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reddragdivaGot the nice flat in Walthamstow we wanted!
(So damn, blast and bugger with hot pokers the wastes of skin we dealt with on Saturday ...)
Currently negotiating move with owner (who is moving out over the next few days) with a view to getting in there on Saturday and/or Sunday.
So. I would like your tips on moving. Tell me all about moving a small but unwieldy quantity of stuff across Lahndahn.
(Not much stuff, but a few items - 6'×6'6" mattress, 28" telly, stand for telly - are annoyingly unwieldy. So it's probably van time. Also, I think my licence is valid here, but I have no experience of driving in London and consider this would not be the ideal opportunity to gain it.)
If there is a housewarming, it will be after Whitby.
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Date: 2003-03-31 07:35 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-03-31 07:36 am (UTC)Your Australian licence technically is NOT valid here as you've been here over a year, but they won't know that. Call the company in advance though as some simply won't rent to people without a UK or international driving licence, others will but charge a hefty fee. I honestly don't know what Sixt's policy is because t had his UK licence by then. (You can exchange your Oz DL for a UK one, just a matter of paperwork and filing fees -- no retests or anything, but it takes a few weeks so not ideal for this weekend.)
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Date: 2003-03-31 07:37 am (UTC)I am still recovering from my move at the end of 2001.My tip would be after that is to use
a removal firm. If you need boxes I have tonnes.
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Date: 2003-03-31 07:42 am (UTC)(Incidentally, apparently moving house is one of the most calorie-burning everyday activities that one can do. Who'd a thunk it?)
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Date: 2003-03-31 07:43 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-03-31 08:05 am (UTC)I'm so fucking tired of moving!
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Date: 2003-03-31 08:33 am (UTC)I hate moving, but I hate staying in one place even more.
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Date: 2003-03-31 07:50 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-03-31 07:55 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-03-31 08:06 am (UTC)I could shift
Date: 2003-03-31 08:07 am (UTC)Re: I could shift
Date: 2003-03-31 08:14 am (UTC)Re: I could shift
Date: 2003-03-31 08:17 am (UTC)Re: I could shift
Date: 2003-03-31 08:22 am (UTC)Re: I could shift
Date: 2003-03-31 08:25 am (UTC)Oh, and if you're going to rent from Sixt, book it online - there's a substantial reduction in price. http://www.e-sixt.co.uk IIRC
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Date: 2003-03-31 08:49 am (UTC)Re: I could shift
Date: 2003-03-31 08:59 am (UTC)Re: I could shift
Date: 2003-03-31 09:03 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-03-31 08:07 am (UTC)We have no idea how to move cos none of us can drive. Or know anyone who can.
Fucksticks.
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Date: 2003-03-31 08:33 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-03-31 08:36 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-03-31 08:37 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-03-31 08:50 am (UTC)Personally I'd hire a Transit van or similar and bribe a friend with beer to drive it - that's what I did last time (well, brother not friend). Good luck.
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Date: 2003-03-31 11:55 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-03-31 10:07 am (UTC)Congratulations! *g*
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Date: 2003-03-31 03:46 pm (UTC)... fookin' 'evy Sun monitors ...
Suggestions on how to move:
Additional points:
When I last moved, I packed it all myself, then paid a local removal firm to load up a van, drive it up the road, and unload it. I obtained a significant discount on the usual rate by dint of mentioning that I work with one of their former employees. The amount of stuff I have now definitely exceeds what you can get your friends to do. However, I've been part of the van-and-friends method enough times to know it works if you get people who can pack and carry well.
Nicolai, bastard removal man in his spare time
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Date: 2003-04-01 02:55 am (UTC)(and thank you for the latter :-)
Might hire a trailer for
"Nicolai, bastard removal man in his spare time"
I used to drive a VW microbus. I have much experience in this field.
Walthamstow!
Date: 2003-03-31 08:06 pm (UTC)By the way, Congratulations for you and Liz on finding your lovenest at last. Oh, and have you made it to the British Museum yet?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
WILLIAM MORRIS GALLERY
LLOYD PARK
FOREST ROAD
LONDON E17 4PP
Tel. 020 8527 3782
Fax. 020 8527 7070
OPEN:
NORMAL OPENING TIMES:
TUESDAY -SATURDAY and
1st SUNDAY EACH MONTH 10.00 - 1.00, 2.00 - 5.00
(Closed: Mondays and Public Holidays)
ADMISSION IS FREE
Re: Walthamstow!
Date: 2003-04-01 03:03 am (UTC)Haven't made it to the British Museum yet. After moving and Whitby, we'll be seeing about the Art Deco exhibition at the V&A.
Re: Walthamstow!
Date: 2003-04-01 09:29 pm (UTC)I have driven in London! In fact, all the way through London (past a bomb threat), out the other side, via Birmingham and then on to Aberdeen.
It were a fucker of a drive, sort of Melbourne to Sydney via the old Hume... yanno, crappy little A roads and even crappier little B roads.
*sigh* Those were the days.
My fave. UK driving experience: driving this fsking humungous mid 80s Toyota mafia-chrome-mobile through the itsy bitsy lanes of Aberdeen... and finding out just why I needed a convenient little lever to retract the side mirrors - cuz otherwise, I would have scraped them off, there wasn't even that much clearance!
Good luck with the move, but, and love to youse.
ravenous.