Removal costs - Perth to Adelaide
Jan 20th 2007, 6:52 pm
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Removal costs - Perth to Adelaide
Hi guys
This may sound like a strange question since we're still in the UK, but does anyone have any idea of the cost involved in moving from Perth to Adelaide?
To explain, we fly 14 weeks tomorrow, nearly everything is booked for going to Perth, flights, the dog, and still in the middle of sorting out the furniture shipping (20 foot container). But to be honest, like many others on here we loved Perth but are worried about whether or not we will be able to afford to live there. We don't have a house to sell here therefore are not bringing a huge amount of money with us (approx £15,000 if we pay off the student loan before we leave).
John's an ACCA qualified accountant so it appears he will have to study for another 3 years when we get there to be seen as qualified as such, so is very likely to take a big pay cut (about £10,000 by all acounts) and I'm a Housing Officer here so not exactly qualified to do anything in particular as such but can turn my hand to a lot of things, so am also likely to take a big cut in wages, probably losing about the same again.
So, yup we knew all that, but looking at the huge prices of property now, we're thinking we will never be able to afford to buy in Perth. We've been planning all this for nearly two years and now at the last minute we're debating on changing all our plans.
We didnt visit Adelaide when we did our Rekkie trip and are really regretting that, as I don;t think I could just make the decision to move somewhere I've never been, what if we didnt like it for whatever readon? No offence to those of you in Melbourne but we did visit there and just knew instantly if wasnt for us and we wouldnt be happy there, whyat if we felt the same about Adelaide?
Anyway, getting to the point, we're debating on going to Perth, visiting Adelaide as soon as we can and depending on how things go, moving to Adelaide if we liked it and felt we really couldn't afford to live in Perth after all, just have no idea what the costs involved in this would be?
Any help would be much appreciated, and if you feel we're being daft, you can tell us that an all. Sorry it was so long winded.......can you tell I'm stressed????
thanks very much
Nikki
This may sound like a strange question since we're still in the UK, but does anyone have any idea of the cost involved in moving from Perth to Adelaide?
To explain, we fly 14 weeks tomorrow, nearly everything is booked for going to Perth, flights, the dog, and still in the middle of sorting out the furniture shipping (20 foot container). But to be honest, like many others on here we loved Perth but are worried about whether or not we will be able to afford to live there. We don't have a house to sell here therefore are not bringing a huge amount of money with us (approx £15,000 if we pay off the student loan before we leave).
John's an ACCA qualified accountant so it appears he will have to study for another 3 years when we get there to be seen as qualified as such, so is very likely to take a big pay cut (about £10,000 by all acounts) and I'm a Housing Officer here so not exactly qualified to do anything in particular as such but can turn my hand to a lot of things, so am also likely to take a big cut in wages, probably losing about the same again.
So, yup we knew all that, but looking at the huge prices of property now, we're thinking we will never be able to afford to buy in Perth. We've been planning all this for nearly two years and now at the last minute we're debating on changing all our plans.
We didnt visit Adelaide when we did our Rekkie trip and are really regretting that, as I don;t think I could just make the decision to move somewhere I've never been, what if we didnt like it for whatever readon? No offence to those of you in Melbourne but we did visit there and just knew instantly if wasnt for us and we wouldnt be happy there, whyat if we felt the same about Adelaide?
Anyway, getting to the point, we're debating on going to Perth, visiting Adelaide as soon as we can and depending on how things go, moving to Adelaide if we liked it and felt we really couldn't afford to live in Perth after all, just have no idea what the costs involved in this would be?
Any help would be much appreciated, and if you feel we're being daft, you can tell us that an all. Sorry it was so long winded.......can you tell I'm stressed????
thanks very much
Nikki
Jan 20th 2007, 7:18 pm
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Re: Removal costs - Perth to Adelaide
Hi guys
This may sound like a strange question since we're still in the UK, but does anyone have any idea of the cost involved in moving from Perth to Adelaide?
