Enough
of this pandemic tomfoolery! I’ve been
re-furloughed so it’s time to focus on the more serious business of packing up our
belongings ready to move house and to find a removals company to do it. Pack now, save the economy!
Judging
by the few quotes I’ve had so far, it’d be cheaper to book a fortnight in
Magaluf than move house. The lowest
estimate from Dick Turpin Removals was daylight robbery at £1,350 and that’s
not including the cost of putting stuff into storage whilst we wait for our
purchase to complete.
Packing
boxes are now multiplying faster than stray cats have been in the pandemic and
already the upstairs bedrooms are starting to fill up. I’ve blagged empty boxes from work, Gumtree
adverts and even Lidls to save on buying packaging but still you never seem to
have enough.
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| Everyone's after empty boxes |
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| Packing stuff to go into storage |
To
reduce the overall cost of removals, we’ve decided to rent out another storage
unit at the local Lok n Store for our smaller, personal items which we’ll then
move to their end destination ourselves.
That just leaves the removal company to take care of the furniture and
large items that would be too heavy for us to hump about.
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| Getting under my feet - help or hindrance? |
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| Shelby making sure I've emptied the cupboards |
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| Yep, I think that one's been packed |
What
makes this part of the project all the more tricky is that without fixed
timeframes for the completion of either our property sale or property purchase it’s
almost impossible to predict the total cost of storage or removals. I think once we’ve cleared away all the boxes
into storage, it’ll be easier to see what is left for the removal company to
take and perhaps then we can begin to more accurately calculate their storage
costs.
With
all this going on, how I’m going to afford to eat out and save the nation is
beyond me. It’s obvious the Chancellor
hadn’t factored in the cost of moving house in his last broadcast as I don’t
think my meagre wage is going to stretch to fish n chips as well as buying
cardboard packing boxes or paying for expensive removal companies.
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| Never wrap dogs in bubble wrap |
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| Or place them in cardboard boxes |
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| Relaxing in the tortoise tub after a hard day's packing |
1 comment:
Ah! Nice to see Shelby putting in his shell
like help..Bless! :).
Some years ago, l started thinking on my
demise, HeHe! Well..you Know! Here to~day,
gone tomorrow..discussed things with daughter,
Jeeeeese! Is my home full..with..l did say to
my daughter, on my demise..buy Pickford shares..! :).
The lorries will be queuing up..l've live in my
present home for 42yrs..can you imagine..the dust..
HeHe! :o).
Oh! Tell you good thing to have on moving home, l've
collected quite a few..those enormous grit bags, from
building stores, some usually charge a fiver, but, the
used ones are free..or if your passing a building site,
pop in and ask..job done..!
Hopefully, l don't move now..next move will be in 'pink'
coffin out of the back door..or maybe the front, depends
who's watching..HeHe! Bless!
All the best in your move..AND..don't forget Shelby...!x
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