Downsizing when moving home is always a stressful business. All your treasured possessions, that you have accumulated over the years, can't all fit into your new home especially if it is much smaller than your current house.
You have to be ruthless and not over-sentimental. However, it is an opportunity to dispose of items that might benefit others. Some you can give away, others are good for selling on.
Internet sites such as Freecycle and Gumtree are excellent and usually friendly communities for selling or passing stuff on to others.
We have met some lovely people who have delighted in taking over our furniture and other items.
HOWEVER
After all this, and now the move has taken place, we are still left with a lot of things that others might like but it can be an extremely time-consuming business spending hours monitoring these sites and responding to the many messages of interest.
SO
What we have done is to group things together in SIX separate boxes containing the following:
BOOKS
CASES AND CONTAINERS
NUTS AND BOLTS AND FITTINGS
MISCELLANEOUS BITS AND PIECES
PACKING MATERIALS AND ENVELOPES
GARAGE TOOLS
You have to be ruthless and not over-sentimental. However, it is an opportunity to dispose of items that might benefit others. Some you can give away, others are good for selling on.
Internet sites such as Freecycle and Gumtree are excellent and usually friendly communities for selling or passing stuff on to others.
We have met some lovely people who have delighted in taking over our furniture and other items.
HOWEVER
After all this, and now the move has taken place, we are still left with a lot of things that others might like but it can be an extremely time-consuming business spending hours monitoring these sites and responding to the many messages of interest.
SO
What we have done is to group things together in SIX separate boxes containing the following:
BOOKS
CASES AND CONTAINERS
NUTS AND BOLTS AND FITTINGS
MISCELLANEOUS BITS AND PIECES
PACKING MATERIALS AND ENVELOPES
GARAGE TOOLS
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