What you shipped over and wish you hadn't

[David M]

Early on in the process made a spreadsheet. We don't have particularly great stuff as far as monetary value. If we didn't bring it, but would need it, what might it cost to replace. Additionally, there were a few things that we'd ship somehow, therefore a cost. Once the total to replace exceeded the cost to ship it only made sense to go the container route. We then concentrated on buying much of the stuff we needed to build and would have to purchase anyway - fans, sinks, plumbing fixtures, range hood etc, but all bought at a fraction of their full cost. We saved way more than the cost to ship. With our "fill the container" mentality we did bring too much. Should have gotten rid of more clothes for sure. Brought almost all my tools. We still have stuff yet unpacked, but that's my fault because its place isn't finished yet - like drawers, cabinets, shelves. Some might say these are excess items and probably so, but they are also part of US and may offer a warm memory or two in our dotage. We did opt to buy mattresses here instead of shipping the old ones. Didn't bring some electric things because we are off grid, every now and then I regret that and have gotten a local replacement.

Biggest regret is not having good storage for some items (costco tent) and we lost some of them (DVD"s definitely don't like moisture), some items we recovered but lots of elbow grease. Also learned that "original packaging" is not always best way to keep things stored.

Off topic: Stillhope are you contemplating changing your login to "Losthope" seems you're posts have gotten a mite cynical lately (hope not).

David

Ninole Resident