Canberra suburbs & used furniture
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Canberra suburbs & used furniture
Hi,
I,m arriving in Canberra in 10-12 weeks with my wife & 2 daughters aged 2 & 5 and need to buy household furniture, bikes, garden furniture, garden toys for the girls and general everyday items that i did not bring with me as it was to expensive to ship over. Can i buy second hand items? Is their a place / shop that sells furniture etc?
With so many suburbs to choose from does anyone have any tips for me of were to live, i want to live outside the city in a rural area and have $500-600 a week to spend on renting a detached house. I have no problem travelling 30 - 40 minutes to work, i have a job in the city. I live in Oxfordshire and worked in Hillingdon for 7 years and it took me 2 hours a day to get to work and the same on the return sometimes!!!!
Any help would be most welcome.
Thank you all in advance
Gordon
I,m arriving in Canberra in 10-12 weeks with my wife & 2 daughters aged 2 & 5 and need to buy household furniture, bikes, garden furniture, garden toys for the girls and general everyday items that i did not bring with me as it was to expensive to ship over. Can i buy second hand items? Is their a place / shop that sells furniture etc?
With so many suburbs to choose from does anyone have any tips for me of were to live, i want to live outside the city in a rural area and have $500-600 a week to spend on renting a detached house. I have no problem travelling 30 - 40 minutes to work, i have a job in the city. I live in Oxfordshire and worked in Hillingdon for 7 years and it took me 2 hours a day to get to work and the same on the return sometimes!!!!
Any help would be most welcome.
Thank you all in advance
Gordon
Last edited by gordon7900; May 22nd 2011 at 9:36 am. Reason: my mistake
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Re: Canberra suburbs & used furniture
Hi,
I,m arriving in Canberra in 10-12 weeks with my wife & 2 daughters aged 2 & 5 and need to buy household furniture, bikes, garden furniture, garden toys for the girls and general everyday items that i did not bring with me as it was to expensive to ship over. Can i buy second hand items? Is their a place / shop that sells furniture etc?
With so many suburbs to choose from does anyone have any tips for me of were to live, i want to live outside the city in a rural area and have $500-600 a week to spend on renting a detached house. I have no problem travelling 30 - 40 minutes to work, i have a job in the city. I live in Oxfordshire and worked in Hillingdon for 7 years and it took me 2 hours a day to get to work and the same on the return sometimes!!!!
Any help would be most welcome.
Thank you all in advance
Gordon
I,m arriving in Canberra in 10-12 weeks with my wife & 2 daughters aged 2 & 5 and need to buy household furniture, bikes, garden furniture, garden toys for the girls and general everyday items that i did not bring with me as it was to expensive to ship over. Can i buy second hand items? Is their a place / shop that sells furniture etc?
With so many suburbs to choose from does anyone have any tips for me of were to live, i want to live outside the city in a rural area and have $500-600 a week to spend on renting a detached house. I have no problem travelling 30 - 40 minutes to work, i have a job in the city. I live in Oxfordshire and worked in Hillingdon for 7 years and it took me 2 hours a day to get to work and the same on the return sometimes!!!!
Any help would be most welcome.
Thank you all in advance
Gordon
Not that I'm complaining, it really is a beautiful city and lovely place to live.
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Re: Canberra suburbs & used furniture
Hi,
I,m arriving in Canberra in 10-12 weeks with my wife & 2 daughters aged 2 & 5 and need to buy household furniture, bikes, garden furniture, garden toys for the girls and general everyday items that i did not bring with me as it was to expensive to ship over. Can i buy second hand items? Is their a place / shop that sells furniture etc?
With so many suburbs to choose from does anyone have any tips for me of were to live, i want to live outside the city in a rural area and have $500-600 a week to spend on renting a detached house. I have no problem travelling 30 - 40 minutes to work, i have a job in the city. I live in Oxfordshire and worked in Hillingdon for 7 years and it took me 2 hours a day to get to work and the same on the return sometimes!!!!
Any help would be most welcome.
Thank you all in advance
Gordon
I,m arriving in Canberra in 10-12 weeks with my wife & 2 daughters aged 2 & 5 and need to buy household furniture, bikes, garden furniture, garden toys for the girls and general everyday items that i did not bring with me as it was to expensive to ship over. Can i buy second hand items? Is their a place / shop that sells furniture etc?
With so many suburbs to choose from does anyone have any tips for me of were to live, i want to live outside the city in a rural area and have $500-600 a week to spend on renting a detached house. I have no problem travelling 30 - 40 minutes to work, i have a job in the city. I live in Oxfordshire and worked in Hillingdon for 7 years and it took me 2 hours a day to get to work and the same on the return sometimes!!!!
Any help would be most welcome.
Thank you all in advance
Gordon
You might try Michelago, Sutton, Bungendore, Gundaroo, Wamboin if you want rural.
Personally I would check out the older inner suburbs - it isnt like Central London!!!! Try Hackett, Campbell, Ainslie, Griffith for starters. The inner suburbs have older houses on bigger blocks and are nicely established but with good local shopping centres
The Salvos would be the best shop to head for (in Fyshwick) but also check out the Tuesday Canberra Times for the sub $100 offers, the Gumtree and even Freecycle (which is the cheapest of the lot of course, costing nothing!)
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Re: Canberra suburbs & used furniture
Thank you both for this information it will come in handy for my reserach before i arrive.
Thanks again
Gordo.
Thanks again
Gordo.