Housing in Oz
Aug 2nd 2010, 9:02 am
#31
Forum Regular
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 95
Re: Housing in Oz
I agree you, this is my conclusion since we came to Sydney. My wife and two sons have similar views about the weather over here. Completely and utterly OVERRATED. The Aussies are creative when it comes to marketing their stuff, the truth is something else (unfortunately 
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Aug 2nd 2010, 9:11 am
#32
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Joined: Jun 2007
Location: Tauranga
Posts: 104
Re: Housing in Oz
If you are NZ citizens book yourselves a one way ticket and get on the plane. You get a "perpetual" visa on arrival called TR444. There are no forms to fill in, you do not have to apply for it and you are guaranteed entry unless you are someone who Australia does not want no matter what their visa (eg convicted murderer).
Once you are here TR444 is on a day to day practical basis as good as PR. There are 1000s of Kiwis living here on that basis.
We were looking for the lifestyle of NZ combined with good economic realities and we have found that and more in Melbourne.
BB
Once you are here TR444 is on a day to day practical basis as good as PR. There are 1000s of Kiwis living here on that basis.
We were looking for the lifestyle of NZ combined with good economic realities and we have found that and more in Melbourne.
BB
also, i believe if we come, students cannot get student loans for uni - is there any way round this as our daughter is 17 and due to start in another year..
thank you so much for your reply!!
oh.....and what about the health insurance - someone told me we have to have it and the cost is huge??!!
Aug 2nd 2010, 9:37 am
#33
Victorian Evangelist
Joined: Sep 2005
Location: Melbourne, by the beach, living the dream.
Posts: 7,704
Re: Housing in Oz
thats just what i wanted to hear!! we really like Melbourne but dont really know the suburbs and the 'nice' places...any advice??
also, i believe if we come, students cannot get student loans for uni - is there any way round this as our daughter is 17 and due to start in another year..
thank you so much for your reply!!
oh.....and what about the health insurance - someone told me we have to have it and the cost is huge??!!
also, i believe if we come, students cannot get student loans for uni - is there any way round this as our daughter is 17 and due to start in another year..
thank you so much for your reply!!
oh.....and what about the health insurance - someone told me we have to have it and the cost is huge??!!
I don't know about the student loan thing for your daughter, you will have to ask a uni what their policy is for NZ citizens. For most purposes NZ citizens are treated like Australians but I don't know about student loans specifically.
There are lots and lots of nice places in Melbourne, it depends on your budget and requirements of location, you need to give me some more specific info. PM me if you like.
BB
Aug 2nd 2010, 9:49 am
#34
Lost in BE Cyberspace
Joined: Oct 2005
Location: Hill overlooking the SE Melbourne suburbs
Posts: 16,622
Re: Housing in Oz
There was an article today in the Melbourne Age about how Australia needs to think about how it markets itself and the predicament it finds itself in. There were a lot of Australians having a whinge there too.
So, rather than spend our lives paying the electricity companies, I told the family to toughen up. It's a matter of attitude. It gets down to 7 and 8 degrees celsius inside the house quite often here in winter (sometimes lower).
I wear polyester pajamas and usually a couple of washed-thin dressing gowns over the pajamas, finished with 'Mother's Day' type K-mart slippers (yes, got them for Mother's Day .. like cold little bricks, they are)
People comment sometimes about our reluctance to install full-house air-conditioning, like them. I shrug. The truth is, it saves money. And as a result of saving money, we haven't had to take out a mortgage on any of the last three properties we've bought. So, to us, it's worth being mortgage free and adding an extra cardigan. But I don't say that, because it sounds like boasting. And Aussies hate boasters.
I wear polyester pajamas and usually a couple of washed-thin dressing gowns over the pajamas, finished with 'Mother's Day' type K-mart slippers (yes, got them for Mother's Day .. like cold little bricks, they are)
People comment sometimes about our reluctance to install full-house air-conditioning, like them. I shrug. The truth is, it saves money. And as a result of saving money, we haven't had to take out a mortgage on any of the last three properties we've bought. So, to us, it's worth being mortgage free and adding an extra cardigan. But I don't say that, because it sounds like boasting. And Aussies hate boasters.
My view is that a) people should 'harden up' - on some level. My mother tells me that central heating in the context of a generation or so again was a thing that many people obsessed about as it meant they had arrived - it might even have been a bit of a keeping up with the Jones's thing. I don't think there is anything wrong with central heating of course. I'll never forget working in a storage room for a few weeks where people wore beanies and scarves. All that I wore was a jumper. Most of them were young kids from backgrounds where there had been very little schooling in independence or character-building.b) A jumper is necessary in winter. If you are wearing a t-shirt at home in the winter then you either have a very warm house or you have set the thermostat too high! Remember Jimmy Carter...
c) That said - the house was cold when I got back so we lit the fire!
Aug 3rd 2010, 4:58 am
#35
221b Baker Street
Joined: Jun 2010
Location: Miles from anywhere, Victoria, Australia.
Posts: 14,125
Re: Housing in Oz
Just a point about double glazing and hot weather. Double glazing in itself will not help to reduce heat. However, properly shaded double glazing can help to reduce heat ingress by 30%.
Depends where you live in OZ of course. Down here we have 8 months a year on the cool side. Elsewhere one can have 9 warm months.
Depends where you live in OZ of course. Down here we have 8 months a year on the cool side. Elsewhere one can have 9 warm months.
