WE'RE MOVING. House updates and packing early!
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- Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
- Looks like we are going to be moving for a few months... and then again in 8 months or so! Whew. Trying to figure out how to get our large family in to a small house and then back into a larger house. It's a puzzle!
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As the owner of 24 rentals, I’d suggest 3 things: 1. Thoroughly research the insurance available for a rental with a pool and a fireplace. No all rental companies will insure those. 2. If you have a mortgage, read your contract carefully and contact your mortgage company as some expressly prohibit using the property as a rental….doing so could void your mortgage. 3. Check with your HOA as loud parties coupled with complaints from neighbors, will cause major headaches!
We started out cleaning and maintaining all of our rentals ourselves but soon found it was better to have a management company (even with expense) because no one wants to be called at 2am for an overflowing toilet or furnace issues etc. The expectation of renters is that you will tend to everything immediately which is understandable as they are expected to pay rent on time and not damage the property.
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And the rental company is important if your in any way soft hearted . We owned rental properties for a few years and were astonished at how poorly people treat your property because they pay rent. I’m sure not everyone but the people we rented to were awful
On the flip side:
We are a military family and have been renters for 18 years. We've never called the landlord beyond business hours. We've also had awful experiences with property management companies. Our best rentals were when we lived in privately owned houses and we dealt with the owner one on one.
@@laneyoh5 sorry to hear that. You should be taken care of as a military family. Be well
You might want to consider a shipping container to hold things at the new property while you're in the midst of moving/building. Love from SC!
Shipping containers are wonderful and can then be storage for lawn equipment.
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That is being taken into consideration for sure!
I was coming to say this! Best thing we’ve done moving to our land.
Oh, we have a neighbor that did this and when he was done with the house he built a "barn" over the shipping containers and they became "bunk rooms" for visitors and he'll probably make it an airBNB some day if he needs the money.. it's so cool!
Try to keep and rent. My sister just sold her house and totally regrets. It couldn’t get out of the contract.
My four children are grown and gone. I sure do miss my loud chaotic household. You have a beautiful family. I enjoy your videos so much. Blessings to you all. 😊
🦋⚘I love ya'll
Everyone have a blessed and wonderful Monday March 6, 2023 and the week ⚘🦋
I think a shed on the property set up as a one room school house would be perfect! They are not crazy priced and would be the perfect size!
You can rent pods, I think that is what its called. They can be on uour property to store stuff in
You are a lovely family with an AMAZING mother and father. Inspiration to all.
Don’t be afraid to take a bit of a break from strict home schooling during this process. Your kids are all bright and will easily catch up after this is all over. Also, this is a great opportunity for them to learn life skills. What if you bought a shipping container to store some of your excess? Later you can turn it into whatever you want - home school room, home office, music room, playhouse etc.
Have thought about that too!
A shipping container can be roofed and sided and have windows added as well
Wow great ideas!🙏😌
That’s a really good idea- ‘life contained’ ( I think that’s the name ) did great with converting shipping containers in their property.
Just Love Peace and her suprises you find she has stored in her outfits. Makes me smile Never know what you will find.
Peace is such a cute storage unit😊
Good for you. Not to be negative , but your current neighbors might not like a short term rental in the neighborhood. I would sell. You already have a lot on your plate . Excited to see the new home unfold !
Peace has the cutest face when you find stuff in her clothes ❤️ like she’s been caught.
You can make it work. When I was a teenager, my parents built a new house. We lived in a tiny modular home on the property during the build. My two brothers had their room in the detached garage. It worked just fine. We have great memories from that “camping out” stage of life! Life is an adventure!
The black tubs with gold lids sold at Sam’s are FANTASTIC bc they hold a ton, are super study & stack well without becoming warped with weight/time. Don’t get the 40 gallon unless you’re putting light items in them. They would become waaaay too heavy to move!
I agree! I bought the ones with the wheels on them. So easy to move around. I use them for my yarn and fabric materials.
