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Rick C Oct 13th 2012 8:06 pm

Who took what?
 
Ok then guys, house sale is going well now looking around the house and trying to decide what to take over with us.

We are thinking of taking our 4 seater sofa and 2 arm chairs as they new and our bed.

So would people recommend taking white goods and bedroom furniture?

Cheers all

chris and farideh Oct 13th 2012 8:28 pm

Re: Who took what?
 

Originally Posted by Rick C (Post 10329287)
Ok then guys, house sale is going well now looking around the house and trying to decide what to take over with us.

We are thinking of taking our 4 seater sofa and 2 arm chairs as they new and our bed.

So would people recommend taking white goods and bedroom furniture?

Cheers all


We took everything except for the white goods, as everything is very expensive here, if you do search you can find a lot of threads on this subject.;)

TheArmChairDetective Oct 13th 2012 9:10 pm

Re: Who took what?
 
Good Luck with the move you lucky things

IndieG Oct 13th 2012 9:27 pm

Re: Who took what?
 

Originally Posted by Rick C (Post 10329287)
Ok then guys, house sale is going well now looking around the house and trying to decide what to take over with us.

We are thinking of taking our 4 seater sofa and 2 arm chairs as they new and our bed.

So would people recommend taking white goods and bedroom furniture?

Cheers all

Take every single thing and I mean every single thing whatever be the quality. You won't regret it. We did just that and really glad we did.

Edit: We also used Percival Letton for our insurance - they were by far the cheapest and again very good service.

TheArmChairDetective Oct 13th 2012 10:07 pm

Re: Who took what?
 

Originally Posted by IndieG (Post 10329365)
Take every single thing and I mean every single thing whatever be the quality. You won't regret it. We did just that and really glad we did.

Edit: We also used Percival Letton for our insurance - they were by far the cheapest and again very good service.

I suppose it might also be true to say that the more familiar items you have around you the less likely you are to be homesick about sentimental aspects of your possessions.

IndieG Oct 13th 2012 11:11 pm

Re: Who took what?
 

Originally Posted by TheArmChairDetective (Post 10329393)
I suppose it might also be true to say that the more familiar items you have around you the less likely you are to be homesick about sentimental aspects of your possessions.

I suppose it does hold true. More than that it is just that it makes life a hell of a lot easier and settling down that much quicker. Plus you save a LOT of money and time - don't make the mistake of underestimating that. I know many have arrived only with a suitcase and some cash but I wouldn't advise that at all.

This is just my personal experience having done both. First arrived with just our suitcases and setting up home from scratch albeit on a small scale (but plenty of family support). Then hubby joined us 18 months later and all our stuff was finally shipped out. We now have a fridge, washing machine, microwave, sofa-bed etc sitting in our garage which I have to get rid off soon!

moneypenny20 Oct 14th 2012 12:55 am

Re: Who took what?
 
Bring everything. No question about it.

Dreamy Oct 14th 2012 5:33 am

Re: Who took what?
 

Originally Posted by moneypenny20 (Post 10329533)
Bring everything. No question about it.

+1

If you're bring anything, bring it all.

Even (especially) white goods.

chris955 Oct 14th 2012 7:17 am

Re: Who took what?
 
We went the other direction but took literally everything, it just makes life so much easier.

Zen10 Oct 14th 2012 7:22 am

Re: Who took what?
 

Originally Posted by Rick C (Post 10329287)
Ok then guys, house sale is going well now looking around the house and trying to decide what to take over with us.

We are thinking of taking our 4 seater sofa and 2 arm chairs as they new and our bed.

So would people recommend taking white goods and bedroom furniture?

Cheers all

We took everything. All the things. Except the car.

4500 Times Oct 14th 2012 7:59 am

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Everything but the car :thumbsup:

Chortlepuss Oct 14th 2012 8:13 am

Re: Who took what?
 
Everything, remember your books. My cook books are in the loft in the UK :(
Things you think you'll just replace (saucepans etc) cost a small fortune here

Mummy3 Oct 14th 2012 9:48 am

Re: Who took what?
 
Yes, clean everything and bring it, we regret giving so much away...

Rick C Oct 14th 2012 9:50 am

Re: Who took what?
 
Cheers guys, that settles it we'll bring our stuff

old.sparkles Oct 18th 2012 11:42 am

Re: Who took what?
 
So in a similar position, but not expecting to leave UK until next April.

My washer / dryer is very old and I'm surprised it's still working. Buy a new one here now and ship or wait and buy new on arrival?

Also, we will be moving into a short term rental when sale goes through - would you send the furniture in advance?

Thanks :)


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