Originally Posted by
Sugarphreak
When I added up all of my moving costs of moving from Calgary to Vancouver (So realtor fees, moving vehicle, transfer taxes, mortgage penalty, etc) the damage was about $63,500. The cost of actually physically moving my stuff was a small fraction of that; I rented an enterprise cube truck and all of the fuel, food, hotel, and rental costs, it was only about $1,800.
That doesn't however include temporary accommodation between when I sold and bought, storage costs, changing over to ICBC, or the cost of new furniture.
I will get some of it back through taxes this year because I moved for work.