I agree, too! Costco sells a little larger size than Sam's Club, and if you have ave a Menard's in your area, they sell the sturdy black containers with a red lid that are a little deeper than the clear ones you purchased.
@@MissaRosa I have one of these with our outdoor cushions on it in front of our living room window...... I will likely have to buy cushions in the spring.... lol. Our husky and cats love their benches!
I live in Australia & in some states it’s compulsory to have a water tank that collects water from the roof. If you have 2 houses on the property that’d be even better. Lots of huge tanks very eco friendly! Even small units have them now which the water used is to flush the toilets.
My tanks do the same but I suspect that water tanks would be problematic in Nebraska's winter. They'd probably freeze solid.
Being a landlord is a nightmare! Take your equity and run. I put a trailer on my property for overflow after a hurricane to rehab my home. You can do a point well near your lake there. Surely there is water because you have a lake
We live in the country in IL and we use mice bait stations around the outside of our property as well as in our shed. We also keep things in our shed and basement in plastic tubs. You may want to keep some of your food storage in tubs depending on how it’s packaged.
If you could insulate and drywall the garage it will pay off in the long run. Then you could put a wood burner stove in. After it becomes a garage again it will be nicer in the winter for puttering around in.
I love how your children work with you to clean up.
There are stores that you can get plastic like dressers you can always get one for your school supplies help stay organized.
I've heard Dave Ramsey say the hassle factor is greatly increased for short term rentals and of course he says not to become landlords by default. I know Solo does finance things. My husband and I sold our house in your city and friends said make it a rental but it sure felt good to pay off our new house (new to us) in just 2 years.
Meaning we sold our first house bought 2nd and paid off 2nd. we had already paid our first one.
Rodents will eat thru thick plastic, ie black/yellow bins from Costco won't work. Metal and glass containers for storage food and clothes. get a large storage shipping container delivered to your property.
The scent beads you put in the washer work great to I usually put 1-2 of the lid in a plastic bag that I put holes in with a tooth pick and put all over, I use this in our camper and have had no mice and we live in the country!!! Irish spring and peppermint oil works great also. Also using plastic tubs keeps bugs out of your stuff too. Put dryer sheets in them or bags of scent beads helps keep them smelling fresh besides keeping rodents away!
Sounds like great tips!
My favorite part of this video is watching the crew clean up together. So beautiful
Moving is a lot of work but it gives you the opportunity to declutter as you go. You have some of the best helpers.
The bins are much better than boxes. Bugs like glue in boxes,so using bins are much easier.I haven't watched you in awhile,kids are growing& beautiful. I bet you wish it was done..☺️👍🌴🌞🙏
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER !! For water contact an 2:08 environmental engineer. They will be able to pull records of wells drilled in area, all the specs of past drills and get reports of geological formations. Also watch videos on water witching. As weird as it sounds it truly works. Our son just drilled for and got water on one drill using the two things I’ve suggested. We live in Saskatchewan a very dry place.
People who store summer cars in fairground buildings put several fabric softener sheets in them to deter mice.
So happy for your family to be able to move to your property. Once the warmer weather hits there will be plenty of open space and fresh air!
So true! I forgot that, of course they have the outdoors, weather permitting that should help make things not so crowded indoors.
I moved into my during a blizzard. No one wanted to help me. I drove from one side of town to the next back and forth in my Buick, and that wasn't the heavy stuff. My sons were 12 and 22 months. I was exhausted. I haven't moved since been in my house 20 years. I will probably move again one day..but not for a while. That's good you got your babies to help you.
I've probably already commented this before but your children and your family are so beautiful. The way they interact with one another, with you as their parents...it's so lovely to see! Makes me want 10+ kids!! (God willing 🙏) God bless you all - you're doing an amazing job mom and dad!
Hope move goes well. I've moved 4 times in the past 5 years. Decluttering is so important.
Our little acre has a cistern and septic. We have outside power and are looking into solar!
Oil of peppermint is a great deterrent for mice. Place on cotton balls etc around entrances and throughout. You will be surprised at the outcome.
