The 6 emotional stages of moving house

Moving is a rollercoaster of emotions (iStock/PA)

Alongside losing your job, a death in the family, or going through a major breakup, moving house is up there with life’s most stressful events.

Sure, you might be thrilled at the idea of having a brand new space to put your own creative stamp on, but the process of actually filling out a small mountain of forms, packing up everything you own and then inevitably smashing something valuable in the process, is never exactly fun.