who has moved to a new house with their tank?

[magdelan]

For the moving fee of some frags that broke in the process of moving... I would travel 1.5hours to give you a hand. Other than the help from URS, I think that a moving stipulation is the best course of action. Other than a homeless person, who is going to put up a stink over 2-3 more days of not moving in after close?

 

[Gravesj1s]

Mel that's the logistics of HOW to move the tank, which I have done when we moved in here. But we came from an appartment and had it for a few days after we closed on the house.

But, how do you have TIME to close on 2 houses AND move everything, tank included. There is no window after closing. New owners want you OUT so they can get in. I mean, perhaps I'm asking a more general question a out buying, selling, and movingg regardless of possessions.

Help me understand the process of going from house to house and lawyer to lawyer.

Thanks

You would have to add a contingency to the contract.That can work for you here as far as the tank goes,but,its also a thing lenders and buyers dont like to see.So the key I think would be to put it on the house you want to purchase.You would need to take possesion early.It is a buyers market so I wouldn't sweat any part of that.
If you have a realestate broker you can put it in with your purchase offer.It needs to be in your contract though ,something only your lawyer can dn the Lawyer note "trust only" your lawyer.

If you need any help with the move ,I would help if I can.

 

[superkat]

+1 on helping to move. the other stuff...sounds only reasonable that you have at LEAST a day to vacate.

 

[reefman5511]

Once sold, the people moving into your place may want to get in to paint/clean before moving in so leaving the tank an extra day or 2 may not be a problem. Just be aware of any & all chemicals being used by them that could spell disaster for the tank.

 

[redrider911]

Sell all of your furniture before you move so you only have to move your tank

 

[chrisguy]

Great topic!! Moving my tank in 2 years when we build is something I've had on my mind since we started this process a 3 years back. Because my situation involves a new build, I think I can "make it work".

One thought I've had is to do a built in tank in the new house, this way I can just more livestock with little risk and sell current equipment when done.

 

[jaybfresh]

You could rent some storage space and move all the non-necessity type stuff over ahead of time. Then on moving day you take the tank and whatever basics are left over, and then take your time moving things out of storage

 

[der_wille_zur_macht]

+1 on putting a contingency on either the sale of your current house or the purchase of your new house to allow early/late possession. I've done that in the past and I don't think it's an uncommon thing, to allow people to move their possessions, much less a reef tank.

And let us know when the move happens! Plenty of helping hands in the area.

 

[captain7359]

I've done a one day apartment swap and that was a nightmare. Started moving the tank at noon and never had everything back in till 3 am. when I moved out of that apartment and into my current house (girlfriend owned) I had a new setup put together in the house for a week or better and then moved just the inhabitants over. It was cake this time compared to the one day deal.

Contract stipulations and overlapping owernship of two houses is the key to making your move peaceful!!

Even if you just take your rubbermaid stock tank sump off line in the old house and get that running in the new house it will give you a way to empty the display into the holding tank at the new house and give you time to set the old tank back up, though this be the perfect time for an upgrade. When my 75 sprung a leak evrything I had resided in a 50 gallon rubbermaid stock tank and a 20 gallon for a month while i got my new 120 setup, so don't worry about utilizing a temp setup.

Tractor Supply takes returns in the event that you need to "rent" one of the 300 gallon stock tanks too