Would love it if you did some homeschooling videos! Curriculum you use and why, even a flip through, homeschooling multiples and other related items.
I would love this too
Oh how wonderful and the wonders that lies ahead in your future ....know all good things.
Hi, Sarah, My parents raised nine kids in an apartment which was about 915 square feet. We had two bedrooms, one bath, and a teeny kitchen with no dishwasher. Admittedly, she did not homeschool us, but we all survived in this very tight space. You can do it for a short while! ~ I would not advise renting out your current home for special occasions. I am not a lawyer, but I suspect you might be liable for anything bad that happened in your pool.
Listening to that long list of things that have to be stored of figured out especially the piano. I would be inclined to rent out the house on the property and stay put until the house was built. It could be more of an air B and B destination out there and sage you lots of time and money. Plus you could still have use of the pool all summer!
Place things on pallets instead of directly on the ground for when things warm up and melt. I live in ND so I understand the extreme cold and extreme hot, lol. If you have electricity in the storage area, the ultrasonic rodent repellents work great.
If you still have the RV some of the older kids can sleep there when things seem claustrophobic until the house gets finished.
Thanks for sharing 😊
Over the door pocket shoe storage for those pens, pencils, etc. Or a personal pencil box for each kid.
I am decluttering a massive mess after my mother and then later my father came to live with me before they passed away. So many many things to go thru with sentimental memories. But it must go as room is needed. I am 73 and never thought I'd be facing this alone after my husband died 16 years ago. I do have very good feeling that I was able to raise 2 children and help raise 6 stepchildren and take care of a disabled husband and have a place that my parents could stay and live their final years God Bless you and your entire family. Love from Debbie and Dexter-Dog my rescued Chihuahua companion.♥️
We had an outdoor-entry storage unit in Texas for 2 months. We put mousetraps and sticky traps along the entry door. When we went to empty it out, we didn't find any chew marks on our items, and only had a few bugs stuck in the sticky traps. I'd recommend using traps if you do choose to store in a unit or POD.
Thanks!
you'll work it out!! personally I say sell the house .. why pay all the expenses, utilities, taxes, etc to maintain it when you can sell and use $$ for new one and lessen the mortgage...plus you may not always have lovely renters..seen some scary houses after renters
We will definitely try that first.
I’m glad to see your kids helping clean up
We just did our 2nd move in 3 years. I hate moving too.
Suggestion, consider a shed or outbuilding on the property not to far from the house you are in. Put things in shelves out there in plastic totes with tight fitting lids so you can have access to each tote and get what you need out there. It would probably cost less the a storage unit. I would make sure the things in the totes are not food related nor would there be cardboard or things rodents would want to nest in. For instance, the extra books or extra toys, activities… it worked well for our in between move.
Consider a mini split system for the garage. Heating and cooling
By the black storage boxes with the yellow tops at Sam's Club or Costco their 27-gallon like $10.00 a piece they are moisture proof and mouse proof we live out in the country and some of ours were left outside all summer winter and spring and no moisture and no mice in michigan.Michigan..
These storage totes are amazing
Stay where you are for the summer and let the kids enjoy the pool. That way you can pack and move all at one time
Get a water deviner to come check for where 2 lines meet and drill there. It may sound like hocus but it works.
Dave Crosby (RUclipsr) is building a home on their property. They hired a well witch to located area to dig for their well. It worked. May be worth it to look into it.
Well my husband says that Plastic isn’t going to keep them out if they want in Unfortunately! However we didn’t have any problems with it! My advice would be that the Costco in my area sells huge stock pots I would keep anything perishable that you don’t want anything getting into in there! You could use bungee cords to secure lids in you needed to but I never needed them! They are 38Qt
Good luck with the well. It's takes a month or two. We got another well put on our property and sewer too. We live in northeastern Colorado.
Great job Sarah and kids!
If you are building a garage on your property, perhaps you could build that before the house to store you stuff while you wait. Very excited for you all!
Sell the home that you are in while homes are selling fast. Who knows what 6 months from now may bring. Also think about getting unit for storage that is temperature controlled and rodent proof if possible.
