Gaz Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 My wife and I are moving house on Monday but we've been let down by our removal company. Struggling to find someone else at short notice. I can get a van no bother but the problem is that the stuff we've got will take more than van load and I'm not sure how that will work in regards to exchanging the keys. I don't imagine the buyers of our house will be too happy at me coming back and forth into the garage to get it. I'm thinking of phoning the lawyer and getting them to ask the sellers of our new house if we can have access to their garage in the morning so that I can take stuff over in dribs and drabs. Anyone experience of doing this? Not sure if this is a done thing or not. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 8 minutes ago, Gaz said: My wife and I are moving house on Monday but we've been let down by our removal company. Struggling to find someone else at short notice. I can get a van no bother but the problem is that the stuff we've got will take more than van load and I'm not sure how that will work in regards to exchanging the keys. I don't imagine the buyers of our house will be too happy at me coming back and forth into the garage to get it. I'm thinking of phoning the lawyer and getting them to ask the sellers of our new house if we can have access to their garage in the morning so that I can take stuff over in dribs and drabs. Anyone experience of doing this? Not sure if this is a done thing or not. Won't happen. What if your foot slips off the brake on to the accelerator and you drive through their garage, in to a wall and then the house falls down? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted March 29, 2017 Author Share Posted March 29, 2017 Just now, Sergeant Wilson said: Won't happen. What if your foot slips off the brake on to the accelerator and you drive through their garage, in to a wall and then the house falls down? Speaking from experience? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Gaz said: Speaking from experience? Yes, I asked a similar question years ago. Your access is from a particular time for a reason. Once that time has passed any f**k ups are your responsibility. The owner might do it, but his lawyer will advise against it. What if his garage burns down with your stuff in it before the exchange? Edited March 29, 2017 by Sergeant Wilson 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtgilphead Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Hire some secure storage space, spend Saturday moving the stuff from the old house to there then move it again on Monday into the new house? Twice as much work and more expensive, but may be your only option. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 (edited) 43 minutes ago, Gaz said: My wife and I are moving house on Monday but we've been let down by our removal company. Struggling to find someone else at short notice. I can get a van no bother but the problem is that the stuff we've got will take more than van load and I'm not sure how that will work in regards to exchanging the keys. I don't imagine the buyers of our house will be too happy at me coming back and forth into the garage to get it. I'm thinking of phoning the lawyer and getting them to ask the sellers of our new house if we can have access to their garage in the morning so that I can take stuff over in dribs and drabs. Anyone experience of doing this? Not sure if this is a done thing or not. No harm in asking, most normal people would say ok. Contracts will have been exchanged, so no risk either side. They'll be sympathetic being in the middle of moving themselves, or tell you to GTF as they need the garage themselves. Edited March 29, 2017 by welshbairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fifer Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Parents moved last week and they just spoke to the owner and asked if they could start the moving process a few days before, guess it depends on the kind of person the current owner is. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest Saints Fan Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Also check your house insurance, a lot won't cover your contents during a house move if you are doing it yourself. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Skidmarks Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 9 hours ago, kilbowie2002 said: Contact the British association of removers and see if they can recommend someone to help you out. We had a removal company try to cancel on us at 2230hrs the night before we moved house, wasnt a very wise move from him. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 9 hours ago, Big Fifer said: Parents moved last week and they just spoke to the owner and asked if they could start the moving process a few days before, guess it depends on the kind of person the current owner is. Yep - they will also want the move to go ahead as smoothly as possible so will likely do something to help out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddiemunster Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Hire a bigger van. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunning1874 Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Shite situation to be in. We moved just over a month ago, removal company were due to come at 1 - it was only when we phoned them at 1:20 that we found out they'd cancelled on us. Phoned around and got someone who could come at 3 that day who also charged less than the first company, which was ridiculously lucky. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 I have to admit that the question hasn't moved me at all. #emotionless 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 8 minutes ago, Boghead ranter said: I have to admit that the question hasn't moved me at all. #emotionless Previous time I moved was during the big freeze in about 2010. Removal truck couldn't get any closer than about a third of a mile from the house so had to abandon all the furniture. I then spent the next few days carrying heavy bits of furniture through the ice and snow, fuelled only by rage. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black and White Tragic Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 I have found that by not selling your old house you can move stuff yourself at a leisurely pace and once empty you can rent it out. This top tip is true and was not sponsored by The Viz. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 27 minutes ago, Black and White Tragic said: I have found that by not selling your old house you can move stuff yourself at a leisurely pace and once empty you can rent it out. This top tip is true and was not sponsored by The Viz. Didn't know Viz had gone bust. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black and White Tragic Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Didn't know Viz had gone bust. Hadn't heard that. Source? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 1 minute ago, Black and White Tragic said: Hadn't heard that. Source? @Black and White Tragic 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black and White Tragic Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 [mention=13606]Black and White Tragic[/mention] Either I've been whooshed or you need to reread what I wrote. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 19 minutes ago, Black and White Tragic said: Either I've been whooshed or you need to reread what I wrote. When you said "The Viz" rather than "Viz", it just made me think of a comparison with "The Rangers". Poor quality gag that's even poorer when I explain it 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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