While on our U.S. trip, Louise and I had decided that it was pretty daft continuing to maintain two houses - especially as they were 30 miles apart and our weeks were spent driving up and down the A19 - one of England's less attractive trunk roads. So, a plan was hatched ...
I've been living in rented accommodation for the past two years so giving up "my" house was an easy decision to take. The problems started to appear as soon as we began thinking through how to squeeze two lots of possessions into one space. Thankfully, neither of us are particularly "precious" about most of our possessions and we are both extremely tolerant of the few things we each have that are held dear to our hearts.
But, where most people moving in together have the problems of wardrobe space and deciding whose furniture to keep, those considerations were just the starting point for us. In my case, I arrive with a whole lot more "baggage" than the norm: the cars, the computers, the recording gear ...
Two things quickly became clear: If we were to set up home together this side of Christmas, we would have to move into Louise's existing 4-bed house and all thoughts of (sensibly) looking for a new home big enough to hold all our stuff would have to wait and ... the move itself was going to be a major exercise requiring some careful planning - and not a little bit of luck!
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