Thanks everyone for your support. Things have been moving forward with the move. We will give notice to the evil landlord soon so that March will be the last month we pay rent.
We’ve been bringing stuff to the house over the past few weekends and buying stuff we need for it. We installed all the curtains on the first floor. On March 5th, my husband starts a staycation where he will stay at the new place and do some of the work himself and also hire/supervise someone to do the more complicated things.
We decided to order a lot of the furniture new. We have a giftcard (US$3000 approximately) for a home improvement store and department store that the builder gave us, so that should help a lot. So, he can also be there to receive/assemble the furniture and set up internet service, etc. It sounds like we will be settled in by the end of March.