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Forum: Middle East
Apr 16th 2024, 1:14 am
Replies: 5
Views: 309
Posted By Pulaski

Re: Can I pack boxes myself for an international move back to Europe

On the flip-side you might actually do a better job packing your own stuff than the movers packing crew would. .... Make sure, for example, that you use a heavyweight box designed for plates and...
Forum: USA
Apr 13th 2024, 12:46 am
Replies: 42
Views: 1,892
Posted By Pulaski

Re: Moving to Orange County from London

Bear in mind that theres a lot more to medical insurance than paying your share of the premiums - you will have co-pays (an amount you have to pay, either a fixed amount, such as $25 to see your GP,...
Forum: USA
Apr 12th 2024, 9:35 pm
Replies: 42
Views: 1,892
Posted By Pulaski

Re: Moving to Orange County from London

So you're paying $27 per 36 rolls, and I've just been to check - the current sticker price where I get toilet paper is charging $27 too, though I usually only buy a bale when there's a coupon for $1...
Forum: USA
Apr 12th 2024, 9:19 pm
Replies: 42
Views: 1,892
Posted By Pulaski

Re: Moving to Orange County from London

I buy Scott's brand, its kinda thin, so has to be used by the handful, and we need to use paper rated for a septic system. But it's nothing like tracing paper.

My limited experience with the...
Forum: USA
Apr 12th 2024, 6:26 pm
Replies: 42
Views: 1,892
Posted By Pulaski

Re: Moving to Orange County from London

You need to find a better place to shop! :blink:

I am buying 36 rolls for $28 at the moment. Only a mug buys 2 or 4 rolls at a time.
Forum: USA
Apr 12th 2024, 3:50 am
Replies: 42
Views: 1,892
Posted By Pulaski

Re: Moving to Orange County from London

I have not lived in California myself, but while $155k isn't a bad salary, I doubt you'll be living high on the hog, and your budget for various things, especially discretionary spending, will be...
Forum: USA
Apr 11th 2024, 8:36 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 659
Posted By Pulaski

Re: What to do with primary home before moving to US?

Dealing with a rental property can be annoying and time consuming. Dealing with one in another country, in another time zone, doubly so. ... Unless you farm out management to an agent, which will...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Apr 10th 2024, 2:14 am
Replies: 35
Views: 2,853
Posted By Pulaski

Re: Returning to UK after 7 years in US

I have no idea where you pulled that number from, though I have my suspicions. :sneaky:

We (Mrs P and I) have "high deductible" insurance (in the US), and our "high deductibles" are only half that...
Forum: USA
Apr 9th 2024, 7:12 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 1,104
Posted By Pulaski

Re: No bank account without address // Cannot rent without a bank account

Things have moved on a bit since 1989, and now banks is required, due to the provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act, to be able to prove your address, as well as your name, date of birth, and "a...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Apr 8th 2024, 9:46 pm
Replies: 37
Views: 1,332
Posted By Pulaski

Re: Solar eclipse 2024

You/ they were lucky. I didn't get that experience at all in 2017, despite being near the center line of the shadow. It was quite the anticlimax. :(

I believe it was because there were too many...
Forum: Australia
Apr 8th 2024, 1:52 am
Replies: 39
Views: 4,003
Posted By Pulaski

Re: Wife changed her mind

The cost of shipping your home contents, plus airline tickets, alone likely makes the cost prohibitive, not to meantion sales of cars and buying replacements in Aus.

Unless you were recently a...
Forum: France
Apr 7th 2024, 9:01 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 253
Posted By Pulaski

Re: Upgrade to septic tank

Have you [1] been told you're required to upgrade/ replace it?

OR [2] do you need to upgrade/ replace it to meet current specs, for example prior to selling the house or doing other work such as...
Forum: New Zealand
Apr 7th 2024, 8:47 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 940
Posted By Pulaski

Re: NZ + UK ( Total state pension)

Correct me if I'm wrong (I am sure you will :)), (first the bit I am sure of) but if he makes approximately 15 years of voluntary NI contributions, which is currently possible, at a cost of around...
Forum: USA
Apr 7th 2024, 7:15 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 469
Posted By Pulaski

Re: Moving to US - rental property in UK

If you wait until you're retired before you sell, you might be able to juggle your finances to save a significant amount of tax, i.e, make sure you have sufficent taxed, liquid savings that can be...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Apr 7th 2024, 6:43 pm
Replies: 37
Views: 1,332
Posted By Pulaski

Re: Solar eclipse 2024

I doubt it, as that didn't happen (neither the rapture, nor AFAIK, the disappointment :rolleyes:) during the 2017 eclipse which cut across the bible belt - Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, and North &...
Forum: USA
Apr 7th 2024, 6:38 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 1,104
Posted By Pulaski

Re: No bank account without address // Cannot rent without a bank account

The bank just needs a documented address, which you can prove you occupy, such as by providing mail delivered to you at that address, which could be your employers office, or an airbnb. For example...
Forum: USA
Apr 7th 2024, 6:23 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 507
Posted By Pulaski

Re: Pension Lump Sum - Aviva

I agree with this 100%, this is pretty much how it happens - the risk is that, like an incorrectly-address envelope, a wire with the wrong details will come back, but it might take weeks to do so. ...
Forum: USA
Apr 7th 2024, 5:17 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 623
Posted By Pulaski

Re: Gatwick Airport Hotels?

I have learned from experience that you should always look carefully at distances offered by Google Maps, or other web sites. The first time I recall having an issue was when I was living in Virginia...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Apr 7th 2024, 4:11 pm
Replies: 29
Views: 1,988
Posted By Pulaski

Re: Miss the UK. Need advice on moving back.

Great, so you're just recapping the rest of the thread. There is nothing in the information the OP provided during his exchanges in this thread, that gave any indication that he has any right to...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Apr 7th 2024, 4:03 pm
Replies: 29
Views: 1,988
Posted By Pulaski

Re: Miss the UK. Need advice on moving back.

He wasn't born in the UK - that was the very first thing he said in his opening post (https://britishexpats.com/forum/moving-back-uk-61/miss-uk-need-advice-moving-back-950971/#post13244789) above.
Forum: USA
Apr 5th 2024, 4:53 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 1,112
Posted By Pulaski

Re: Do you really want to move to Florida?

I agree (though there are a lot of possible deductions against rental income, and we've had posters here on BE concerned that when the deductions exceed the gross income, they "must have done...
Forum: USA
Apr 5th 2024, 4:28 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 623
Posted By Pulaski

Re: Gatwick Airport Hotels?

Hmm, can't you zoom in? The first one I mentioned is embedded IN the terminal building. And in the case of the other two hotels "at" LGW, Google Maps offers walking directions, which shows you can...
Forum: USA
Apr 5th 2024, 4:15 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 1,112
Posted By Pulaski

Re: Do you really want to move to Florida?

Congratulations on missing the point that Nunnun was talking about calculating income tax on a rental business, not property tax, which is indeed fairly simple, and no different from other states...
Forum: USA
Apr 5th 2024, 4:05 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 623
Posted By Pulaski

Re: Gatwick Airport Hotels?

There are three hotels in the LGW terminal complex - "Hampton by Hilton" is closest to the gates, and the other two (both within the "road loop" in front of the terminal building), which appear to be...
Forum: USA
Apr 4th 2024, 3:24 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 1,112
Posted By Pulaski

Re: Do you really want to move to Florida?

We have always seen Brits with rose-tinted spectacles trying to move to Florida, and obviously there are significant barriers that make that impractical for most of them, at least as anything other...
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