What did you do with......
All your worldy possessions in the UK when you moved to Spain please? I am unsure what to do with it all. I think we want to rent furnished in Spain and sell the house in UK so what to do with the 20 years of accumulated stuff here.
Anyone used them house clearance people before? :unsure: |
Re: What did you do with......
Originally Posted by SmartiesUK
(Post 4396931)
All your worldy possessions in the UK when you moved to Spain please? I am unsure what to do with it all. I think we want to rent furnished in Spain and sell the house in UK so what to do with the 20 years of accumulated stuff here.
Anyone used them house clearance people before? :unsure: I think you have to weigh up what you really want to bring and the cost of getting here |
Re: What did you do with......
Originally Posted by SmartiesUK
(Post 4396931)
All your worldy possessions in the UK when you moved to Spain please? I am unsure what to do with it all. I think we want to rent furnished in Spain and sell the house in UK so what to do with the 20 years of accumulated stuff here.
Anyone used them house clearance people before? :unsure: |
Re: What did you do with......
Originally Posted by SmartiesUK
(Post 4396931)
All your worldy possessions in the UK when you moved to Spain please? I am unsure what to do with it all. I think we want to rent furnished in Spain and sell the house in UK so what to do with the 20 years of accumulated stuff here.
Anyone used them house clearance people before? :unsure: If you have furntiure that you wanted to keep - maybe put it in storage for a while. It is a great feeling when you have a good clear out of the house, you accumulate so many things you never knew you had - and never really needed. Good luck |
Re: What did you do with......
Please don't do as one twerp around here did. He moved here and had his stuff come down on a big lorry and put into storage whilst he looked for a house. His stuff was in storage for the best part of a year. I went to help him shift it and was stunned by the stuff that he and his wife had brought over. There was a cheap plastic broom, a mop and bucket (normal Poundstretcher stuff) and lots of nonsense knick-knacks. Now I understand the sofa and chest of drawers etc (although I wouldn't have done it) but the stuff that you can get anywhere I couldn't believe. He said that they weren't sure if they could get those types of brooms and mops here!!!! But best of all was a microwave dating back to the very early 80s. We picked up between the two of us - shows how old it was as it weighed a ton - and some liquid trickled out. Inside was a cup of coffee that they hadn't taken out when they left England!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He now admits that maybe they should have sold their stuff and bought new here. |
Re: What did you do with......
Originally Posted by Fortaleza
(Post 4397026)
Please don't do as one twerp around here did. He moved here and had his stuff come down on a big lorry and put into storage whilst he looked for a house. His stuff was in storage for the best part of a year. I went to help him shift it and was stunned by the stuff that he and his wife had brought over. There was a cheap plastic broom, a mop and bucket (normal Poundstretcher stuff) and lots of nonsense knick-knacks. Now I understand the sofa and chest of drawers etc (although I wouldn't have done it) but the stuff that you can get anywhere I couldn't believe. He said that they weren't sure if they could get those types of brooms and mops here!!!! But best of all was a microwave dating back to the very early 80s. We picked up between the two of us - shows how old it was as it weighed a ton - and some liquid trickled out. Inside was a cup of coffee that they hadn't taken out when they left England!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He now admits that maybe they should have sold their stuff and bought new here. Did this for 3 or 4 weeks. |
Re: What did you do with......
Same here, we got rid of most stuff, and furnished a flat in the UK for my daughter with what was left.
Just bought personal stuff and a few bits of Rustic furniture. Didn't want to furnish a Spanish villa with English furniture Our life amounted to one Luton Van full! |
Re: What did you do with......
Originally Posted by SmartiesUK
(Post 4396931)
All your worldy possessions in the UK when you moved to Spain please? I am unsure what to do with it all. I think we want to rent furnished in Spain and sell the house in UK so what to do with the 20 years of accumulated stuff here.
Anyone used them house clearance people before? :unsure: |
Re: What did you do with......
We were very lucky, sold all the valuables we didn`t want on Ebay (including 7,000 records over 4 years), binned the rubbish stuff and any personal stuff we either brought with us or stored in the mother in laws loft. The rest of the contents of our flat was purchased by the buyer as he wanted to move tenants in straight away. So everything down to the cutlery bedding etc was sold.
Tom |
Re: What did you do with......
Originally Posted by tommyg
(Post 4397765)
We were very lucky, sold all the valuables we didn`t want on Ebay (including 7,000 records over 4 years), binned the rubbish stuff and any personal stuff we either brought with us or stored in the mother in laws loft. The rest of the contents of our flat was purchased by the buyer as he wanted to move tenants in straight away. So everything down to the cutlery bedding etc was sold.
Tom |
Re: What did you do with......
Yes it was. The apartment we have in Torrevieja came fully furnished so we really didn`t need any of the furniture at all. Some of the neighbours in the UK had a few bits but other than that, he really did buy the lot. Considering we lived on the 6th floor of a block the thought of having to shift all of it out was a nightmare.
Tom |
Re: What did you do with......
Originally Posted by SmartiesUK
(Post 4396931)
All your worldy possessions in the UK when you moved to Spain please? I am unsure what to do with it all. I think we want to rent furnished in Spain and sell the house in UK so what to do with the 20 years of accumulated stuff here.
Anyone used them house clearance people before? :unsure: |
Re: What did you do with......
Originally Posted by SmartiesUK
(Post 4396931)
All your worldy possessions in the UK when you moved to Spain please? I am unsure what to do with it all. I think we want to rent furnished in Spain and sell the house in UK so what to do with the 20 years of accumulated stuff here.
Anyone used them house clearance people before? :unsure: |
Re: What did you do with......
In my experience, sofas are more expensive in Spain. If you have good leather sofas, it would be worth taking them with you although you will need to use "throws" during the very cold and very warm weather.
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Re: What did you do with......
Originally Posted by montgomail
(Post 4411226)
In my experience, sofas are more expensive in Spain. If you have good leather sofas, it would be worth taking them with you although you will need to use "throws" during the very cold and very warm weather.
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