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I apologize if this is the wrong forum, but who better than a bunch of real estate agents to answer my question!
DH and I are in the early stages of preparing to relocate to another state. We have touched base with our realtor but are a long way from actually prepping the house. Talking this afternoon it occurred to us that we don't know what to do with our stuff when we declutter. Sure, there's the stuff we do donate or throw away. But what about the extra pieces of furniture or the clothes or knick knacks that we don't want in the house while it's showing, but we do want to move with us?
Do we put it in temporary storage ourselves and then move it back in the house after we have a contract but before we officially move? Or, since we're moving out of state, do we pay movers to do two moves -- one with the pre-for sale declutter and then one when we finally vacate the house?
We live in a hot market and expect the house would be on the market for literally 2-3wks if that matters.
You could use a pod. I know people who have done that for this purpose, and even someone who used a pod when they were remodeling and had to move everything out during the process.
You don't have attic or basement storage space do you? Neatly stacked boxes in either (not in living space) do not detract markedly from sales appeal and are much easier to accomplish/access than offsite storage.
I have sold on craigslist but I have to offer free delivery because I don't want craigslist people coming to my house!
Order a POD, put your excess in there, then have the POD company store it off site and shipped to your new location when ready. By POD, I mean any of similar type companies, not just that one. There are a number of them, search for the best deal.
Thanks for the replies. We used Pods when we remodeled years ago and moved everything out of the house. Sounds like that's the best bet -- and label cartons that don't need to be unpacked again before the move versus those that are packed solely to declutter but that we might need again before the actual move. For example, I'd pack the vast majority of DD's toys for the purposes of showing the house, but wouldn't want to make her live without them for the next 60 days until closing.
If you are not moving far, the simply due cluttering is a good idea. Moving a long distance, liquidate. You mention toys. Set down and go through the toys with kid and 'do you play with it'', 'donate?', etc. it is amazing how much kid clutter can be sent to the dump, garage sale, etc and be done with it.
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