To explain, we fly 14 weeks tomorrow, nearly everything is booked for going to Perth, flights, the dog, and still in the middle of sorting out the furniture shipping (20 foot container). But to be honest, like many others on here we loved Perth but are worried about whether or not we will be able to afford to live there. We don't have a house to sell here therefore are not bringing a huge amount of money with us (approx £15,000 if we pay off the student loan before we leave).
John's an ACCA qualified accountant so it appears he will have to study for another 3 years when we get there to be seen as qualified as such, so is very likely to take a big pay cut (about £10,000 by all acounts) and I'm a Housing Officer here so not exactly qualified to do anything in particular as such but can turn my hand to a lot of things, so am also likely to take a big cut in wages, probably losing about the same again.
So, yup we knew all that, but looking at the huge prices of property now, we're thinking we will never be able to afford to buy in Perth. We've been planning all this for nearly two years and now at the last minute we're debating on changing all our plans.
We didnt visit Adelaide when we did our Rekkie trip and are really regretting that, as I don;t think I could just make the decision to move somewhere I've never been, what if we didnt like it for whatever readon? No offence to those of you in Melbourne but we did visit there and just knew instantly if wasnt for us and we wouldnt be happy there, whyat if we felt the same about Adelaide?
Anyway, getting to the point, we're debating on going to Perth, visiting Adelaide as soon as we can and depending on how things go, moving to Adelaide if we liked it and felt we really couldn't afford to live in Perth after all, just have no idea what the costs involved in this would be?
Any help would be much appreciated, and if you feel we're being daft, you can tell us that an all. Sorry it was so long winded.......can you tell I'm stressed????
thanks very much
Nikki
This may sound like a strange question since we're still in the UK, but does anyone have any idea of the cost involved in moving from Perth to Adelaide?
To explain, we fly 14 weeks tomorrow, nearly everything is booked for going to Perth, flights, the dog, and still in the middle of sorting out the furniture shipping (20 foot container). But to be honest, like many others on here we loved Perth but are worried about whether or not we will be able to afford to live there. We don't have a house to sell here therefore are not bringing a huge amount of money with us (approx £15,000 if we pay off the student loan before we leave).
John's an ACCA qualified accountant so it appears he will have to study for another 3 years when we get there to be seen as qualified as such, so is very likely to take a big pay cut (about £10,000 by all acounts) and I'm a Housing Officer here so not exactly qualified to do anything in particular as such but can turn my hand to a lot of things, so am also likely to take a big cut in wages, probably losing about the same again.
So, yup we knew all that, but looking at the huge prices of property now, we're thinking we will never be able to afford to buy in Perth. We've been planning all this for nearly two years and now at the last minute we're debating on changing all our plans.
We didnt visit Adelaide when we did our Rekkie trip and are really regretting that, as I don;t think I could just make the decision to move somewhere I've never been, what if we didnt like it for whatever readon? No offence to those of you in Melbourne but we did visit there and just knew instantly if wasnt for us and we wouldnt be happy there, whyat if we felt the same about Adelaide?
Anyway, getting to the point, we're debating on going to Perth, visiting Adelaide as soon as we can and depending on how things go, moving to Adelaide if we liked it and felt we really couldn't afford to live in Perth after all, just have no idea what the costs involved in this would be?
Any help would be much appreciated, and if you feel we're being daft, you can tell us that an all. Sorry it was so long winded.......can you tell I'm stressed????
thanks very much
Nikki
Removalists: Try this link, they are an OZ wide removal firm.
www.grace.com.au
Hope that helps. Best of luck
Jan 20th 2007, 7:22 pm
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Re: Removal costs - Perth to Adelaide
For local news and info on living in Perth check out www.news.com.au/perthnow
Jan 20th 2007, 9:49 pm
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Re: Removal costs - Perth to Adelaide
Hi guys
This may sound like a strange question since we're still in the UK, but does anyone have any idea of the cost involved in moving from Perth to Adelaide?