Buy a shipping container.. line the walls etc.
Use on the farm for animal feed once you've moved into the new house ☺️🏡
I have a large trunk that we use for our "coffee table" in our living room and all our homeschool supplies (pens, pencils, papers etc.) are kept in there. Then I bought a spinning caddy off of Amazon to use as our working supply holder. We are a family of 12 (one is married and living in his own home) that live in an apartment...so we have figured out how to fit many things in small spaces! 😂
You can use your pond for water filtration system done all the time
I use a rolling cart w drawers for crafts & school supplies & keep in my garage
Ticonderoga are the best pencils.
Cleaning one room always leads to another room becoming a mess. Some days it can drive me 🤪 crazy. Lol
I would love to see a peek at what you keep in chapper keeper. Is it Sonlight you do?
We do Classical Conversations. It's our 7th year. We now have 5 kids in the program and the tuition is starting to get crazy to pay. We love and pray every year over joining again or not. We are currently paying off our rental property this year. I'm just not sure it will be in the budget for all our kids next year because of that. Trying to look into other ways of school.
My youngest is the same age as Peace and puts toys down her pj's to.💗
I loved the book you, your dad, and grandma wrote.
Take a deep breath, Sarah. It will get worse before it gets better.
Storage units get mice all the time. You can get traps or a few cats.
The storage bins, if you go to Costco they’re roughly $9 and it’s a lot bigger. Also, it’s not clear it black and yellow top. And more heavy duty if you don’t mind.
Sam's Club has them as well.
Tory I love your outfit! Such a beautiful young lady you are becoming.
Big task moving! At least you have lots of helpers. Thanks
You are very good at tackling big projects. You have an amazing crew there. Learning happens all the time. Seth organizing the shelf and closing all of the doors was absolutely precious.
Great start to getting in the moving mode! SONLIGHT storage suggestions to consider from alumni mom here: 1) Copy the book list for each grade and put in on a side facing out of the container (clear ones good choice) so when you find those inevitable "drifter" books OR want to add something you picked up to that time-period collection, you can easily confirm where it goes. 2) Also, two LARGER labeling ideas to consider to help you later on (you may have done this and I missed it as I'm hurrying) but a) large Label from the "inside" as well with large signs- homemade or computer generated. Keeps from having lots of taped-on signs ripped off and less tape residue later. OR b) use the adhesive pockets (come in different sizes from business card size to full page) to have a label "pocket" so can be used for storing different things later on without having to take off a label/just change the pocket insert which is your label. Hope that made a lick of sense!
Thanks for the ideas!
Load many sheets of bounce in totes,an storage building.smell it up good with it.mice hate it an keep away.thats how we keep our camper mouse free an mouse poop free an it sits outside on winter an summer.i have no problems with mice like others have had,stored vehicles as well😊
HOW EXCITING! HOPE PLANS INCLUDE LITTLE SCHOOL HOUSE / Sanctuary how cute would that be!!!
Glad the kids helping
Get you some self adhesive labels and write down what's in the totes and stick on the ends of the totes when you stack them you will know what is in them without having to go through them all to find what you want. It is super helpful, that's what I've done as I'm decluttering.
This is exciting news, so happy for y'all!! Plastic totes are wonderful!! Thankfully our Aunt had so many that she gave us!! I can see your progress with all of your helpers!! Enjoy your week!!
Being a homeschooler, I LOVE to see what other people are doing! I also divide out my grades in this way, and it works like a charm.
Moving is so hard...we last moved almost 6 years ago, and I'm staying here u til it is time for my old lady apartment.😄
Moving is such hard work, you never know how much stuff you have til you start moving!
Oh my goodness ! More on your plate Sarah, mind you take breaks often, so you do not get run down what with all the kiddos you have ! Take care of you! Very exciting news!
I would build a pole barn first for storage. Make sure there are no little holes in the plastic container, mice can get in small holes. Also mice will eat through plastic to get to food.
Just remember damage comes with party rentals. You definitely want to be prepared for that, if you do short term rental.
