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Forum: Canada
Feb 23rd 2016, 8:51 pm
Replies: 42
Views: 4,076
Posted By oceaneoneill

Re: Experiences with booking shipping container

OK great - thanks for that! I will contact them & look around for a couple of others to compare…
Forum: Canada
Feb 23rd 2016, 7:01 am
Replies: 42
Views: 4,076
Posted By oceaneoneill

Re: Experiences with booking shipping container

Aha! Can you book part of a container?!???!!!?? I'd love to get a quote for that from someone as we have some heavy-ish (but not large) items to ship from W Wales to Vancouver. Who did you get quotes...
Forum: Canada
Feb 23rd 2016, 6:48 am
Replies: 28
Views: 2,142
Posted By oceaneoneill

Re: Exchange of UK License for Canadian - Since scrapping of paper countpart

Hmmmmm - yes - that's what I suspected - could be pricey :(
Forum: Canada
Feb 23rd 2016, 6:27 am
Replies: 28
Views: 2,142
Posted By oceaneoneill

Re: Exchange of UK License for Canadian - Since scrapping of paper countpart

OK a possibly silly question regarding this - husband has held BC licence for 5 years but we are going back to UK for two weeks over Easter & he's hoping to drive my Dad's car. However Dad's...
Forum: Canada
Feb 23rd 2016, 5:49 am
Replies: 7
Views: 993
Posted By oceaneoneill

shipping a few heavy boxes?

Hi All,
We emigrated back in 2011 from London, UK to Vancouver but left a few heavy items with my parents in West Wales. What's the cheapest way to get them over to Vancouver?
We don't need them...
Forum: Canada
Apr 24th 2015, 9:29 pm
Replies: 19
Views: 1,852
Posted By oceaneoneill

Re: kids Brit passports run out need to return to UK

Just rang the post office & they are saying that 'registered' with Canada Post at $22 can take 6 weeks to arrive in UK - the next fastest was Express at $65 for approx 5 days!!!
Arggghhh! Maybe I...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Apr 24th 2015, 6:10 am
Replies: 93
Views: 5,541
Posted By oceaneoneill

Re: End of a bad week

I've read so many of your posts over the years and I am so sorry to hear this. I hope you have people around to hold you close - I'm not religious but 'bless you'
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Apr 24th 2015, 5:55 am
Replies: 21
Views: 1,595
Posted By oceaneoneill

Re: Twin Peaks to return

Fabulous news! Will they shoot in Vancouver (so I can go & stalk ; ) ) I wonder..?
Forum: Canada
Apr 24th 2015, 1:30 am
Replies: 19
Views: 1,852
Posted By oceaneoneill

Re: kids Brit passports run out need to return to UK

Thanks Nikki
I might be confused but the online form is asking for colour copies if you are out of the country - but I'm thinking it would be easier to just post the old ones with everything else -...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Apr 23rd 2015, 11:02 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 613
Posted By oceaneoneill

Re: Brit passport expired but PR OK - can we fly to UK?

Thanks all! I posted in the wrong place :o
Forum: Canada
Apr 23rd 2015, 10:46 pm
Replies: 19
Views: 1,852
Posted By oceaneoneill

Re: kids Brit passports run out need to return to UK

That's hugely helpful - thanks so much :thumbsup:
I'm getting onto it right now!
Forum: Canada
Apr 23rd 2015, 9:12 pm
Replies: 19
Views: 1,852
Posted By oceaneoneill

Re: kids Brit passports run out need to return to UK

OK thanks!! How do I go about this? I'm in Vancouver.
What happens to the PR stamp in their old passport though??
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Apr 23rd 2015, 8:52 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 613
Posted By oceaneoneill

Brit passport expired but PR OK - can we fly to UK?

Hi All, (I posted this on the wrong forum earlier:o)

I'd love some advice please.
Our kids' British passports have run out but their PR is good until next year.
We need to travel back to the UK...
Forum: Canada
Apr 23rd 2015, 8:36 pm
Replies: 19
Views: 1,852
Posted By oceaneoneill

kids Brit passports run out need to return to UK

Hi All,

I'd love some advice please.
Our kids' British passports have run out but the PR is good until next year.
We need to travel back to the UK within the month as our house has sold. Can...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 28th 2015, 2:46 am
Replies: 16
Views: 1,406
Posted By oceaneoneill

Re: Huge Worry! Sell or Stick? UK house / tax dilemma

It was only rented as holiday home in 2011 & 2012 - does that make a difference?
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 28th 2015, 1:44 am
Replies: 16
Views: 1,406
Posted By oceaneoneill

Re: Huge Worry! Sell or Stick? UK house / tax dilemma

They are in Sterling.
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 28th 2015, 12:45 am
Replies: 16
Views: 1,406
Posted By oceaneoneill

Re: Huge Worry! Sell or Stick? UK house / tax dilemma

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Hi Novo & all,

Not sure if this info is useful but the house was not rented out at all (or with an agency) in 2013 or 2014 - it was just a seaside cottage for our use. As a rented holiday...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 27th 2015, 9:53 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 1,406
Posted By oceaneoneill

Re: Huge Worry! Sell or Stick? UK house / tax dilemma

Thanks Jericho - do we have to pay Capital Gains Tax though?
And I do know there's something about the foreign exchange rate…
:confused:
Hubby is thinking of it as some kind of pension but I feel...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 27th 2015, 9:33 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 1,406
Posted By oceaneoneill

Huge Worry! Sell or Stick? UK house / tax dilemma

Hi All,
I am panicking and would appreciate any advice. We have a cottage in a seaside village back in the UK. It has always been a holiday let & we had no mortgage on it.
In 2011 when emigrated...
Forum: Canada
Apr 5th 2013, 8:10 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 1,248
Posted By oceaneoneill

Re: tax relief on holiday home losses - or sell it?

Yes I am but I don't meet with them til a week on Saturday (they're crazy busy) & I wondered what documents / receipts etc I needed to bring to the meeting.

I have left maybe 4 messages already on...
Forum: Canada
Apr 5th 2013, 4:22 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 1,248
Posted By oceaneoneill

Re: tax relief on holiday home losses - or sell it?

Oh bottom!
Forum: Canada
Apr 5th 2013, 4:10 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 1,248
Posted By oceaneoneill

Re: tax relief on holiday home losses - or sell it?

Actually reading my response back (!) maybe, as we had the cottage already i.e. before we got a mortgage on it, we couldn't claim the rental loss back..?
:confused:
Drat! That means we'll have to...
Forum: Canada
Apr 5th 2013, 3:52 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 1,248
Posted By oceaneoneill

Re: tax relief on holiday home losses - or sell it?

Not quite. In the UK we had two properties. We lived in one which had a mortgage and the other a cottage that had no mortgage. We sold the main residence and paid off the mortgage and made a profit....
Forum: Canada
Apr 5th 2013, 3:41 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 1,248
Posted By oceaneoneill

Re: tax relief on holiday home losses - or sell it?

Basically we sold our main UK residence put the cash in the bank (to fund our upcoming Canada move and house purchase etc) then got another mortgage (with the same lender) for the UK cottage. So the...
Forum: Canada
Apr 5th 2013, 5:16 am
Replies: 13
Views: 1,248
Posted By oceaneoneill

Re: tax relief on holiday home losses - or sell it?

OK I've just had a horrific realisation (or maybe misunderstanding) - we sold our main UK residence just before we emigrated then transferred the mortgage to the cottage we now rent out as a UK...
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