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should we take furniture or bye new..Any help on this please
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Can anyone give me any feed back (based on experience) weather it's best to move nearly all your belongings to OZ ... or to enter OZ with mainly personal belongings.
We are in i dilemma as to start from scratch again (apart from sentimental things) or just move every thing based on a standard 3 bedroom house.Some of the furniture kinda needs replacing anyway But how have those got on with just going out with personal items by renting a house with hardly no furniture.Or have you rented a house then gone out and bought everything you need?Cause some of us women like to have nearly all new when moving anyway. :laugh: Is there anyone out there that has come up against this?
Any help is most appreciated:)
hi a lot of people have discussed this before and i think it is down to personal preferance - some people have bought all new and said that it is quite reasonable to do so - where r u heading? i have some furntiture websites for brisbane that cal has given me and i think koala12 has posted some for sydney - try looking on the what to buy list by em&m
it seems that things like bedding is quite expensive over there - they do have an ikea though and woolworths so u cud try looking on their websites
We are shipping our stuff as the kids have loads of toys, dvd's, books etc. Taking just personal stuff, electrical items etc was going to cost us over £2000 so we decided to take everything for £3250.
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Hi guys,
like chelle said many people have asked this question or similar, I am sure that I have read somewhere on PiO that wooden furniture is very expensive, I also suggest you look for the thread of things to buy before you go, as there have been some really usefull hints on there, you will probably find that it is not too expensive to ship a 20ft container.
We brought almost everything but have still needed to buy stuff here too. You really would not be able to furnish a house over here for the price of what it will cost you. Houses are bigger and you will need more stuff.
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Hi Mark/Trace
When we moved over here last year we only brought with furniture that still had plenty of life left in it as we thought it wasn't worth paying to ship stuff that would need replacing within a short space of time! We found that buying a lounge suite and beds here wasn't too expensive (and depending where you are going to live I know everyone on here will be able to advise you best places to look!). Most of our shipment apart from the furniture that we did bring was personal stuff, clothes, kitchenware, etc although we did have to buy quite a bit of stuff here too. It's good to have lots of your own familiar stuff around you when you are starting out as it makes it feel more like home but it's also exciting to go looking round different shops and finding new things to start off your Ozzie life....good luck with whatever you decide
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You can get some really good deals and furniture is pretty reasonably priced we didnt bring any and bought it all over here.Have a look at www.fantasticfurniture.com.au theres also A-mart which is a big furniture outlet ,as Chelle said theres also Ikea,,it really is personal prefernce and depends on the quality of furniture you already have ,,
Cal x
As everyone says, it's a personal choice but we bought the contents of a 3 bed house and I mean everything, and we still had to buy more when we got here to fill a 4 bed house. You couldn't buy everything for the same price as it's going to cost you to ship things. If it needs replacing anyway, leave it, if it's in good condition bring it, you can replace it further down the road otherwise you have big expense when you get her which you probably don't need. I found wood furniture to be cheap and very good quality but bed linen is expensive over here so I would stock up and bring it with you. Depends on where you are planning to live as to what shops are available but if you buy in the sales you can still get things cheap.
Hi:
Im new to Pomms in Oz. Moved here just 8 months ago.We are three hours inland from Melbourne as my husband got a job here from the UK. If I had the choice now would only bring personal belongings. Some of our furniture was damaged during the journey, plus one box lost plus our style of furniture isnt really suitable for the new houses that are here. Looks shabby. I would defintiely start from scratch. If I can help with any other queries please do not hesitate to email. Where are you moving to? Best wishes Jackie.
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