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We also set aside a box each for the kids to pack some toys and a box for kettle/tea bags/coffee/squash and a few cups that we moved across in our car so the kids were calm and we had tea.
We picked up the keys and walked in to find the place infested mind, so walked straight out and booked the exterminators.
It happens. Even with our meticulous planning around packing. On moving day, ms_com had to stay at the old flat to try and wrangle a missing cat (SOMEONE didn't think my idea of keeping the cats in overnight the night before to stop this from happening was a good idea so one cat fucked off at the earliest opportunity). So she was not at the new place to direct the movers as to where to put what box. Turns out labelling boxes means fuck all if they're stacked 5 high and 5 deep in two different rooms on two different floors.
Label all sides of boxes when packing in future is the only lesson I learned. And trap any pets at the earliest opportunity.