So how long did it take everyone to unpack and put things away where they should be when they moved into their house

So my DW keeps telling me that im stressing over this because I want everything put away asap mainly because of OCD or something lol

It been 7 days since we closed and we moved in the next day and began painting pretty much right away. There are still boxes in just about every room but the MB.

We have our sprinkler system installed and the cable is hooked up.

we are getting recessed lighting installed in two rooms soon so thats one more thing to be done.

Am I over reacting...?

:)

Message edited 7/24/2008 3:33:41 PM.

Re: So how long did it take everyone to unpack and put things away where they should be when they moved into their house

only 7 days??

I moved in almost 6 years ago and I found 2 boxes that we never unpacked!!

relax and enjoy your new home. It will get unpacked!!

Re: So how long did it take everyone to unpack and put things away where they should be when they moved into their house

It's been almost 2 years and we still have boxes!!! 7 days is nothing!

Re: So how long did it take everyone to unpack and put things away where they should be when they moved into their house

please. my DH did it in about 5 days.

Was it necessary? No, but he had to have it done.

All the work on the house was completed before we moved in. House was empty when we bought it so after closing we went right in.

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2 years later I still have about 10 boxes in our basement..................

Mainly old photos and knick-nacks that I don't know what to do with!

Re: So how long did it take everyone to unpack and put things away where they should be when they moved into their house

Well Im a bit anal. We moved in on a Friday afternoon, and I was done, pics hung plants out and tables set by Sunday afternoon. I was making sauce by Sunday afternoon. I hate boxes. My brother actually thought he walked into the wrong place.

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Ahhhhhh so im not nuts...lol

I still have to hang two tv's on the wall and thats bugging me lol

Re: So how long did it take everyone to unpack and put things away where they should be when they moved into their house

we moved in about 2 months ago and we still have some painting left to do and boxes to unpack. forget about things being hung on the wall.....

Re: So how long did it take everyone to unpack and put things away where they should be when they moved into their house

It'll probably be another 4-6 months until we are all done with renovations and unpacked. We closed on May 8th.

If our home was move in ready, getting unpacked and settled would've been much quicker.

Re: So how long did it take everyone to unpack and put things away where they should be when they moved into their house

The last time I moved into an apartment by myself I was completely unpacked the same day I moved in.

We moved into our co-op in April 2005 and we only finished unpacking in November 2007...when I was 7 mos. pregnant and had to turn the spare bedroom into a nursery.

DH slows me down.

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well I'm a little OCD too, but a year later I still have about 7 boxes still not unpacked. It's the stuff that you just don't know what to do with it and just can't throw it away yet. I will unpack or get rid of it soon after we finish our family room this winter. But DH wanted everything unpacked right away. We bought in July, worked for a couple of months and moved in November. We were settled before Christmas so that the house looked nice. We put boxes in closets or downstairs where we couldn't see them. 7 days is nothing! Enjoy! Believe me this year went really quick!

Re: So how long did it take everyone to unpack and put things away where they should be when they moved into their house

When we moved into our apartment, we moved in on a Saturday, I had all of those boxes put away by Saturday night.

The next day, I was surprised with my bridal shower....I had all those gifts put away that night.

Looked like we had been there for months! I just can't stand the clutter.

Re: So how long did it take everyone to unpack and put things away where they should be when they moved into their house

Well its been two weeks and unfortunately the house was disgusting when we move in. We have to recarpet the family room and all bedrooms as well as repaint the interior of the house. Carpets wont be in for two weeks and hopefully painting will be done by then so hopefully in three weeks we will be completely unpacked.

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We moved in early Feb & still have boxes...

Re: So how long did it take everyone to unpack and put things away where they should be when they moved into their house

thanks girls!!! i've been trying to tell him to relax, but he's stressing me out!!!!!!!!!!!!! i keep telling him it will get done, but im glad he listens to you guys!

Re: So how long did it take everyone to unpack and put things away where they should be when they moved into their house

We've been here three months, and still have lots of boxes. Painting is finally done, and we're finally putting things on the walls, but there are lots of things that we just don't have a spot for yet. It does drive me a bit nuts, but there's not much I can do about it.

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The majority (~80%) of the stuff was unpacked in 2 days and I was 7 months pregnant. I am anal too. I still have 2 boxes of crap that I don't know what to do with, LOL. At this point they should probably be in the garbage.

Re: So how long did it take everyone to unpack and put things away where they should be when they moved into their house

we moved in about 2 months ago & not only do we still have boxes, but the guest room is no where near started & we still havent gotten curtains for the master bedroom - i'm in absolutely no rush haha

Re: So how long did it take everyone to unpack and put things away where they should be when they moved into their house

9 days in. Started with 80 boxes. Down to 7. But, things aren't organized the way I'd like them to be, so we're going to be moving things around a bit.

We wanted to break down all of the boxes so we could get rid of them at our condo which we closed on Monday. So, that's why we were in such a hurry.

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We moved in 5 months ago and we still have things to unpack

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Re: So how long did it take everyone to unpack and put things away where they should be when they moved into their house

Hmm...we closed on April 1, renovated a ton of the house, moved in June 30. There's still an entire room full of boxes

Re: So how long did it take everyone to unpack and put things away where they should be when they moved into their house

We moved in to our house 1 week before christmas 2005, and we had christmas eve at our house. Downstairs all the boxes were put away and amazingly enough the house was nice and neat. Plus we also had a guest for christmas who basically invited himself to our house.

I dont know how we did it

Scott

Re: So how long did it take everyone to unpack and put things away where they should be when they moved into their house

We closed at the end of March last year, moved in at the end of April and had the majority of our things unpacked by the end of July (we were still working on some things).

We still do have a couple of boxes in the basement that have things we don't want to throw out or we don't know what to do with though. We also have a lot of things just sitting in our office and in our dining room since we still have to finish our basement for more storage (DH promised me it would be complete by 10/1).