theduke

Well,here it is it has come around so quick I nearly missed it, we fly out today and must thank everyone for there time and patience with my silly questions over the last 2months.

See you all on the other side!

Glasgow-London-Tiawan-Bangkok-Auckland, after that I will never want to fly again :scared:

Andy

pixi-dust

safe travels

ex geordie

Just sit and relax and enjoy the inflight entertainment and you will be here in no time

SarahB

Have a safe trip.... have ordered the lovely weather for your arrival !!

Boopy

Good luck, hoping all works out well for you.

Biddy

Good luck from here too bit late I know - in fact you're probably here already!
How was the trip?

theduke

Well here we are,weather superb wish it was like this all the time, Thank you everyone for your kind well wishing.

Let the house hunting begin, lol

Joshlin

welcome, welcome, welcome
can't wait to hear your observations and experiences
where did you end up?
Vicki

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Very best of luck.


Go get them tiger!

livewire

Yes, the weather is wonderful isn't it. Good luck with the house hunting, hope you find something soon.

Andrew Cross

Best of luck to you.... We've been here for five weeks and the whole family are loving it, hope its all you wish for !!!!

theduke

Thank you, just back from doing the dolphin and whale safari it was a great day out for all the family.

Wife getting a little pissed about the letting agents,why are they so up themselves?

Advice for anyone comming over try and do all your house hunting homework prior to getting here, we thought we would get a rental no worries, but some are just down right awful along with the agents.

Andrew Cross

Yep I totally agree, been there and done that. We had two weeks in a motel and thought we would have no problem finding a rental in that time. What a nightmare. We spend every day and night driving past houses to see if we liked them and by the time we got to the agent it had been let, also we had no pc so we had to use the internet cafe down the road to look on the net as well. When we finally found one I was up for living in a squat, just somewhere to call home. Best of luck though and dont worry you will find somewhere eventually, ours was worth the three weeks it took to find it and we are all really happy here!!!

scottish

Pm a lady called Startright (Jean) on teh other site www. u k 2 nz. co.uk (sorry about the spacing). She is a letting realtor in Howick. Might be wrong side of Auckland for you but then again might not.

livewire

Don't let their attitudes put you off, your money is as good as the next person's and they are going to take a fair wodge of it off you too.

They do tend to cover quite limited local areas, if you're looking for something good then visit the agents in a more "upmarket" area perhaps?

A desirable school zone can make even a dump expensive so be wary, people often rent these for a short time to get their kids in and then hand in the tenancy after a few months.

Almost all of them do a printed list of what's available so get the lists every week and keep an eye on the local free papers.

I've seen some pretty awful shacks that I wouldn't even use to camp in, let alone put my belongings into .

Don't be disheartened, keep plugging away you'll get something sooner or later. New stuff is coming up all the time.