To explain, we fly 14 weeks tomorrow, nearly everything is booked for going to Perth, flights, the dog, and still in the middle of sorting out the furniture shipping (20 foot container). But to be honest, like many others on here we loved Perth but are worried about whether or not we will be able to afford to live there. We don't have a house to sell here therefore are not bringing a huge amount of money with us (approx £15,000 if we pay off the student loan before we leave).
John's an ACCA qualified accountant so it appears he will have to study for another 3 years when we get there to be seen as qualified as such, so is very likely to take a big pay cut (about £10,000 by all acounts) and I'm a Housing Officer here so not exactly qualified to do anything in particular as such but can turn my hand to a lot of things, so am also likely to take a big cut in wages, probably losing about the same again.
So, yup we knew all that, but looking at the huge prices of property now, we're thinking we will never be able to afford to buy in Perth. We've been planning all this for nearly two years and now at the last minute we're debating on changing all our plans.
We didnt visit Adelaide when we did our Rekkie trip and are really regretting that, as I don;t think I could just make the decision to move somewhere I've never been, what if we didnt like it for whatever readon? No offence to those of you in Melbourne but we did visit there and just knew instantly if wasnt for us and we wouldnt be happy there, whyat if we felt the same about Adelaide?
Anyway, getting to the point, we're debating on going to Perth, visiting Adelaide as soon as we can and depending on how things go, moving to Adelaide if we liked it and felt we really couldn't afford to live in Perth after all, just have no idea what the costs involved in this would be?
Any help would be much appreciated, and if you feel we're being daft, you can tell us that an all. Sorry it was so long winded.......can you tell I'm stressed????
thanks very much
Nikki
This may sound like a strange question since we're still in the UK, but does anyone have any idea of the cost involved in moving from Perth to Adelaide?
To explain, we fly 14 weeks tomorrow, nearly everything is booked for going to Perth, flights, the dog, and still in the middle of sorting out the furniture shipping (20 foot container). But to be honest, like many others on here we loved Perth but are worried about whether or not we will be able to afford to live there. We don't have a house to sell here therefore are not bringing a huge amount of money with us (approx £15,000 if we pay off the student loan before we leave).
John's an ACCA qualified accountant so it appears he will have to study for another 3 years when we get there to be seen as qualified as such, so is very likely to take a big pay cut (about £10,000 by all acounts) and I'm a Housing Officer here so not exactly qualified to do anything in particular as such but can turn my hand to a lot of things, so am also likely to take a big cut in wages, probably losing about the same again.
So, yup we knew all that, but looking at the huge prices of property now, we're thinking we will never be able to afford to buy in Perth. We've been planning all this for nearly two years and now at the last minute we're debating on changing all our plans.
We didnt visit Adelaide when we did our Rekkie trip and are really regretting that, as I don;t think I could just make the decision to move somewhere I've never been, what if we didnt like it for whatever readon? No offence to those of you in Melbourne but we did visit there and just knew instantly if wasnt for us and we wouldnt be happy there, whyat if we felt the same about Adelaide?
Anyway, getting to the point, we're debating on going to Perth, visiting Adelaide as soon as we can and depending on how things go, moving to Adelaide if we liked it and felt we really couldn't afford to live in Perth after all, just have no idea what the costs involved in this would be?
Any help would be much appreciated, and if you feel we're being daft, you can tell us that an all. Sorry it was so long winded.......can you tell I'm stressed????
thanks very much
Nikki
Hey Nikki, Adelaide's lovely, after all I live here
No seriously, if you have any questions I'd be happy to help
Jan 20th 2007, 10:52 pm
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Re: Removal costs - Perth to Adelaide
Hi guys
This may sound like a strange question since we're still in the UK, but does anyone have any idea of the cost involved in moving from Perth to Adelaide?
