Suesherr

Will shipping companies hold your stuff for a few months until you get sorted with accomodation, if you haven't already sorted a place to live before you arrive?

RobDon

Yes they will, not sure of the costs involved though sorry.
We had accomodation sorted by the time the container arrived.

thedtb

Yes, they will, we had PSS store our stuff from September 13th, until December 8th when it finally left the UK (we had them hold on to it until the wife secured a job out here).

We needed a 40ft container which was probably about 3/4 full and we were paying them £53 per week for the storage alone.... note though that if you're insuring your goods for the journey across, you'll also need to extend the insurance to cover the storage period too... if the storage period extends further, extend the insurance further and so on.

We sorted our insurance out through lettonpercival.co.uk (Brian Naughton) - much cheaper than the policy offered by PSS and we were paying them £68.84 per month for the storage period.

Dewb09

We may have to store here in UK as well for a while. Did anyone else have to do this using a different company from PSS.

Dewb

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Do be aware that the std lettonpercival cover does not include the costs of the removal shippers going bust. And if the do, you'll end up shelling out twice to get your gear.

I would also not trust Allied Movers NZ, who arranged a removal date for my container in Auckland, but then said missing paperwork at Tauranga was holding up. When I chased up things, my container never went via Tauranga, and was not held for missing papaerwork at all. By that time, the UK firm and then gone bust, I ended up having to pay for International Shipping element again, and the NZ removals through Allied who even charged extra holding charges for holding onto my container.

sirplug

Depends on the shipping company. Another choice is to ask for it to go on a slow boat. We had ours stored for 4 weeks (for free) but then the removals company got a boat that would take 10 weeks to arrive. Worked out cheaper than the normal 6 week boat....Also, remember the delay at NZ and going through MAF clearance. Could add another week on......

kirstyp

Yes most of them will (if they have storage facilities). Some may offer a set period of free storage or some may have a per week charge. Equally if you'd rather it stored in the UK before you go most companies can do this too, and find out how long they estimate your goods to be on the water as this could give you between 6-14 weeks leeway from collection depending on if you have an exclusive or groupage service.

Kirsty