Browner_

I would call it backward, particularly in regards to quality of housing, heating, cars, drivers and road rules/sense, and general attitude of (unfortunately) a large percentage of the not terribly sophisticated population.

I mean, they dont even have compulsory third party motor insurance here. So every second teenager modifies their car so its extremely loud and often dangerous, drives it like an idiot and then smashes into you, but they dont have any insurance to compensate you. Now that, in my opinion, is backwards.

PAUL M

Yeah , that sounds backward
What youve been saying , I dont think you like it there much , would you come back to the UK

bourbon-biscuit

Paul you'll adjust your tastes once here. We were bigs fans of the Victorian Terrace in the UK but now I very much like Kiwi homes- so much that I built one Don't write them off aesthetically yet- you go through a process of Kiwising once here!

Do you really mean 250K NZ dollars? You'll need to stick to areas like Palmerston North then because you simply can't buy at that price in the big cities. If you stay modest about what you want, buy something that you can modernise, you should be fine but there's no way you can buy somewhere with DG and CH for $250K.

It is warmer in most areas compared with most areas of the UK but not hugely so, although some areas are hugely warmer- eg compare Hawkes Bay to Scotland! Kiwis are different and generally seem quite content to live in fairly crappy houses and have the boat than do without the boat and do up the house. That's only true for some though- there are loads of architecturally built stylish warm homes about but they're big money.



From NZIS settlement site:

southerner

Installers of radiators and heat pump systems do good business down here. It can't all be immigrants who are paying for them, so maybe the locals are not as backward as those where you're based.

Thats amazing! I want to see that.

Maz

Me too!

I am not a fan of full central heating anyway, it's wasteful.

Browner_

You be a fan of central heating after living in a wooden shack for a length of time

pascalr

Yes, and running a heatpump or similar contraption hour after hour with little effect isn't?

Maz

Ooh look, the usual suspects are out and about.

I heard someone say - maybe even on this forum - that Brits heat houses, Kiwis heat rooms. The latter is far more economical.

I bought a house with double-glazing, proper insulation (we would have put it in anyway) and heat in every room. We don't heat every room, that would be a waste, as we don't use every room when we need to heat parts of the house.

pascalr

I bet you can't wait for the bill!

Maz

Which bill? Gas & electric are actually pretty good, bill-wise. Thanks for your "concern" though.

pascalr

Yes, but it's ALMOST winter and not so concerned

Genesis

Why are you sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo bitter and always having a dig at others P?


You seem really unhappy. If so why are you here??

Maz

Well duh I know you don't give a shit about anyone else and will twist the knife in wherever possible. I think that's evident to anyone with half a brain.

pascalr

Oh, am I the only one that has a dig.

Seriously you know absolutely nothing about me.

Do not get so personal!

pascalr

Yep, forum and real life......can you tell the difference?