Just to add to my above post..

We didn't bring any appliances like washing machines etc...they were cheap enough here and we sold them to the buyers of our property....so im not sure how you'd package those if you decide to bring them? Maybe see if your local electrical store has the boxes for the ones they use on display? Even if the box is bigger it will probably be sufficient

Neil

Just wondering how we are all going with the packing/sorting?

I have the kids upstairs sorting their stuff out... so far only 3 bin liners have gone in the skip - I am becoming worried!

They want/need everything!

I have a star chart up and am trying to get them into competition with each other to see who gets rid of the most stuff, it's kinda working! But how many pens/pencils/bits of bloody paper can a 12 yo need? 10 yo Son isnt much better though we are finding an amazing amount of stuff that hasnt been seen for years.

God help me!!!!!!!!!!

yep, gotta go with the skip idea, we got the biggest one we could then chucked what was crap and boxed everything else we were not taking and then oh did the car boot thing. We also had several tip runs cus he had two sheds and a garage which had things in that had broken years ago which he was always going to fix Good luck
S xx

Tips To Stop You Panicking When You Pack
(Works when moving house, too)

1. WRITE A LIST OF THINGS YOU WILL NEED WHERE YOU ARE GOING
Furniture, Crockery, Appliances, Hobby Items, things needed for Work, things the kids need for school etc. etc.

Pack these things, and check off the ones you've packed. Any that are unpacked MUST be able to be taken in your luggage - or you don't really need them after all!

2. WRITE A LIST OF SENTIMENTAL ITEMS YOU WISH TO TAKE
The kids can write their own as well. Try and limit the lists to, say, 10 or 20 items per family member, and a few 'shared' items. It's probably handy to actually go through the house/rooms involved when creating these lists (so the kids will need to mess up their rooms to make theirs - limit the numbers and let them pick what they want and what they don't need). Then pack the listed items away and check them off.

3. WRITE A LIST OF THE 'bare minimum' amounts of CLOTHES YOU WILL NEED
As in: 3 pairs of trousers, 4 pairs of socks, 2 jumpers, etc. etc.
Now look through your wardrobe, and take out the required quantities of each item: and make them the clothes you want to be wearing for the remaining time until you move.
Now look through what's left. It should be a mixture of clothes you want to take and clothes you want to throw away. chuck out the un-needed, pack the 'keeps'!

So, what's left really now, is the crap! Allocate a set number of boxes - maybe one or two per family member, or, if you're frugal, one or two for the whole family - and go about filling them up with what you want to take but don't need.

Once they're full, you're all packed, and everything else can be sold/chucked in the skip

Rather hard to do, but I think it's a good way of going about it! And list/number the boxes when they're packed, too!