kevnew1

Credit Card stuff,
forgot to point out in my earlier post in this thread that we applied for the credit cards as part mortgage application process. My wife also reminded me we arranged Debit Cards whilst in the bank activating the account. Lots of important jobs can be achieved during a recce.

Kev

mad.chef

hello
great post and some good reading.just makes me want to go NOW
all the best
Dave

mattyuk

Hey great post really helpful and informative, long but no where near boring, thanks!!
Matt

WILKINSONS

What a fab thread!!!
Very informative!! Like many of us , you have done your homework and it seems to have paid off. No matter how much we research we can't always get it right. There are so many things to think about and "to do" both before the departure and upon arrival, it's very scarey!
We are hoping to be in Brissy by mid June '07 and your thread is very useful as both a comparison to what we are doing and also a checklist.

To everyone out there, what really makes me frustrted/angry/mad/etc are the people in the UK that comment on "How they couldn't leave family and freinds" and comment "Oh I couldn't do that etc" just at a time when you are booking flights and telling everyone when you will be leaving...
For god sake we have been talking about it for 2 years, got PR and now all of a sudden we are "the bad guys".

Sorry for that, but get a bit fed up of the old "guilt trip" beind dissed out all the time.

Any way, the thread is MINT so I am sure I will add some other "to do's" to my list..


Good Night
Janex

johnnyyt

Are you planning to use you Aussie credit cards in the UK to build up a 'credit' score?
Johnnyyt

kevnew1

Johnnyyt,
We organised an "everyday" and "savings account" with the Westpac well in advance of our recce. We then transferred money from the UK into both accounts for a number of reasons. The first was to develop a credit score in Oz as we intend to rent on our arrival and hope this credit score will help our application. We also got a much better exchange rate through HIFX than using the tourist rate, when we transferred our investment, so we used the Westpac account to fund our expenses while in Oz. It was always our intention to get Oz credit cards and when applying for our mortgage there was a part in the application form that offered a credit card. In fact the application process allowed to choose Master card or Visa and a whole suite of products dependant on personal circumstances/needs. If I can be of more help please ask.
Kev

johnnyyt

Kev,
thanks for the help, hope all is going well for you.
Johnnyyt

scrubbedexpat055

Fantastic tips and information. Thank you for putting the time in to write it and help the rest of us.

Pete

Gems

Very good post!

I agree with this point:
All Aussies, so don’t huddle under the expat thing too much…..go for it.

We are not in UK or Aus yet. But we decided to mix with the locals from the off. They have been very friendly and have more helpful tips than you could ever use.

So agree with 'dont huddle under the expat thing too much'
Yes, its great mixing with other expats but you need to get to know the locals too.

GEMS

sapphire3

I too would be interested to know who transported your dog over, as he obviously is OK.

skye

We are using Golden Arrow in Shropshire, they have a very good reputation - search though the threads!

Stephen

For those about to leave Pt 2


is there a

For those about to leave Pt 1 ???

anyone got a link?

Sue

These top tips are great, if any of you get a minute why not add your top tips to the wiki. It's really easy to use, just find the page you want to add to and then click the "edit" tab.

Sue

I don't know but there is a list of other 'top tip' threads here

daunted

Excellent post thank you