ive done every move myself, but last move was the first time i had whitegoods and couch an shit.
its do-able with friends and a truck, but its f**king time consuming. picking up the truck, estimating how long you need truck for, driving it to house, loading things up, doing 1 trip, realising you need to do a second trip, do that, fill up truck with fuel, then drop off 5mins before rental place closes on Saturday. its like a full day of running around and stressing.
Next time ill cough up the few hundred bucks to get a company to do it. have gatorades and tea/biscuits on standby for the removalists and they'll generally look after your stuff. that way you just have to get everything ready/disassemble, and let others do 90% of the lifting and playing truck/trolley tetris.
So you gonna rent out your place and move somewhere more convenient for your + mrs work?