Still Game

I know there is a thread what you wished you had taken with you, however, I'm more thinking we have waaaaay to much stuff, I want to take everything and probably need a wake up call! I know (based on knowledge 10+ years ago tho) that the majority of rentals in Australia are not furnished, as opposed to the UK where a lot of rentals are.

I know you can't know for sure what will be included in a rental, as it would differ from house to house. So did you take the kitchen sink and regret it? If I had a Belfast I would definitely be taking that!!

Hubby is in the vein of we'll buy when we get there, however, I've heard that whitegoods etc.. are much more expensive so I really want to take it all. We would run the risk of finding a furnished rental, just my luck... and so then what would we do with it all?!

Experiences welcomed

perthhopeful

My husband.........

We brought pretty much the entire contents of our house, well all that would fit in a 20ft container (which is a lot)

The only thing I regret bringing is a couple of wardrobes.....most houses have built in ones, it's not really a regret though more like "oh well we didn't need that after all"
They make useful storage in the garage though!

My advise would be to bring as much as you can, if things aren't needed you can get rid of them here, or sell them.
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moneypenny20

Nothing. We bought this house and the woman selling left us her dishwasher. It was working well, so we didn't unpack our dishwasher, just stored it in the shed and three years later when her's died, we had a replacement ready and waiting.

macy

My nearly new washing machine. It didn't seem to like the move over and stopped working after a few washes once we arrived. I think condensation must have got into the control panel during its time at sea and it was never the same, at the time front loaders were few and far betweeen in Oz and no spares for my super duper LG could be found so we ended up buying another not so good machine a few weeks after being in the country.

Still Game

I've heard that it is very difficult to get front loading washing machines over there. Everyone I know seems to have humungous top loaders whcih takes aout three times the loads the front loaders take. Our wm is only 1.5 years old so I'm thinking we should take it... however, hubby is thinking why not just offer it with the house sale and earn a little extra. ....

What about TV's did you all take them?

Bermudashorts

We bought a front loader washing machine, it was not in the slightest bit difficult to find one and the price was not that bad, although if you are buying out of £ brought with you rather than $ salary most things will seem pricey. If you have a machine you might as well bring it, we left ours in the house as we are renting it out.

fish.01

that advice about front loaders you have been given is out of date...very common these days.

Still Game

I suspected it might have been, I guess it depends on whether you have a large family and space too.

fish.01

Not sure what you mean by space as i thought they were fairly similar size but as you say the top loaders used to take far more than the front loaders. That difference is shrinking as large front load models have appeared and you can pack front loaders tighter than top loaders apparently. Still probably a difference though.

Still Game

When we visited friends and family in Feb this year I saw two huge top loaders, definitely not the sort you would hide under a cupboard in your kitchen UK styleee! I'm only basing it on two different people's houses tho so probably not a good representation!

lesleys

You don't do your washing in the kitchen here. The laundry is usually a separate room, sometimes in the garage and sometimes in the bathroom.

Still Game

Yes, I know... I was brought up in Australia... anyway what I meant was I only saw top loading machines when I was there and had heardthat it was difficult to buy front loading but seems that is not the case any more

Grayling

In some houses....not in a lot of Queenslanders.

Amazulu

...all the negativity and grumpyness that you Poms are famous for

Buzzy--Bee

Bugger. Can't give you any more karma.

BB