List Day

Well this is it, tomorrow we head off for the Gold Coast and basically anything that hasn't been done is most likely not getting done or won't be done very well. When we get back from the Gold Coast we've got people coming to collect our old lounge and our old washing machine on the Sunday. On the Monday we get the keys to the new house and have rented a tall delivery van for a couple of days so that I can move the stuff that the movers won't take, things like the lawn mover and our potted plants. The movers may take the plants if there is room, but unless I drain the mower of all fluids, they won't take it. I also have the trampoline, basketball hoop and the swings in pieces that will fit nicely in the van but not so good in the moving truck. The kids bikes, my ladders and garden tools, shelving from the garage, that sort of thing is what the van is for, also if there is anything that we need to take to the tip. 
On the Tuesday the movers come and move everything to the new house for us and then we come back and finish cleaning the old house so it is ready for the new owners. At some stage I'm guessing that the new owners will want to come and do a final inspection before settlement occurs on the Wednesday. Settlement on our old and new house is meant to be simultaneous so from that point on we no longer own our old house and we officially own the new one. We are having to pay the builder of our new house rent for the two days that we need to move prior to settlement otherwise we'd have to rent it off the new owners or move everything into storage somewhere and spend a couple of nights with my Dad before moving everything out of storage.
It's been a bit of a roller-coaster ride getting to this point and throwing in a trip to the Gold Coast in the middle of it has been an added challenge but we've made it and a new chapter in our lives is about to begin. I can see us being happy in the new house for many years and who knows, it may just be our forever home.

• Clean the laundry - we need to clean everything on moving day but I want to at least make a start on this before then if I can to make it easier on the day. We are selling the washing machine on the Sunday after we get back so I can start then.
• clean all the scuff marks off the walls and doors - apart from giving the bathroom a good clean, I want to do the sunroom walls with sugar soap, hopefully I'll get that done tonight. Everything else will just need a quick clean once we've got everything out.
• clean the blinds - I'll give them a quick vacuum if I get time
• clean all the aircon ducts - maybe if we have time
• clean the fly screens - I don't think this is going to happen
• clean the deck - still needs to be done, but again if I run out of time it may get missed.
• Sort out the garage - I've sorted out most of it and cleared out a fair bit. Pretty sure most of what's left is coming with me
• Fix the lounge room walls - done

Bomber
Good thing I have next week off to rest up.