Moving - New Beginning or a Right Pain?

JupiterKid

I recently moved into my new place and the stress of packing things up and then unpacking was unreal. They say moving abode is one of the most stressful life events.

Do you find moving stressful? Or do you see it as a new beginning? Are you quick to make your mark on a place or do you take an aeon just to put up a couple of pictures on the wall? are you sentimental - you take everything from your old place or do you do a ruthless clear out each time you move?

Has anyone here moved place more than once in a year?

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

The moving bit is the pain in the ass.

Once everything;s in the new place, it;s grand!

Fat Christy

I have, but I was moving from house share to house share. Moved out of my exes house into a crazy lady's house. Couldn't stick living with her so I moved in with 3 amazing guys and their doggy. All the stress and hassle was definitely worth it.

This is the happiest I have ever been with regards to my living arrangements. 3 great guys and an amazing doggy, what more could you ask for?

libelula

I moved house two weeks ago.
It was nearly the bleedin' end of me

donegaLroad

JupiterKid wrote: »

I recently moved into my new place and the stress of packing things up and then unpacking was unreal. They say moving abode is one of the most stressful life events.

Do you find moving stressful? Or do you see it as a new beginning? Are you quick to make your mark on a place or do you take an aeon just to put up a couple of pictures on the wall? are you sentimental - you take everything from your old place or do you do a ruthless clear out each time you move?

Has anyone here moved place more than once in a year?

I moved so often from when I was 19 until 34 years old, that most places I lived were almost like temporary dwellings until the next work opportunity or college course would arise, and I would be off again. I have moved more than once in a year several times, most of these times I was on my own, so there was little or no stress.

lycan238

Yes in 2012. Moved out of home in March into first rented house then moved again in November of same year (second rented house). If its any addition moved again the following July (2013). All houses located in very close proximity so could move easily. Would do it again if I am ever able to buy my own place (or inherit parent's house).

Menas

I reckon I have had 16 full moves since I left home at 17. It was easy at first as it was just a few bags and a bike.
But now it would be removal vans and a major logistical nightmare. Have not moved in the last 8 years and no plans to move in the next 8.

Amirani

I don't have a lot of stuff, so it's not too bad.

Mint Aero

I could easily pack up all my worldy possessions into one large suitcase with little wheels that everyone thinks are an amazing invention and go hey! D'ya see them there suitcase with them wheels hah! Took us two thousand years to do that and I go fantastic but could they not put some f*cking rubber on them to quiten it the f*ck down.

I'm currently living in my 11th rented house.

strelok

i moved back in july, then i got accepted into a college course I really didn't think I'd be getting into and now I'm moving again today. I hate packing up to move.


i still hadn't unpacked properly from the move here so I had to unpack just to see what I needed to bring to the new place. ****ing so much hate.

Wompa1

I've lived in 15 different places since 2003.

Not by choice. Every year of college my housemates would opt to leave during the summer so I'd move back to my parents or try to find someone else to rent with. After college, it was like splitting the pack. Moved in with one of the housemates into another place then the next year we went to rent a cheaper place with other people closer to both of our jobs.

After that we decided to just move out and live just the two of us again but he lost his job so I wound up living with some really strange guy. I decided after that to pay the extra and live by myself. By chance a friend of mine became homeless so a few months before my lease ended, I let him move in. Also lived in other places short term between college years and between one of my other moves.

We then rented together at the end of that lease. Then I moved to the states at the end of that lease. What a cluster f*ck! Every single year I try to renew my lease they try to up the rent. They know most people will just pay it because otherwise you need to pay movers to move your stuff or at least get a U-Haul truck and do it yourself. Either way you're spending extra one way or the other...I also leave on principal when they try to up the rent.

In the US any job or Apartment you try to get. They ask for a 10 year history of where you've lived. It's shoite to fill in!

Cee-Jay-Cee

I moved into my current home 5 years ago. I found it very stressful as I done all the wheeling and dealing in relation to the purchase of the house and selling the old house. My wife was 8 months pregnant with our first child also. I found it very stressful.

macnug

Had 5 big moves since leaving the parents house. Cant really do it any more as the kids are getting to the age that it would be too disruptive to them. There is a small part of me that gets restless and would love to move every couple of years but with kids its just not realistic.

Mena

We moved to Amsterdam. Was grand until 193 boxes arrived the Thursday evening with the movers.

It's a pain but also an opportunity.

Mesrine65

Second most stressful thing next to divorce apparently.

