CasG

Just wondered - not seen them hear much of late..

If either of you read this - then I hope life is treating you well

Cas

lynnlovessun

Was thinking the very same myself the other day Cas - the must be having such good fun in their new lifes!!!!!!

Where are you both!!?

Lynn

jimtrish

seems they have been on all our minds lately, would be lovely to hear how they all are

nikkers

Hiya

Sorry haven't been on much.

Graham and I have just bought a house! Jez has also bought a house infact we both completed on the same day!!!!!

Jez is busy sanding floors etc :scared:
Graham and I have been looking at Kitchens and bathrooms etc both our houses need work doing!
We all still love it here!

Nikki x

RAG62

New life in Oz, big adventure, lost to do and see versus spend a lot of time on the Internet. I know what I would be doing

Rich

lynnlovessun

Tell us more!!!!! What area have you bought in? Any area's you would particularly recommend to rent in when me and Marc arrive over?

Lynn

nikkers

Hiya Lynn

Jez and us like Cleveland (Bayside) we've both bought there.


It depends on what you can afford though.

Graham and I rented a fairly expensive property ie on the water own jetty!!! $500 per month

You can get cheaper although we had little choice as we arrived during xmas holidays.We have a Fantastic rental: Lovely views,pool,own pontoon etc

when we looked at houses to buy..... We wanted the same..... bit of a problem...so expensive

Luckily we have bought a tired house with same view but need a mortgage and need to do Kitchens bathrooms etc and bought at auction( land Value)

I would say don't rent a really nice place (with views)if you can't afford to buy......

Just leads to disappointment..... we are lucky...... :scared:


Nikki x

tiredwithtwins

only $500 a month!!??? thats cheap isnt it!??




.....or have i calculated the exchange rate wrong?

glad to hear you are all getting settled!
keep up the updates!

sue x

charlie63

Think your calculating it right think Nikkers meant a week!!! surely if not I want that house!!!!!!!

We re looking at the $280 - $350 mark in the redlands area 3- 4 beds

Charlie

tiredwithtwins

hehe...thought it was a bit too good to be true!
we are looking to save enough to spend about £100 - £150 a week (approx $200-£350 a week) for a 3/4 bed house. seems a fairly normal amount to pay on rent for the area.
have seen 'some' small properties - 3 bed - with small gardens for less than $200 a week!
mind you, anything will be good compared to the house we live in now (a 2up 2down with 3 kids!!)

sue

johnnet

Hi Nikki,

We moved to Brisbane 6 months ago, and stayed in Raby Bay to begin with. Now we are renting in Cleveland for $285 p.w/4 bedrooms. I am also a nurse and have been working in a private hospital, but find I miss UK nursing. How long have you been here now and how are you finding it?

Nett xx

ecando

It lives!!!!

G'Day all!!

LOOOOOOOONG time to speaky ... but today we had broadband installed!!!

CasG

Hi Jez
Thought you fallen into a Billabong

How's things going??
Hope your enjoying life and that you've settled well

All is good here - got PR last week - just got to go to NZ at the end of july to validate.

Cas x

jimtrish

blimey, long time no hear great to hear from you.
hows it going there, still loving it?
we've got our meds monday....very nervous
take care and keep in touch

Trish
xx

CasG

you'll be fine hon..

Let me know that you were - just make sure your socks have no holes

Cas xx