jtimkey

oh dear,
the wifes changed her mind about going now...
hope its just nerves.
she says she is giving everything up and im giving up nothing ...
dont know what thats all about but i will wait till i get through the door tonight.
it all started while looking at rented houses while we wait for PR (ive sold the house).
she says they are all poo im not going..

Mummy

Don't worry jtimkey, I have changed my mind about going many times since first putting in the application, and no doubt will change my mind again before actually going . Currently I want to go!

Mummy

Fuzzyness

what all of them. ask her how she knows that for a fact.

jtimkey

i hope so, she likes the "comfort zone" of our home i think.
once we are in rented its all gone but i justy need to convince her that it will be a better life for us all..

janeyray

What all the houses are Pooh in the UK rental market or Pooh in Oz!?


Oz has some nice properties but like the UK you get what you pay for. Better to change her mind now before it's to late and you end up shipping all your stuff back to the UK after a few months!!! But good luck whichever way it turns out!!

S Oldfield

Hi,
When do you anticipate going?

jtimkey

all the rented properties we have looked at in the UK..
looking at 1200pcm and they are still dirty and not modernised

S Oldfield

I tend too agree. to get anything decent it costs an arm and a leg.........

janeyray

This sounds like some of the properties we looked at when we first arrived here!!! lol

Some of them looked like an old 1970's caravan inside!! Honest!! Bright orange carpets and yellow kitchens, brown wooden doors with green lino everywhere!

You will be looking at $250 a week plus for somewhere decent in Perth

jtimkey

i hope to go in about 6 months really but need to rent until its through...
i can see what she means but for **** sake

jtimkey

dont mind paying $500 if its nice but thats when we get there...
cant go yet no PR
unless i take a long holiday

anya4oz

Perfectly normal IME to feel elated about upping sticks one minute, then 'there's NO way I'm going' the next. Most people feel that way before any big life change (most commonly, that of getting married!) & it's just human nature to be scared of change.

I also have pics on my wall of a certain politician (naming no names), an M25 traffic line & a broken-down train to help me over the 'no way I'm going' moments

Where are you headed? Maybe putting her in touch with some of the nice ladies in this forum, located near where you are going, might help - give her the feeling that there's new pals to meet & adventures to have, too.

Good luck to ya both anyway, it's not an easy thing to do, but I'm sure it'll be OK in the end....

Anya.

jtimkey

thanks anya.
maybe ill try her on the forum but i shes not really been on the web apart from next shopping !
worth a go

janeyray

$500 !!!!! A WEEK????? You got to be kidding. Blimey you'll be earning good money I take it?

S Oldfield

So you are all sold now are you?

have you got your visa?