Yes! Royal Collectors of Junk. My wife and I and one of our two sons are die-hard pack-rats. It's definitely in the genes; my parents are the same way. When I said we thinned out a lot, I wasn't kidding. We took at least 20 or 30 pickup trucks full of stuff to the Goodwill before we left, plus a bunch more to the dump. In all fairness, the third container is almost entirely stuff from my wife's mother's estate.
I'm starting to feel like we'll need a long-term reservation at the local weekend market to get the amount of stuff down to a manageable level....
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Originally Posted by Welshgirl
And, more importantly, do you have a huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge house to put all this stuff in?? 
By the way, welcome to the forum Ace - you've made some very interesting and informative posts on here already, so just wanted to let you know we've noticed and say thank you! |
Finding a big enough house was definitely a big challenge for us, believe me. NZ homes are fairly small by California standards, and the home we needed would be considered large even back there. We still ended up renting a storage unit, where our monthly costs will exceed the value of what we're storing in probably just a few months. Not ideal, but hey, we're managing.
Glad to hear my posts are useful. I came to this site originally before we moved, and just re-discovered it. I love NZ, and love to talk with others who are considering the move.