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Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jan 13th 2014, 8:42 pm
Replies: 32
Views: 5,534
Posted By ritarro

Re: International movers

Loading a 40ft container is a load of work and that is if you have everything ready. The container when dropped has a five foot drop to the floor, you cannot just walk in, evrything has to be passed...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jan 13th 2014, 5:15 am
Replies: 32
Views: 5,534
Posted By ritarro

Re: International movers

Just call them, the bloke I dealt with was a Brit if memory servs.
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jan 12th 2014, 11:36 pm
Replies: 32
Views: 5,534
Posted By ritarro

Re: International movers

Less than 10K if you pack it yourself, it is a lot of work though. With upakweship they give you two hours to get done after that they start charging around 100 per hr. 40ft will need about four...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jan 7th 2014, 12:14 am
Replies: 68
Views: 7,866
Posted By ritarro

Re: Living a Lie

If you can take a holiday here before moving, my brother just brought his kids back from Oz on holiday, they hated it. The UK you remember has changed a bit, overcrowded and will seem tiny to you now...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jan 5th 2014, 9:41 pm
Replies: 29
Views: 3,312
Posted By ritarro

Re: House now on market, freaking out!

And if I had posted that it is not an issue I am sure there would have been posts about me telling people to break the law. You can declare as you most kindly pointed out, thanks.
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jan 5th 2014, 11:37 am
Replies: 29
Views: 3,312
Posted By ritarro

Re: House now on market, freaking out!

Two years was how long it took to sell my house, had to keep dropping price to sell, a bitter pill. My house was full of nice furniture, not this boxed IKEA stuff, really glad I shipped. Good luck...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jan 5th 2014, 11:11 am
Replies: 29
Views: 3,312
Posted By ritarro

Re: House now on market, freaking out!

You need to know what to ship and what to sell where you are at. The law is that you must have owned and used any items on the allowed list for at least six months. It can take up to two years from...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jan 5th 2014, 10:57 am
Replies: 23
Views: 2,588
Posted By ritarro

Re: Proof of address

Council tax bill is confusing Mike, don't understand it properly myself yet, my bill has my name and my wifes name on it so assumed, thanks for setting me straight.
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jan 5th 2014, 3:08 am
Replies: 23
Views: 2,588
Posted By ritarro

Re: Proof of address

Yes, OP says they live with relatives, everyone has to pay now, it is in fact a Poll tax, they will get a joint bill
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jan 5th 2014, 2:48 am
Replies: 23
Views: 2,588
Posted By ritarro

Re: Proof of address

It was useful to me when I opened a bank account. There are other documents I suppose.
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jan 5th 2014, 2:32 am
Replies: 22
Views: 3,965
Posted By ritarro

Re: Be careful what you wish for

Well I would say just stick it out for longer, visit some of the sights like StoneHenge our history like you said in your post, go on a holiday to Spain, 'all in' like that show Benidorm;) Visit all...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jan 4th 2014, 9:27 pm
Replies: 29
Views: 3,312
Posted By ritarro

Re: House now on market, freaking out!

Are you shipping your furniture? consider it, replacing all your goods with quality items is very expensive in the UK. Good luck
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jan 4th 2014, 9:25 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 930
Posted By ritarro

Re: what I need to move back to scotland

Easy thing to renew your passport. They may want your old one but there is criteria for it being lost, just look at their web site, it costs about $3 per min to phone them.
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jan 4th 2014, 9:19 pm
Replies: 32
Views: 5,534
Posted By ritarro

Re: International movers

I used youpakweship only about 6000 for 20ft and another 1000 for a 40ft. Cheaper because you pack it, so you need to arrange help. Would send your furniture and evreything else you can. Quality in...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jan 4th 2014, 9:03 pm
Replies: 23
Views: 3,167
Posted By ritarro

Re: How quickly can you buy a house?

As stated above get a search done. It took me about two months and that is because the seller was taking his time getting me certs. on gas/boiler and electric. Good luck P.S. Get an inspection too
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jan 4th 2014, 8:22 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 1,056
Posted By ritarro

Re: Shipping from Toronto area to London

Was a nightmare finding out about shipping, I sent a 20ft container crammed full of 30 yrs in the States. From this site I got the name of a company called youpackweship, no problems and was half the...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jan 4th 2014, 8:08 pm
Replies: 23
Views: 2,588
Posted By ritarro

Re: Proof of address

Council tax bill will go a long way in opening a bank account
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jan 4th 2014, 8:00 pm
Replies: 47
Views: 11,540
Posted By ritarro

Re: Bringing LCD TV with 110 to 240 voltage to UK

When I moved my family back to the UK i shipped a 20ft. container crammed full of 30 years in the USA from my five bed 3000 sq ft house. I sent a TV, it worked but not properly, had trouble...
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