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Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jan 16th 2013, 5:04 am
Replies: 26
Views: 6,508
Posted By lil_ol_wine_drinker_me

Re: 5 months home update

Cheers Sandra, great to see you still popping on here now & again, I rarely go on here now as am too busy having a life, now I know why everyone disappears after the 1st year check in point.

Where...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jan 16th 2013, 5:02 am
Replies: 26
Views: 6,508
Posted By lil_ol_wine_drinker_me

Re: 5 months home update

Depends where you are buying, we bought in Scotland so the buying process differs from England & Wales etc, but biggest tip would be get a good solicitor to do all the legal stuff on your behalf,...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jan 16th 2013, 4:59 am
Replies: 26
Views: 6,508
Posted By lil_ol_wine_drinker_me

Re: 5 months home update

Moved back with between 80 & 90k sterling (cant put a pound sign because my keyboard still thinks it is aussie!)
Forum: Marriage Based Visas
Jun 13th 2012, 5:11 am
Replies: 5
Views: 1,439
Posted By lil_ol_wine_drinker_me

Re: Canadian married to britsh man can i stay if we separate???

I think if your son is a British Citizen (which he probably is if his father is a Uk citizen from birth) then you would need written legal permission to remove the child from the Uk, so the answer to...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jun 4th 2012, 12:09 am
Replies: 6
Views: 1,645
Posted By lil_ol_wine_drinker_me

Re: Car and house insurance when returning home

I am also insured by Aviva
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jun 2nd 2012, 11:02 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 1,645
Posted By lil_ol_wine_drinker_me

Re: Car and house insurance when returning home

Re: Car Insurance, we needed proof of no claims in years & not %, although we eventually got car insurance it was a struggle, proof was given over the 6 year period that we had been out of the...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
May 27th 2012, 8:44 pm
Replies: 0
Views: 603
Posted By lil_ol_wine_drinker_me

Thumbs up Transit Insurance Recommendation

Just wanted to post that we used Letton Percival for transit insurance from Australia to Scotland, they charged 1.30% of value of contents of container, much cheaper than most of the shipping...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
May 26th 2012, 9:44 pm
Replies: 26
Views: 6,508
Posted By lil_ol_wine_drinker_me

Re: 5 months home update

Thank you all for the well wishes :)
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
May 26th 2012, 9:43 pm
Replies: 26
Views: 6,508
Posted By lil_ol_wine_drinker_me

Re: 5 months home update

Thanks, is great to be home, the friends & family aren't asking (they know why we came home) , mainly new people we meet and the odd friend of a friend who hasn't heard our experience of life in the...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
May 26th 2012, 9:40 pm
Replies: 26
Views: 6,508
Posted By lil_ol_wine_drinker_me

Re: 5 months home update

Thanks Tracy, seems like forever ago that we were all sitting in "The Boat" plotting our escapes, still hard to believe that our time eventually came up :D I think I was the last of that batch to...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
May 21st 2012, 6:58 pm
Replies: 26
Views: 6,508
Posted By lil_ol_wine_drinker_me

Re: 5 months home update

Very happy, after all the doom & gloom & the "you'll be back" comments from outsiders I am pleased to say that for us it was definitely the right decision. Now we are here it gets a bit groundhog...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
May 19th 2012, 8:11 pm
Replies: 26
Views: 6,508
Posted By lil_ol_wine_drinker_me

Smile 5 months home update

Hi All, finally got time to post our experience of getting home, been so busy getting our lives on track that didn't get a chance to post yet.

Move went very smoothly, used Allied Pickfords for...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Sep 14th 2011, 4:06 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 2,736
Posted By lil_ol_wine_drinker_me

Re: Been back 7 weeks

really interesting to see how many returnees to the UK from Aus after 5 years or more...we have just entered our 6th year of "living the dream" & are really looking forward to "waking up" after our...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jul 24th 2011, 2:33 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 1,283
Posted By lil_ol_wine_drinker_me

Re: feeling guilty

really funny to read your post, I have the opposite guilt trip feelings, I feel guilty about living so far away from the kids grandparents & extended family & will be moving back near them at the end...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jun 25th 2011, 7:55 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 3,435
Posted By lil_ol_wine_drinker_me

Re: Perth to UK

Did your container arrive yet? can you advise on if you would recommend Kent or not? It's nearly my turn to return & am starting to gather quotes. Thanks
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jun 21st 2011, 12:21 pm
Replies: 20
Views: 4,027
Posted By lil_ol_wine_drinker_me

Re: The woes of Getting your money to the UK

try XE.com, we use this all the time & no problems with large amounts of cash & decent rates too
Forum: Back Home
Mar 2nd 2011, 6:10 pm
Replies: 55
Views: 17,017
Posted By lil_ol_wine_drinker_me

Re: Been Back 7 Months . Update

Great post, thanks for your honest update.

Not looking forward to the "why did you not like it? comments, or the "at least you tried" ones, totally sick of the "you'll be back" comments and I...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Feb 28th 2011, 5:01 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 1,202
Posted By lil_ol_wine_drinker_me

Re: Buying a property in UK when still in Aus - mortgage question

Thanks for all the replies, seems like there are ways around buying a property in advance, will look into it a bit deeper :)
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Feb 27th 2011, 7:30 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 1,202
Posted By lil_ol_wine_drinker_me

Buying a property in UK when still in Aus - mortgage question

Hi All,

Not been on the forum for a while, ducked out because my return to UK seemed to be too far away for me to deal with, but now I can say that it is all happening this year :)

Question for...
Forum: Australia
Jul 26th 2010, 11:56 am
Replies: 32
Views: 13,196
Posted By lil_ol_wine_drinker_me

Re: where do most scousers live in perth?

Scousers that is not lunatics! lol
Forum: Australia
Jul 26th 2010, 1:12 am
Replies: 32
Views: 13,196
Posted By lil_ol_wine_drinker_me

Re: where do most scousers live in perth?

Loads of them in the Northern Suburbs
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jun 4th 2010, 7:56 pm
Replies: 46
Views: 16,767
Posted By lil_ol_wine_drinker_me

Thumbs up Re: families left behind

What a fantastic post, this pretty much sums up the whole emigration emotion rollercoaster ride many of us have made & sometimes reluctantly been part of, very sensitively handled, thanks for that :)
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jan 24th 2010, 8:23 pm
Replies: 38
Views: 4,230
Posted By lil_ol_wine_drinker_me

Re: Been Back a Year

Your pic brought a smile to my face! lol :thumbsup:
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jan 12th 2009, 4:25 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 1,336
Posted By lil_ol_wine_drinker_me

Re: Just to Say

She left the sand pit on sunday, should be home by now.
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jan 12th 2009, 4:23 pm
Replies: 55
Views: 6,720
Posted By lil_ol_wine_drinker_me

Re: Feeling a bit sh*tty

Glad all is panning out for you after the initial culture shock of being home, keep us updated & wish you all the very best - think I am the only one left now from the original Boat meet!
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