British Expats - Search Results

Search: Posts Made By: pacifica3000

Showing results 1 to 13 of 13
Search took 0.10 seconds.

Forum: New Zealand

Dec 18th 2009, 2:52 pm

Replies: 24

Any regrets

Views: 2,047

Posted By pacifica3000

Re: Any regrets

Thanks so much for taking the time to answer my posts. There are multiple driving forces behind our decision to move.

I'm the oldest son from a Sikh family so there have always been a lot of...

Forum: New Zealand

Dec 17th 2009, 6:00 am

Replies: 24

Any regrets

Views: 2,047

Posted By pacifica3000

Re: Any regrets

The 60-70k will be from my salary. Once our 2 year old is ready for school my OH will definitely be looking for work but that's probably going to be a few years away. That said, we are flexible and...

Forum: New Zealand

Dec 16th 2009, 8:36 pm

Replies: 24

Any regrets

Views: 2,047

Posted By pacifica3000

Any regrets

I hope this isn't considered a cheeky question by anyone but....

Is there anyone here who moved to NZ with a family of 4, on a salary of $60-70k, and is finding life so tough that they regret the...

Forum: New Zealand

Dec 16th 2009, 8:31 pm

Replies: 40

Arrrrghhhh British administration!!!!!!

Views: 3,337

Posted By pacifica3000

Re: Arrrrghhhh British administration!!!!!!

Bloody bureaucratic idiots.:thumbdown:

Forum: New Zealand

Dec 14th 2009, 4:33 pm

Replies: 6

Scared newbie looking for help & advice

Views: 687

Posted By pacifica3000

Re: Scared newbie looking for help & advice

Thanks for the advice on salaries. I am going to budget some worse case scenarios before making any move. We are planning on renting for a while first anyway, but with a view to buy eventually.

Forum: New Zealand

Dec 14th 2009, 6:11 am

Replies: 22

Help and advice needed from those experienced in NZ life

Views: 1,942

Posted By pacifica3000

Re: Help and advice needed from those experienced in NZ life

wow, thanks for all the advice. :thumbup:
I'm going to go through it all in detail and I'll post an update later.

Forum: New Zealand

Dec 13th 2009, 9:33 pm

Replies: 22

Help and advice needed from those experienced in NZ life

Views: 1,942

Posted By pacifica3000

Re: Help and advice needed from those experienced in NZ life

Is $300k is the OK price range in NZ? With a $40k deposit that would leave me with a $260k mortgage and repayments of $2006 per month. That would leave £2160 per month for a family of 4 to live off....

Forum: New Zealand

Dec 13th 2009, 8:44 pm

Replies: 22

Help and advice needed from those experienced in NZ life

Views: 1,942

Posted By pacifica3000

Re: Help and advice needed from those experienced in NZ life

Hi, yes $200k NZ dollars. I'm not sure which area, It depends on where I find work. I have been scanning NZ property generally, and I think that's probably the price bracket I'm looking at. I know...

Forum: New Zealand

Dec 13th 2009, 8:37 pm

Replies: 22

Help and advice needed from those experienced in NZ life

Views: 1,942

Posted By pacifica3000

Help and advice needed from those experienced in NZ life

I've done a few basic calculations and I was wondering if anyone could let me me know whether or not I'm in the right ball park.

Annual earnings $50,000 / 12 = Monthly pay $4166 (gross)
Property...

Forum: New Zealand

Dec 13th 2009, 10:35 am

Replies: 9

It has begun!

Views: 837

Posted By pacifica3000

Re: It has begun!

We're filling in our EOI and very excited.:D

Forum: New Zealand

Dec 13th 2009, 9:16 am

Replies: 6

Scared newbie looking for help & advice

Views: 687

Posted By pacifica3000

Re: Scared newbie looking for help & advice

Thank you for your honesty. I'm a realist and I'd always rather have the truth over emotional speculation. :thumbup:

I thought this might be the case. Me and my wife are definitely going to...

Forum: New Zealand

Dec 12th 2009, 8:16 pm

Replies: 6

Scared newbie looking for help & advice

Views: 687

Posted By pacifica3000

Scared newbie looking for help & advice

:)Introduction
Me and my wife visited NZ in 2005 and fell in love with the country. We have always wanted to go back, and today we saw a migration consultant and have decided to make the move. We...

Forum: New Zealand

Dec 12th 2009, 7:58 pm

Replies: 9

It has begun!

Views: 837

Posted By pacifica3000

It has begun!

Hello
I have been reading some threads on this forum and it looks like there are a lot of really cool people on here willing to give some good advice and share their experiences. So I've decided to...

Showing results 1 to 13 of 13