Well here we are then!
Sep 23rd 2010, 2:19 am
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ours is in port on Monday very nervous, had a bad move back to the UK but it will be nice to have my own stuff again just hope I do not have to pay GSt!
Sep 23rd 2010, 2:30 am
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Thankfully the letting agent did not have a fee otherwise we would have been paying them as well.Yeah still shocked at the speed of container, will let you know how it pans out tomorrow
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Sep 23rd 2010, 2:31 am
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Sep 25th 2010, 5:04 am
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Welcome to NZ - I stayed in your area a few months ago - it is lovely. Hope you have fun unpacking all your boxes 
Sep 27th 2010, 9:04 am
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Hi Dewb so glad it is going well. Hope the little ones get settled into school ok 
Sep 27th 2010, 6:24 pm
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The letting gent has probably split the fee wuth the ad site, paying the ad site ensures they get their money and pass the rest onto the agent.
Sep 28th 2010, 11:59 pm
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Container arrived in port on Wednesday & was delivered Friday! could not believe it was so fast. MAF came out to us all went well. No breakages and nothing conviscated
Good have our stuff around us again, pretty sick of boxes though
slowly getting there though.Dewb
Sep 29th 2010, 1:11 am
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Our deliveries are done, seem to have only lost 1 wine glass, 1 pyrex dish and a slightly squashed lamp shade - not bad and we still have 9 of the wine glasses so won't bother replacing the busted one.
Car needs new brake discs on the rear to pass compliance so should get that back soon too.
Sympathy with the boxes syndrome.....
- not bad and we still have 9 of the wine glasses so won't bother replacing the busted one.Car needs new brake discs on the rear to pass compliance so should get that back soon too.
Sympathy with the boxes syndrome.....
Sep 29th 2010, 9:53 am
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Yeah could be, tough lessson but over it now
Container arrived in port on Wednesday & was delivered Friday! could not believe it was so fast. MAF came out to us all went well. No breakages and nothing conviscated
Good have our stuff around us again, pretty sick of boxes though slowly getting there though.
Dewb
Container arrived in port on Wednesday & was delivered Friday! could not believe it was so fast. MAF came out to us all went well. No breakages and nothing conviscated
Good have our stuff around us again, pretty sick of boxes though
slowly getting there though.Dewb
Did MAF look at everything or just outdoor things?
Did the removals people not unpack everything for you? We had Anglo Pacific here this week and they said Allied Movers will deliver when shipment arrives in Tauranga and will empty all boxes and dispose of them as it is apparently costly for us to dispose of waste materials in NZ.
Sep 29th 2010, 10:39 am
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Hi Dewb
Did MAF look at everything or just outdoor things?
Did the removals people not unpack everything for you? We had Anglo Pacific here this week and they said Allied Movers will deliver when shipment arrives in Tauranga and will empty all boxes and dispose of them as it is apparently costly for us to dispose of waste materials in NZ.
Did MAF look at everything or just outdoor things?
Did the removals people not unpack everything for you? We had Anglo Pacific here this week and they said Allied Movers will deliver when shipment arrives in Tauranga and will empty all boxes and dispose of them as it is apparently costly for us to dispose of waste materials in NZ.
They just marked off ten boxes for inspection. One was a bike, xmas decorations, garden tool, hiking boots and trampoline etc. Was not interested in our wicker at all which was giving me nightmares before we left.
All they did this end was re assemble beds and unwrapped the big item furniture. All the other boxes were left to us. TBH not sure i could have coped with every box being unpacked all at once
We need to contact them in a week to come and take away boxes, if we ever finish!! Will hang on to a few though as we will move again in time.Dewb
Sep 29th 2010, 10:40 am
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Sep 29th 2010, 10:43 am
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Our deliveries are done, seem to have only lost 1 wine glass, 1 pyrex dish and a slightly squashed lamp shade - not bad and we still have 9 of the wine glasses so won't bother replacing the busted one.
