offered a new house

 

We're hoping that after a year we can get on the list for a bigger/better/new house. The only reason we'd do it is because we know we'll be there for at least 4 years unless DH gets his WOCS application accepted (he plans to put it in next year).  Most times they give you a week to move from one house to the next. When we were in AK, we had to move to the other side of base and DH was deployed. So I would get off work and load the car up and move everything I could in the evening. Since the Army was making us move, they paid for the movers, but it was easier for me to load xyz from one part of the house and put it directly into the other house. Basically all I had them move was the big stuff. Do you guys have friends there w/ a truck that could help you move the furniture? Could you have your mom or MIL come help? My MIL came to help us move when Logan was 3 weeks old and we had to move. It was a lifesaver.

 

So all of that to say - if you're going to be there at least another year or two, I'd move. The extra space would really come in handy, especially w/ 5 kids. Have you thought about seeing how much it would cost to hire a moving company? I looked into it when we were moving from LA to PA and sometimes you can just hire the people to load/unload everything. Like, you pack all the boxes and they'll do all the labor. 

hmmmmmm, it seems to be working ok

here it is again:

We would be in the house for about two years but we never know, it could be four years or it could be six months. 

I think we would hire people to move the furniture and heavy items. I don't feel right about putting out friends and asking them to spend an entire day helping us move, we did it once before and felt terrible about it.

She did say on the phone that they have moved up to the top of their priority list (something they said last summer they were not willing to do) so we have first dibs on any four bedroom houses that come up. They're anticipating the next one to come up sometime this summer. This house was the smallest four bedroom layout so any other house would be larger. It'll be difficult to move without DH home but because so many people in our families work in schools or have vacation time during the summer there would be a great chance one of them would be able to come down and help. The baby will be staying in the master bedroom for at least the first 6-8 months anyway so hopefully we won't have to try and cram three into either of the kids rooms.

Thank you all for the advice, the pin is such a great sounding board for these last minute big decisions that come up!

This is the house that's supposed to be coming up this summer, it's in our neighborhood and I'm drooling over it: