Move or sell your furniture before you move? (sales, new home)

[delhidi]

Looking to move to Tennessee in a year or two for retirement. We currently live in the Albany, NY area and we are debating on whether or not to sell some of our furniture and buy new when we move or to bring it with us. I had a former co-worker move from California to Florida. They sold their furniture because since furniture is made in the South it would be cheaper to replace vs moving them.

I would like to hear from New Yorkers who have moved to Tennessee and what they did about their furniture. Your input would be greatly appreciated.

[GWoodle]

One thing to drop is heavy winter blankets & such. Give away your snow blower. All you need is a brush to get snow off your car unless you get a garage & park inside. Figure temps maybe to single digits at worst but nothing below zero.

On the last weekend in July TN has a sales tax free weekend. Tax free items include clothes, office/school supplies,computers up to $1500. Can be a great time to stock up on summer clothes.

For the furniture in retirement maybe you need to consider downsizing some of the items. Maybe you won't need a big dining room table. In the bedroom get by with fewer blankets.

[TampaKaren]

I'm not NY, but I moved 7 months ago from Florida to Tennessee. In my experience, I'd recommend you keep only what you can't live without. Trying to adapt old furniture in a new place is a major challenge. I still have furniture in the basement and nowhere to put it even though I got rid of a lot I didn't want to pay to move. Floor plans and square footages vary vastly.

[pat11784]

I'm moving from NY to TN at the end of the month and we sold and/or donated most of our furniture except a few high quality, perfect condition pieces. Between the cost and pain in the butt of moving furniture and potentially damaging it anyway it just isn't worth it.

[danielj72]

Originally Posted by GWoodle

One thing to drop is heavy winter blankets & such. Give away your snow blower. All you need is a brush to get snow off your car unless you get a garage & park inside. Figure temps maybe to single digits at worst but nothing below zero.

On the last weekend in July TN has a sales tax free weekend. Tax free items include clothes, office/school supplies,computers up to $1500. Can be a great time to stock up on summer clothes.

For the furniture in retirement maybe you need to consider downsizing some of the items. Maybe you won't need a big dining room table. In the bedroom get by with fewer blankets.

Snowblower??? LOL any place that requires a machine to remove the snow is a place worth leaving.

[JOinGA]

Originally Posted by delhidi

Looking to move to Tennessee in a year or two for retirement. We currently live in the Albany, NY area and we are debating on whether or not to sell some of our furniture and buy new when we move or to bring it with us. I had a former co-worker move from California to Florida. They sold their furniture because since furniture is made in the South it would be cheaper to replace vs moving them.

I would like to hear from New Yorkers who have moved to Tennessee and what they did about their furniture. Your input would be greatly appreciated.

Furniture made in the US isn't going to be "cheap," whether it is bought in the south or not. I bought my last bedroom set while I was living in GA and it was made in Virginia. I knowingly paid more to buy something quality and American made. If I had the same set in NY, it would have been cheaper to move it than buy new. If you love your furniture, bring it. If you don't love it, don't bring it and start with some fresh pieces in your new home. My last move was only GA to TN, so I donated quite a bit, but still moved some major pieces. If I make a longer distance move, there will definitely be more purging of anything I don't love and buying new on the opposite end. That American made bedroom set will go with me as long as I stay in the US.