As for the mice… use Rubbermaid tubs in lieu of boxes for storage.
Many times I’ve had to tell myself that today is only one day in the rest of my life. It might last many months, but today is only one day. I just try to stay on top of organization and take a deep breath every so often. 😊
I was glad to get back to Texas , but I miss the rocky mountains there . I hope all goes well for you all . Blessings to Judah 🙏😇❤️
At least in the spring, summer and some of fall the kids will spend lots of time outside since you're moving into a smaller house for awhile.
Plastic boxes, great idea! We also have a tip that was for RV storage but helps in plastic bins too and that is the strong smelling dryer sheets….mice do not like them!😅
I have 6 kids and do the same type of sweeping! 😂😂. Sweep EVERYTHING into a pile and say “if something in here is yours come and get it or it’s getting thrown away” 😂😂
God Bless Solo & Sarah and Family., you can do it & stay sane., it’s no fun packing & moving 2-22-2023👍🏽👍🏽
If you sell your home there, that is one thing you won’t have to worry about! Just be on the property and build your new home!! ❤
Great job! I only have five but I could not imagine trying to move all our junk! For our curriculum I pick a color for each grade and then put a piece of that color washi tape on the spines of the books so it's easy to sort things back by grade (and find the books that are mixed in with our regular books).
Organization of the move is crucial and you have that well underway. I moved twice across country with only 2 kids. Gives me heart palpitations thinking of 11 kids and moving. Even across town. I had a spiral note book and had room by room listed with things that needed to be done. I then made a list of what was in each box and labeled each box #1, #2, etc. It worked well for me.
We have moved 19 times in 16 yrs, most of those moves to completly new states 4 times from 1 side of the usa to the other. The last move was from Nevada to Florida our entire home, plus a car we drove to Florida with 5 kids and 2 cats. Moving is stressful but if we can do it with little kids and a broken arm and pregnant, I'm sure you guys can manage with older kids plus you have church and friends amd family, we had absolutly nobody, and no house had to live in a hotel for 3 weeks.
Oh wow!!! Moving is always a whole experience no matter how many times you do it!!
You are such an amazing woman,Sarah. You run a family,a school,a you tube channel,a church with such style and grace. 💙👍🏾🙏🏽
Peace is so talkative ❤️
Eli is getting tall!!!
Praying all goes well with the move
You can buy or rent storage containers that are hauled on tractor trailers -different sizes. It could be used for other things after you're finished storing moving stuff. My hubby is contractor and he uses for storing materials on jobs.
good luck🍀💚🙏🏼
If you take the stove out of the smaller house you can keep both houses on the same taxed parcel.
*GM Y'ALL* 💜
Mice chewed through lots of things including plastic and electrical cords at the storage unit we had short term. Metal trash cans are good. Best success we have had was with the sticky traps around everything important, and it's all important.
We have barn cats and you’d be surprised how just a couple of them will keep the rodents away. Also, a conex box for storage. We turned 2 of them into a worshop. Paint them and they aren’t so bad looking
A note about barn cats. They definitely keep rodents away, but they will also likely pee on your containers! Especially boys.
@@mmec.3554 our cats roam the property and they get fed in the barn. They don’t have access to our storage areas. They do just fine keeping our the rodents and in turn that keeps out the snakes just fine. We have 160 acres and have only ever seen one mouse the first year we moved here.
@@homesteadonpotosi6929 that’s great! Our cats earn their keep, too. They enjoy marking their territory, especially on our wood piles. I was mistaken by your comment, because I thought you meant the cats would need to have access to the storage area to keep the mice away.
My niece learned the hard way. Temperature control is a must.
If you even just insulate the garage door it will make a big difference, that and a new seal for the bottom that's really flush.
The insulation kits for the door are a couple hundred?
Not sure on the seal
Hope was cracking me up today just doing her own thing, wearing the bucket, doing some kind of puzzle or something on the kitchen when everyone else was working crazy🤣 she is just so.calm and does her own thing, just love it ❤🤣🤣