Logistics: Or, A Packrat's Lament
The bedroom and its associated closets and bath are basically done! Just some random crap here and there that needs to be dealt with at the last minute. That makes five rooms done and three rooms at about 80%. The two big projects left now are M's office, the dining room and the garage. We're getting there!
There is one big snag we're starting to face, however.
We've been piling up boxes and such in each room, and trying to group things by what's going into storage and what's being given away. This is all well and good, except that I'm not sure how we're going to wrangle the giving away stuff. We've hired some folks to load the storage pod, so most of the big furniture and the storage boxes will be cleared out, but I'm not entirely sure how we're going to manage everything else.
I'm hoping that we get some folks (either y'all or some Craigslisters) to haul out the bigger stuff where it sits, but I'm not sure how to best handle the other stuff.
Our intention is to have a garage sale, but there's just SO MUCH stuff that I don't think we can manage hauling it all out and setting it up like that on our own. Have you ever seen garage sales where people are just invited to roam the house and grab what they want? Because that's looking like our best option at this point. I'm not sure I can even be arsed to put price tags on any of it.
The house will feel somewhat emptier after stuff's been loaded into the pod, but even after that, there's going to be a ton left over, and I want it gone, else I'll be tempted to set fire to the whole lot. I'd prefer that it goes to someone who can use it, whether that's one of y'all, a garage sale customer or a charity, but whatever happens, it just has to go, so we can get started on the fixes the house needs.
I'm honestly not sure how this really works. All my other moves have had only a few things left over--enough to just throw in a car and drop off at Goodwill after it's all said and done. Having something like four rooms worth of boxes and bags that need to go is way, way over my head.
Any bright ideas?
There is one big snag we're starting to face, however.
We've been piling up boxes and such in each room, and trying to group things by what's going into storage and what's being given away. This is all well and good, except that I'm not sure how we're going to wrangle the giving away stuff. We've hired some folks to load the storage pod, so most of the big furniture and the storage boxes will be cleared out, but I'm not entirely sure how we're going to manage everything else.
I'm hoping that we get some folks (either y'all or some Craigslisters) to haul out the bigger stuff where it sits, but I'm not sure how to best handle the other stuff.
Our intention is to have a garage sale, but there's just SO MUCH stuff that I don't think we can manage hauling it all out and setting it up like that on our own. Have you ever seen garage sales where people are just invited to roam the house and grab what they want? Because that's looking like our best option at this point. I'm not sure I can even be arsed to put price tags on any of it.
The house will feel somewhat emptier after stuff's been loaded into the pod, but even after that, there's going to be a ton left over, and I want it gone, else I'll be tempted to set fire to the whole lot. I'd prefer that it goes to someone who can use it, whether that's one of y'all, a garage sale customer or a charity, but whatever happens, it just has to go, so we can get started on the fixes the house needs.
I'm honestly not sure how this really works. All my other moves have had only a few things left over--enough to just throw in a car and drop off at Goodwill after it's all said and done. Having something like four rooms worth of boxes and bags that need to go is way, way over my head.
Any bright ideas?