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Forum: Moving back or to the UK
May 19th 2025, 12:41 am
Replies: 13
Views: 2,596
Posted By Moon_River

Re: Moving back to Scotland.. Can we do it?

Hello.
Has your wife looked on the internet at job vacancies in your preferred location in the U.K. ? Just to see what is available and potential salary. As a social work professional, a potential...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Sep 30th 2024, 12:49 am
Replies: 14
Views: 2,317
Posted By Moon_River

Re: Advice on Renting

You could offer double the deposit because you need to rent with your pets ? Even if the property details state, 'no pets' you could still ask. What have you got to lose ?

We returned to the UK...
Forum: New Zealand
Oct 13th 2023, 3:33 am
Replies: 32
Views: 4,608
Posted By Moon_River

Re: Six on, six off?

*It doesn't need jokers who are here taking the piss out of the system. Doing the absolute minimum necessary to get a visa and still looking for ways to screw over both countries. What's going on...
Forum: New Zealand
Sep 25th 2023, 7:30 am
Replies: 13
Views: 2,533
Posted By Moon_River

Re: Current weather and quakes in NZ. All OK?

Hades has agreed not to create any more earthquakes.

Can't really comment on the weather save to say it's mostly seasonal.
Forum: New Zealand
Sep 22nd 2023, 12:48 am
Replies: 32
Views: 4,608
Posted By Moon_River

Re: Six on, six off?

*Which will depend on how you live, bottom line is probably living in Motels.*

Is that really living ?
Forum: Immigration, Citizenship and Visas (NZ)
Sep 22nd 2023, 12:25 am
Replies: 18
Views: 4,600
Posted By Moon_River

Re: Parent Visa - questions/observations etc.

It's ok, they have electricity in New Zealand and it's just as good as British electricity.
Forum: New Zealand
Sep 19th 2023, 7:36 pm
Replies: 32
Views: 4,608
Posted By Moon_River

Re: Six on, six off?

*Have a home in the UK/Europe and another in NZ.
Fly between the two and have two summers each year.*

I realise you said this was just idle musings but are you lottery winners ?
Forum: New Zealand
Sep 18th 2023, 3:30 am
Replies: 10
Views: 1,875
Posted By Moon_River

Re: If we get our visas - what do we do with UK resources?

*if immigration hadn't been stopped in 2016*

Please explain.
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Aug 9th 2023, 7:15 am
Replies: 13
Views: 2,603
Posted By Moon_River

Re: Top tips on getting a rental home and/or buying in England

Glad you found somewhere. Be patient with yourself. You are tired and haven't seen your personal possessions for a long time.

I can relate to the state of some rentals. The second house we...
Forum: New Zealand
Jul 30th 2023, 8:07 am
Replies: 10
Views: 10,932
Posted By Moon_River

Re: Moving back

I lived in NZ from 2011 to 2016. My Kiwi husband and I left Surrey in Feb 2011 to live in NZ and ended up in Whanganui as a result of his job offer. We sold our house in the UK, shipped our...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jul 1st 2023, 11:54 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 3,953
Posted By Moon_River

Re: Moving back to UK from US

I don't know what happens to your US Social security payments.
Best way to look for work when I get there?
If you have a LinkedIn profile, make sure it is up to date, stating your preferred UK...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jun 27th 2023, 9:41 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 2,603
Posted By Moon_River

Re: Top tips on getting a rental home and/or buying in England

*I think it’s probably the luck of the draw, and we struck lucky.*

Yep, I agree. Prepare for a lot of 'leg work' and a lot of disappointments. I learned the hard way to monitor 'Right Move'...
Forum: Back Home
Jun 21st 2023, 1:01 am
Replies: 14
Views: 8,743
Posted By Moon_River

Re: 10 Days back

Hello how was the move to Derbyshire ? All good I hope.

You now feel like you have your own space and also some autonomy now you've got a car.

When my husband and I came back to Britain from...
Forum: Australia
Apr 27th 2023, 10:10 pm
Replies: 39
Views: 7,184
Posted By Moon_River

Re: I want to emigrate but partner is really on the fence. Any advice?

Good luck. Two choices:

1. You stay in Britain and your resentment regarding not going back to Australia grows and grows, encompasses other things and you break up with your partner.

2. You...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Feb 19th 2023, 8:07 am
Replies: 6
Views: 2,445
Posted By Moon_River

Re: Sold up in NZ and moving back to UK

We moved from NZ to UK in 2016. We had the proceeds of our house sale in NZ and whatever was in our NZ bank account. Moved it from NZ to UK using a currency broker with no issues and no tax payable.
Forum: New Zealand
Feb 13th 2023, 8:30 pm
Replies: 80
Views: 6,939
Posted By Moon_River

Re: Cyclone Gabrielle

My Sister in Law lives in Silverdale. Orewa is their local beach. She says it will need, 'big love' to fix it !
Forum: New Zealand
Jan 28th 2023, 8:44 am
Replies: 80
Views: 6,939
Posted By Moon_River

re: Cyclone Gabrielle

My sister in law lives in Silverdale, Auckland. Both ends of her road are flooded. She's glad she left work early on Friday as she travels by public transport.

Her home is ok but she was glad that...
Forum: New Zealand
Jan 25th 2023, 11:43 pm
Replies: 62
Views: 10,944
Posted By Moon_River

Re: Areas to live in NZ - lots of questions!

Tirau high St - the town with the corrugated iron Sheep and Dog buildings!

Both striking buildings. The Dog building is oddly creepy at night ! (Only stopped to use the public loo next door)
...
Forum: New Zealand
Jan 24th 2023, 9:50 am
Replies: 23
Views: 7,695
Posted By Moon_River

Re: A four year mistake

Good on you MaxiStavros. You galvanised yourself to get to NZ. My husband and I did that back in 2011. Like you, we sold our house, resigned our jobs and landed in Christchurch (via a visit to my...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Oct 13th 2022, 7:48 am
Replies: 6
Views: 1,165
Posted By Moon_River

Re: Shipping Auckland, NZ to the UK

We used Crown Relocations when we moved NZ to Uk November 2016. They were very good.
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Aug 12th 2022, 7:19 am
Replies: 17
Views: 1,969
Posted By Moon_River

Re: Full upfront rent payment to landlord

We returned to Britain in 2016 from New Zealand. We had kept our UK bank account and agreed to financial checks to be done on us. Which, back then, we had to pay for as part of the UK renting...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jul 17th 2022, 10:54 pm
Replies: 61
Views: 8,447
Posted By Moon_River

Re: Where to live in the UK?

I live in a village near Stoke On Trent, Staffordshire. We returned from New Zealand just over five years ago. We purchased our three bed semi detached house 18months ago after previously living in...
Forum: New Zealand
Jun 15th 2022, 10:52 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 1,987
Posted By Moon_River

Re: Palmerston North renting

I will give you the advice my husband and I were given when looking for a home to rent in New Zealand, which is to dress smartly as if you were going to a job interview. Yes really. You might see...
Forum: New Zealand
Jun 5th 2022, 9:25 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 8,873
Posted By Moon_River

Re: Wanganui?

Thanks. Yes it is. It's all good and all is well. Hope all is well with you.

Back on topic.
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