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Forum: New Zealand
Apr 18th 2007, 7:34 am
Replies: 2
Views: 357
Posted By GowHow

jump to hyperspeed....

Had a couple of quotes for the container and now booked with F & N worldwide. Need to shed a few lbs to fit into a 20ft container. My idea of essential and the OH's vary slightly......:D

Managed...
Forum: New Zealand
Apr 13th 2007, 9:51 am
Replies: 307
Views: 24,183
Posted By GowHow

Re: NZ$ vs £

its not all doom and gloom. We are not really looking at buying a house until xmas time at the earliest. Let's get to the low point as soon as possible I say, then there is more time for the GBP to...
Forum: New Zealand
Apr 13th 2007, 6:34 am
Replies: 13
Views: 814
Posted By GowHow

Re: Moving logistics

Our plan is

Sell house
Ship stuff to NZ in container
Move in with my parents for a month whilst I work my notice
Fly out to NZ and rent a house
Stuff to arrive a few weeks later
If exchange...
Forum: New Zealand
Apr 9th 2007, 5:36 pm
Replies: 31
Views: 1,370
Posted By GowHow

Re: Electrical Thingies

Quick question

Do UK telephones work in NZ? We have the cordless Digital ones (DECT) Fairly common in the UK but not sure what the connection is in NZ

Cheers
Forum: New Zealand
Apr 6th 2007, 8:02 am
Replies: 307
Views: 24,183
Posted By GowHow

Re: NZ$ vs £

Sounds a good idea. I am no expert, in fact I have no knowledge at all on the subject! but when we went to NZ on holiday last year in Feb, the rate (tourist) was about £2.70, since then it has been...
Forum: New Zealand
Apr 3rd 2007, 9:15 am
Replies: 18
Views: 1,022
Posted By GowHow

Re: Insurance (Again) - How Many Went Uninsured?

That is a very sweeping statement - the contents of your container are likely to run into £10,000's. I agree that individual breakages could maybe be paid for out of you premium, but you need to have...
Forum: New Zealand
Apr 3rd 2007, 9:06 am
Replies: 51
Views: 2,360
Posted By GowHow

Re: How much do you reckon this house would be worth?

Surely the fact that there wasa McDonalds was reason enough NOT to want to live there?
Forum: New Zealand
Mar 29th 2007, 7:29 am
Replies: 10
Views: 486
Posted By GowHow

Re: 3 CDs & 3 DVDs

CD's

Don Mclean - American Pie
U2 - The Joshua Tree
The Killers - Hot Fuss

DVD's
Any Billy Connolly stand up - for the rainy days!
Field of Dreams - Kevin Costner (if you build it....)...
Forum: New Zealand
Mar 28th 2007, 7:15 pm
Replies: 307
Views: 24,183
Posted By GowHow

Re: NZ$ vs £

Dave

If the NZ$ is falling against the US$ and the £ is still strong against the US$ (1.96 at time of writing this) - Then why is the NZ$ getting stronger against the £ - or am I missing...
Forum: New Zealand
Mar 27th 2007, 9:01 am
Replies: 307
Views: 24,183
Posted By GowHow

Re: NZ$ vs £

Looks like my £££'s will be earning UK interest for a while then. This does mean renting in NZ for a while also

c'est la vie

Thanks for the heads up Dave - even though I didn't really want to...
Forum: New Zealand
Mar 26th 2007, 8:34 am
Replies: 30
Views: 1,794
Posted By GowHow

Re: Persoanl question, but is anyone (or planning to be) mortgage free in NZ?

I have been looking for a few months now on the NZ web sites and there are plenty thant appear to fall within our budget that would do very nicely. A lot are auction/tender so not exactly sure of...
Forum: New Zealand
Mar 26th 2007, 8:09 am
Replies: 30
Views: 1,794
Posted By GowHow

Re: Persoanl question, but is anyone (or planning to be) mortgage free in NZ?

