Online Article about NZ - why we all love Nz apparently. (merged 2 threads)
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Re: Online Article about NZ - why we all love Nz apparently. (merged 2 threads)
[QUOTE=sr71;7683463]Unless you live Auckland, up north, Tauranga etc then you are going to get temperatures similar to the UK.
No you're not. We live in Palmy and the weather here is positively balmy mid winter by comparison to what a UK winter is like. I did not come here for the weather but I feel it is way better than the south of the UK generally. We do get some hard rain now and then and big winds Oct/ Nov time but apart from that I think the weather is fine here. The winters here in the lower of the north Island remind me of winter in Spain. Maybe its all the same if you analyse it and I think its better here because I am waaaaaaaaaaaaaay more content in Nz than I ever was in the UK. Whatever.
No you're not. We live in Palmy and the weather here is positively balmy mid winter by comparison to what a UK winter is like. I did not come here for the weather but I feel it is way better than the south of the UK generally. We do get some hard rain now and then and big winds Oct/ Nov time but apart from that I think the weather is fine here. The winters here in the lower of the north Island remind me of winter in Spain. Maybe its all the same if you analyse it and I think its better here because I am waaaaaaaaaaaaaay more content in Nz than I ever was in the UK. Whatever.
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Re: Online Article about NZ - why we all love Nz apparently. (merged 2 threads)
We sold a 2 br mid terrace house for 300gbp, transferred dosh at 2.75, bought 5+ br villa for $510nzd including 50k on new roof, insulation and heating. So we probably got twice the house for about two thirds the price. The same relativity was possible right through until 2008 when the Uk market turned down.
Even now, for those who have reasonable equity in UK property, there still will be the opportunity to 'cash in' on moving to NZ, and reduce, if not eliminate, their mortgage.
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Re: Online Article about NZ - why we all love Nz apparently. (merged 2 threads)
I WISH I COULD LIVE THE LIFE THAT YOU HAVE!
then I wouldn't drink beer everyday or drink my age in pints on weekends ........
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Re: Online Article about NZ - why we all love Nz apparently. (merged 2 threads)
Or am I just generalising?
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Fancy the Specials gig......?
Drinking like that is possibly better than acting your shoe size.......cue another lyrical comment......
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Thank you for enlightening us Caz, hubby and l are thinking of emigrating to NZ and want to be where the weather is warmish through out the winter as l have that nasty friend arthur i tus and here in Uk it's giving me grief. my doctor jokingly suggested l would feel so much better in a warmer climate...again thanks for your input...xxElainexx
Unless you live Auckland, up north, Tauranga etc then you are going to get temperatures similar to the UK.
That statements kinda wrong, I dont live in any of these places you mention but in NP , we dont get weather like the uk either, infact its nothing like it. oh yea wait a minute the lovely winter days we are getting the now remind me of a brithish summer day lol. In the uk i tended to wear a jacket daily , i still dont really wear one here apart from a few wet days but thats more to keep dry as its still hot outside.. as im sitting here typing this the sun is pouring in the window its so beautiful burning my kneck,
That statements kinda wrong, I dont live in any of these places you mention but in NP , we dont get weather like the uk either, infact its nothing like it. oh yea wait a minute the lovely winter days we are getting the now remind me of a brithish summer day lol. In the uk i tended to wear a jacket daily , i still dont really wear one here apart from a few wet days but thats more to keep dry as its still hot outside.. as im sitting here typing this the sun is pouring in the window its so beautiful burning my kneck,
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Re: Online Article about NZ - why we all love Nz apparently. (merged 2 threads)
Actually I can personally vouch for that. We moved from Kingston on Thames to Dunedin in 2003.
We sold a 2 br mid terrace house for 300gbp, transferred dosh at 2.75, bought 5+ br villa for $510nzd including 50k on new roof, insulation and heating. So we probably got twice the house for about two thirds the price. The same relativity was possible right through until 2008 when the Uk market turned down.
Even now, for those who have reasonable equity in UK property, there still will be the opportunity to 'cash in' on moving to NZ, and reduce, if not eliminate, their mortgage.
We sold a 2 br mid terrace house for 300gbp, transferred dosh at 2.75, bought 5+ br villa for $510nzd including 50k on new roof, insulation and heating. So we probably got twice the house for about two thirds the price. The same relativity was possible right through until 2008 when the Uk market turned down.
Even now, for those who have reasonable equity in UK property, there still will be the opportunity to 'cash in' on moving to NZ, and reduce, if not eliminate, their mortgage.
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You'll see from my post I included the cost of getting the house into a shape we were comfortable with. Peeps looking at NZ properties online should try to do the same.
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As far as "trading up" goes it was an obtuse ironic reference to people who buy a lemon here and realise that they need to cut their losses - I know of immigrants who have been stung that way, even those who you would expect to be able to spot a dodgy build.
Hate to generalise again but some asian developers seem rather "sharp" when it comes to new builds......
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Thank you for enlightening us Caz, hubby and l are thinking of emigrating to NZ and want to be where the weather is warmish through out the winter as l have that nasty friend arthur i tus and here in Uk it's giving me grief. my doctor jokingly suggested l would feel so much better in a warmer climate...again thanks for your input...xxElainexx
your very welcome, dont get me wrong the nights are cold, but a good heat pump will solve that... glorious sunny day again
Thank you for enlightening us Caz, hubby and l are thinking of emigrating to NZ and want to be where the weather is warmish through out the winter as l have that nasty friend arthur i tus and here in Uk it's giving me grief. my doctor jokingly suggested l would feel so much better in a warmer climate...again thanks for your input...xxElainexx
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l have that nasty friend arthur i tus and here in Uk it's giving me grief. my doctor jokingly suggested l would feel so much better in a warmer climate
If you have some arthritis , then think about the humidity of the area also.
The Nelson and Bleneim areas are renown for their sunshine hours and are not humid.
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lardyl, I am neither an alcoholi.c nor a stereotype ...... I drink a pint sometimes with blokes though and a bottle of beer sometimes at home . But I've got LOTS of stress from work everyday and I (only) wish I was a man! so that I can drink as much as I want! A frequent drinking habit is seriously bad for women's health. I don't want to have breast cancer etc very soon.
after all, I don't like a Kiwi drinking culture. it's tad strange.
Pubs? None existent pub culture here.
Why I love Nz apparently? I like some Kiwi beer........That's about it.
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Hi Libby
the "stereotype" comment was to do with the Specials song "Stereotype" where "he drinks his age in pints"........"but he doesn't really exist"
Sorry to make light of your situation.
Most of my memory loss is probably down to drinking plenty in my 20s and doing the "ton up" in units in the odd week.
If your gonna drink beer then why not drink the better stuff. I like the Old Dark. Drinking lots on your own is not so good though. Just keep safe matey.
the "stereotype" comment was to do with the Specials song "Stereotype" where "he drinks his age in pints"........"but he doesn't really exist"
Sorry to make light of your situation.
Most of my memory loss is probably down to drinking plenty in my 20s and doing the "ton up" in units in the odd week.
If your gonna drink beer then why not drink the better stuff. I like the Old Dark. Drinking lots on your own is not so good though. Just keep safe matey.