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cuthere Mar 2nd 2004 12:54 pm

everything in 20ft possible?
 
Wondering whether an average family (4) managed to squeeze all their earthly belongings in a 20 ft? Movers are coming in on Sat for an assessment - suddenly occurred to me that whether 20ft is realistically possible.:scared:

HUP Mar 2nd 2004 12:58 pm

Re: everything in 20ft possible?
 

Originally posted by cuthere
Wondering whether an average family (4) managed to squeeze all their earthly belongings in a 20 ft? Movers are coming in on Sat for an assessment - suddenly occurred to me that whether 20ft is realistically possible.:scared:
Yeah it'll be fine. Its amazing how that stuff stacks when its all in nice square boxes.

NJFOZ Mar 2nd 2004 1:01 pm

Re: everything in 20ft possible?
 

Originally posted by cuthere
Wondering whether an average family (4) managed to squeeze all their earthly belongings in a 20 ft? Movers are coming in on Sat for an assessment - suddenly occurred to me that whether 20ft is realistically possible.:scared:

The removals firm will get loads of stuff into a 20ft container and tons of wrapping paper as well.

cuthere Mar 2nd 2004 1:17 pm

Thanks for the replies!!

DagBoy Mar 2nd 2004 1:25 pm

It does sort of depend on how much stuff you have, though :)

I pretty much filled a 20' refrigerated container (smaller inside, but also cheaper to use) with my stuff. I only had a small cottage (two bed, lounge, kitchen, bathroom and shed).

The thing to look at is the number of big bulky objects that cannot either be flat packed or filled with other stuff. The biggest items of that kind that I had were a double mattress, a sofa and a sofabed.

I did not bring washing machine or fridge/freezer, though if I had wanted to they would probably have squeezed them in too.

Good luck,

DagBoy

ABCDiamond Mar 2nd 2004 1:38 pm


Originally posted by DagBoy
It does sort of depend on how much stuff you have, though :)

I pretty much filled a 20' refrigerated container (smaller inside, but also cheaper to use) with my stuff. I only had a small cottage (two bed, lounge, kitchen, bathroom and shed).

The thing to look at is the number of big bulky objects that cannot either be flat packed or filled with other stuff. The biggest items of that kind that I had were a double mattress, a sofa and a sofabed.

I did not bring washing machine or fridge/freezer, though if I had wanted to they would probably have squeezed them in too.

Good luck,

DagBoy
A refrigerated container !!
Did someone say it gets hot up here in QLD !!

:D Just joking :D

DagBoy Mar 2nd 2004 1:39 pm


Originally posted by ABCDiamond
A refrigerated container !!
Did someone say it gets hot up here in QLD !!

:D Just joking :D
Yeah - I did not want my furniture to melt. :scared:

cuthere Mar 2nd 2004 5:34 pm


Originally posted by DagBoy
It does sort of depend on how much stuff you have, though :)

I pretty much filled a 20' refrigerated container (smaller inside, but also cheaper to use) with my stuff. I only had a small cottage (two bed, lounge, kitchen, bathroom and shed).

The thing to look at is the number of big bulky objects that cannot either be flat packed or filled with other stuff. The biggest items of that kind that I had were a double mattress, a sofa and a sofabed.

I did not bring washing machine or fridge/freezer, though if I had wanted to they would probably have squeezed them in too.

Good luck,

DagBoy

DagBoy, Why refrigerated container, if I may ask - besides melting furniture?:D

We do have quite a lot of stuff and I am trying to visualise a 20 ft container and see how we can fit it all in. A 40 ft is definitely too excessive.

ABCDiamond Mar 2nd 2004 5:59 pm


Originally posted by cuthere
DagBoy, Why refrigerated container, if I may ask - besides melting furniture?:D

We do have quite a lot of stuff and I am trying to visualise a 20 ft container and see how we can fit it all in. A 40 ft is definitely too excessive.
My guess is that he has a friend who has one.
:)

arlene Mar 2nd 2004 7:31 pm

we are shipping everything from our 3 bed house including des's motorbike in a 20ft container

arlene


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