[Kadey41]

Hello,
I will be moving from NYC to Spring Hill this April. Can anyone offer advice as to whether we should move our furniture (bedroom/dining room) along with personal effects or just buy new once we settle in. We would be using a moving company not driving a truck ourselves. Thanks!!

[watsont3]

Originally Posted by Kadey41

Hello,
I will be moving from NYC to Spring Hill this April. Can anyone offer advice as to whether we should move our furniture (bedroom/dining room) along with personal effects or just buy new once we settle in. We would be using a moving company not driving a truck ourselves. Thanks!!

We are looking to move to Fla within the next 2 months and have been getting prices. It turns out that we are better off renting a small Penske truck and getting rid of the majority of our furniture. We have what I lovingly call "early American junk." We can buy a new living room set and bedroom set for less than it will cost to have a moving company move us, even factoring the cost of the Penske truck.
We will be taking a couple of small beds, tv, dining room table and some small end tables, etc. We won't have a problem loading those into a truck.
My wife also gets some new furniture, which makes her quite happy.
If you are taking a lot of furniture or if you live in an apartment, especially up a few floors, it is probably better to hire a moving company.
Good luck on your move.

[Ladywithafan]

Unless it's an antique you can't part with, usually, long hauls w/movers are more expensive than if you'd sold your furniture & bought new...

If you rent a truck, it's a lot more easy on the wallet...It cost my mom $2,500 to move her "junk" from Ft. Lauderdale to Sarasota...IMO, not worth it...she's moving back to the East Coast and not moving the junk, now.

[nomoresnow]

I'm interested in responses, too, since we'll be moving from Northern New York to N. Ft. Myers this fall. My issue is that hubby made us some beautiful end tables, coffee table, kitchen islane, and dining room table that I can't part with. We'll be getting rid of our mammoth sofa and recliner, a queen bed, and a lot of other furniture, too, but taking a bedroom suite (including a king flex-a-bed) and a whole bunch of misc. "stuff" like wood shop tools. Still, you wouldn't believe how much "stuff" we've already unloaded....I mean sold or given away. ;-)

[watsont3]

Originally Posted by nomoresnow

I'm interested in responses, too, since we'll be moving from Northern New York to N. Ft. Myers this fall. My issue is that hubby made us some beautiful end tables, coffee table, kitchen islane, and dining room table that I can't part with. We'll be getting rid of our mammoth sofa and recliner, a queen bed, and a lot of other furniture, too, but taking a bedroom suite (including a king flex-a-bed) and a whole bunch of misc. "stuff" like wood shop tools. Still, you wouldn't believe how much "stuff" we've already unloaded....I mean sold or given away. ;-)

To move from Lancaster Pa to Zephyrhills, we got a couple of tentative quotes from moving companies for $4500 to $5000 for the move. I expect that it may be a little higher. If we get rid of most of our old furniture and only move a few things, I have a quote from Penske for $834.00 for a 14 foot truck. That leaves me about $4000 for new furniture. Checked prices in the Tampa area and found that a queen sized bed can be bought for about $800. A decent living room set for about $1600 and a bedroom set for about $1500. The internet is a wonderful thing.
I am 62 and drove fire trucks for a long time so I am comfortable driving a 14' truck. Some others may not be. The furniture that we decided that we will take with us can be loaded by my wife and I without too much trouble. Others may not feel up to it.
As for the stuff, we got ruthless and got rid a lot of stuff but if you have a lot of things that you really don't want to part with, using a moving company is probably the best option.

[SarahGabrielle]

Why are you moving to Florida?

[nomoresnow]

Hi, Sarah. Personally, we're moving because we've lived in NNY our entire lives and want to spend our retirement in a warmer community. It's a beautiful area here, but 50+ years of cold weather has taken its toll. That's it in a nutshell.

Thanks for the info on the movers. Some of the stuff we're taking is a bit much for us to handle - the tools, the kitchen island, and the beds, for the most part, so we're pretty sure we're headed with "professional" movers.

[watsont3]

Originally Posted by nomoresnow

Hi, Sarah. Personally, we're moving because we've lived in NNY our entire lives and want to spend our retirement in a warmer community. It's a beautiful area here, but 50+ years of cold weather has taken its toll. That's it in a nutshell.

Thanks for the info on the movers. Some of the stuff we're taking is a bit much for us to handle - the tools, the kitchen island, and the beds, for the most part, so we're pretty sure we're headed with "professional" movers.

Good luck. I sure want to get away from these 5-10 degree temperatures and windchills below zero.

[nomoresnow]

Thanks again, Watson. Your input is appreciated, as is your encouragement. Thank goodness we're not in western NY, right? I hope Faithful Frank got out ok on Tuesday.

[A. Penny]

If it isn't sentimental or new......don't worry about it. It is easier to not deal with the hassle and expense of moving it and you can buy new furniture to fit your house-not a new house to fit your furniture.