To explain, we fly 14 weeks tomorrow, nearly everything is booked for going to Perth, flights, the dog, and still in the middle of sorting out the furniture shipping (20 foot container). But to be honest, like many others on here we loved Perth but are worried about whether or not we will be able to afford to live there. We don't have a house to sell here therefore are not bringing a huge amount of money with us (approx £15,000 if we pay off the student loan before we leave).
John's an ACCA qualified accountant so it appears he will have to study for another 3 years when we get there to be seen as qualified as such, so is very likely to take a big pay cut (about £10,000 by all acounts) and I'm a Housing Officer here so not exactly qualified to do anything in particular as such but can turn my hand to a lot of things, so am also likely to take a big cut in wages, probably losing about the same again.
So, yup we knew all that, but looking at the huge prices of property now, we're thinking we will never be able to afford to buy in Perth. We've been planning all this for nearly two years and now at the last minute we're debating on changing all our plans.
We didnt visit Adelaide when we did our Rekkie trip and are really regretting that, as I don;t think I could just make the decision to move somewhere I've never been, what if we didnt like it for whatever readon? No offence to those of you in Melbourne but we did visit there and just knew instantly if wasnt for us and we wouldnt be happy there, whyat if we felt the same about Adelaide?
Anyway, getting to the point, we're debating on going to Perth, visiting Adelaide as soon as we can and depending on how things go, moving to Adelaide if we liked it and felt we really couldn't afford to live in Perth after all, just have no idea what the costs involved in this would be?
Any help would be much appreciated, and if you feel we're being daft, you can tell us that an all. Sorry it was so long winded.......can you tell I'm stressed????
thanks very much
Nikki
This may sound like a strange question since we're still in the UK, but does anyone have any idea of the cost involved in moving from Perth to Adelaide?
To explain, we fly 14 weeks tomorrow, nearly everything is booked for going to Perth, flights, the dog, and still in the middle of sorting out the furniture shipping (20 foot container). But to be honest, like many others on here we loved Perth but are worried about whether or not we will be able to afford to live there. We don't have a house to sell here therefore are not bringing a huge amount of money with us (approx £15,000 if we pay off the student loan before we leave).
John's an ACCA qualified accountant so it appears he will have to study for another 3 years when we get there to be seen as qualified as such, so is very likely to take a big pay cut (about £10,000 by all acounts) and I'm a Housing Officer here so not exactly qualified to do anything in particular as such but can turn my hand to a lot of things, so am also likely to take a big cut in wages, probably losing about the same again.
So, yup we knew all that, but looking at the huge prices of property now, we're thinking we will never be able to afford to buy in Perth. We've been planning all this for nearly two years and now at the last minute we're debating on changing all our plans.
We didnt visit Adelaide when we did our Rekkie trip and are really regretting that, as I don;t think I could just make the decision to move somewhere I've never been, what if we didnt like it for whatever readon? No offence to those of you in Melbourne but we did visit there and just knew instantly if wasnt for us and we wouldnt be happy there, whyat if we felt the same about Adelaide?
Anyway, getting to the point, we're debating on going to Perth, visiting Adelaide as soon as we can and depending on how things go, moving to Adelaide if we liked it and felt we really couldn't afford to live in Perth after all, just have no idea what the costs involved in this would be?
Any help would be much appreciated, and if you feel we're being daft, you can tell us that an all. Sorry it was so long winded.......can you tell I'm stressed????
thanks very much
Nikki
Leave it till November- march the price can be upwards of {10k] for the same move.
Reason being all the military are being posted over this period, and a lot of corporate moving is done over the X-mas break.
Not often i agree with Kiwi-child, and i am biased but www.grace.com.au
is a good place to start.......................
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Jan 20th 2007, 11:37 pm
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Re: Removal costs - Perth to Adelaide
I take your point about house prices here, and I have to admit I may well not have come to Perth if prices were as high as they are now. As I am sure you will have read on here
the general impression is prices cannot go any higher and will start to "correct" by anything up to 20% so by the time the 6 months runs out on your first lease you might be seeing things differently.But I love it here. I also know of a few families that have moved from Adelaide to Perth as they could not settle there.
