Getting Cold Feet (& haven't even left the UK yet)
Mar 8th 2016, 5:18 pm
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Re: Getting Cold Feet (& haven't even left the UK yet)
Thank you for your reply simonsi. Just to carify - does the drinking water come from the tank too? Not the mains like in the UK?
Correct, if you are on tank then likely there is NO mains supply.
That's good to know - I hope there aren't any drainage issues associated with the heavy rainfall. We've sometimes had surface flooding in our town due to drains not being able to cope
Correct, if you are on tank then likely there is NO mains supply.
That's good to know - I hope there aren't any drainage issues associated with the heavy rainfall. We've sometimes had surface flooding in our town due to drains not being able to cope
In addition the roads tend to have large drainage ditches alongside that, due to the cost, aren't seamlessly protected by armco so inattention on rural roads gets ounished pretty harshly.
Mar 8th 2016, 9:29 pm
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Re: Getting Cold Feet (& haven't even left the UK yet)
Thank you for your reply simonsi. Just to carify - does the drinking water come from the tank too? Not the mains like in the UK?
That's good to know - I hope there aren't any drainage issues associated with the heavy rainfall. We've sometimes had surface flooding in our town due to drains not being able to cope
That's good to know - I hope there aren't any drainage issues associated with the heavy rainfall. We've sometimes had surface flooding in our town due to drains not being able to cope
It rains a lot in Auckland, so surface flooding is common when the storm water drains can't cope. It usually drains away very quickly though. Can say for the area you might be moving to.
Mar 9th 2016, 7:02 pm
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Re: Getting Cold Feet (& haven't even left the UK yet)
Per capita that is correct given most people live in urban centres but anything rural will be tank water (bore or roof fed) and septic tank. Nothing to fret about with the latter, most UK rural properties are the same.
Mar 28th 2016, 10:10 pm
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Thank you for your reply jmh.
Unfortunately our mortgage is coming to an end and we won't be able to get a new one (OH too old). So a move would have to have been on the cards anyway - a cheaper area of the UK or NZ. We have enough equity in the house to be able to buy outright in Wanganui. Also reading about people's experiences with renting in NZ makes me wary of following suit. We want to feel comfortable in our living space & able to make any necessary adjustments as we see fit. Insulation & proper heating is top of my list - in fact it's one of the absolute deal breakers when looking for new property. I'm not a hot water bottle person
Unfortunately our mortgage is coming to an end and we won't be able to get a new one (OH too old). So a move would have to have been on the cards anyway - a cheaper area of the UK or NZ. We have enough equity in the house to be able to buy outright in Wanganui. Also reading about people's experiences with renting in NZ makes me wary of following suit. We want to feel comfortable in our living space & able to make any necessary adjustments as we see fit. Insulation & proper heating is top of my list - in fact it's one of the absolute deal breakers when looking for new property. I'm not a hot water bottle person
Mar 29th 2016, 12:32 am
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Have you checked out the exchange rate at this moment in time? We planned to exchange 250k and have been watching exchange rate since sept, we have lost the equivalent of $100k as the pound becomes weak with the impending doom of the UK coming out of the EU. We are having to rent. Arrive in Christchurch 24th April.
Mar 29th 2016, 7:32 am
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Have you checked out the exchange rate at this moment in time? We planned to exchange 250k and have been watching exchange rate since sept, we have lost the equivalent of $100k as the pound becomes weak with the impending doom of the UK coming out of the EU. We are having to rent. Arrive in Christchurch 24th April.
Why didnt you exchange in September, it was obvious the brexit debate
was only ever going to have a negative impact
I guess I just dont get speculative greed.I don't see the point in
worrying over something that doesn't exist.
Mar 29th 2016, 7:42 am
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Re: Getting Cold Feet (& haven't even left the UK yet)
Its not really lost, as it was never yours in the first place.
Why didnt you exchange in September, it was obvious the brexit debate
was only ever going to have a negative impact
I guess I just dont get speculative greed.I don't see the point in
worrying over something that doesn't exist.
Why didnt you exchange in September, it was obvious the brexit debate
was only ever going to have a negative impact
I guess I just dont get speculative greed.I don't see the point in
worrying over something that doesn't exist.
Mar 29th 2016, 7:53 am
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Re: Getting Cold Feet (& haven't even left the UK yet)
I've spent most of my life living in houses with tank and soakaway sewarge systems and never had a problem. Never needed a tank 'pumped out' and only had the odd need to rod the pipse after guests didn't follow the no 'ladies towels' down the loo rule. We now have a sign in the bathroom that says, "You clog it, you rod it".
We've always had mains water but we're the only house in the hamlet with it. With the tank water supply I'm assuming there's a filtration system between tank and drinking water outlet or am I being naieve?
We've always had mains water but we're the only house in the hamlet with it. With the tank water supply I'm assuming there's a filtration system between tank and drinking water outlet or am I being naieve?
Mar 29th 2016, 7:59 am
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I've spent most of my life living in houses with tank and soakaway sewarge systems and never had a problem. Never needed a tank 'pumped out' and only had the odd need to rod the pipse after guests didn't follow the no 'ladies towels' down the loo rule. We now have a sign in the bathroom that says, "You clog it, you rod it".
We've always had mains water but we're the only house in the hamlet with it. With the tank water supply I'm assuming there's a filtration system between tank and drinking water outlet or am I being naieve?
We've always had mains water but we're the only house in the hamlet with it. With the tank water supply I'm assuming there's a filtration system between tank and drinking water outlet or am I being naieve?
Mar 29th 2016, 10:49 am
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I would have exchanged it back in september if id had the money from the sale of the house. i just pointing out that it is better to rent at this moment in time rather than buying a house. will sit and wait for the outcome of the vote. all in my favour i hope. 
Mar 29th 2016, 5:41 pm
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Mar 29th 2016, 7:38 pm
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Mar 31st 2016, 1:54 am
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But the trick is clean gutters and minimise birds on the roof ;-)
