ble

I am just trying to sort out in my mind the time implications of the things necessary, before I hit the OH with the results. Best not to scare the man too much

So my question.
How long have people found it takes their container to go back to the Northern Hemisphere from NZ (or Australia)?

From memory it was 12 weeks before we got our things from the UK.
Am I looking at a similar time scale?


Many thanks everyone.

janeyk

6-8 weeks strange isn't it, ours left 19/11/09 and arrived in UK 28/12/09 this is with Crown others have hadasimilar experience where are you going from and to?

ble

From NZ.

It won't be until the back half of the year but just trying to start getting my head around timings and how long I would be sleeping on the floor.

Not long from the sound of it

janeyk

we sold our house at the beginning of November although not returning due tho the pooch until Jan so we have rented a Bach in Wellington at a really good rate apart from the rent we have only had to find food for the 11 weeks so managed to save loads!

kirstyp

Hi!

It depends on whether you have got an exclusive container or groupage container service from your moving company. 12 weeks sounds like groupage? It can also depend on which shipping line your removal company uses - as a guide the minimum you're looking at from NZ or Australia for an exclusive container is 7-9 weeks. If you're going groupage allow 10 - 14 depending on your removal company.

Hope that helps?

Kirsty

janeyk

no comig out we had single use container however the container seemed to go to every port on route going back ironically we are going groupage and it has taken half the time

ble

Nope, we had sole use of a 40ft container coming out to NZ. But we made it.

That is all in the past, - we are stuck here now, and looking to do it the other way round - NZ to UK, and I had heard rumour that it was far quicker the heading north. Just wanted to check with people what or how they had found it timewise.
Many thanks

sfr09

You also need to add on Customer Clearance and Handling, ours took and extra 3 weeks!

Good Luck

midgetjan

Our 20ft container (sole use) left Perth, Australia in November 09 and arrived in UK, cleared customs and was driven from England to Aberdeen, Scotland. Arrived on 23 Dec 09 - 5 weeks after leaving us. That was using Kent removals.

Furniture now in storage at a cost of £52 a week as we were not ready for it arriving so quickly

janeyk

snap ours is already their but did thats their fault as we said we did not want it until end of Feb soo we are not bearing the cost of storage! lets hope everything is in one piece!