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Forum: Portugal

Feb 18th 2013, 8:48 pm

Replies: 1

moving dilema

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Posted By joydot

moving dilema

have wanted to live in portugal for 10 years - was sidetracked by an exhub who didnt want to learn languages. we were in nz for 6 awful, wasted years and now after one $100,000 year in canada (am...

Forum: The Barbie

Mar 26th 2010, 2:42 am

Replies: 333

for people who have too much time on your hands and nothing helpful to say

Views: 14,218

Posted By joydot

for people who have too much time on your hands and nothing helpful to say

here's a thread just for you. say anything you like - think of this as your own personal wailing wall.

Forum: Australia

Mar 26th 2010, 1:45 am

Replies: 462

Don't Come to Australia

Views: 41,033

Posted By joydot

Re: Don't Come to Australia

by any chance can we move this part of the thread to a separate discussion on prejudice etc which is in itself interesting? for some strange reason when i click on this thread am doing it to hear why...

Forum: Australia

Mar 25th 2010, 8:19 am

Replies: 462

Don't Come to Australia

Views: 41,033

Posted By joydot

Re: Don't Come to Australia

NEWBIE, HERE'S TO HAPPIER DAYS IN THE NEXT PLACE. IF YOU ARE YOUNG, MOBILE AND HARD WORKING YOU SHOULDNT SETTLE IF IT FEELS WRONG. I THINK YOU ARE BRAVE TO ADMIT YOU MADE A MISTAKE AND GIVE IT THE...

Forum: Australia

Mar 25th 2010, 7:51 am

Replies: 78

Is oz as attractive as it was?

Views: 9,291

Posted By joydot

Re: Is oz as attractive as it was?

woohoo, diamonds getting rough!

interesting detail though....

Forum: Australia

Mar 25th 2010, 6:42 am

Replies: 78

Is oz as attractive as it was?

Views: 9,291

Posted By joydot

Re: Is oz as attractive as it was?

sometimes i think we all missed the boat and should be looking into places like vietnam, rural china, south america etc. they are where oz was 30 years ago - strange, behind, exotic, cheap...

Forum: Australia

Mar 25th 2010, 2:47 am

Replies: 983

Housing bubble in Australia

Views: 82,786

Posted By joydot

Re: Housing bubble in Australia

ok, here's direct. a knowledgeable, credible approach to property buying / building / spending helps. less likely to experience a BUBBLE that will drive you MAD.

:)

Forum: Australia

Mar 24th 2010, 9:16 pm

Replies: 983

Housing bubble in Australia

Views: 82,786

Posted By joydot

Re: Housing bubble in Australia

i have to make an obs here as am married to an architect and worked in design until recently. :huh:

when we had been here a year and knew enough about rotting home situ etc my bartlett trained,...

Forum: Australia

Mar 23rd 2010, 5:51 pm

Replies: 10

Split family, anyone coped with this?

Views: 1,306

Posted By joydot

Re: Split family, anyone coped with this?

maybe think of the process as childbirth without the drugs. you have 6 contractions 1 month apart, then one morning you wake up to sunshine and the child is beside you in bed smiling, cooing with...

Forum: Australia

Mar 23rd 2010, 5:31 pm

Replies: 78

Is oz as attractive as it was?

Views: 9,291

Posted By joydot

Re: Is oz as attractive as it was?

ah, then you'd be in nz

Forum: Australia

Mar 23rd 2010, 3:55 am

Replies: 983

Housing bubble in Australia

Views: 82,786

Posted By joydot

Re: Housing bubble in Australia

ha. as the offspring of a transit systems designer i can assure you there are 3rd world countries investing in high-tech people movers - dont listen to oz politicians when they tell you they cannot...

Forum: Moving back or to the UK

Mar 22nd 2010, 11:12 pm

Replies: 32

Thought's on Farnham anyone???

Views: 38,438

Posted By joydot

Re: Thought's on Farnham anyone???

this is prob too late to be of use but my parents lived near farnham and its rather nice on the global scale. they dont call it the 'broker belt' for nothing...

Forum: Australia

Mar 22nd 2010, 10:05 pm

Replies: 10

Split family, anyone coped with this?

