Anybody else moving before the baby?

oncoRN · April 2012

So we just gave notice on our current townhouse (we are still renting), and we are moving to a newly renovated 2 bedroom apartment that is almost double the square feet! We are very excited...it wasn't the original apartment we were looking at when I posted awhile back (that was ~300.00 above our budget each month-- eek!), but it is bright, spacious, and only 75.00 more than what we are paying now! It's also only a few miles from my parents, which is great since my mom is planning on doing daycare for us throughout the week.

Now I'm just stressed! We move May 19th-June 1st (we have 10 days before our lease here ends which is great so we can take our time)...but thinking of packing this place up and getting settled again is a bit unnerving, not to mention all of the financial stuff coming up!

We're lucky because we have lots of support and help...but with baby showers, doc appointments, work, and life in general I have a feeling this may become a very stressful move!

Anybody else in the same boat?

StokedWifey · April 2012

We can't close on our house until August 1, but it's going on the market June 1. Houses in our neighborhood are selling fast and we have the model home, so we're hoping for a quick sale... but that means packing and moving with a newborn. Chances are, we'll move into an apartment and build a house. An apartment with a newborn and two dogs. Oh dear, I'm reconsidering this building thing already.

mrs.sewell · April 2012

We want to move. We moved into our place back in January, only to discover that there are no internet services available. AT&T says all their DSL ports are full and they won't run U-verse to our area and Charter says our building (we live in a four-building townhouse complex) is too far from the tap to run a line...

I have been house hunting even though our lease isn't up until January 2013 because if we found the right place, we would break the lease and move in a heartbeat...

bluemommy · April 2012

We will be moving IN July!! Argghhh! So stressful! I am getting rid of everything in a yard sale this weekend that we havent used in more than a year and I am trying to keep our current house very clean so when we move out all it will need will be a good vacuuming. Hopefully that cuts down on the stress.

lizzardb85 · April 2012

We are making an offer on a house this weekend! I don't know when our actual closing or move date will be but I am beginning to dread/freak out about it already! Also, we won't be selling our current home but beginning to rent it, so we also have to line up renters before we close. AHHHHH!!!!

bookworm982 · April 2012

I don't know, and I'm trying not to stress over it. My husband just applied for a great position on the other side of the country. Because of connections, we know that he is almost guaranteed the position. That's the happy news. What we don't know is when they will have him start. It could be as early as June but probably won't be because he'll need a government background check, and those can be slow. We have to wait to see what offer we get before making plans, but our hope is to move at the start of September. I cannot imagine moving cross country before my due date. Yikes!

RobinaUMCP · April 2012

No, but we are "packing" now for a mid-August move. I agree. It's the most stressful thing ever. I keep telling myself how happy we will be with more space, dream neighborhood, big yard, laundry room upstairs, etc. But it is hard. I think I just hate my baby's things strewn all over the house and not having a nursery set-up. I feel robbed of the opportunity to nest and it bothers me. A lot. I just try to concentrate on the fact that baby doesn't care if she has bedding that matches wall decals on her first day home. She just needs to be loved and tended to. She will get a nursery in August. I also keep telling myself everything will get done (or it won't). I totally understand the need, but try not to stress too much. Good luck!

uppereastgal · April 2012

I saw apartment number 96 and 97 this afternoon. Both were no-gos. We can't even list our current apartment until we find somewhere to move because our broker is convinced it will sell within a few days. And then we'll be homeless.

So to answer your question... ?????????????????????????????

I hate NYC real estate. It's an effing joke.

littlepenguins · April 2012

Yes! I was just coming on here to post about it! We are moving sometime toward the end of May. We close on a house (fingers crossed) on May 11 and I am teaching summer school starting at the beginning of June (at 34 weeks, woooooo).

Does anyone have any advice about how much I should be doing with the move? Are any of you packing a bunch of small boxes for you to move yourself, plus the big ones for others to help with? Are you hiring movers?

Our current place started construction across the parking lot a month after we moved in in July and they are so slow (this is the south) and have not stopped yet. It's fricking April. There are workmen and state prison workers all over the place (lucky us!) and we absolutely hate what has happened to the place. It was an awesome loft apartment and now it is misery.

We got really lucky with the new house--all the rooms need is a fresh coat of paint (everything is currently some depressing earth color).

FYI, if you have books to get rid of before moving (I am a college professor and always end up with more books than I need) Abebooks has an awesome buyback service where they give you a fedex label to print out and then add money to your paypal account when they get your books. I made $200 doing this the last time I moved. https://buyback.abebooks.com/

peeper72 · April 2012

Sort of.

DH starts a new job in NY on Aug 1st. The movers will come for our stuff in late June, Ada and I will fly to Cincinnati when I'm 36 weeks, DH will drive wtih the cats across the country once he's done here in SF. We'll meet up in Cinci, drive to NY and pray we get there just in time to receive our stuff. I hope little man stays put just long enough for us to get into the new place, unpack a few required items and get Ada settled in.

It's a bit stressful.

peeper72 · April 2012

uppereastgal:
I saw apartment number 96 and 97 this afternoon. Both were no-gos. We can't even list our current apartment until we find somewhere to move because our broker is convinced it will sell within a few days. And then we'll be homeless.
So to answer your question... ?????????????????????????????
I hate NYC real estate. It's an effing joke.

Please tell me it's not like this in Westchester. I'll be there in late May to find a place to live and an Ob who will deliver me so late. I have 5 days to pull it off. I'm scared.

72012mk · April 2012

I'm moving at the end of May/beginning of June as well. I'm already starting to pack things little by little (and get rid of a lot of stuff). I don't plan to do much actually moving -- mostly just packing and unpacking. We're going to hire some people to do the heavy lifting.

uppereastgal · April 2012

peeper72:
uppereastgal:
I saw apartment number 96 and 97 this afternoon. Both were no-gos. We can't even list our current apartment until we find somewhere to move because our broker is convinced it will sell within a few days. And then we'll be homeless.
So to answer your question... ?????????????????????????????
I hate NYC real estate. It's an effing joke.
Please tell me it's not like this in Westchester. I'll be there in late May to find a place to live and an Ob who will deliver me so late. I have 5 days to pull it off. I'm scared.

Nope, pretty much only Manhattan. And maybe a few pockets in Brooklyn. It's insane. We've lost apartments to all cash offers, another in a bidding war, one went into contract last week an hour before our appointment (after a whopping 4 hours on the market)... It's a professional sport. And we're losing this time around. We literally cannot find anyone to take our money.

Westchester should be a little tamer depending on the town and the time of year (I've heard that after bonus season thinks go haywire out there too). If you need any help, PM me. I'm happy to give you the low down and some OB recs. You're a saint for moving cross country at that stage.

mrs.forrister · April 2012

We are moving in two weeks! We are moving upstairs at my parents (pretty much like our own apartment) so the past month, every weekend we've been painting, laying tile, cleaning out their attic and closets to make room for our stuff and hardwoods go in this weekend. Then during the week we've been packing up our house. We live an hour away from my parents so it's hard to get help. It pisses me off, too. "Oh, yeah, we will help." Then when you ask for it they can't or make up some bs excuse. I've about had it. I'm so beyond stressed. I can't count the times I've cried. I've done the majority of the packing because H works during the day. I know I'm overdoing it but it has to get done and it's pretty much just the two of us. My brother helps on the weekend but he's still in school so he can't help during the week. We need to be out in two weeks so we can rent it. I'm not doing any lifting but the bending and packing is really taking it's toll on me. I'm beyond exhausted and SO ready for this to be over!!!

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