Hello, I am new to this forum, after a brilliant holiday and a job offer in Grenada, I feel in the next year it is time to move ( the job offer is with a UK friend so is not time compliant)
Has anyone had any dealings with containers for removals from the UK, and who with.
I have started the de cluttering process, but now I find that with the amount I havnt got, do I need a 40foot container.
As i am looking at renting a condo, or even part of a house, which most are coming furnished,is it cheaper to only take clothes and sentimental stuff, and buy furniture out there.( I am doing a second trip in November).
If anyone has prior dealings with any companies before I would love to hear from you, my e mail address is [email protected]

Dylan Wyatt

40' container is lot of stuff to move. For every large volume (space hog) item you want to ship, look for the similar equivalent when you visit in November.

Thankyou for replying, After speaking to some friends out there, there is a problem with storage and the humidity as well.Measuring up very carefully, I can store furniture in the uk, get some stuff sent with Pickfords, and will carry 3 23kg suitcases on the flight.Yes a 40ft container is well over the top!
Hopefully, I will get everything over, but as you said, a lot of things are probably cheaper to buy over there, than getting shipped, or air freighted.

Sorry adding to my last comments, has anyone found a cheaper way, of sending bulk parcels abroad, without the need of a mortgage, time is not an issue in transit.

If you are yourself traveling, I believe (I know Lucians do) you can ship goods "with you" as unaccompanied in boxes and this seems to be extremely viable cost-wise. Check it out for Grenada on Virgin. You may need a Caribbean specialist air cargo handler at your London end for this.

If Grenada is like St Lucia then almost all furniture including beds, living room chairs, barstools, character storage boxes, you name it can be built by skilled craftsmen locally at reasonable price levels. This can add real character to your home. Picture-framing also proves very reasonable and attractive. The influx of foreign buyers has also given rise to specialists in making drapery items to order.

Cheers Pete, I am hoping to only take 10x 10kg boxes and 3 x 23kg suitcases and store the rest.

Yes, Grenada is like St Lucia, but a bigger airport Even on the market and in some of the resorts the quality of skill by craftsmen is outstanding,I am only looking at renting initially, so the less I have to take the better,as most places are furnished which is a brilliant idea

I presume you mean bigger terminal building and not that the captain of a B747 has to slam on the breaks at UVF so as not to over-extend the runway.

St Lucia was planning to spend USD 120 million on new terminals etc. to meet the influx of visitors until a change of government curtailed those plans for now, though I don't see any cancellation of the resultant increase in departure tax yet as this was supposed to be user-funded.

Yes that, no I came on a 777 BA who then proceeded to slingshot at the end on the runway after spending an hour on the Tarmac ringing the uk trying to balance the aircraft!!!!

Also on the move note, has had anyone had dealings with what to do with pensions and private pensions, and credit cards, based in this country, but still want to use in Grenada

Can you elaborate,

Are you wanting to use a UK issued credit card in Grenada and are you wanting to continue paying into UK approved pension scheme and your UK state pension?

You can still use your UK credit card or ATM card in Grenada but you would probably want to make sure that you have electronic banking with the issuer and the funding bank rather than rely on the mail.

If employed in Grenada, you can gain approval to pay Class 3 NI conts by contacting The (Uk) National Pension Service or HMRC Non Residents.

Again, if employed, one would think that approved scheme pension conts would be tax deductible so there could??? still be limited tax advantages BUT you would need to ensure that everything you own was being "run" from Grenada for this to be seemless as one can hardly claim a deduction for Grenada tax when it is actually being funded from income or assets beyond the clutches of the Grenada tax system. That said, it is my understanding that islands such as Grenada, but not Barbados, tax on the basis of domicile rather than residency, therefore IF you are not domiciled (requires a degree of permanency) you only pay tax on your Grenada source taxable income.

Hi thanks for responding;

I am buying a place in the uk, as a buy to rent which will give me enough money 276,000ecs approx to pay for a rented place in Grenada for the 1st year.
When I am over there in November, I will set up a bank account, as none of the banks want to do it on line from uk, just need to find what documents I need to bring and whether I can as not a Grenadian resident yet.
All the work permits etc will be done by my employer.
As I will still have a bank account and savings account in the uk, which is electronic, I was wondering whether to keep Barclaycard in the uk or get rid of it totally and get a debit card from a Grenadian Bank.
I still run 3 private pension schemes in the uk, and it would be what to do with them.
As you said, get everything done electronically, which would be easier, but I can also set up a PO box in Grenada.
There are plenty of questions still to be answered, but most can be done in November. What I am trying to do is get ready for early next year move, and get everything in place. I will also have plenty of funds in the uk in case of anything unexpected.

You should be fine if your UK property after tax yields 276,000EC and you can live off that.

You should be able to live off a quarter of that and be comfortable in Grenada, and not even work.

oooops got the decimal point in the wrong place, with a job should have 90000ecs per year to live on( cant spend all day on Hog Island and partying can I)