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Forum: Canada
Apr 18th 2008, 2:56 am
Replies: 2,672
Views: 291,837
Posted By philandhev

Re: Exchange rate

Here is a good one for you. Like a lot of other Brits over here I have a sterling account in my HSBC bank over here in BC. I transferred this sterling from First Direct in the UK which was quick and...
Forum: Canada
Apr 11th 2008, 2:26 am
Replies: 2,672
Views: 291,837
Posted By philandhev

Re: Exchange rate

Hi Gary, I have exchanged currencies several times and every time my UK bank (First Direct)has achieved a better exchange rate than the brokers. I cant understand why as it seems to fly in the face...
Forum: Canada
Mar 10th 2008, 4:38 am
Replies: 31
Views: 3,138
Posted By philandhev

Re: quickest way to bc,canada

I agree entirely with the previous post about ICBC - we fell foul of this cartel monopoly over here as well. You need to provide all of your historical policy documents going back as far as you can...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Dec 7th 2007, 3:05 pm
Replies: 18
Views: 1,552
Posted By philandhev

Re: Money - leave it here or take it with you?

The best option we found was to open an HSBC account over in Canada. This is the only bank (we believe) that allows you to have a Sterling account sitting next to your dollars. The interest rate is...
Forum: Canada
May 22nd 2007, 11:38 am
Replies: 14
Views: 1,024
Posted By philandhev

Re: Property Inspections and Sump Pumps

Thanks,

I have to say that I am generally impressed by the speed and reasonable cost of the house inspections over here. I am pretty confident about things and I think the Canadians seem far less...
Forum: Canada
May 22nd 2007, 7:25 am
Replies: 14
Views: 1,024
Posted By philandhev

Re: Property Inspections and Sump Pumps

Thanks for all your comments, I have done some more investigations and despite the sump pump concerns we are proceeding with our house purchase. Our decision is based upon several factors, the main...
Forum: Canada
May 20th 2007, 7:40 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 7,632
Posted By philandhev

Re: Moved: Transfer from Uk secondary system into Canadian system

Hi firstly apologies for all the spelling mistakes and errors I was in a bit if a rush!!

Our kids are going to BC Vancouver Island and each province has its own system. There is a thing called the...
Forum: Canada
May 20th 2007, 6:11 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 1,024
Posted By philandhev

Re: Property Inspections and Sump Pumps

Hi there, thanks very much for your reply. We had to return to the UK before our inspection was done on the house so it would be unfair to blame the inspector for not gaining access. I appreciate...
Forum: Canada
May 20th 2007, 5:18 pm
Replies: 2,672
Views: 291,837
Posted By philandhev

Re: Exchange rate

I'm in the same situation, I am going in now with partial funds to hedge bets depending on what it looks like tomorrow Monday 21st May. Sunday Times Money headlines today with interest rates expected...
Forum: Canada
May 20th 2007, 5:11 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 7,632
Posted By philandhev

Re: Moved: Transfer from Uk secondary system into Canadian system

We are about to move to Canada. Our eldest son is 16 and doing his GCSES now , our other son is 13. They will both start their new school next term. Our eldest son will be going into Grade 12 I think...
Forum: Canada
May 20th 2007, 4:16 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 1,024
Posted By philandhev

Property Inspections and Sump Pumps

Hi I know there has been some discussion about these issues before but i wonder if I could draw some particular advice from those in the know who perhaps have already come across some of these...
Forum: Canada
May 19th 2007, 5:15 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 893
Posted By philandhev

Re: Shipping to Vancouver Island

Hi, yes White and Co have quoted for door to door but this is only to within 30 miles of the port at Vancouver so we will have to pay to forward it ourselves in some way.

I like the idea of a van...
Forum: Canada
May 19th 2007, 4:56 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 469
Posted By philandhev

Vancouver Island Business Opportunity??

Hi, I dont know whether this will help anyone who may be suffering the long wait in the application process.

We have just returned from a research trip on Vancouver Island and we stayed in a...
Forum: Canada
May 19th 2007, 12:20 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 893
Posted By philandhev

Shipping to Vancouver Island

Hi,

We are moving to the Island in August and we are about to commision White and Co to move a full!! 40ft sole use container to Vancouver. I expect that we will have to pay an additional charge...
Forum: Canada
May 19th 2007, 6:31 am
Replies: 8
Views: 672
Posted By philandhev

Re: Vancouver Island - Ladysmith

Hi there, thanks for the message and sorry we didnt get to say much of a goodbye in the rush to get off the plane. Best of luck in your new future over there.
Forum: Canada
May 16th 2007, 9:18 am
Replies: 8
Views: 672
Posted By philandhev

Re: Vancouver Island - Ladysmith

Crikey are you still in UK time, its 2.20am over here and i am only still up cos i'm thinkin about the dreaded flight back on Thursday!! What are you doing up at this time!!
Forum: Canada
May 16th 2007, 8:46 am
Replies: 8
Views: 672
Posted By philandhev

Re: Vancouver Island - Ladysmith

Thanks for your replies, we havent managed to meet up with anyone as we have been so busy over here. We have trawled around looking at properties and finally bought one, registered the kids at...
Forum: Canada
May 14th 2007, 3:48 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 672
Posted By philandhev

Vancouver Island - Ladysmith

Hi there,

We love Vancouver but have decided upon Vancouver Island and almost certainly the Ladysmith/Chemainus area. We have found this area pretty much what we want and it suits us for the...
Forum: Canada
May 14th 2007, 2:16 pm
Replies: 0
Views: 326
Posted By philandhev

Vancouver Island - Ladysmith

Hi there,

We love Vancouver but have decided upon Vancouver Island and almost certainly the Ladysmith/Chemainus area. We have found this area pretty much what we want and it suits us for the...
Forum: Canada
Apr 23rd 2007, 4:57 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 1,139
Posted By philandhev

Canada Mobile/Cellular Phones

Hi, we are preparing for our landing in August and I am looking at Mobile phone costs.

It seems that in Canada you have to pay for incoming calls as well as outgoing? Is this right? Can any of you...
Forum: Canada
Apr 11th 2007, 9:24 pm
Replies: 22
Views: 1,376
Posted By philandhev

Re: Secondary schools - admin help please?

Hi Helen, perhaps we have looked in the wrong places but your explanation has really helped us. We have found it quite difficult up to now to get this information over the web without actually...
Forum: Canada
Apr 10th 2007, 1:43 pm
Replies: 22
Views: 1,376
Posted By philandhev

Re: Secondary schools - admin help please?

All done, Sue at expats was very helpful :)
Forum: Canada
Apr 10th 2007, 1:43 pm
Replies: 22
Views: 1,376
Posted By philandhev

Re: Secondary schools - admin help please?

Hi, no problem with this. We will be there in August and we will let you know the outcome.

PM me or email us on our previous post as we have now changed our username due to a mistake we made when...
Forum: Canada
Apr 9th 2007, 12:38 pm
Replies: 22
Views: 1,376
Posted By philandhev

Re: Secondary schools - admin help please?

Hi there,
It sounds like we have a lot in common. Our eldest son is taking his GSCS's shortly and our one way tickets to Vancouver are booked for 4th August.

We are also flying over on 4th May...
Forum: Canada
Mar 31st 2007, 10:26 am
Replies: 12
Views: 1,565
Posted By philandhev

Re: People are so Rude

Yep, we are in the same position but even worse. We run a Bed and Breakfast in the Derbyshire Countryside. We must have shown half the population of Derbyshire around, mostly who want to run a B&B...
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