We shouldn't have brought ALL the kids' toys and clothes, they outgrew most of them before we were unpacked and now if we mention a clear-out my older son cries... so I'm stuck with them for now.

she should be careful about "stocking up" . You are only allowed 50 codeine based painkillers per person ( eg 222s, AC&C,tylenol#1 , acetaminophen+codeine generics) over the border...what she is doing is actually illegal!!

Aww, sorry about that Butch but hubby doesn't have a choice - we're all going whether he likes it or not! We would be renting to start with, is it a similar situation to the UK - you can rent furnished or unfurnished, or do you not have a choice? I've had a search around the forum and I've found that you are normally tied into a year's lease (which is okay - we should be pretty clear on what we're doing after a year) but nothing that says what's actually included in the rental. Maybe I'm looking in the wrong place.....

Thanks everyone.

Av

I'm pretty sure you can't buy Tylenol 3s (codeine flavour) over the counter. My wife has been taking lots of them recently, all on prescription.

Here in CowTown you can get shorter rentals (if you look hard), furnished or unfurnished. At the end of the day it's down to what you want to pay, where you want to be and what you REALLY need. Personally given the market for housing in MOST cities I'd be looking to buy asap.

A lot depends on the individual rental as to what is included in the rent, as Butch said. Also check whether utilities are included. Some rentals advertised for a year are subject to negotiation as to the term.

Go to the pharmacy and ask the pharmacist for them. They are about $7 for a bottle of 100 pills, or at least they were last time I bought them. I think there is a prescription version too that is stronger, but there is definitely an over the counter version as well. You can also get codeine cough syrup the same way which to me is the only one that really works on a bad cough.

T3's are the prescription strength.

If you ask the pharmacist they will sell you Tylenol 1's, a weaker variant.

You can also get cough syrups containing codeine without a prescription by asking the pharmacist.

Cheers
Steve

However reluctant you feel towards selling the things that you have worked hard to pay for, I would sell everthing and save the 3000 pounds we spent on the container, the only thing we use that we brought from the UK is our leather sofas, as we just purchased them from the ideal home expo before we came.....most of our other "Junk" sits still wrapped up in the basement (Note to self: must have a garage sale).

When we came the kids wanted new double beds for their larger rooms, we had to have new furniture to fit in the monster that we have, our Uk bed looked piddly....infact if you can afford it just buy everything here.

Is there anything we would have brought from the UK....Yup our Friends and some humour

AND WHATS WRONG WITH OUR HUMOUR.

Butch, I'm sure there's nothing wrong with your humour in fact, after reading some of your posts on here, it's doing just fine .

Frankie, I'm glad someone said that because that's precisely what I was thinking. I'd be quite happy to sell everything off (apart from personal stuff of course) and take the money. They have an Ikea in Canada, right? Well, I don't have particularly expensive tastes and most of my home right now is furnished from there - cheap, functional and with my kids around, easily replaceable. I'm not really "attached" to any of my furniture but I am wondering about the electricals. Most of the posts on here say that it's more expensive, less reliable electrical gear over there, so is it worth taking the washer, dryer, computer, TVs, games systems or is that false economy? Would the money we spend on shipping them, pay for new stuff over there?

Thanks guys.

Av

I would bring all the above items. They'll make very good garden ornaments .

Seriously the washer and dryer would need a pretty decent Transformer to work.

The TV would have to be dual system (PAL\NSTC)

The Games system would probably need chipping (and still may not work)

You'd be ok with the computer though.

Buying Electrical items is expensive everywhere, but it seriously isn't worth you bringing your items from the UK...unless they are dual voltage (loads of posts on this topic).

If you plan to buy a house, most opt for new ones, however if you want something a bit more established, you can usually ask for electrical items to be included in the sale of the property, such as Cooker, fridge freezer, washer and dryer, central vac...so that may help you out.

Also if you're not bothered about buying new then this bargain finder website will help you out, and of course there are always garage sales.

http://www.buysell.com/Brand/buysell/Splash.aspx

All your new items can be found in these websites, and you can compare prices....also remember everything comes on sale at least once a month here, so again you'll be able to save.

http://www.futureshop.ca/home.asp?test%5Fcookie=1

http://www.sears.ca/gp/home.html/104...s-Canada_Sears

http://www.bestbuy.ca/home.asp?test%5Fcookie=1

Hope these help.

In that case try Value Village

http://www.valuevillage.com/whoweare/canada/

Thanks everyone. Hubby was of the idea that why replace when we have it already - until I told him it would cost at the least about £3000 to ship it! I think the best idea would be to sell everything through the local paper, donate it if we can't get it all done in time then bin the rest. The local boot sale had better look out (that's if I can pry away all the kids toys that they don't play with - which is most of them!).
Okay, anything I really SHOULD bring (apart from the clothes, papers and photos) that maybe isn't obvious now but would be a pain in the derriere to replace......

Av