The Piggies are Moving

My lot have just asked me if they can have a holiday with Aunty @PigglePuggle and Piggy Daddy when we move. They were very disappointed to learn that the PigglePuggle Hotel is too far away and we are only moving an hour down the road. They still think they should be allowed as @Merab's Slave crew had a lovely time there.
 
Betsy said:
My lot have just asked me if they can have a holiday with Aunty @PigglePuggle and Piggy Daddy when we move. They were very disappointed to learn that the PigglePuggle Hotel is too far away and we are only moving an hour down the road. They still think they should be allowed as @Merab's Slave crew had a lovely time there.
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Maybe we should open a piggy hotel further south...? We love visiting piggies!
 
Merab's Slave said:
Move went very smoothly - best ever.
We are still in a state of chaos but order is slowly being restored, boxes emptied and homes found.
Realised this evening that I will need to rethink the kitchen cupboard arrangements.
Glad my herd is so happy @PigglePuggle - they won’t want to come home tomorrow.
Their room has been sorted out and the new cage built and ready for them. (Not Micah - he has 2 weeks and 5 days to go)
Thank you everyone for your good wishes for our move.
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Glad your move went smoothly, @Merab's Slave ! Hope your herd is settling in nicely to its new accommodation, and not being too demanding after the premium service they had at Hotel PigglePuggle!
(I hope we have as smooth a move as you when/if ours happens, eventually)
 
Merab's Slave said:
How are things progressing for you?
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Thankyou for asking, @Merab's Slave , slowly is probably the most accurate answer. The top of the chain has only been closed off this week, and our buyer has been on holiday. They haven't had a survey done yet, but the solicitor asked loads of detailed questions about bits of land once linked to our garden, which we didn't know about before ... We had hoped to move by end of September, now it looks like it will be end October, which isn't ideal ... No wonder they say that moving home is one of the most stressful life events :crazy:
 
It is very stressful. We've had to send off more info to our buyer's Solicitors some of which they already had! We hope to exchange in a couple of weeks and move by end August. Whether this actually happens or not who knows? It seems to take forever for the legal stuff.

Good luck with it all @Qualcast&Flymo.
 
I quite agree with the stress but of moving and we just move from one tied house to another so no having to buy & sell!
It’s also exhausting and trying to find new homes for everything.........

Our wardrobes were too big to go upstairs in the new house so one ended up in my study and the other in the spare bedroom.

Still the pile of boxes is diminishing rapidly in the house.

Good luck @Betsy and @Qualcast&Flymo - you have these joys to come
 
When we moved from North Yorkshire 7 years ago we had to move out to let our buyers from Bristol in, as they had moved because of their jobs. We went and lived on our 26’ boat for 2 months in the marina at York. Everything went into storage. Once we had moved, we slept on a blowup mattress and cooked on a camping stove until we had finished decorating the lounge and bedrooms and had a new bathroom and kitchen fitted, then we got the furniture delivered. The delivery men set off at 2.00 am in the morning and were sat in the removal van outside our new house at 8.00 am and woke us up for a cuppa, we weren’t expecting them till 10.00 am! 😁
 
Well the last purchase for piggy moving was made today. I purchased an off cut of lino that is plenty large enough to go under the 4ft run for a whole 15 quid, reduced from 25 so a complete bargain! It looks good stuff too. Now all I have to do is stick it to the floor of the garage with extra strength carpet tape which I already have (hope there is enough!) pop on the mattress protectors and the fleece et voila! An inside run for my piggies! Now all that needs to happen is Exchange Contracts and move.
 
Well we are not impressed! We still are not in the "grage" that was promised us weeks ago! We were told we could come out if it was raining and everything. Every day Slave keeps telling us it won't be long but we knew not to believe her. When are we going in the "grage"? This moving malarky seems to take an awful long time. What is holding it up? We want to be out of the rain and the wind and the icy cold winter that is to come!

From Christian, Meg, Velvet, Betsy and Dennis.
 
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Qualcast&Flymo said:
Any news on your move @Betsy ? Have you got a completion date yet?
Hope you're enjoying your break in Germany too 🛩
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I am very much enjoying my break. Stayed overnight last night with OH's cousin and family last night and met up with my son today who is backpacking around Germany atm. Hopefully we are moving in next 2-3 weeks. Just awaiting in 1 bit of paperwork from our buyer's who are selling a leasehold property then we can Exchange Contracts. How is everything going with your move? @Qualcast&Flymo?
 
