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what do you do with your stuff?
My experiences;
This time we were lucky as we have a decent loft and outhouse. But first clear, sell, etc. what you can. Do this in stages each evening - eg clothes are seasonal so you already have a load you're not going to wear for 3-4 months, even if you want to keep them.
Furniture is much harder to get rid of than you'd expect, so budget plenty of time for this stage. Try and sell it, even if you're happy to give it away as 90% of freecycle people are lazy cunts. I had more success on here than on my local freecycle even though everyone has cars and journeys would have prob been 20mins max.
Bigger things you want to keep, try and palm off to friends/family. When we took a year traveling we had less stuff, but between various friends and family housed any important stuff.
Lucky you can just drive a van so there are less restrictions.
Definitely look at the cost of purchasing things in your destination country. I should have brought a bike as even a shit bike is +$100 and a mid range road bike is almost as cheap new off wiggle as a 5yr old one on Craigslist. Also is there stuff that's economical to take which you can sell for more money in your destination country - again I should have spent £50 on bike transport, brought 2 and sold one.
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Few questions, myself and the GF are thinking about leaving London in a year or so, she's Swedish, so that seems the destination for sure, maybe back via a short stay in the Midlands, that's me, I'm on of those freaks. Has anyone here moved to Sweden or to that general area, infact just moving abroad in general, what do you do with your stuff? I have computers/bikes etc. I know I can sell what I really don't need but there is obviously some stuff I want to keep!
Thanks in advance!