beyond me.
This time got a place only a year old and she had it like a show home when we looked round. Wasn't like it when we got the keys though. Garden covered in dog and cat poo so kids couldn't go outside. Oven had an inch thick lining of food/dirt where she had never cleaned it and also never cleaned the built in dish washer or fridge freezer or shower
She took the huge 42" plasma off the sitting room wall and never repaired and repainted like she was suppsed to so following this up through the solicitors. Then found there was a gas leak and Transco turned off the supply until we had a plumber out to fix it. Oh and the carpets which were like new when we looked round she had made filthy with stains which are now cleaned up thankfully. She was one of these too posh to clean types and just let it get dirtier and dirtier. She has moved 9 times in 12 years so think she just goes into a place waits until its dirty and then moves 
Finally got internet connectivity today so everything is fine now
This time got a place only a year old and she had it like a show home when we looked round. Wasn't like it when we got the keys though. Garden covered in dog and cat poo so kids couldn't go outside. Oven had an inch thick lining of food/dirt where she had never cleaned it and also never cleaned the built in dish washer or fridge freezer or shower
She took the huge 42" plasma off the sitting room wall and never repaired and repainted like she was suppsed to so following this up through the solicitors. Then found there was a gas leak and Transco turned off the supply until we had a plumber out to fix it. Oh and the carpets which were like new when we looked round she had made filthy with stains which are now cleaned up thankfully. She was one of these too posh to clean types and just let it get dirtier and dirtier. She has moved 9 times in 12 years so think she just goes into a place waits until its dirty and then moves Finally got internet connectivity today so everything is fine now
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