Jan 22nd 2007, 3:21 am
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Re: Removal costs - Perth to Adelaide
Hi guys
This may sound like a strange question since we're still in the UK, but does anyone have any idea of the cost involved in moving from Perth to Adelaide?
To explain, we fly 14 weeks tomorrow, nearly everything is booked for going to Perth, flights, the dog, and still in the middle of sorting out the furniture shipping (20 foot container). But to be honest, like many others on here we loved Perth but are worried about whether or not we will be able to afford to live there. We don't have a house to sell here therefore are not bringing a huge amount of money with us (approx £15,000 if we pay off the student loan before we leave).
John's an ACCA qualified accountant so it appears he will have to study for another 3 years when we get there to be seen as qualified as such, so is very likely to take a big pay cut (about £10,000 by all acounts) and I'm a Housing Officer here so not exactly qualified to do anything in particular as such but can turn my hand to a lot of things, so am also likely to take a big cut in wages, probably losing about the same again.
So, yup we knew all that, but looking at the huge prices of property now, we're thinking we will never be able to afford to buy in Perth. We've been planning all this for nearly two years and now at the last minute we're debating on changing all our plans.
We didnt visit Adelaide when we did our Rekkie trip and are really regretting that, as I don;t think I could just make the decision to move somewhere I've never been, what if we didnt like it for whatever readon? No offence to those of you in Melbourne but we did visit there and just knew instantly if wasnt for us and we wouldnt be happy there, whyat if we felt the same about Adelaide?
Anyway, getting to the point, we're debating on going to Perth, visiting Adelaide as soon as we can and depending on how things go, moving to Adelaide if we liked it and felt we really couldn't afford to live in Perth after all, just have no idea what the costs involved in this would be?
Any help would be much appreciated, and if you feel we're being daft, you can tell us that an all. Sorry it was so long winded.......can you tell I'm stressed????
thanks very much
Nikki
This may sound like a strange question since we're still in the UK, but does anyone have any idea of the cost involved in moving from Perth to Adelaide?
To explain, we fly 14 weeks tomorrow, nearly everything is booked for going to Perth, flights, the dog, and still in the middle of sorting out the furniture shipping (20 foot container). But to be honest, like many others on here we loved Perth but are worried about whether or not we will be able to afford to live there. We don't have a house to sell here therefore are not bringing a huge amount of money with us (approx £15,000 if we pay off the student loan before we leave).
John's an ACCA qualified accountant so it appears he will have to study for another 3 years when we get there to be seen as qualified as such, so is very likely to take a big pay cut (about £10,000 by all acounts) and I'm a Housing Officer here so not exactly qualified to do anything in particular as such but can turn my hand to a lot of things, so am also likely to take a big cut in wages, probably losing about the same again.
So, yup we knew all that, but looking at the huge prices of property now, we're thinking we will never be able to afford to buy in Perth. We've been planning all this for nearly two years and now at the last minute we're debating on changing all our plans.
We didnt visit Adelaide when we did our Rekkie trip and are really regretting that, as I don;t think I could just make the decision to move somewhere I've never been, what if we didnt like it for whatever readon? No offence to those of you in Melbourne but we did visit there and just knew instantly if wasnt for us and we wouldnt be happy there, whyat if we felt the same about Adelaide?
Anyway, getting to the point, we're debating on going to Perth, visiting Adelaide as soon as we can and depending on how things go, moving to Adelaide if we liked it and felt we really couldn't afford to live in Perth after all, just have no idea what the costs involved in this would be?
Any help would be much appreciated, and if you feel we're being daft, you can tell us that an all. Sorry it was so long winded.......can you tell I'm stressed????
thanks very much
Nikki
If you change you mind now you may be able to divert your container to Adelaide at no (or minimal) cost, some friends of ours did this with their stuff that was heading to Perth when they decided Melbourne was a better location for them.
Cheers
Paul
Cheers
Paul
