I'm in a bit of a quandry, do I ship the essentials over so I don't have to rush to buy new when I arrive? or do I sell most of it in the UK and buy new.
I don't have any furniture that has sentimental value but will be bringing certain items so will need at least part of a container. The second hand market over here is rubbish and I'll probably get peanuts for my furniture, most of which is only around 2 yrs old.
Anyone any experiences?? When I did a reccy in Perth 4years ago, a couple I met who had just arrived had actually purchased more furniture in the UK and filled 2 containers!!!!
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A friend of ours shipped it all over and by the time it had arrived and been delayed in customs they had to buy new stuff anyway. Also, they realised that most of the stuff didn't go in their new house...............
We're shipping over anything sentimental and sold the rest on Ebay!
million $ question. We brought all our stuff, maily because it was good quality and we'd have got peanuts for it selling it. Our container cost £3,800 (including insurance) there is no way we could have replaced the stuff we brought (for equal quality) for that price - plus it was really nice having familiar stuff around us (especially for the children opening boxes of cherished stuff). Despite having brought all that stuff, we've still had to buy other things but haven't had to impulse buy and been able to shop around and wait for something we like (and will last).
Having said that - others have brought a few boxes and got everything here - agree with John, if it's in good nick - bring it;
Ali
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We were over earlier this year and before our holiday we had decided to take very little. We thought we would just buy new, however, after our trip we are taking the lot (pretty much) houses are bigger with different lay outs so you may have a couple of lounges a rumpus room etc that you may not have here. At least if you ship it and it doesn't really suit your new home, as Ali said you can take your time and not rush into buying.
Without a doubt we are shipping as much as we can take with us. We have read so many threads on here where the work is hard to get and the pay is not very good, we figured whilst we are both still working and earning decent money we can save for the container and then not have the worry when we get there to try and get the money together for new furntiture, we also thought that you get so homesick when you move with nothing familiar around you that the best thing we could do was to have our new home full of all our familiar things to help the homesickness feeling!
Sorry to hijack this thread. I just think my question will fit in here before I forget to post it
Please could anyone tell me whether we would have trouble shipping an antique wooden bedroom furniture suite? It was bought as a (literal) Birth Day present for my hubby's gran (so it would be 91 years old).
It's really good quality stuff and very beautiful too, but after what happened to poor Eddie and Tina, I wouldn't want to run the risk of being charged the King's Shilling to get it through Customs.
Any advice?
(Thanks for lettting me interrupt. x)
Mrs Tyke x
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I'm in a bit of a quandry, do I ship the essentials over so I don't have to rush to buy new when I arrive? or do I sell most of it in the UK and buy new.
I don't have any furniture that has sentimental value but will be bringing certain items so will need at least part of a container. The second hand market over here is rubbish and I'll probably get peanuts for my furniture, most of which is only around 2 yrs old.
Anyone any experiences?? When I did a reccy in Perth 4years ago, a couple I met who had just arrived had actually purchased more furniture in the UK and filled 2 containers!!!!
I've said this on a similar thread. Bring all the sentimental stuff, but leave the white-goods and heavy furniture behind. I'm sure it's been said before, but I am really really interested to hear from people what it has cost them to bring how much recently? What a perfect place to post it. How much to bring to Oz, and how much to bring to the UK would be great to hear. What's half a container costing and what's a full container costing? Even what's a fridge sized box full of stuff costing? The more the merrier!
Remember too that the cost of furnishing a home all adds up and will eat into your savings, although our house has got built in robes - our bedrooms in the UK were fully fitted so when we got here we found we had to buy drawers for the kids bedrooms. As Michelle said the homes here are bigger, our dining table, which only got extended at xmas and parties is always at it's largest size in the dining area otherwise it would get lost. Our old bed, which we used for several months is now in the spare room as our guest bed. We have found too that with our new bedroom furniture and also the stuff we've ordered for the study - we've had to wait several weeks for (depends which shops you go to), in order for it to be either made or to be shipped from somewhere else.
Ali
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To ship or not to ship? - furniture
