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Moving house, same estate

fjon · 2018-12-06 13:31:58

We're hopefully going to move into a new house in the next month. The house (duplex) is in the same estate as ours, diagonally across the road 72m away. Anyone been in a similar situation and have suggestions on the logistics of moving on the actual day? It seems like a waste of time to load into a van, drive 50m, and then…

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#32 11-12-2018 9:44am
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iluvfatfrogs wrote: »

I'd definitely be arsed it was costing me €1.5k to move across the road

Surely the drive is the least hassle of any part of this process. Whether you have to drive 500k or 500m there is stuff that is too big to carry and will have to be wrapped, put in a van, secured, then all in reverse.

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#33 11-12-2018 9:56am
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For large items you may want a man and a van situation for an hour or so, but all other items can easily be transferred by using the boot of your car and several trips back and forth.

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