I'd like to say it was through good financial planning and a sound fiscal plan, but to be fair we just bought our first house at the right time and the crazy UK property market has done the rest!...
Forum: New Zealand
Mar 26th 2007, 7:46 am
Replies: 30
Views: 1,794
Posted By GowHow

Re: Persoanl question, but is anyone (or planning to be) mortgage free in NZ?

we are hoping to be mortgage free when we get to ChCh. Our house sale is going through the motions at present and we should end up with around £165k to bring with us. The plan is to leave it in a UK...
Forum: New Zealand
Mar 23rd 2007, 8:40 pm
Replies: 53
Views: 2,598
Posted By GowHow

Re: NORTH vs. SOUTH getting nasty

p.s

I am heading for ChCh, so I am not likely to bump into you, you self righteous, soup munching, crappy photo-taking, northern softie!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
Forum: New Zealand
Mar 23rd 2007, 8:37 pm
Replies: 53
Views: 2,598
Posted By GowHow

Re: NORTH vs. SOUTH getting nasty

The main reason for this site is for people to have a right good moan!

As someone in the process of moving to NZ, i would NEVER base my decision on what a bunch of expats whinged about on a forum....
Forum: New Zealand
Mar 20th 2007, 8:12 pm
Replies: 34
Views: 1,834
Posted By GowHow

Re: Building your own house

Just be careful if you borrow of in laws. Exchange rates come into the equation. If you borrowed £50,000 at current exchange rates ($2.80) you would get $140,000. If the rate went up to $3.00 (which...
Forum: New Zealand
Mar 16th 2007, 8:40 am
Replies: 18
Views: 1,022
Posted By GowHow

Re: Insurance (Again) - How Many Went Uninsured?

I helped my parents clear out the basement at the weekend, only to discover that the mountain of lego that I grew up with is now in an orphanage in Romania! I know it is in a good place but...
Forum: New Zealand
Mar 15th 2007, 3:38 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 578
Posted By GowHow

Re: Blimey! This EOI is a major task in itself ...

You get 6 months from issue of WTR visa. Assuming that the 4 weeks pass ok, the PR is just a formality....apparently

My wife even got a job offer but it lapsed as we did not sell the house in...
Forum: New Zealand
Mar 15th 2007, 12:28 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 578
Posted By GowHow

Re: Blimey! This EOI is a major task in itself ...

My wife is our main applicant and she is a pharmacist. It is a bit tricky, but from memory she needed to gt a letter of goodstanding from the RPSGB . We are about to get our Work to residency visa....
Forum: New Zealand
Mar 9th 2007, 10:09 am
Replies: 307
Views: 24,183
Posted By GowHow

Re: NZ$ vs £

Thanks Dave

We are looking to complete the house sale in early may and move to NZ in early June.

The plan is to leave the money in UK acocunt until a favourable rate is attained. Hopefully it...
Forum: New Zealand
Mar 9th 2007, 9:58 am
Replies: 12
Views: 572
Posted By GowHow

Re: Photo's on Forum

Cherry

Not sure whether it makes a difference, but I subscribed to be a premium member. Can all members still use the upload facility?

Adam
Forum: New Zealand
Mar 9th 2007, 8:58 am
Replies: 12
Views: 572
Posted By GowHow

Re: Photo's on Forum

Hmmm

If you can see a picture of lake pukaki then the manage attachment is working just fine:thumbup:
Forum: New Zealand
Mar 9th 2007, 8:29 am
Replies: 79
Views: 3,118
Posted By GowHow

Re: Decision...............

well done Jack. It's a great feeling innit?

We are still waiting for our passports to come back with the little stickers in. We sent them off at the beginning of Feb...

Hopefully if our house...
Forum: New Zealand
Mar 9th 2007, 8:26 am
Replies: 12
Views: 572
Posted By GowHow

Re: Photo's on Forum

From memory, you need to go to the bottom of the page where you are writing your reply and go into the manage attachments part. Browse to your photo and then upload it.
Forum: New Zealand
Mar 6th 2007, 3:11 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 506
Posted By GowHow

Re: video of christchurch...ummmm!

Life is what you make of it. These images could have come from any town/city in the UK, or the world for that matter.
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