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  • 88 of 88 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Collingwood21

    3 Stars Operation Relocation 29/12/2007
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages A much nicer home

    Disadvantages Disadvantages The stress and expense of moving

    I was recently reading one of those lists that appear in the media from time to time rating the most stressful life events. This particular one listed moving house as the fifth most stressful thing a person can experience, behind the death of a child, death of a partner, death of a close family member and being sent to prison; it outranked the death of a close friend, getting divorced, being fired or having your business fail. Clearly this was a Western-orientated list that didn't include such stressful life events as "being accidentally bombed by American aircraft after being misidentified by ... more
  • 50 of 50 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 7 christina44

    Member since 23/11/2002

    Reviews written: 188

    4 Stars MOVING? HAVE SENSE- DO NOT read this!! Review with images 22/07/2006
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages A New Carthartic exciting begining. Getting rid of junk . De-cluttering your life.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Expensive. Another of life's challenge.. (and the rest!)

    Moving house. It was inevitable one day. With a bi-polar husband 3 kids and 15 yrs later; we finally received 'that 'phone call that changes your life for ever.. We were moving. I knew we were only a number...a dot on the Borough Council's ever bursting increasing workload..and just about how many homes can one family refuse without being thrown off the course? Three times,apparently, and we had passed that 6 years ago! :)other homes years later we'd been offered were, in our mind barely suitable...though we gave the council the benefit of the doubt and always looked around we drew the same ... more
  • 30 of 30 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    rlb3

    4 Stars Blood Sweat and Tears 28/04/2005
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages New life experiences and change of scenery brings great satisfaction

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Can cost a lot of money

    Well I thought I would give you all interesting insight into what I have been doing over the past few days. Yes, I said DAYS not WEEKS! If you've ever lived in a rented property, you will know that whenever it comes to moving everything moves very quickly and the shock of it all can often be a little over powering. Thus, here is my version of what you should do and what not to do when you are moving! REASON FOR MOVING This is an easy one in most cases, the majority of us move for one of the following reasons: a) We need a big (or even a smaller) property to live in. b) We need to move closer ... more
  • 35 of 35 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    rappinhood

    4 Stars Take the hassle out of moving yourself 31/08/2005
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages The excitement of living somewhere new

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Stress and packing - are they the same thing?

    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, downstairs Everything you move has to go through your front door, so it makes sense to have your belongings as close to the exit as possible. Make sure you get everything down from the loft (or up from the cellar) before moving day. After all, if it's in the ... more
  • 88 of 88 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    LICARUS

    5 Stars HELP 13/08/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages you can move on to a bigger, better, quieter house!

    Disadvantages Disadvantages it is very very stressful and lots of hard work

    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 house. The time frames given here are not set in stone, the earlier you can start then the better…. Two months before you move  Sort through all your wardrobes/cupboards/sheds/loft and remove anything that hasn’t seen the light of day ... more
  • 24 of 24 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    BUBBLES171

    5 Stars Our own little home at last 10/12/2003
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Getting a new house

    Disadvantages Disadvantages moving

    10 years ago, I had everything, if it did not have a label on then it did not come through the front door, both my husband and I were in professional jobs and was earning around £45,000 a year. If we wanted money we got it out of the bank, everything was paid on time, not even a blip on our credit record. Unfortunately within 6 months of each other we both became disabled and had to leave our past jobs. All of a sudden our life style had changed and we struggled like hell to keep hold of our little house but in the end it was a case of if we do not sell it then in 6 months time we could see it ... more
  • 87 of 87 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Cheekychicken

    5 Stars Cheeky's Big Tips 20/10/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Saves time, hassle and money.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages None

    Having recently moved again after saying I NEVER ever would I thought I would dredge this old opinion back up for anyone else who may be doing the same thing as a lot seem to be. What is it they say about moving home being one of the most stressful times of your life? Last time I moved I decided to add to the initial stress by moving three weeks after I gave birth to the twins. This I would not recommend to anyone, but having so much to do, and obviously no time to do it made me a little more aware of the time and hassle saving tips. This time I moved bloody 250 miles away, you would think I ... more
  • 54 of 54 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 7 sue.51

    Member since 20/03/2001

    Reviews written: 275

    3 Stars Last one out turn off the light 21/08/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Its new and its mine (well the banks anyway)

    Disadvantages Disadvantages How long have you got

    BUYING A NEW HOME Ever since I can remember I’ve wanted to own a brand new house. Every time a development sprung up, I looked and prayed, but knew that really it wasn't my time. I recently discovered that new houses were being built near my current home so put my only recently acquired 'new-old' house on the market and waited, nothing…... Eventually, desperate not to miss out, we released ourselves to the part-ex market, with mortgage rates fixed at just over 5%, it was now or never. Ironically, within 3 days of agreeing a part-ex deal, the building company sold it for ... more
  • 35 of 35 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    SJW33

    4 Stars Marriage, Divorce and Moving House 11/03/2005
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Fresh start in pastures new.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Having to pack.

    It’s said that the three most stressful things in a persons life are getting married, getting divorced and moving house. Well, I’ve gone through the strain of planning a wedding ceremony, the wife lost her voice on the day – but has been making up for it ever since. Divorce, nope not done that one and at the moment have no intentions of finding out about it, so I won’t discuss further. Which leaves, moving house …. I have been lucky enough (?) to move house 5 times in the last 8 years. No, I have not been the cause of community disorder; rather my work has taken me the length and breadth of ... more
  • 39 of 39 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    miniloopie

    4 Stars Im movin' on up, movin' on out... 14/02/2003
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages You get to move to a new place

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Costly, stressful

    It may come as a surprise to some of you that I am currently thinking of selling up and moving on – I only moved into my perfect home 8 months ago but I’m already getting itchy feet! It’s a long story that I wont bore you with but I have been very fortunate to have made a bit of a profit this time around which all means I can be looking to buy in the places I actually want to live in rather than compromising which is what I did last time… so the house hunting begins! Can I just say that none of the information included in this is ‘official’, I am not an expert in any way and all of this is ... more
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