didnt wilf post a month or 2 back, (just before he did a reggie perrin), that there were quite a few 2nd hand stores that sold everything you could imagine to re-furnish a house??

Yes you can buy second hand stuff, but I want my own history, not someone elses.

Rob

I can empathise with this- when you are looking for treats shopping is fun but when you have to kit out your whole house from scratch it must be a real chore.

Also as I am a bit of a bargain hunter it will take me a while to find out which shops are the cheapest! [/QUOTE]

I hate shopping full stop. The net was a godsend for me. I did not have stuff to bring here in the first place so we have got nearly everything bar the PC from scratch

Pretty much arrived with suitcases, regretting it ever since, wondering when we will own our own beds, fridge, TV, WM etc. as still renting these. Good to buy all new stuff, but very expensive. Most will get a larger house than UK one so need more furniture to fill it up anyway.

Also, if worried about doing without stuff in Oz whilst awaiting furniture send it 6 weeks (or whatever) before you leave. It is easier to borrow everything you need off friends and family, down to cutlery or sleeping on inflatable mattresses in UK than it is to do when you arrive in a new country not knowing anyone.

There was a post on this subject a few weeks back if you can find it. The majority who have made the move to Aus the opinion was to bring it all. The ones who said don't take your stuff (actually I think the post maybe under that title "stuff" if you want try a search on it) were the ones who had not made the move yet, the ones who were still in Britain.

Bring your stuff with you. I've done it both ways. I went out to Asia with just a suitcase , it took ages building up a household again. Plus it does cost more buying every little thing from scratch again. You think about it even something as small as a decent cutlery set will set you back a few bob. When I came to Aus I brought nearly everything with me - I was glad I did.

Cheers

we came with nothing,infact i had a point on the trip when i had all i owned in my small rucksack on my knee Granted it was full of cash but all the same its a weird feeling.We did have the dog with us though.The end result is that yes we've had to buy everything again but if you don't have a fixed agenda then its no worries travelling light.After all,with the exception of photos and really personal items,they are all just replaceable items.We may be an isolated case but we had far too much clutter and stuff that we just had to move on.A fresh start was wonderful and been quite careful purchasers we have really only bought what we need.Yes,i feel glad about selling everything and no i would'nt have brought it all with me Financially it was'nt the best move we ever made but life is too short.

our container docked at brisbane last friday, we are so excited to be seeing our stuff again soon. we have been staying with family, and currentlyin a hotel and begin renting unfurnished place on saturday. we have around a week from then till it arrives so have bought bedding (for bed we carried from our brother in sydney on the back of our ute) and the girl we are renting from will let us use a fridge and tv and microwave.
fingers crossed all is ok. took advice from here to bring our own gear and glad we did.
karen

HiTina

This is probably a daft question but the tea chest thing is that by sending it over at he same time as you fly and paying for excess baggage allowance.
We personally are thinking of only taking bits and pieces ie ornaments,books,toys,pictures ,crockery,CD's etc and we were thinking how expensive it would be to get a container just for a few boxes.

We already have family in P{erth and we have also considered sending bits and bats by air or surface mail to arrive at their address b4 we arrive.
Have you any thoughts on this,do you think that this would be more cost effective?
I suppose the only really big item we will have is our sons bike so that might pose a problem

Thanks Diane

You can do it that way or by ship. The one I used was a nightmare but someone in brisbane had a good experience.

Hallelujah, Hallelujah - Found a Soul Buddy.

All depends on cirumstances, if you have kids and where you want to be on the social ladder. Like DeeDee said life is to short. We are doing it the other way, English couple no kids, one cat back to the UK for a while. Realised that possessions do not make the person!

Good luck to you all moving over here, not a bad place to be.

This thread has thrown me into a dilemma and with each post I read I change my mind again about taking/not taking everything with us to NZ. Hubby needs to take his tools anyway with him being a bricky and then theres the kids bikes and the photo albums and a few pieces of furniture which were made for us by a relative, but I was going to be really ruthless and sell or throw away everything else but Im not so sure now

We spoke to a removal company about this any they pointed out that to ship an ironing board costs about £2 and if the one you have it fine you are not going to be able to replace it for that amount of money.

We will dispose of all broken unrequired items, take all of our good stuff with us - but will have to wrench a few heart strings when we get rid of the thinsg like the baby stuff, no point moving it to the other side of the world though.

Regards,

[QUOTE]Originally posted by dibrucewillis
HiTina

This is probably a daft question but the tea chest thing is that by sending it over at he same time as you fly and paying for excess baggage allowance.


The tea chests are sent by a separate company by boat- if you want to send them by air it will be much more expensive.

Try this site www.sevenseas.co.uk and www.internationalremovals.co.uk there is also one called excessbaggage try www.excessbaggage.co.uk not sure if this is correct though.

whats an ironing board?Is that something to do with IT

Thanks Tina will check those websites out.This is proving to be more of a difficult decision than I had anticipated

Diane
[QUOTE]Originally posted by tinaj