Packing Up Newtown

I am in the last throws of packing up Newtown - it is a bit sad leaving your own home - but we now have a new home in Townsville so onward we go.

I have to say - OH&S didn't seem to be a major concern for the removalists - if something was to heavy for one of them - then someone else - bigger and stronger moved the item.

I was particularly impressed with the young bloke who gorilla pressed out galvanised iron outdoor table base and walked it out the back gate without so much as a grunt! I am flat out moving it sideways - so needless to say I was taken aback by this display.

The piano was the next thing that stumped a couple of them - so they were pushed aside while the really strong lads had a go.

As always - when the house is finally emptied out - it looks tiny. It really surprises me how space seems to collapse once the contents are removed.

I had someone come a touch up a few areas - the skrting board that Poppy chewed - the back of the door that Poppy scratched and a couple of dodgy cracks which are part and parcel of old terraces. My last handyman task was to do the touch up pinting which went great until the last wall whereby wild mushroom turned out off white and didn't match the rest of the wall. Doh!

Got the real estate to organise painter to fix it ready for the new tennants.

Feels strange renting your home!