Views: 1,306

Posted By joydot

Re: Split family, anyone coped with this?

we used to live long term in 2 countries a while back - exhausting never again awful. we did it for 6 mos coming from london and looks like we will leaving nz. not ideal but you'd be amazed how...

Forum: The Update Forum

Mar 22nd 2010, 9:45 pm

Replies: 10

One year on Surfcoast Victoria

Views: 2,191

Posted By joydot

Re: One year on Surfcoast Victoria

i suppose its context - aussies tend to be a bit out there in every way so at what point do you take overt behaviour of any kind seriously? looking at it from another angle, in moving to oz you are...

Forum: Australia

Mar 22nd 2010, 3:00 am

Replies: 983

Housing bubble in Australia

Views: 82,786

Posted By joydot

Re: Housing bubble in Australia

its not added value unless it remains stable in low market.

Forum: Australia

Mar 21st 2010, 10:25 pm

Replies: 15

Are Australian Houses worth the money regardless of boom or bust?

Views: 1,774

Posted By joydot

Re: Are Australian Houses worth the money regardless of boom or bust?

i havent heard anything about major leaky / rot issues in oz???

in nz best assume you are buying land. unless you can afford substantial older property in great condition or older state housing...

Forum: Australia

Mar 21st 2010, 10:12 pm

Replies: 983

Housing bubble in Australia

Views: 82,786

Posted By joydot

Re: Housing bubble in Australia

housing is a major 21c issue and will become bigger one. in the long term they wont get cheaper... not building enough, land usage singularly unintelligent. keep in mind in discussion on accom we...

Forum: Australia

Mar 21st 2010, 9:52 pm

Replies: 11

Considering taking the leap

Views: 872

Posted By joydot

Re: Considering taking the leap

you are in the ideal situation and have much to gain. unless of course you dearly love living with your parents in their house (incid, they make horror movies about this subject). your parents/...

Forum: Australia

Mar 21st 2010, 9:46 pm

Replies: 78

Is oz as attractive as it was?

Views: 9,291

Posted By joydot

Re: Is oz as attractive as it was?

funny how all these thoughts help even if many seem irrelevant!!!

so people, when did measuring the cost of living become linked to eating out with punters as well as economists (big mac...

Forum: NZ Update

Mar 21st 2010, 7:15 am

Replies: 165

2years on and it's still crap.

Views: 35,011

Posted By joydot

Re: 2years on and it's still crap.

hi welsh

hope light gleaming at tunnels end. we have enough money to live 'the charmed life' but feel same as many of you. cannot wait to get out and its awful living under that cloud.

Forum: Australia

Mar 21st 2010, 7:05 am

Replies: 78

Is oz as attractive as it was?

Views: 9,291

Posted By joydot

Re: Is oz as attractive as it was?

hub works in main oz cities and believes cost of living is substantially lower than nz. canada heaps better still - even vancouver, once you buy your terribly expensive but well built!!! house, is...

Forum: Australia

Mar 20th 2010, 7:02 pm

Replies: 3

you left nz for oz - oz / melbourne life whatcha thinkin?

Views: 791

Posted By joydot

Re: you left nz for oz - oz / melbourne life whatcha thinkin?

aha. many thanks

Forum: The Update Forum

Mar 19th 2010, 3:06 am

Replies: 10

One year on Surfcoast Victoria

Views: 2,191

Posted By joydot

Re: One year on Surfcoast Victoria

what are people like? is it a melting pot like london or socially segregated like in nz? my husband found himself sitting in sydney watching everyone and smiling then he realised what he really...

Forum: The Barbie

Mar 19th 2010, 2:56 am

Replies: 40

Someone tells it as it is - at last!

Views: 2,635

Posted By joydot

Re: Someone tells it as it is - at last!

in 10 years time we'll all struggle to remember that once upon a time we didnt go online immed when looking to purchase. i work hard for my dosh and it goes to whoever best meets my needs (needs...

Forum: Australia

Mar 19th 2010, 2:47 am

Replies: 3

you left nz for oz - oz / melbourne life whatcha thinkin?

Views: 791

Posted By joydot

you left nz for oz - oz / melbourne life whatcha thinkin?

we are gearing up to leave nz and decided we are a few years from settling permanently at home in canada and want a decent adventure of the positive experience genre to put this one out of our minds...

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