Downsizing

David

After 12 months of discussions we have finally decided to downsize, rejig our lives and the pace we do it at - so we're moving house.

So little wall space in the new house, gawd knows where all these posters are going to go...

theartofmovieposters

This is my greatest fear...while with a young family it will hopefully be many moons before we have to think about moving to a smaller place, it pains me to think of less wall space.

Good luck!  Oh and you know where to send the aussie goodness I love so much should you be unable to make room for them.

Sven

Well congratulations! Does that mean less time to maintain the new house and free up more of your time ? Maybe the forum members can "help" you with any excess posters or heralds! 

David

Sven said:

Does that mean less time to maintain the new house and free up more of your time ? 

First thing that goes is the lawn mower, hedge clippers and weed wacker...that's my week-ends back.

theartofmovieposters said:

Oh and you know where to send the aussie goodness I love so much should you be unable to make room for them.

Sven said:

Maybe the forum members can "help" you with any excess posters or heralds! 

Wow, so many helpful members  I am feeling the love

Good news, I found a spot...

theartofmovieposters

Yes, we do it out of love...that's right...:hug:

Paul

Down-size... Crikey, when the Kids left we thought about it for half-a-second, and said No. I have my weekends free as we have a Gardener.  We like the house too much to move, but then again you have much more space in Oz, so I'll bet when you down-size it will still be bigger then Waines Manor.

Good luck with the move, it can be a nightmare for a collector. Another reason I wouldn't do it again.

Matt

Moving to... any suburb in mind?

David

I've had a really lovely one in mind, but the house we're moving to is not in that suburb...

Paul said:

Down-size... Crikey, when the Kids left we thought about it for half-a-second, and said No. I have my weekends free as we have a Gardener.  We like the house too much to move, but then again you have much more space in Oz, so I'll bet when you down-size it will still be bigger then Waines Manor.

Good luck with the move, it can be a nightmare for a collector. Another reason I wouldn't do it again.

Thanks, going to be a shock to the system I can tell you.

Eisenhower

Good luck David. We moved in Dec & downsized as well, two-one story. It was 4-5 months in the planning & cleaning. While we did lose wall space for sure; as an early/low inventory collector it wasn't too hard. It is SO much work, but in the end, it'll be worth it!  

theartofmovieposters

In all seriousness, if you've been there a while, purge excess everything now...don't pack it, sell it, donate it, whatever...don't take it with you.  And I don't mean just the posters...biggest mistake made I think is the "Oh I'll deal with it in the new place..."  nup, gets shoved in a box, in the garage or somewhere and your kids are wondering WTF you kept this crap for when you kark it and they have to sort through the crap.

Eisenhower

theartofmovieposters said:

In all seriousness, if you've been there a while, purge excess everything now...don't pack it, sell it, donate it, whatever...don't take it with you.  And I don't mean just the posters...biggest mistake made I think is the "Oh I'll deal with it in the new place..."  nup, gets shoved in a box, in the garage or somewhere and your kids are wondering WTF you kept this crap for when you kark it and they have to sort through the crap.

Agreed!! :plus_one: I'm still going through boxes in the garage wondering why I didn't throw out/donate when I had the chance! :grimacing:

John

theartofmovieposters said:

In all seriousness, if you've been there a while, purge excess everything now...don't pack it, sell it, donate it, whatever...don't take it with you.  And I don't mean just the posters...biggest mistake made I think is the "Oh I'll deal with it in the new place..."  nup, gets shoved in a box, in the garage or somewhere and your kids are wondering WTF you kept this crap for when you kark it and they have to sort through the crap.

That's good advice!