Combining Two Households In To A Single Home

You are moving in together and have at least 2 of everything; how can you do it without creating issues between the two of you? I‘m not talking about selling/giving away your existing properties and getting a new one together. This time we are going to be looking at your possessions and how you can combine them in a single home.

As with all decisions, the way to making the move a success is the planning you do in advance. Sit down and talk about the look of your new home, what you want in it and what possessions you already have. Unless your new home is very big, there is no way you are going to be able to use everything you both possess, so make a decision together what you are going to keep. Be realistic, don't just dispose of your furniture and start again, try and save yourselves some cash and use what you already have without it looking mismatched. If your sofa doesn‘t look brilliant with your partner‘s table, just don‘t put them together.

Be fair, it is not nice or a brilliant start if one of you has to give in the other every time. Just because you don't like an item but your partner does; is not right to throw it away. Even though you have been used to living by yourself and only having what you want in your apartment, you should take into account your partner‘s desires and needs as well. Keep in mind, that how ever much you are similar, the property is never going to be exactly what you want, but that is the same for both of you.

Timing is essential! Dispose of items that are not moving with you in advance, I know it is difficult to throw out or sell stuff that belong to you. It will be much simpler that way - you won’t have to pack them, take them to the new home, unpack them and give them away once you are in. Doing this will save you lots of time and room. Honestly, it is impractical to keep every one of your items, how ever much we would like too.

As a Toronto realtor, I have a proposal for you. Take a pen and sheet of paper and write down all the items in each of your properties. You are going to see items that are duplicated; make a note of them and look at the condition and age of these duplicated possessions. Once you have agreed on everything, write down what exactly you will keep and what you want to throw away. When you have decided on the goods to keep, think what you are going to do with them; if there is no place in the new home for a dining table then there is no point keeping one, so get rid it.

As you both will have separate tastes, I definitely appreciate how much hard work this type of decision is going to be. Discussion really is the most crucial thing here, talk about it calmly and I‘m sure you will not have any major problems you can’t work through.