Alfred Chow - Maker of ThingsMar 5

I have a question about our 'moving house' plans, and I would welcome some thoughts about it.

We have a lot of stuff to get rid of, but also a lot of stuff, (furniture, workshop machines, steel and timber stock, heavy equipment, etc.) that will need to move with us.

My thoughts were to somehow find a local place that has shipping container storage, move it all there while clearing the house, and then move the shipping container when we know where we have moved to.

I don't know if there is such an option locally, at both ends.

I'd appreciate any ideas as to how to do this, or if you have companies that you are aware of that would work like this.

We are in the Greater Manchester are of the UK and moving to rural Wales.

Thank you.

#Advice #MakersHelp #MovingHouse

Show threadDave bauerMar 5
@Maker_of_Things I am in the US but we did this. Moved out stuff to container. Went on vacation to California, came back and out stuff was in the driveway of the new house. (we also had our attorney do the closing for us!)
Show threadAlfred Chow - Maker of ThingsMar 5

@davebauerart
This sort of move does seem a bit more common in the US than in the UK, probably because we are unconventional in having more workshop that home in our house.

Also, it seems, in the US shipping containers can be moved with a tilt deck trailer and a pick up truck, whereas here we need a crane on an 18 ton truck as a minimum.

Show threadDave bauerMar 6
@Maker_of_Things I was going to reply with all the cool ways we can deliver boxes to your driveway in the US, but I suspect it while maybe fun for a curious person, doesn't solve your problem! Best of luck.
Show threadAlfred Chow - Maker of Things

@davebauerart
Thank you.

I have watched a lot of videos on moving shipping containers around in the US, to get a feel for how I might need to do that when setting up the community workshop.
It resulted a few extra lifting and shifting tool in my itinerary. 😄

Mar 6 at 7:53amWeb