Molly Coddle

Tut, tut, that's a bit naughty!

My cousins in Sydney are snobs too, what the hell is it with people from Sydney?

paulry

The only furniture that we bought was basic bedroom stuff: beds, bedside drawers, etc. We managed to negotiate a decent price for them and it's better quality than the what we had in the UK but that shop, a family business, has since closed down (I think due to illness). It's definitely well worth searching far and wide when the time comes. Also, bargaining with the retailers is a must - the retailers budget for it so if you don't bargain them down you would in most cases be paying over the odds.

Cheap and cheerful UK quality stuff here:
http://www.fantasticfurniture.com.au/

More upmarket stuff here:
http://www.nickscali.com.au/

Predictably overpriced shite here:
http://www.ikea.com/au/en/

Harvery Norman for appliance price guide:
http://www.harveynorman.com.au/


If I had my time again I would get really nice quality new and second hand/antique furniture in the UK and ship it over.

Beoz

You answered your own question .... we are snobs

curly

In the past we have rented two new houses and we were allowed to hang pictures; as long as they were proper picture hooks and no more than one per wall. In older rentals the hooks/nails will already be there

Molly Coddle

Thanks.

It seems like there's an issue with picture hooks in Australian rentals.

It's not like that in the UK. I let a property out here and I wouldn't dream of telling my tenants they can only have one picture on one wall I think they'd tell me to pi$$ off if I did. Lol

curly

I think they have a point really, you don't want dozens of holes in brand new walls. One picture per wall is reasonable

Molly Coddle

Yep, you're probably right, its just me, I have an unhealthy obsession with paintings, my parents are both artists and I have a shed load of paintings that need to go somewhere...

Wilsons22

This topic needs a thread all of it own....'Things you didn't bring you wish you had
This really made me think would I / wouldn't i take things - I think I'd take more due to the boys being fairly young, I would want them to feel at home with their stuff.

but back on point a pool will be a must for the water boys!

paulry

Yes it made a big difference having all our stuff here with us. It definitely helped us to settle in. The only thing I would recommend is to de-clutter several times before the move to make sure minimal junk gets packed in the container. We've lost track of the number of times we've been glad we brought something with us

Mixed feelings about the pool. I'm certain my lads would have been in it all the time if we'd settled here when they were younger. Saying that, they're both very sporty so maybe they'd still use it now

Wilsons22

de-clutter..... words to my ears been doing it for years then turn around and there is more!!

To be honest - Pool for me too nice glass of cold wine once boys in bed...sounds bliss.

paulry

TBH, we decluttered three times in increasing levels of ruthlessness before the shipping people arrived and we still ended up bringing a lot of junk. But lots more good stuff too

carolinephillips

Pool down to 21 degrees, but still going in after getting hot gardening. It is the only way I can cool down.

Molly Coddle

OK, we have progress. I have managed to convince the husband that we need to take furniture over and therefore get a container, or at least half.

I was just a bit worried that my furniture won't go in an Australian house, the style of it, so I'm buying a few new pieces here in England to put in a container.


Oh God, I still can't quite believe I'm moving. Lol

Briar

We are in WA and have a salt pool... we keep it up to scratch all year so we never let it go green - too expensive to get it back to what it should be. We also have solar heating for it so use the pool from late September through to May.... so it is only not used for a max of 4 months. We use the pool every day during it's usable 8 months or so and our house is family entertainment central because of that!

Molly Coddle

I like that idea