Finally...we have a date for going home!
#31
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Re: Finally...we have a date for going home!
Just a little thing that might help when you get back. If you can download your local electoral register forms and get them into the UK as quickly as possible. There is an update of the national register on 1st December which will help with anything you need to buy using credit such as mortgage or a mobile phone.
We missed the last update by 2 days so are having to wait until December before we can apply for a mortgage. The next update is not until April.
We missed the last update by 2 days so are having to wait until December before we can apply for a mortgage. The next update is not until April.
#32
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Location: Currently Burns Beach, moving to NE UK Jan 2011
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Re: Finally...we have a date for going home!
Thanks - that's good advice that I read somewhere else on here a while ago. When we first move back, we will be living with my parents for a short while, so I asked them to include us on their electoral register forms a few months ago.
Just a little thing that might help when you get back. If you can download your local electoral register forms and get them into the UK as quickly as possible. There is an update of the national register on 1st December which will help with anything you need to buy using credit such as mortgage or a mobile phone.
We missed the last update by 2 days so are having to wait until December before we can apply for a mortgage. The next update is not until April.
We missed the last update by 2 days so are having to wait until December before we can apply for a mortgage. The next update is not until April.
#33
Re: Finally...we have a date for going home!
Just a little thing that might help when you get back. If you can download your local electoral register forms and get them into the UK as quickly as possible. There is an update of the national register on 1st December which will help with anything you need to buy using credit such as mortgage or a mobile phone.
We missed the last update by 2 days so are having to wait until December before we can apply for a mortgage. The next update is not until April.
We missed the last update by 2 days so are having to wait until December before we can apply for a mortgage. The next update is not until April.
This thing re the electoral roll, is that just to do with schooling or it will prove beneficial in other ways such as housing or taxes or something?
It's so long that I have been on an electoral register I am like a ghost!! Miss Nobody
#34
Re: Finally...we have a date for going home!
I couldn't even get a 15 quid a month phone contract until I was on the electoral roll. If you want credit of any kind, however small it is very important.
#35
Re: Finally...we have a date for going home!
OK will get on the electoral roll ASAP!! I didn't need the credit thingie last year but my next time around is going to be far leaner.........
#37
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Re: Finally...we have a date for going home!
Our house sale has just gone unconditional so I can finally get the shipping and flights home booked! Am very happy but very nervous!
My parents arrive here on 9th December for a 5 weeks holiday and our house settlement goes through on 10th December, so I've booked us all into a holiday rental for our last few weeks in Oz.
We are using Kents for the shipping as they've been recommended to us by a few people and their rate was the best I got - $7225 for a 20ft container from Perth to UK.
I've booked our one way flights to the UK for 13th January.
We'll be moving in with my parents when we return for a few weeks while we try to sort out an unfurnished rental.
My biggest issue is going to be getting my 10 year old daughter a school place. I can't apply to the council for a school place until I get a rental in the catchment area and even if I get a rental in the catchment, it doesn't guarantee we get a school place as the area we will live in is over subscribed for schooling! It's a bit of a chicken and egg situation! Pointless getting a rental in a certain area if we can't get in the school. I just hope we get lucky!
We have a Toyota Tarago to sell before we go and will be having a garage sale as there is no way that the furniture we have here will fit in a UK house.
So lots to organize, but I'm so happy it's happening.
We came to live in Australia for an adventure and once we got the visa, we couldn't not try it. We assumed we would both get well paid jobs (as we had in the UK) and would enjoy a comfortable lifestyle here, but it hasn't happened. If I could press rewind and go back to the point we were at when we left the UK, I definitely would! I just hope we can put our life back together when we return. We might not earn as much as we used to, as the doom and gloom surrounding the UK at the moment might affect this, but having close friends and family close by will make all the difference.
I will update on our progress when we get back because I've enjoyed reading how other people have found it and hope someone is interested in our experiences!
My parents arrive here on 9th December for a 5 weeks holiday and our house settlement goes through on 10th December, so I've booked us all into a holiday rental for our last few weeks in Oz.
We are using Kents for the shipping as they've been recommended to us by a few people and their rate was the best I got - $7225 for a 20ft container from Perth to UK.
I've booked our one way flights to the UK for 13th January.
We'll be moving in with my parents when we return for a few weeks while we try to sort out an unfurnished rental.
My biggest issue is going to be getting my 10 year old daughter a school place. I can't apply to the council for a school place until I get a rental in the catchment area and even if I get a rental in the catchment, it doesn't guarantee we get a school place as the area we will live in is over subscribed for schooling! It's a bit of a chicken and egg situation! Pointless getting a rental in a certain area if we can't get in the school. I just hope we get lucky!
We have a Toyota Tarago to sell before we go and will be having a garage sale as there is no way that the furniture we have here will fit in a UK house.
So lots to organize, but I'm so happy it's happening.
We came to live in Australia for an adventure and once we got the visa, we couldn't not try it. We assumed we would both get well paid jobs (as we had in the UK) and would enjoy a comfortable lifestyle here, but it hasn't happened. If I could press rewind and go back to the point we were at when we left the UK, I definitely would! I just hope we can put our life back together when we return. We might not earn as much as we used to, as the doom and gloom surrounding the UK at the moment might affect this, but having close friends and family close by will make all the difference.
I will update on our progress when we get back because I've enjoyed reading how other people have found it and hope someone is interested in our experiences!
#38
Re: Finally...we have a date for going home!
Gill - I will post you an update tomorrow as I am just heading to bed.
We did 2 and a half years in Perth and came home (using Kent). Been back in UK a year now. No regrets - just try to stay positive. We left UK for a reason and came back for a reason.
We are delighted to be home - It's not all doom and gloom.
Wishing you the very best of luck and enjoy your holiday.
Any questions - feel free to ask.
Jan
We did 2 and a half years in Perth and came home (using Kent). Been back in UK a year now. No regrets - just try to stay positive. We left UK for a reason and came back for a reason.
We are delighted to be home - It's not all doom and gloom.
Wishing you the very best of luck and enjoy your holiday.
Any questions - feel free to ask.
Jan