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Forum: USA

Sep 7th 2023, 9:23 pm

Replies: 25

UK voting

Views: 2,256

Posted By Andrews Mum

Re: UK voting

Yes we still register to vote but we only moved to the US 6 years ago and were already retired and receiving our UK state pensions. As they, and our pensions from our UK jobs, are our only source of...

Forum: USA

Jun 10th 2023, 11:30 pm

Replies: 4

UK to USA moving company

Views: 1,101

Posted By Andrews Mum

Re: UK to USA moving company

I can’t recommend a moving company I’m afraid but I do think there have been other threads regarding this, with good recommendations. We moved here 6 years ago, after we both retired and were in our...

Forum: USA

Jan 14th 2022, 2:56 am

Replies: 4

BBC Sounds App

Views: 979

Posted By Andrews Mum

BBC Sounds App

I appreciate this is less relevant than a lot of threads, although it’s one that may have been posted before so apologies if so, but just a heads-up for anyone who’s interested that, unlike the BBC...

Forum: USA

Nov 2nd 2019, 2:00 am

Replies: 6

Container Shipment 2019 (UK to US)

Views: 900

Posted By Andrews Mum

Re: Container Shipment 2019 (UK to US)

We moved in 2017, so not recently, but just a heads-up NOT to use Simpsons. We did, and had a bad experience with them. I would recommend you check out removal company customer reviews on sites other...

Forum: USA

Oct 30th 2019, 10:23 pm

Replies: 9

Proxy vote

Views: 1,543

Posted By Andrews Mum

Re: Proxy vote

We registered to vote through the gov.uk website. We’ve elected for a postal vote, rather than a proxy vote, as we have no family or close friends living in constituency in which we were are...

Forum: USA

Sep 13th 2019, 2:46 am

Replies: 6

building credit history before moving ?

Views: 4,403

Posted By Andrews Mum

Re: building credit history before moving ?

We knew we would have no credit rating in the US so we opened a bank account with HSBC in the UK as soon as we knew we would be moving, which meant we could then open a HSBC account in the US (before...

Forum: USA

Aug 25th 2019, 4:18 pm

Replies: 12

Oak furnitures - buy in UK or San Diego

Views: 1,250

Posted By Andrews Mum

Re: Oak furnitures - buy in UK or San Diego

Sorry, perhaps I didn’t make myself clear. I meant if you decide to buy oak furniture when you get here, rather than bringing it with you from the UK, the furniture store will charge you for...

Forum: USA

Aug 25th 2019, 2:48 am

Replies: 12

Oak furnitures - buy in UK or San Diego

Views: 1,250

Posted By Andrews Mum

Re: Oak furnitures - buy in UK or San Diego

Don’t know about the cost of buying furniture in San Diego but when we moved to South Carolina two years ago we brought our contemporary light oak dining furniture with us, and we are glad we did. To...

Forum: USA

Aug 12th 2019, 12:11 pm

Replies: 24

Moving/Shipping Company's

Views: 4,842

Posted By Andrews Mum

Re: Moving/Shipping Company's

Do not use Simpsons. We used them when we moved here from the UK two years ago and regret it. Amongst other things, we were told that we were paying for a door-to-door service, which wasn’t the case....

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