Cost of living for a family in Welly
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Cost of living for a family in Welly
Hi,
looking for any advice anyone can give on the cost of living in Wellington.
We will be moving out to Wellington in Jan 08 with OH job and would appreciate any indication of costs for a family of four(two adults, 1 three yr old and an infant)
Looking online at rentals but dont want o get too excited about places if it means we cant eat/live! Should have about $500 a week after rent looking at the places we like. Is this reasonable?
any help much appreciated
ta
Julie
looking for any advice anyone can give on the cost of living in Wellington.
We will be moving out to Wellington in Jan 08 with OH job and would appreciate any indication of costs for a family of four(two adults, 1 three yr old and an infant)
Looking online at rentals but dont want o get too excited about places if it means we cant eat/live! Should have about $500 a week after rent looking at the places we like. Is this reasonable?
any help much appreciated
ta
Julie
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Re: Cost of living for a family in Welly
You won't be living the high life, but if you are careful with your budget you shouldn't go hungry. If you have PR will you need to look into the Working for Families scheme. That will help.
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Re: Cost of living for a family in Welly
thanks alot. Guess I want to avoid tax breaks at mo as I want to contribute before we start getting any thing out of NZ. Probably look at a cheaper rental before we buy.
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Re: Cost of living for a family in Welly
Bit difficult as we dont know Wellington. We need three bedrooms, oudoor space for kids but dont want to be too far from his office until the job has settled in. Looking on tradeMe, about $400 - $600 seems to be the going rate in and around the city but I guess we'll know more when we get there.
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Re: Cost of living for a family in Welly
Bit difficult as we dont know Wellington. We need three bedrooms, outdoor space for kids but don't want to be too far from his office until the job has settled in. Looking on tradeMe, about $400 - $600 seems to be the going rate in and around the city but I guess we'll know more when we get there.
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Re: Cost of living for a family in Welly
Outdoor space is everywhere here-parks in every suburb. If you mean space in your garden you may haveto move slightly outside the city which shoves your price up a bit.
A good site is RealNZ,or Realenz-one or the other. They have all properties available per region. Personally I would recommend Porirua!
A good site is RealNZ,or Realenz-one or the other. They have all properties available per region. Personally I would recommend Porirua!
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Re: Cost of living for a family in Welly
Quite why so many advise so many 'to live in the HUTT' is beyond us.
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Re: Cost of living for a family in Welly
Its this townie (Wellington City) vs country bumpkin (Hutt, Porirua, Kapati etc) thing.
Yo Wurzel's get of my land !!!!!
Yo Wurzel's get of my land !!!!!
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Re: Cost of living for a family in Welly
At least if all the expats drive up the property prices in the Hutt...it means that the nicer (and top secret) parts of Wellington will stay reasonably priced.
(insert smiley face going 'shhhhhh' here)