Thanks for all the replies – looks like I’ve got a great option on this one. The company has agreed to fund a “split shipment” of all our goods. I’ll have them come first and pack up all of our closets, most of the kitchen stuff, knick-knacks, etc. Leave basically just furniture and decorative goods. All that will go into storage on the destination side, so we can show just the “staged” house for a couple months. Then when we have our final destination housing (a nice rental – chaining myself to the desk to keep from buying a house before we know the area), we’ll do the final shipment to clear out the rest of the house.
For anyone that read my “lockbox or appointment only” post, that solves that concern, too, since very very few of my “personal goods” will be in the house. I’m not really worried about someone breaking a vase, but don’t want them rooting through my tax returns or personal effects.
