I've ordered a lockable loft hatch which I'll install in place of our existing hatch - then we'll stash all our accumulated 'stuff' in the attic, lock it up, and then let out the house without attic access. This means we don't need to pay for storage, or moving fees - but does mean we won't be able to access anything that's left behind for some time to come - so there's going to be some difficult decisions to be made. Rose has a fairly substantial collection of soft toys, an even larger collection of clothes and an absolutely _vast_ number of shoes/boots... they cannot all fit on Isabella! Not actually sure if they'll all fit in the attic come to that
If you're interested in buying any of our stuff, when I ebay it I'll stick links in this blog. Here's the sofas, a surfboard and some kite surfing bits and bobs...
I've put the sofas on ebay here:
Small two seater:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0351237907
Large three seater:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0351239681
Loads of old stuff from my kite-surfing days is up for grabs here:
http://forum.kitecrowd.com/showthread.php?t=171451
And here:
http://forum.kitecrowd.com/showthread.php?t=171450
One of my surfboards is going
here (two remaining in the attic):http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0349989406
I've also been giving away a bunch of stuff using the very excellent Freecycle system. I've joined and posted in the group "Exeter Freecycle". If you don't know about it it's definitely worth checking it out. Much better than taking all your unwanted stuff to the dump. Better for the environment, and your soul
Here's a link to the Exter group's main site:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/freecycle-exeter/
PS. If you sign up to the forum you will be able to (if I've done it correctly) be able to reply to my posts.