Diamond Doll

Since moving out of my parents' home at 17, I've lived in *counts on fingers* in ten different houses/apartments in four different counties. That doesn't include maybe two/three spells of moving back into the parents' home over the years.

I usually like moving house, good excuse to declutter and downsize my earthly belongings! I hate the stressy in-betweeny period between handing in my notice and finding a new place, but once the deposit is paid and the lease signed on the new place, it's all very exciting.

kfallon

You don't actually realise how much shíte you own until you have to pack it all up to move! Haven't moved for 12 years but last time I did I thought I hadn't much to bring with me but when I started collecting it all up it was much more than I anticipated!

It'd be a nightmare to move now tbh, would have to bring half the apartment with me!

gutenberg

Have lived in 5 different places in the past 5 years (8, if you count two stints abroad plus staying with parents for a time). Thankfully I don't have furniture to move, but even just dealing with clothes, books, kitchen items etc. is stressful enough. Absolutely hated the packing up each time. I will probably be moving again at the end of the next academic year (student), though hopefully into something a *little* more permanent (i.e. longer than 9 months!).

fineso.mom

I recently helped a friend move. The amount of ****e she got rid of !!! And she still had a ton of stuff left. We moved most stuff in boxes in our cars ,up and down the road for two days. Boxes in,boxes out,back broken from lifting.
The worst though was taking her wardrobes apart and putting them back together. We' d just finished getting one together and i was delighted with myself and announced... 'who needs a man ?,sure all we need is a drill and a dildo and we're sorted'. Yeah. Then we went to lift the wardrobe into a standing position and it fell to pieces.
I'm never moving.

Birneybau

Can it not be both?

Heckler

Moved about once a year for 8-9 years. Sometimes twice in a year. Always threatened to get rid of junk but now I have more than ever. If you can do it over a couple of days, rent a van and get some friends it ain't so bad. Last time a trucker i knew through work brought his truck. all done in 3 hours. Stuffing a small car endless times back and forth is a nightmare. What you'd spend in petrol would get you a big van and get it all done in one or two trips.

Ruu

Don't like it which is why I am started to downsize in a big way now in anticipation of a move in a year or two. Only keeping the essentials (or whatever I can't bare to lose)

The_Valeyard

Buying your own house is brilliant and fun.

Actually looking for a place, bidding, dealing with banks, buyers etc, is hell on earth.


Moving stuff from A to B also takes up a lot of time. Ugh.

But, in the end, it's worth it

Mesrine65

I see it as the perfect opportunity to discard the flotsam & jetsam of life

foxy06

I moved 7 days after giving birth and right in the middle of the snow back in 2010. It was hell.

Diamond Doll

foxy06 wrote: »

I moved 7 days after giving birth and right in the middle of the snow back in 2010. It was hell.

I moved a month or so before giving birth, right way to do it, I got to avoid a lot of the heavy lifting!

JanaMay

I love the first morning in a new house. Waking up to a new beginning etc. But I didn't love the hassle of bidding, buying and selling a house and all the hidden fees. When we were renting it wasn't a problem, we packed up and moved. Not much furniture to shift, put into storage etc.
But since we stopped renting we've bought a starter home, had one child, then sold and bought another house, had another child and sold the house and bought another. It's not much fun packing up with toddlers on the loose and worries about how to afford the new place etc.
But the feeling of waking up on the first morning in a new home is great!

Ruu

Ruu wrote: »

Don't like it which is why I am started to downsize in a big way now in anticipation of a move in a year or two. Only keeping the essentials (or whatever I can't bare hold on to)

I've been doing that thing where I avoid getting things, because I'll have to let go of it if I move again. I'm sick of just having the essentials!

In my whole life, I haven't lived anywhere for more than six years, not even as a child. I've moved six times in the last ten years, and it's both exciting and horrible. It's a new beginning every time, but still a massive pain.

I'm at the stage now where I want a secure base, I still want to go all kinds of places, but I want one steady base to call home to keep coming back to. I don't feel I've ever really had that, and I'm dreaming about it lately. Yearning for it, really.

boobar

Moved about 10 years ago, packing up was one of the most joyful experiences I've had.

We were leaving behind a nice house, but a miserable existence....neighbours from hell fighting throughout the night, walls paper thin.

Moved to a nice detached house with peace loving neighbours...nice.

Sir Osis of Liver.

Burn the old house with all your stuff in it and start afresh.

Surprised it wasn't suggested already.