Glad you’re having a good break @Betsy.
Not only is it good for you after last week’s trauma but it will be good to be refreshed before the move.
It took my poor brain about 2 weeks to catch up and start functioning again after the move.
 
Betsy said:
I am very much enjoying my break. Stayed overnight last night with OH's cousin and family last night and met up with my son today who is backpacking around Germany atm. Hopefully we are moving in next 2-3 weeks. Just awaiting in 1 bit of paperwork from our buyer's who are selling a leasehold property then we can Exchange Contracts. How is everything going with your move? @Qualcast&Flymo?
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Hope your break was a good rest and your move goes ahead smoothly soon! Our move is progressing but slowly - we are in the very middle of a chain of 7 properties in all, so a lot of people and paperwork involved. I'm trying not to count my chickens as the first time we were trying to move (2008/9) we had chains fall apart twice :sly:. It looks like we will be moving half term week, end of October (Halloween/Brexit day possibly :blink: ). It's going to be an epic - 4 days fom start to finish :yikes::yikes: 🚚🚚🚚🚚🚚🚚🚚🚚🚚🚚🚚🚚🚜
 
We have had a "slight" complication with our move which may delay it a bit longer so could be anything between 3 and 7 weeks more now :yikes::yikes::yikes: Why do people bother moving house?!? It's sooooooooooooooooooooo stressful.
 
That’s a pain @Betsy
It’s awful when when things drag on and you just feel so unsettled.
Hope you had a good holiday though.

Sorry yours is dragging too @Qualcast&Flymo - hope the paperwork mountain does get dealt with
 
We just move from one tied house to another so no hassle with buying and selling.
It’s still stressful!
 
Betsy said:
We have had a "slight" complication with our move which may delay it a bit longer so could be anything between 3 and 7 weeks more now :yikes::yikes::yikes: Why do people bother moving house?!? It's sooooooooooooooooooooo stressful.
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Sorry to hear that @Betsy , you wouldn't think it would be so complicated when there's only the two of you involved :doh: We might end up moving at the same time - but I hope your move doesn't take so long.
Betsy said:
I've been in this house for nearly 30 years! No wonder I've not moved earlier.
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I said I only wanted to leave our first house in my box, unfortunately we had to move for my OH's job. On the other hand, we've been here 9 years, and to me that's nine years too long ...
 
I have a moving date! Yet to be confirmed by my Solicitor but he said all he was waiting for was to hear back from the top of the chain. Well that just happens to be my lovely MIL and she has told her Solicitor that the 10th October is fine. They now just need to talk to each other and then the moving date will be officially confirmed. For those of you who don't know I am moving into my MIL's house and she is going into a Warden Controlled Flat. My problem is that I have a family funeral the next day and won't know anyone well enough (have only met the neighbours to say hello to) to look after my piggies and the funeral is over 3 hours drive away so will have to leave them overnight. I can leave enough food, water and hay in the hutch for them so they will be fine foodwise. The trouble is that Christian has 0.6ml Metacam morning and evening and I won't feel comfortable knocking on the new neighbours doors and saying "hi I just moved in next door today, would you mind giving my guinea pig his medicine while I'm away tomorrow night and Saturday morning?" Will Christian be OK not to have Metacam for 2 doses? He has it for a back problem which the vet has now diagnosed as arthritis in his spine.
 
:yahoo:That's really good news, that your moving day is now in sight, if not that it is the day before you have to be away.
Could you find a pet nanny or similar to feed and medicate your piggies while you are away? Or maybe board them somewhere while you deal with the upheaval of the move and collect them after the funeral? I'm having my three boarded while we move - at least 5 days because the packup-move-unpack will take 4 days :yikes:
 
Unfortunately a pet nanny is not an option :( Just a shame everything has come at once really. My tenant moved out last week (a couple of days before the Bailiffs were called in to evict her) and she left the house a stinking hovel. I am in the process of make the house habitable again so that it's lovely again for when my son moves in (he is buying the property). On top of all this we are moving the day before my Uncle's funeral and I have to organise the movers and get some furniture over to my son's house the day before we move as well as all the normal stuff I have to sort out - it's no wonder I'm stressed! There is so much that has to be done in just 15 days! I could do without having to worry about my piggies. The good thing is they will be in a garage so out of the draughty winter winds and the frost for the first winter ever. They will never have to endure another winter outside. :)
 
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