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I don't know where you've been but it wasn't east end Toronto. The row houses were built by the railroad companies, cheaply, they had no closets. The detached houses were built as cottages, typically by the owners, again cheaply, and with no closets. A bit farther out the houses were built in the fifties, often as bungalows or ranch houses, they don't have closets either. Maybe recent tract houses have closets but they're out in the 'burbs and I try not to go there.

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Ahhhh that might explain it, love the burbs, spent most of my life in the burbs... not a fan of big city life, too much crime/pollution and too many people! :scared:

I have a frightening feeling that I must be a burb chick and a hick :beer: :D

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Now I have a silly question to which I think I probably already know the answer, please don't all laugh!

We had some special rosebushes given to us as a wedding present last year & would like to bring them with us ideally - is there anything like a 'plant quarantine' so you can bring em with you?

Otherwise will have to find a willing volounteer to adopt them in the UK & visit them occasionally :o

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This may or may not help, have a read at the website below:

http://www.bio.net/bionet/mm/plantbi...er/015421.html

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Your best source of info on this is probably the Canada Food Inspection Agency. Its website has an interactive guide that tells you if what you what to bring in is a no-no. I imagine that your roses would be banned, particularly if they are in soil.

Bear in mind that they might not survive, even if you do get them in. Plants that I used to consider as perennials (like fuschias) are sold as annuals in these parts. I do have some roses in my garden but they were born here.

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How would you transport them? They'd die in a container, and I don't see you being able to take them on a plane especially with current hand-lugagge shenanigans...

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Hi everybody
I am a newbe here & have a question which I hope someone can clarify for me. I have read somewhere that when you arrive in Canada to validate your visa that if you intend to bring your furniture etc. that you hand over to the customs guys a form listing all items you intend to bring in,including value. That in itself is fine, no problem. but is this right that you then have 40 days in which to get your stuff into the country, I was hoping to travel around a bit before I shipped everything over. Can anyone clarify, Thanks. :confused:

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I've never heard of this.. where did you hear/read this? As far as I know, the only issue would be if you are transporting/shipping restricted items, I don't think furniture would fit in to that catagory would it?

When I moved to the UK from Canada almost 3 years ago I sold all my large/ungainly items off (or gave them away when I couldnt sell them) and then packed all my worldly belongings into 2 large suitcases and 1 backpack/carry on.

Other then that, I had packed a box of 'sentimental' value childhood dolls/teddy bears and my winter clothing (as I was coming here in Spring) and other then the postal charges to send it to myself in the UK (how wierd that is putting your own name on the sender and reciever stickers!) which arrived about a month after I did. Sent the box the cheapest ground service avaidable through Canada Post, quite impressed it got there a month after I did! :)

You could always check on an international mover/shipment companies website... the name Robinsons has been quoted before on this site, not used any professional international movers myself so can't say how they are.

Good luck though! :D

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When I moved to the UK from Canada almost 3 years ago I sold all my large/ungainly items off (or gave them away when I couldnt sell them) and then packed all my worldly belongings into 2 large suitcases and 1 backpack/carry on.

You could always check on an international mover/shipment companies website... the name Robinsons has been quoted before on this site, not used any professional international movers myself so can't say how they are.

Good luck though! :D[/QUOTE]
Hi thanks for the early reply and am glad to hear that there may be no restrictions on time to ship our container over . Good advice about speaking to the shipping agent you know what its like you have a million and one question to ask then forget to ask the important one and you guys always seem to give good advice
As i said id like to travel around Canada before i decide wheres home, so thats one more thing out of the way

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Not right at all. Mr B landed mid-Feb and we didn't send for his things until the July. We had a very particular (but nice!) customs officer - believe me, if that hadn't been allowed we'd have known about it ;)