The wife and i we chatting last night and adding up all the bits and pieces of this whole migration lark....

Basically it works out like this....

£43000 capital investment - yeah i know this is only a one off but you still have to scrape it up.
£17000 on home improvement - again this was going to have had to be done but....
£8000(ish) on validation holiday
£2500 on agents fees and application fees
£600 on medicals and police clearances
£200 on couriers
£50 certification of bits and pieces
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£71350:scared::scared::scared:


And i have no doubt there will be more to come !!

Bloody hell £8,000 on a holiday!!! Did you fly business?

Don’t forget the cost of packing up and sending your worldly possessions - £3500 ish !!!!! :scared: :scared:

Hi!

OK -

* 2000 pounds on home improvement (lick of paint to each room / fancy cushions / poncy smelling soaps in bathrooms, A'La The House Doctor - worked tho' - house sold in 4 days!!!)
*15,000 pounds on reccie mission to OZ ( don't ask..)
*3000 pounds on agents fees
* 600 pounds (ish) on meds and pc's
*1000 pounds in alcohol expenses (while we waiting for the visas to be processed... )
* 3000 pounds to the estate agents for selling our Uk house
* 800 pounds to the shipping company (only shipped the kids stuff and photos / memorabilia)
* 5000 pounds on flights and first months rent in OZ
* 6000 pounds on new car in OZ (not "new", secondhand)
* 4000 pounds on new furniture / electrical appliances in OZ
* 1000 pounds getting all Ste's appropriate Aussie licences / courses for his job

So, a grand total of: 42,000 pounds. :scared:

* Scary thing is theres probably a million and one other 'setting up' costs I could have included - bloody pots and pans, doonas and covers, appropriate clothing, etc etc

OMG :scared:

What about.....

Connection fees
driving licences
ambulance membership
school fees/ uniforms
insurances
etc etc??

Mmm, it is, isn't it. Especially as I have the thought that viewers might have some sort of idea that we are rich idiots with money to squander, which we aren't and never were. It was a case of saving up and it costs whatever it costs to get us here, which is why we have always been so determined to make it work. We wouldn't have spent that kind of money without knowing we were in for the long run....

Hi

I think we should start a thread on everything you will need when you arrive in oz.And all the pounds its going to cost....The dream does not come cheap...... :scared: :scared:

YEAH, thanks for that Heather - am now off to commit financial suicide... (Or have we already done that???!!!)

BTW - love the new sig...

jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesus.......................!! !


(am curious as to how you managed to spend a grand on alcohol though!!)

:scared: you are just trying to frighten me ,we all must be pretty keen on going . OR JUST PLAIN CRAZY don't know which

NO, the dream does not come cheap but we would have paid twice that to be where we are now. ( Had we had the money, which we didn't... )

We've done it and our souls are headed for the fires of hell

they are...but it's nice and warm, eh?!

When the going gets tough...the tough go to the bottle shop!!!!