Brought to you by Scott P. Rogers, Funkhouser Real Estate Group, 540-578-0102, scott@HarrisonburgHousingToday.com
Brought to you by Scott P. Rogers, Funkhouser Real Estate Group, 540-578-0102, scott@HarrisonburgHousingToday.com
Tuesday, October 5, 2021
Moving from one house to another is tough work!
Even tougher (sometimes) is arranging the timing and logistics to work well for all parties.
If you're selling a house in order to buy a house, it's possible that...
- The closing for both will be on the same day. Let's say it's a Friday.
- You'll have to be out of your current house by the evening before closing (Thursday evening in this case) so that you can close on the sale of that house the following morning (Friday morning).
- You won't have access to the new house to move your belongings in until after you close on Friday afternoon.
- So, where are your belongings going to be from Thursday evening until Friday afternoon? And where will you be?
The spot for you to be can be somewhat easier -- you could stay at a hotel or with a friend for a night if needed.
It's decidedly harder to put all of your belongings in the hotel room or in your friend's house.
The options, generally speaking, are...
- Work with a moving company that is willing/able to load you up one day and not unload you until the following day.
- Ask the buyer of your house if you can retain possession of the house for a day or two after closing to get things packed up and moved out after closing.
- Ask the seller of the house you are buying if you can have early possession of the house for a day or two before closing to get things moved in before closing.
If none of these are possibilities -- I have even had some clients who had to put everything in storage, just for a few days -- and then move it out of storage into the new house.
Again - even moving is tremendously hard - but arranging for it within the tight confines of closing timelines and when you do and do not have access to the old house and new house can make it even more difficult!
