[lauraashley2006]

Ok, So we have all intentions of moving back to Houston summer of 2010. Yes that is still 2 years away, but we will be moving out of state and thats expensive. Any ideas on saving for it? Or does any one know about how much money it costs to move out of state. Thanks for the advice in advance. I love love love this website.

[twinzplus3]

We are moving out of state next month. What specifically are you looking for savings on? We weren't planning on moving at all and then we got a little surprised with a house. In March--made the decision to go ahead and do it in April. For us, the move out of state is one and a half hours away. One thing that killed us was registering the car. There were a few extra taxes that we simply weren't prepared for. YIKES So I guess my advice would be to find out all the hidden costs. With two years to go, you have plenty of time to do that.

[mcmama]

Right. Registering the car hit me today. At least I paid the sales tax in Florida, and not in NY. Also, my auto insurance dropped about $400 a year just for switching from NJ to FL - same company, same policy.

Moving vans are expensive no matter what. And a long distance move is best done by pros, unless you don't have a lot or you really know how to drive a truck. I am now unpacking stuff and wishing I had gotten rid of it sooner. They charge by weight. And several appliances I brought with me (Including the lawn mower) I should have sold at my tag sales or just ditched. Cheaper and better to replace them here.

Since you have two years, toss out everything now. Decide now what stays and what goes. Empty out what is going BEFORE you sell the house. I tried to do this, but being single with two boys what went out kept coming back in again. I didn't have the luxury of time to clear out the house AFTER the boys moved out. It was do or die of taxation and end of child support once the youngest turned 18.

Keep having the tag sales, selling stuff on ebay, donating it. Toss it out. Decide if you really want to move your furniture, or would rather spend the money to replace it.

Keep your car in good repair. Mine died three days before closing. I had to have my attorney cut a check to the car dealership so that I had wheels to drive down with. Because of illness and all the last years worth of repairs on the house, my credit was maxed. So I just got a good deal and paid up front. I hate sinking equity into a car, but I could not take on any more debt.

[twinzplus3]

Yeah. . .our car insurance went down $700 per year and we have a new (well 2004) mini van. . .whereas here we had a 1994 beat up van. Getting rid of the clutter makes me happy though!

[lauraashley2006]

Thanks, I really appreciate it. See we moved from houston to tulsa when we first got married 5 years ago. We didn't have hardly anything and it still cost us almost 2000 dollars to move. I was just wondering about how much money its gonna cost to move now. We have alot more stuff now and we have a kid now and we have 2 cars instead of one. So I am trying to figure out the most economical way to move. Does that make sense?

[deedee1231]

We just moved out of state last month. The moving truck was very expensive, but worth it because my dh knows how to drive a truck and it was much cheaper than hiring movers. We brought everything with us and still needed to buy quite a bit for our new place. It has already been expensive and we still have to register our van here. The thing that came as a big shock to me was all the utility deposits we had to pay. We had to come up with over $400 in utility deposits just to start new service for basic utilities. Never had to do such in the midwest. Go figure!