Author Topic: Move furniture or rebuy  (Read 1123 times)

Zette

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Move furniture or rebuy
« on: March 23, 2019, 10:06:37 AM »
My DH and I are more Boggleheads than Mustachian, but I enjoy reading this forum more.  We are about 10-12 years from retirement, just waiting for that last doubling and to hit 59.5 for withdrawing from retirement accounts.   He recently interviewed for his dream job, and if he gets an offer it would likely involve moving from our 4500 sq ft house in a HCOL to a 2000 sq ft or less rental house in a VCOL about 10 hours drive away (Bay Area CA).  We’ll probably rent as we don’t want to stay there long term and are worried about a real estate crash. The company is likely to pay for moving costs - I do not know yet if that will be reimbursement or a lump sum.  I’m looking forward to a massive decluttering effort to get rid of all the junk that has accumulated over the last 20 years.  I’m wondering about furniture.  Would we come out ahead by moving it or selling it and rebuying in the new place?  The kids beds are all from IKEA with mattresses you can buy online and ship to your house, so say $400 to replace for each kid. The couch is a sectional from Costco, about $2k to replace, and we’d only move the pieces that would fit wherever we initially rent.  The kitchen and dining room tables are also Costco level quality, say $1500 to replace.  Our bed is a frame we don’t really care for and a king mattress and box spring that is 15 years old, but not in need of replacement. What about the TV?

I’m not sentimental about any of the pieces, and wouldn’t mind replacing some bedroom furniture that has gotten scratched.  While buying secondhand would be cheapest, I’m not sure we have the patience for that while trying to settle the kids into a new home and schools.

If we don’t have furniture to move, would one of those PODS moving systems be better, or just stacking boxes in a spare room as I pack them and having traditional movers do it all at once?  Any other tips?


 

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