Moving house [UPDATED: Within 3 weeks!]... where to start?

[Smokering]

So if you were given 90 days' notice due to your landlords wanting to sell, what would you start doing NOW to make moving easier?

We don't know how big or small our next house will be, and I have an 18-month-old (not sure if that's relevant, but I'm sure it'll make the move more stressful!). Any thinking-ahead tips for decluttering, cleaning, packing and so on? Bearing in mind we could, in theory, be moving in a few days' or weeks' time (although I doubt it!).

So far I've taken a bunch of old clothes and books to the op shop and cleaned under a few beds. What else should I be doing?

UPDATE: We found a house! Yay. But our move-in date is October 2, which is slightly less than three weeks away. Any not-so-distant moving tips now I'm suddenly panicking?

[Denisedc]

You could start by packing things that you know you won't use in next 90 days -- summer clothes, holiday decorations, etc. Then start going room by room and asking yourself if you could live without it for 90 days -- but be honest with yourself -- err on the side of not packing it if you are not sure. I am thinking of decorative items, kitchen "extras" like fondue pot, cookie cutters,etc., things you have saved for the next baby, and things you have multiples of like if you have 10 sets of sheets -- can you get by with three?

Just don't make more work for yourself by packing too much and then needing it. We remodeled our house when i was pregnant and the contractor said we'd be back in our house in two weeks -- so we packed up our whole household save the clothes and essentials for two weeks. It was three months before we moved back in and there are boxes we still haven't managed to open a year and a half later (we still have two rooms under serious construction)

Best of luck!