The Obamas start to leave the White House

The Obamas start to leave the White House to make way for Trump: Moving vans arrive at $4.3m DC mansion where the family will live -but they'll jet out of the inauguration for sunny.

On Monday afternoon, moving vans were spotted outside the Obama's new home in the district's Kalorama neighborhood 

President Obama will fly to Palm Springs on Friday with his wife Michelle and daughters Sasha and Malia 

There is a good chance that the Obamas could be staying at the home of Michael Smith and James Costos, where they have stayed in the past 

Once the vacation is over, the Obamas will return to the 8,200-square-foot-home they have leased in DC for the next two years  

The Obamas will be staying in DC until Sasha finished high school in 2019 

Vice President Biden and his wife Jill meanwhile will depart DC on Friday for Delaware on Amtrak Moving vans were spotted on Monday outside the  DC residence that President Obama and his family will be moving into come next week.

The Obamas will will be taking up residence in a 8,200-square-foot-home they have leased in DC, where they decided to stay for two years while Sasha finishes high school.

The $4.3 million home features plenty of room for the Obamas to stretch out – with separate dressing rooms and his and her bathrooms, entertaining space, and a tranquil garden.

The home was built in 1928 and features nine bedrooms and eight-and-a-half baths.

The Obamas are leasing the house from Joe Lockhart, who served as press secretary to Bill Clinton, and his wife Giovanna Gray, an editor for Glamour. 

Vice President Biden and his wife Jill meanwhile will depart DC on Friday for Delaware on Amtrak.   

President Obama will be jetting out of Washington DC immediately after Donald Trump's inauguration on Friday and heading to a much warmer climate.

It has been revealed that for his first vacation after he leaves the White House, Obama and his wife Michelle along with their two daughters Malia and Sasha will be heading to sunny Palm Springs, California.

TMZ reports that the family will board a helicopter after leaving the Capitol on Friday which will take them to Andrews Air Force Base, where they will board a government plane for the trip out west.

It will only be a one-way flight however, with the Obamas having to pay for their own tickets home at the end of the trip.