Car needs new brake discs on the rear to pass compliance so should get that back soon too.
Sympathy with the boxes syndrome.....
- not bad and we still have 9 of the wine glasses so won't bother replacing the busted one.Car needs new brake discs on the rear to pass compliance so should get that back soon too.
Sympathy with the boxes syndrome.....
when you consider how much stuff you pack into the container. Dewb
Sep 29th 2010, 9:07 pm
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Our last move resulted in us not even being able to identify what was missing even now! For some reason they repacked every box back at the depot before putting in the container and renumbering every box, old photos and keepsakes were split up
Fingers crossed for next week, tbh honest I have always had the boxes put in the garage and I unpack a leisure but will make them unpack the chinea and stero etc this time to save my back.
Fingers crossed for next week, tbh honest I have always had the boxes put in the garage and I unpack a leisure but will make them unpack the chinea and stero etc this time to save my back.
Sep 29th 2010, 9:57 pm
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Dec 3rd 2010, 7:14 am
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Finally have got around to doing an update 
We arrived on August 11th and headed for a well earned holiday in Nelson with the In laws, which was fantastic Sorted a NZ driving licence, activated bank account, bought a car & joined local library, all rather painless. Enjoyed being back in Nelson wished we could have stayed but no go on the job front for hubster.
So took ferry over to Welly on 2nd September to begin our new life. Not a smooth crossing so was feeling quite queasy at times but I am bit of a wimp with motion sickness though.Still cant believe it takes 3 HOURS to cross I had visions of it being similar to going to the Isle of white 
We currently are staying in our holiday rental up on the Kapiti coast (furnished) which we had booked from the UK via bookabach, has turned out to be fine, well equipped and nice enough for when you first arrive with nothing to your name. Only a few steps and we are at the beach which coming from a city is quite a novelty.
After doing lots of trips out and about and generally having a good old poke around the area we have managed to finalise where we would like to settle. We have now found a school DD is happy with and we like and as of today we have managed to secure a rental in that area. With a bit of luck we maybe able to enrol the girls into school by next week. So bit by bit it is all starting to come together.
Still cant believe it when I drive along the coast that this is home & I live her now!
Have a good feeling about settling here and I hope it turns out to be the life we hoped to achieve by moving here, yeah sure stuff is expensive but I honestly feel the best stuff in life is free anyway.
As for missing the UK, way to early to say and skype goes a long way to help bridge the gap.
Dewb xx
We arrived on August 11th and headed for a well earned holiday in Nelson with the In laws, which was fantastic
Sorted a NZ driving licence, activated bank account, bought a car & joined local library, all rather painless. Enjoyed being back in Nelson wished we could have stayed but no go on the job front for hubster.So took ferry over to Welly on 2nd September to begin our new life. Not a smooth crossing so was feeling quite queasy at times
but I am bit of a wimp with motion sickness though.Still cant believe it takes 3 HOURS to cross I had visions of it being similar to going to the Isle of white We currently are staying in our holiday rental up on the Kapiti coast (furnished) which we had booked from the UK via bookabach, has turned out to be fine, well equipped and nice enough for when you first arrive with nothing to your name. Only a few steps and we are at the beach
which coming from a city is quite a novelty. After doing lots of trips out and about and generally having a good old poke around the area we have managed to finalise where we would like to settle. We have now found a school DD is happy with and we like
and as of today we have managed to secure a rental in that area. With a bit of luck we maybe able to enrol the girls into school by next week. So bit by bit it is all starting to come together.Still cant believe it when I drive along the coast that this is home & I live her now!
Have a good feeling about settling here and I hope it turns out to be the life we hoped to achieve by moving here, yeah sure stuff is expensive but I honestly feel the best stuff in life is free anyway.
As for missing the UK, way to early to say and skype goes a long way to help bridge the gap.
Dewb xx
So glad you have joined us in NZ. Im so sorry I was not on here to welcome you earlier, but so great to see you made it
Hope your settling well? Take care. Tina. xxxxx
