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Forum: Australia

Feb 6th 2010, 8:48 pm

Replies: 108

Relocation: Phil Down Under

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Posted By magic_stag

Re: Relocation: Phil Down Under

It's a bargain all right, why do you think I wanted to move? Sick of Barrat Homes and their rabbit hutches. I reacted with disgust when I saw them selling 1 bedroom houses(!?) in Merrow Park.
I...

Forum: The Update Forum

Feb 6th 2010, 5:59 am

Replies: 164

Over 3 Years and still in Scotland

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Posted By magic_stag

Re: Over 3 Years and still in Scotland

I was gonna say rent the house out, but I did not realise the thread was so long and that you actually arrived!

Forum: Australia

Feb 6th 2010, 1:51 am

Replies: 108

Relocation: Phil Down Under

Views: 27,036

Posted By magic_stag

Re: Relocation: Phil Down Under

I am originally from Guildford in Surrey and somehow ended up in Scotland about ten years ago. I wish I was canny :)- You can work hard but money from house sales is basically unearned income!
Now...

Forum: Australia

Feb 6th 2010, 1:13 am

Replies: 108

Relocation: Phil Down Under

Views: 27,036

Posted By magic_stag

Re: Relocation: Phil Down Under

A comment in the original programme intrigued me. The couple who went to Dandedong Hills, Melbourne had Â£200,000 (I think?) in cash from their house sale. This is a tremendous amount of money, most...

Forum: Australia

Feb 6th 2010, 12:01 am

Replies: 108

Relocation: Phil Down Under

Views: 27,036

Posted By magic_stag

Re: Relocation: Phil Down Under

Why did you join? What are you experiences good and bad? Care to share with others on this forum? So we can learn and benefit from others experience. Did you actually read my first post? And I did...

Forum: Australia

Feb 5th 2010, 8:28 pm

Replies: 108

Relocation: Phil Down Under

Views: 27,036

Posted By magic_stag

Re: Relocation: Phil Down Under

If you read my original post it is a response to the misleading information in Relocation: Phil Down Under. I just want to warn people and make them prepare. This is a discussion forum therefore...

Forum: Canada

Feb 5th 2010, 7:34 am

Replies: 35

Thinking of moving from UK to Canada?

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Posted By magic_stag

Re: Thinking of moving from UK to Canada?

Hi I cannot read your website reference it is in asterisks. I have a desire to migrate to Canada and would like to prepare myself before I go - the pros and cons. Thanks for your post.

Forum: Australia

Feb 5th 2010, 2:00 am

Replies: 129

Oz-Is it a nanny state?

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Posted By magic_stag

Re: Oz-Is it a nanny state?

Same for my boys, their mother would not let them into the pool until 5pm Jan in Brisbane. Sun too strong, but it means that you are forced indoors in stuffy conditions. The person I was staying with...

Forum: Australia

Feb 5th 2010, 1:20 am

Replies: 108

Relocation: Phil Down Under

Views: 27,036

Posted By magic_stag

Re: Relocation: Phil Down Under

Thanks for your reply. Don't be depressed it was something meant to be. The boys hated the humidity in Brisbane, I did not care for it either. Also the outdoor life is over-rated, you cannot get out...

Forum: Australia

Feb 4th 2010, 10:59 pm

Replies: 108

Relocation: Phil Down Under

Views: 27,036

Posted By magic_stag

Re: Relocation: Phil Down Under

Be careful folks before you move. Don't sell your house and burn your all bridges. We moved 5 years ago and came back after 6 months. We went to Brisbane, the kids hated it (2 boys boys aged 7 & 9),...

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