[arya]

Hi
Just wondered how much stuff can come in a 20' container. It would be helpful if experienced people could list what all they took with them.:)

[jubjub]

We squeezed in the contents of a small 4 bed detached house, inc the contents of the garden shed. Everything that could get taken apart, was taken apart by the shippers!

[Georgebulldog]

In our 20 ft we moved a 3 bed house big items included: washing machine, tumble drier, dishwasher 2sets of saucepans & the usual kitchen stuff, 2 sofas, large 7ft bookcase, long sideboard, coffee table + 2 smaller, large TV stand,video & DVD stereo, rug,display cabinet a mass amount of big toys, 2 single beds & a king, baby changing unit & everything you have for a newborn up to age 2, baby walker, trollys inc about 20 nappy boxes of clothes, 2 kids bookcases & a toy box, garage & garden contents inc large wendy house, swing, slide, chiminea, tool boxes, car roof box
I think that's about it for the big stuff so imagine this with the usual stuff on top, cd's DVD's Videos bits & bobs, our container was packed to the gills with no more room, lucky we just gt that amount in
Good luck & hope this has helped a bit

[Tia Maria]

Ours was a 3 bed house plus we had a bit of overflow, possibly because we had 3 sofas (one quite large). The overflow followed in a shared container some weeks later.

Most people I know who had a 40ft took a car or bike also.

Cheers

Tia

[Joanne100]

We filled a 40ft container from a 5 bed house.

Queen bed, single bed , 2 bunk beds, 2 sofa beds, 3 flat packed wardrobes, dressing table, about 6 sets of drawers, study furniture, 2 sofa's, dining table 6 chairs, breakfast table 5 chairs, washing machine , dryer, fridge freezer, bookshelf, glass corner unit, 2 glass cabinates, huge tv, tv cabinate, hi-fi, usual kitchen stuff, many boxes of toys, 4 pieces of gym equipment, 5 bikes, boxes of books, cds, ornaments, photos, bed linen towels, clothes, shoes.

I didnt really think i had that much stuff, but no way would it fit in a 20ft and we left everything that was related to the garden.

[dharder]

Maybe ours didn't pack as well? We filled a 20ft container with the contents of our two bedroom flat (including some 1500 books), and I never thought we actually had a lot of stuff :(

The only big items we had were two three seater sofas and a large dining table + chairs, but the container was full in the end.

Daniela

[bartons]

We had our 20' container filled to the top with a trailer (quite large), furniture of a 3-bedroom house, 60 boxes of books/tools and several bicycles. All fitted in nicely, and it took just 3 hours between three of us to load it. (Sweaty work, though!)

[SNK05]

Thanx 4 this post ayra....:cheers

We have a 3bed house but not a great deal of stuff..only me n the OH in it! Fitted wardrobes so minimal bedroom furniture to take. Sofa left by a friend who rented us the house..not necessarily to our taste so won't be taking that! Kitchen stuff and a few nicknacks, shelving units, CD's, DVD's, the X-Box and a few personal bits but all in all.....sounds like we'll be looking at a shared container. Marvellous!!

[gil]

we filled a 40' container absolutely chocka from a 5-bed house and no car!

Gil

[lockstock]

All the stuff I thought we'd sent to Oxfam, the car boot sales and given away to family and friends. Plus two empty jam jars, six single duvets I didn't know we owned, a pile of magazines in a Somerfield carrier bag that was supposed to go for re-cycling. Still can't find the kettle though.

[Pip]

we filled a 20 ft container with a 2 bed flat! Although we brought everything (that Maf would allow that is)

this was

large dining table and four chairs
large sofa
washing machine
two king beds/mattresses
large TV
all china/plates/saucepans/microwave/kitchen appliances
all our books/dvd's/Cd's
stereo/dvd
sofabed
computer desk/office furniture
couple of chests of drawers
linen/towels/duvets
clothes (I do have quite a lot)
hoover
bicycle
cats belongings (you'd think they'd get a luggage allowance for their flight)
several boxes of food/toiletries (stocking up!)
some garden tools
boxes of wine
two book cases
pictures/paintings

- we had a small bit of space left (if only I'd known), but if you have quite a lot of stuff - not counting furniture, it can be quite space consuming. (mind you, I think six boxes alone were just books)

best thing is to get people round to give you quotes, - they really know their stuff and will be able to tell you exactly what size container you need based on whats in your house and then you can decide to de-clutter or buy extra and go to the next size.

with hindsight, wish I'd bought a tumbledryer, and some paint. (it costs a fortune here - must contain invisible flakes of gold!)

[Asli&Mark]

Mark filled our container (40 ft half empty) with his land rover and almost all our belongings :) :)

[macuser]

Lockstock - hilarious that you took a carrier bag full of recycling to the other side of the world! That's just the sort of thing we would do.

Helen

[arya]

Thanks everybody for the helpfull info.
Lindsey, how on earth did you manage to fit all that. Doesnt look like everybody could achieve this. Could you tell me which company you hired for the packing?
SNK05, I am actually planning to let my house and hence perhaps wouldnt have much to take. I am looking at sharing a container as well. Guess, would have to get a proper quote re how much space I would need for my stuff.