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Forum: Australia
Mar 22nd 2005, 10:10 am
Replies: 17
Views: 1,501
Posted By l_jg

Re: John Mason

We used John Mason last year to bring our stuff over to Sydney. We didn't meet anyone in person beforehand as we were only shipping 100 cuft, but the girl on the phone was really helpful and could...
Forum: Australia
Jan 23rd 2005, 5:50 am
Replies: 22
Views: 1,884
Posted By l_jg

Re: Shipping Companies, Any Recommendations

Hi, We used John MAsons too - they were excellent in the UK, answered all our questions and were really friendly and helpful - kept us up to date with everything that was going on. They are using...
Forum: Australia
Dec 26th 2004, 11:48 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 680
Posted By l_jg

Re: PaySlips

Hi, I'm similar - My employer started to do the same saying that they didn't do payslips, so I requested to get my payslips via email just so I can see what's happening on a month by month basis. ...
Forum: Australia
Dec 14th 2004, 1:23 am
Replies: 13
Views: 879
Posted By l_jg

Re: How long did it take to get your first Oz job?

Hi there!

We're in Sydney and it took me about a week to get temp work (admin / secretarial) once I'd started seriously looking. I've had a couple of interviews already for permanent positions...
Forum: Australia
Nov 4th 2004, 1:31 am
Replies: 50
Views: 2,611
Posted By l_jg

Re: Sydney Meet, All New And Improved !!!!

We'll be there too- just been here a week so far, so everything is new! We'll do our best to find you all! Will you be wearing union jack underpants or something to let us know you're the ones we're...
Forum: Australia
Sep 14th 2004, 10:12 am
Replies: 2
Views: 484
Posted By l_jg

Re: Interesting Site for those of us who used to endure the M25

Still on it now! :( Can't wait to leave it all behind......
Forum: Australia
Sep 9th 2004, 11:38 am
Replies: 14
Views: 965
Posted By l_jg

Re: Selling your own house

We've tried selling our house both privately and through an agent. Currently under offer for the second time using an agent though - 1st buyer pulled out two days before signing the contract :mad: ...
Forum: Australia
Aug 27th 2004, 3:57 pm
Replies: 1
Views: 388
Posted By l_jg

Thumbs up A good map site

Hi all,

I just thought I'd let you know about this site that I've found - it seems to be quite good for a free map! You can keep clicking on the squares and you get a closer view - you can get...
Forum: Australia
Aug 18th 2004, 3:28 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 1,295
Posted By l_jg

Re: anyone renting UK house out while in Oz?

Hi,

I've heard some horror stories about renting - but I think yours just about takes the biscuit! We are also thinking about doing it part furnished - as then there's less things that can go...
Forum: Australia
Aug 18th 2004, 1:20 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 1,295
Posted By l_jg

anyone renting UK house out while in Oz?

Hi, Our buyer on the house pulled out last week - two days before we were due to exchange contracts and we are now thinking of renting. We'll have practically no money to go over with :scared: ...
Forum: Australia
Aug 9th 2004, 1:34 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 840
Posted By l_jg

Re: Should we put the house up for sale?

Hello!

We wish that we had put our house on the market ages ago... But that's because we were not going to stay in this area if we didn't get the visa, so would have moved on to somewhere else in...
Forum: Australia
Aug 3rd 2004, 1:45 pm
Replies: 36
Views: 1,779
Posted By l_jg

Hi, we opened our Oz account with HSBC. Filled...

Hi, we opened our Oz account with HSBC. Filled in the forms online and then went to our local branch of HSBC to get some other forms signed off by them and copies of our current visa cards, utility...
Forum: Australia
Jun 11th 2004, 10:47 am
Replies: 4
Views: 1,403
Posted By l_jg

3.55 AUD = 1 GBP - Glitch?

Hi!

Did anybody manage to get the amazing rate of exchange that I found on the HIFX website...... Maybe it's a computer glitch, but seems to have jumped for all of a second to 3.55 AUD to the...
Forum: Australia
May 25th 2004, 2:19 pm
Replies: 48
Views: 2,255
Posted By l_jg

Hi Larissa, That sounds like a good idea -...

Hi Larissa,

That sounds like a good idea - but make sure you bargain them all down to a minimum percentage. We're finishing the contract with our current estate agent at the end of this week -...
Forum: Australia
May 21st 2004, 11:24 am
Replies: 7
Views: 550
Posted By l_jg

No problem! If we could all sell our...

No problem!

If we could all sell our houses this way it might make things move a bit quicker and we wouldn't lose such a hefty cut from the house price! Apart from the advertising in the local...
Forum: Australia
May 20th 2004, 3:22 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 550
Posted By l_jg

Hi, We're using both - estate agent and...

Hi,

We're using both - estate agent and internet sites. There's a few that you can upload your house to for free, with photos', and then there are some that charge you from £30 to get your house...
Forum: Australia
May 20th 2004, 12:22 pm
Replies: 19
Views: 1,317
Posted By l_jg

Thanks Mr Mover! I don't have any receipts...

Thanks Mr Mover!

I don't have any receipts for any of the fossils, they are just £5 small items that I've picked up at markets / shops, or picked up off beaches myself.... I emailed customs but...
Forum: Australia
May 19th 2004, 3:10 pm
Replies: 33
Views: 2,359
Posted By l_jg

I was wondering if they do the offset mortgages...

I was wondering if they do the offset mortgages in Oz like they do in the UK. We have had one of these offset mortgages with IF for 4 years now and have managed to save a load more money than we...
Forum: Australia
May 19th 2004, 12:25 pm
Replies: 19
Views: 1,317
Posted By l_jg

thanks for the advice, will try emailing customs...

thanks for the advice, will try emailing customs and if I get a reply I'll post it here

Lisa
Forum: Australia
May 19th 2004, 10:50 am
Replies: 19
Views: 1,317
Posted By l_jg

Hi, I've also been looking into this.......

Hi,

I've also been looking into this.... does anyone have any idea if you can take fossils and stones (semi precious) into Oz?

We are only planning on taking these type of things, a few books...
Forum: Australia
May 14th 2004, 11:26 am
Replies: 71
Views: 4,968
Posted By l_jg

Hello! I've been looking into packing our...

Hello!

I've been looking into packing our own stuff as we only have a few boxes worth of stuff to take over.... here are some useful websites that sell boxes and packing stuff. They all sell...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
May 7th 2004, 3:00 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 450
Posted By l_jg

Re: Sticker/visa in passport question

Hi,

We got granted our visa last month, but are going on holiday early next month and didn't want to chance losing our passports before we go on holiday. I emailed our case officer to check if...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
May 7th 2004, 9:40 am
Replies: 6
Views: 496
Posted By l_jg

Re: Getting the sticker question

Hi,

We originally put down Adelaide on the application form, then when meds were requested we had to fill out the change of circumstances form to say that nothing had changed since the original...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Apr 29th 2004, 9:19 am
Replies: 6
Views: 711
Posted By l_jg

Re: I'm in Oz!

Hi,

We got our PR visa six weeks after sending off the medicals and police checks, so it's probably not long now.....

Congrats on the move and it's good to hear that someone is enjoying life...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Apr 27th 2004, 12:33 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 532
Posted By l_jg

Re: We've got it!!!!

Hi Majj,

We had our medicals done in Hitchin. We were really shocked as we got booked in for the medicals just a week after I phoned around, some places I tried couldn't get us in for a month or...
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