Relocation Timescales?
Jan 1st 2006, 9:29 am
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Relocation Timescales?
Hi Everyone, Happy New Year to you all!!
How long did it take to get a relocation company and how long did you need to book in advance to get any furniture etc shipped to Australia?
We are due to immigrate soon and are getting worried we are leaving it a little late.
Regards
Nigel and Abby
How long did it take to get a relocation company and how long did you need to book in advance to get any furniture etc shipped to Australia?
We are due to immigrate soon and are getting worried we are leaving it a little late.
Regards
Nigel and Abby
Jan 1st 2006, 9:30 am
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Re: Relocation Timescales?
Originally Posted by NIGENABBY
Hi Everyone, Happy New Year to you all!!
How long did it take to get a relocation company and how long did you need to book in advance to get any furniture etc shipped to Australia?
We are due to immigrate soon and are getting worried we are leaving it a little late.
Regards
Nigel and Abby
How long did it take to get a relocation company and how long did you need to book in advance to get any furniture etc shipped to Australia?
We are due to immigrate soon and are getting worried we are leaving it a little late.
Regards
Nigel and Abby
Only info I can offer is that when we asked Pickford's to quote they guaranteed the price for three months. Sorry not much use.
Cheers
Ginny
Jan 1st 2006, 9:32 am
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Re: Relocation Timescales?
Originally Posted by Stitch
Hi,
Only info I can offer is that when we asked Pickford's to quote they guaranteed the price for three months. Sorry not much use.
Cheers
Ginny
Only info I can offer is that when we asked Pickford's to quote they guaranteed the price for three months. Sorry not much use.
Cheers
Ginny
Thanks, Any info is useful
Regards
Nigel
Jan 1st 2006, 10:53 am
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Re: Relocation Timescales?
depends when you are off - There seems to be high demand over the (UK) summer when parent leave after the school year.
We have yet to book the shippers for mid Feb, although have had them round to assess quantities. Did try last week but was waste of time as nobody was answering phones. Need to get sorted this week, but don't see it being an issue as it is after the rush of those spending Xmas/NY in UK before going and one agent said they were quiet (thanks I will use that to try & get the price down!).
We have yet to book the shippers for mid Feb, although have had them round to assess quantities. Did try last week but was waste of time as nobody was answering phones. Need to get sorted this week, but don't see it being an issue as it is after the rush of those spending Xmas/NY in UK before going and one agent said they were quiet (thanks I will use that to try & get the price down!).
Jan 2nd 2006, 11:16 am
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Re: Relocation Timescales?
Originally Posted by walaj
depends when you are off - There seems to be high demand over the (UK) summer when parent leave after the school year.
We have yet to book the shippers for mid Feb, although have had them round to assess quantities. Did try last week but was waste of time as nobody was answering phones. Need to get sorted this week, but don't see it being an issue as it is after the rush of those spending Xmas/NY in UK before going and one agent said they were quiet (thanks I will use that to try & get the price down!).
We have yet to book the shippers for mid Feb, although have had them round to assess quantities. Did try last week but was waste of time as nobody was answering phones. Need to get sorted this week, but don't see it being an issue as it is after the rush of those spending Xmas/NY in UK before going and one agent said they were quiet (thanks I will use that to try & get the price down!).
SS
Jan 2nd 2006, 1:22 pm
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Re: Relocation Timescales?
Originally Posted by SuperSeagulls
I am moving mid-Feb and booked my shippers at the start of December. But they said that Feb is a quiet time - I just wanted to get it sorted and another jobticked off the list!!
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We have left it a little late, we are immigrating on or around the 5th February. We have got some online quotations but did not tell them what date.
Going to call tomorrow and get more information.
Out of interest what are you doing with all your stuff when you get to Aus, do you intend to leave it all in storage for any length of time?
Regards
Nigel
