Tips on moving home Reviews

Moving home is officially one big nightmare! I'm moving home again tomorrow, this will be my 2nd time this year (no, i'm not on the run from the police, we just made a big mistake moving into our current place!). I'm only 29 years old and in total I've moved home 5 times so as you can imagine I have a bit of experience behind me ...  Read the complete review

I have recently moved home and would like to share my tips so that maybe someone can benefit and avoid just a little of the stress moving home involves! I have moved home before (on quite a few occasions) but this time found it very stressful. So here is my tips- 1) Don't start to pack boxes to early. I would start ten days ...  Read the complete review

DON'T!!!!!!!! Lol no I am kidding! This is just the way I'm feeling at this minute in time as my poor little flat is full of boxes and all my shelves are empty!! Yes thats right in two days time I am moving from our flat to a nice little house! I can't wait but my goodness, the moving process has already been stressful!!! ...  Read the complete review

Well this is something that ranges from being an exciting experience to being hell on earth. I have only moved a handful of times and when this has been from rented accomodation it has been fine and not too stressful and when i got my first house this was ok too however when i moved the last time i think it was one of the most stressful things ...  Read the complete review

When you have to move you have to move. But oh my, can it be a traumatic experience! Here are some things that you might expect: 1) The unexplained law of expanding stuff All those years of living in a capitalist world has meant that you have rather a lot of possessions. But who would have known it until you got those moving boxes ...  Read the complete review

So the removal Van has just turned into the street, although you've been planning for months, packing for weeks and panicking for days, you have that feeling that you have forgotten something. Use this top 10 list to do a double check, and a triple check....... 1. TOILET ROLL. Put a spare loo roll somewhere accessible, you just know when you ...  Read the complete review

Like a lot of people reviewing in this section, I am a serial house mover - currently in my 22nd home, and have moved 8 times in the last 10 years. I'm hoping to stay put for a bit now! I have moved to the other end of the country (Highlands to Cornwall, Devon to Edinburgh) and also just a few streets away. Moving house is very stressful - you've ...  Read the complete review

I have moved 4 times in the last few years so Iam now a pro at moving lol. One thing I advise is don't leave packing to the last minute as you think it wont take long well it will and you will be doing this for hours and hours and will be getting very frustrated. If you start packing gradually weeks before then it wont be so stressful as you can ...  Read the complete review

Top tips on moving house. Tips here for the rental mover and the house buyer. I recently bought my first house but realised when moving I’d moved house 13 times in the last 10 years so there’s probably something useful I’ve picked up somewhere. 1. Give notice for rental properties – I know it’s obvious but look at ...  Read the complete review

I have lived in five countries and have moved house nearly 20 times. In the last 15 years, I've only hired a removals firm once; the rest of the time I've done it myself with the help of a few friends. While it is very stressful, I've come up with a few ways to cut down on the hassle - and I'd like to share these with you. 1. Upstairs, ...  Read the complete review

As I?m sure most of you will know, moving house is a very stressful experience. As I come up to my forth house move in 2 years on Tuesday, here?s a few things I have found to make it that little bit easier if you?re a student in university accommodation. @ Banana boxes are very handy when it comes to packing, ...  Read the complete review

I’ve just completed the 11th move of my life and regrettably not the last so when it comes to moving I know a thing or two. Five of those moves have been during my adult life and every one of those have been a DIY experience. We all know moving is one of the most stressful experiences in life and if you’re taking all the work on your ...  Read the complete review

Well I am not going to call myself an expert in moving but after 5 moves within 3 years I can surely dig out few tips for you. The secret of a successful move is organisation. Mind you sometimes things are left out but making a list of what to do or not to do will help a lot. Whatever the size of the move it is a difficult transition so you ...  Read the complete review

If knew what I know now before I moved I definately would not have moved where I did. We should have spotted the problems the moment we came to move in, but we were desperate. The first tip I am going to give is always leave plenty of time especially if you are moving far from where you now live. When we moved from the north east to ...  Read the complete review

Moving house will have you running the whole gamut of emotions: joy, excitement, fear, panic, tantrums, tears, laughter and stress, stress, stress. I did it last week and as I’m still here to tell the tale I thought I’d share some handy tips for before, during and after the BIG DAY. 1. If you’re using a removals firm, ...  Read the complete review

We all like our 'creature comforts' and we like our routines, it makes us feel safe and secure. A house is just bricks and mortar, we make it a home and thus when we move for whatever reason we always feel sad don't we? We feel like we are leaving a part of ourselves behind and we often feel a loss a kind of grieving. Some ...  Read the complete review

I’m not sure if this opinion is in the right section of Dooyoo – please change it if there is another more appropriate section. After years of renting and moving nearly every year, myself & hubby decided the time was right to buy our own house. First we moved well away from London to give ourselves a chance of finding ...  Read the complete review

They sure got it right when they said that moving house is in the top 5 of most stressful things in life! I am not just talking about the selling/buying of a house, but all the packing and unpacking that goes with it! Having moved 20 plus times in my relatively short life, I feel fairly well qualified to give some advice on packing and moving ...  Read the complete review

I would like you dooyooers to know my experience of buying a flat. When I came into this country, I couldn’t afford to have my own place. So my brother offered me his place until we could afford one. And yes we took the offer. That was really generous of him and guess what? He didn’t even charge us any rent. I am telling ...  Read the complete review