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Moving houses

Inah

I am coming with a lot of questions to this community and I am sorry if I don’t always or at all respond to your responses but I am very grateful to have found this place! 

Today, I am feeling overwhelm and don’t know where to go with this. I am returning to a flat after the Christmas holidays that my partner and I are leaving in 2 weeks (the reasons are complex but long story short, it wasn’t our choice per se to leave) and we move into a new place then (same-ish area). I thought that moving on to the new home after the flat was spoiled for us would be what I was looking for, but now coming back, I can only see the logistics of moving, losing what we have atm, chaos and having to arrange everything again (we just moved a year ago) in the new place. This all will need to happen alongside working from “home” (?!) and I am dreading my job atm anyway. I don’t know how to navigate this, I hate chaos and losing a safe place to be. 

(PS: Happy new year - may 2026 be a good/ better one for everyone)

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  • You have my sympathy Inah.

    Although it has been almost 25 years since I moved into my current home, I have not forgotten how stressful I found it. The proximity of my current home to my previous home was so close that it wasn't worth enlisting the services of a removal firm. My dad and my then-boyfriend took on the role of being my removal men, and my task was to ensure they had clear access to the rooms in my current home, and provide them with refreshments.

    For me, the number one priority was organising my kitchen, promptly followed by my son's bedroom and mine. I wasn't too bothered about the rest of my house being in a state of disarray, as I knew I could tackle the other rooms the following day.

    I wish you well with your forthcoming move, and hope it won't take you too long to adjust to your new home.

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  • You have my sympathy Inah.

    Although it has been almost 25 years since I moved into my current home, I have not forgotten how stressful I found it. The proximity of my current home to my previous home was so close that it wasn't worth enlisting the services of a removal firm. My dad and my then-boyfriend took on the role of being my removal men, and my task was to ensure they had clear access to the rooms in my current home, and provide them with refreshments.

    For me, the number one priority was organising my kitchen, promptly followed by my son's bedroom and mine. I wasn't too bothered about the rest of my house being in a state of disarray, as I knew I could tackle the other rooms the following day.

    I wish you well with your forthcoming move, and hope it won't take you too long to adjust to your new home.

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