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Forum: New Zealand
Feb 26th 2015, 2:24 am
Replies: 2
Views: 591
Posted By SimonR

Re: Shipping about 1/3 of a garage over

thanks.
wow, thats cheap. Hope it ends up that much after insurance and MAF and everything else :) .. if I remember rightly, it cost us something like $15000 to ship a 40ft hi-top over when we...
Forum: New Zealand
Feb 24th 2015, 11:10 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 591
Posted By SimonR

Shipping about 1/3 of a garage over

We moved to NZ about 1.5 years ago and still have about a third of a single garage worth of stuff in the UK we'd like to ship over. Not enough to bring a whole container, but too much to ship as...
Forum: New Zealand
Feb 24th 2015, 11:06 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 2,145
Posted By SimonR

Re: Renting in Auckland! ARGH

property in those areas is a low standard in general. why not widen your horizons?
Forum: New Zealand
Jul 25th 2013, 10:19 pm
Replies: 28
Views: 2,503
Posted By SimonR

Re: July 2013 Arrivals and Departures

Going well thanks, jetlag conquered, just finishing my first week of work in auckland, the furnished house is all set up and running.

About to sign up for our unfurnished house for when the...
Forum: New Zealand
Jul 16th 2013, 2:55 pm
Replies: 57
Views: 4,063
Posted By SimonR

Re: Driving in New Zealand

Well, just been driving round Auckland and I have to say that compared to London I think its actually an improvement. Even Cairo's better to drive in than London these days.
Forum: New Zealand
Jul 14th 2013, 6:20 am
Replies: 28
Views: 2,503
Posted By SimonR

Re: July 2013 Arrivals and Departures

All arrived fine, was an interesting journey with 200kg of luggage and 2 v young kids, but happily settled in Auckland and recovering.
Forum: New Zealand
Jun 21st 2013, 12:19 am
Replies: 22
Views: 1,617
Posted By SimonR

Re: The Working Environment

My first impressions are that, having consulted for probably about 20 major organisations in the UK, NZ was the first place I've ever witnessed people truly working co-operatively. Let's see how it...
Forum: New Zealand
Jun 21st 2013, 12:05 am
Replies: 57
Views: 4,063
Posted By SimonR

Re: Driving in New Zealand

Middle-lane hogging just got made illegal in the UK, thank God!
Forum: New Zealand
Jun 19th 2013, 10:54 am
Replies: 13
Views: 1,075
Posted By SimonR

Re: No turning back now

Yes, Denbies and Boxhill are great, also the much quieter Holmbury Hill, where 'here comes the sun' was written, plus all the other miles and miles of fantastic forests in every direction.

It's a...
Forum: New Zealand
Jun 19th 2013, 12:55 am
Replies: 13
Views: 1,075
Posted By SimonR

Re: No turning back now

We live in Dorking. Lovely place, I'll miss it. Won't miss commuting to London though.
Forum: New Zealand
Jun 18th 2013, 9:53 pm
Replies: 33
Views: 7,959
Posted By SimonR

Re: Importing a car when we move UK->NZ

No, I definitely don't want a hobby - I've found out how to repair it and found someone to do it, and that's my hobby over now :)

If they sell in in Akl, you might as well get it there - or get...
Forum: New Zealand
Jun 18th 2013, 11:42 am
Replies: 33
Views: 7,959
Posted By SimonR

Re: Importing a car when we move UK->NZ

Sodablasting, that's a new one! Will look, thanks.

I'm just calling round now, they do plastic blasting too. Crazy.

I'm actually thinking that anything-blasting right next to the suspension and...
Forum: New Zealand
Jun 18th 2013, 10:10 am
Replies: 4
Views: 669
Posted By SimonR

Re: Insurance for move - the clauses seem nuts!

Well, having been through the clauses of Letton Percival, my opinion was that it's a pretty 'thin' product which insures you for a lot less than the other options I was presented with.

Also, when...
Forum: New Zealand
Jun 18th 2013, 10:07 am
Replies: 13
Views: 1,075
Posted By SimonR

Re: No turning back now

Container is booked now, three weeks til we get on the plane.
Feel like I haven't slept for about a month!

Still have 6 new floors to lay, chimmney to get fitted and an entire house to repaint,...
Forum: New Zealand
Jun 18th 2013, 10:03 am
Replies: 33
Views: 7,959
Posted By SimonR

Re: Importing a car when we move UK->NZ

Sorry, just realised I left a couple of questions unanswered ...

The car is an Audi S4 cabriolet.

Wendy, you're right, that wasn't all my calcs, just the cost of repair, and yes, we'd have to...
Forum: New Zealand
Jun 17th 2013, 11:09 pm
Replies: 33
Views: 7,959
Posted By SimonR

Re: Importing a car when we move UK->NZ

OK we bought the car!
^ Will try & get it fixed up in the UK in the 2 weeks we have left!
Forum: New Zealand
Jun 16th 2013, 10:30 pm
Replies: 33
Views: 7,959
Posted By SimonR

Re: Importing a car when we move UK->NZ

Wow, thanks for all the replies. Have been pretty busy today but have been reading when I can. NZD, that's great info. Sounds like you had an absolute nightmare -some crazy stories to tell though!...
Forum: New Zealand
Jun 16th 2013, 8:50 am
Replies: 33
Views: 7,959
Posted By SimonR

Re: Importing a car when we move UK->NZ

Just reading through this, and it's brilliant info thank you .. but my main questions is .. NZL how do you know all this?
Forum: New Zealand
Jun 16th 2013, 1:34 am
Replies: 33
Views: 7,959
Posted By SimonR

Re: Importing a car when we move UK->NZ

Ahh, $70, what a big fuss some people have been making about nothing! Thanks.

Yeah, I know about the general 'in' costs, guess it's the rust cleaning I'm wondering about. If I get it done in NZ,...
Forum: New Zealand
Jun 16th 2013, 1:06 am
Replies: 33
Views: 7,959
Posted By SimonR

Re: Importing a car when we move UK->NZ

Mm yes, thats what I was thinking too.
Then again, wonder how much truck hire costs?
Dont have a great deal of time now.
Forum: New Zealand
Jun 15th 2013, 11:39 pm
Replies: 33
Views: 7,959
Posted By SimonR

Re: Importing a car when we move UK->NZ

Hi all, quick update

So we havent bought the car yet!

Messages with AA NZ confirm that rusty exhaust is fine, as its not structural, it's structural stuff they're worried about (also, to the...
Forum: New Zealand
Jun 12th 2013, 11:53 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 669
Posted By SimonR

Re: Insurance for move - the clauses seem nuts!

Yeah, I heard that NZ had the highest value of insurance claims of anywhere in the world the year of the quake.


Hmm, reading insurance Ts and Cs is never fun, but I'll be interested to see...
Forum: New Zealand
Jun 12th 2013, 8:18 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 757
Posted By SimonR

Re: hi everyone im a newbie!!!!

£3500 - wow! No way, waste of money.
Save it, and spend it on the move :)
Forum: New Zealand
Jun 12th 2013, 4:59 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 669
Posted By SimonR

Insurance for move - the clauses seem nuts!

Just going through the policy I was sent from Letton Percival and almost everything seems to be excluded! I know they have a good rep on here but Im wondering why, and if things have changed.

In...
Forum: New Zealand
Jun 6th 2013, 10:31 pm
Replies: 33
Views: 7,959
Posted By SimonR

Re: Importing a car when we move UK->NZ

Brilliant, thank you.
You cant imagine how stressful this is, and hard to get advice. Actually, I'm sure you can imagine, guess you've been there.

Will budget for replacing exhaust bits, and...
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