Justcol

Have been talking it over with the wife and it looks like we're going to be upping sticks and heading south to Dunedin.
We've got some finishing up to do in our current house to get it market ready and then it's put work transfers in and fingers crossed.
All being well, I'm hoping to be there in around 12 months time

Snap Shot

Good luck, hope all goes well with your plans.

BEVS

A change can be as good as a rest Col.

All the very best with this move.

bourbon-biscuit

Good luck with your plans. Any chance of some context to the post!? Why have you decided to move from the "paradise" that is Cambridge, and why Dunedin?

MrsFychan

yes I also want too be nosey and find out why the move , hope your plans are smooth running

Pigdog

You will get a transfer, fingers crossed. We're off next month, got transfer to OCF. Are you still coming to SHCF? If you are, must meet up for a cuppa.

Sparkleydiva

Good luck, hope it works out for you

Pom_Chch

Ah the South Island, well done Justcol, you've seen the light

Good luck with the move!

Justcol

Im still coming up, start on Monday with site intro then I think its 16A on Tues.
looks like 8-5's for a while so just pop in, kettles always on in my units. white and one is it ??


eh now, no need to get sarky !!
Its just time for a change and I miss snow !!

bearskin

Crikey, that is scarily not unlike plans of someone close to my home. You've not had a bug installed on our spa have you?

bourbon-biscuit

I live here - I'm totally allowed to be sarcastic about Pleasantville

Tom H

Going to the Scottish feel city of Dunedin

Good luck with the move. At least you're going to the only city in the South Island

Enjoy the sunny Otago Pennisula and the Albatrosses

barnsleymat

It's worth it just for a bit of Aurora spotting, this was from Thursday night.

Justcol

Short update to this thread

Things moved a little faster than we thought they would
We went down to Otago for a look around at the end of march, We were there for a few days
and drove all over the place, we booked in some house viewings to see what was on offer.
We decided that, as nice as it was, we didnt want to live in Dunedin itself, so we head off to Mosgiel.
Its a nice enough place but it wasnt worth moving for. Next we looked at one or two beach front places
which were nice but not for us.
We carried on out to Milton and Mrs Justcol didn't like the feel of the place so It was pointless me even trying
to convince her, so we turned right, and headed up to the small town of Lawrence. We had a drive around the place,
which didnt take long, there's only 450 people live there, spotted a house, called the agent, had a coffee,
viewed it, bought it

At that point we hadnt even started to apply for transfers or look for jobs. Our current place still needed
a fair bit doing to get it ready to sell, so on arriving home, I picked up a paint brush and roller and didnt
put them down again for two weeks.

We listed our place on a wed, had an open home on the sunday and sold it with multiple offers on the following Tuesday
for over $200k more than we were expecting. 4 of the 5 offers were from jaffas who were moving out.

My work transfer is now agreed, the wife has applied for some posts which seem favourable and we move in 4 weeks time

We've bought a similar, but, bigger, nicer, home, with half an acre of garden for less than half of what we sold ours for.
We are moving to a lovely town with a close community set in amongst the most beautiful surroundings,
and best of all, we will now be completely mortgage free

Stormer999

Excellent result....good luck with the house warming....