Carlos fandango
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Item´s Under 12month´s old do I have to declare?
Carlos fandango replied to Love Shoes's topic in Shipping and Removals
If your the type of person who couldn't sleep a night knowing you've smuggled new stuff into the country for your own use that's under 12 months old...declare it and I'm sure oz customs will be happy to charge you a reasonable amount.t of tax for the privilege......if it were me....just get it wrapped up well by the shippers and bring it and keep tight lipped....honesty...sometimes...can get pretty expensive..... -
Just to throw a spanner in the works....we brought a few wicker items....some were mentioned in the paperwork....quoted as "treated" wicker table etc etc... others were packed amongst other stuff in boxes and just weren't mentioned on the list....everything came through fine and we had customs and aqis go through quite a lot of our stuff...as long as its been treated...ie bought from IKEA, argos, or the like it shouldn't be too much of a problem.......
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Shame......we were looking at this area....house sounds great but more than our budget....good luck......
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Personally I wouldnt..... not sure if that would be safe around food items and it doesnt smell all that good too........would be better using the bottled spray you can get from tescos or asda etc.... the one you can spray on worktops and kills 99% of germs....you know the one.......or just a good dust with a new paint brush and wiped down with clean water......
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Ours was the same......didnt want to risk it so sparayed it with zoflora and water mix and scrubbed it with a tooth brush......also took out the filter which was at the bottom front on ours and cleaned that too.......maybe over the top.....maybe wont even look at it.......but if they did its clean.....and not only that its clean for us to use when we get to OZ :biggrin:.........been scrubbing my tools and house stuff for 4 months now.....tomorrows the day for the shippers.......last few things tonight and then its out of our hands !!!!!!!!
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I found cleaning the bikes with WD40 worked much better which is what I used to clean most things then I just sprayed with Jeyes afterwards using a pump sprayer I got from Wilkos (about £4). I also shrinked wrapped everything to keep it clean and dust free. (ps. Don't forget to take the front wheel off and tie wrap it to the frame side and also turn the pedals from fitting to the outside of the cranks to the inside......got to make everything as small as you can.......
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As long as it smells.......I think that's part of the trick....that's why jeyes and zoflora are used ........but they're all disinfectants
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Zoflora is another disinfectant you can use and you can get it in different smells also. I would advise this for things like cleaning your shoes as jeyes, which I used also, doesn't smell so nice. You can buy Zoflora from Tesco,Asda,Morrisons, Wilkos etc etc. Another tip for cleaning stuff thats electrical or the like is to use WD40 and a nail brush or old tooth brush. Cleans plastic, rubber and metal up a treat and leaves a thin film to protect the surface further. I've been scrubbing and cleaning and packing for 4 months now so I'm pretty addicted to disinfectant and WD40 !!!!!!!!! Carlos
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Hi We used this one..... http://www.pims.co.uk/ Found it via google. There are many others just liked the look of this one. I think working or doing business with friends and family is always very difficult. What starts as an amicable arrangement can easily turn sour. For instance what if there was a problem with carbon monoxide in the house and you havn't tested the gas appliances someone is seriously ill with it....or worse.....do you think your sister would be understanding and whats more do you think the courts would be understanding when they send you to prison.....maybe an over the top senario but I bet its happened before.......
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Were renting to my partners sister and we are doing everything by the book.....Asked mortgage lender for permission (if you dont and they find out they could call in the mortgage still owed on the property) cost us £225 for them to say yes.........sorted out a rental agreement using an online company for just a few pounds.....just had an EPC done at cost of £35 (lasts 10 years)......and soon going to get a gas safety test done about £60 for hob and boiler....and then we will sort out landlord insurance....Were also making an itinery list of the house.....basically as someone mentioned to us whether its a friend or family renting it, it still needs to be done properly and legally in case things go wrong later.
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We have booked with Pickfords but are in still in the process of moving...I will report here when we are all finished and moved.... Must say though.... one of the gripes I have is that everytime I called you always had to leave a message on the answer phone.....I never got a person answering the phone....this is even more annoying when my messages arnt returned so I have to call again and leave another.....never once got an appology when I did eventually talk to someone....good job their price was competative enough to outway their telephone service...for us anyway...
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Hi.... I and my Mrs need a new laptop each......we're moving over to OZ shortly and was wondering if it was best/cheapest to buy here in the UK and take with us. I'm aware of the facts that warrantys may not be valid in OZ and that you should have owned anything for more than 12 months, just wondered if anyone wishes they had bought here in the UK and took it with them. Initial searches look like similar laptops are more expensive in OZ than here which is obviously down to the rubbish exchange were getting at the moment. Cheers Carlos
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Renting out our house in the UK
Carlos fandango replied to Sherbetdip23's topic in Renting & Real Estate
Is your house in scotland......sure you dont have to register with the council in England....and not sure about the fire blanket either.......but you're correct about the electric wired smoke alarms. -
Renting out our house in the UK
Carlos fandango replied to Sherbetdip23's topic in Renting & Real Estate
""It's expensive isn't it! What exactly does full management entail? If it's your only property you won't have to pay tax and apparently you can own it for 6 years and not pay tax. (that what I have read on here)"" Can I ask where you read this info....we're going to be renting ours and am very interested to know this......... -
Whats it really like working in the Mines-FIFO?
Carlos fandango replied to a topic in Careers and Vacancies
I'm moving to Perth, November this year, got 30 years Carpentry and construction experience under my belt and was thinking about this option but wasn't and havn't been too keen about living & working away from home. However needs must....dont suppose you got any links or contacts I could use.... Cheers Carlos -
Are you meaning the Australian customs ????, in my case in Freemantle, Perth. I was wondering how you went about finding someone to value your vehicle when it arrived in OZ..... I thought I had read somewhere people getting valuations done for their vehicles whilst still in the UK in readyness for when it eventually arrives in OZ.....or am I wrong ??.
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Proviews right ......and i have said many times.....they arnt there to catch you out...if you know your stuff it will be fine.......if you aint done roofs or saw stools for a while get some timber and practice............anyway you shouldnt listen to proview he's still a carpenters apprentice :biglaugh:
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Hi Dude How did your reccie go......did you get much insight/info etc.. etc.. In answer to your question I have been scrubbing with WD40 and jeyes with wire brushes and a tooth brush for weeks now.....yes the stains/rust marks dont scrub out so I decided to buy some metalic silver spray from wilko's about £5 a tin.......I'm now just spraying everything in sight 'silver'........they look lovely and new, if just a little 'tin man' from wizard of Oz........I'm a bit pissed off with cleaning now but its got to be done....
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Again yes ...all info is useful...if not for me other people on here may be interested... Your 40 foot container.......is it a standard height, 8'-6" (I believe) or a high cube container 9'-6" (again I believe) Cheers Carlos
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Yes always helpful information.......imagine what life would be like without these forums or computers/internet for that matter....... I presume you mean both cars are going in the 40 foot container with the 480 cu ft of house stuff........the cost of the container is the main factor for me as I think that is the size we are going to need....... You say you're sorting out the car stuff once they arrive there, presume this is the customs, AQIS, and state regulations/workshop pits etc.......have you sorted out for the cars to be valued for customs yet ??.....just wondering what other paperwork is involved as I'm planning on taking my vehicle...... Cheers Carlos
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Sorry I cant help...but I would be interested to hear from anyone who can ?????
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Ironchef answered an earlier question about this for me and apparantely its acceptable to have both on the dash speedo but the oddometer needs changing by law to read in KPH...
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We'll have to have a section all to ourselves soon in the forum...."pomsinoz - vivaro van owners club" :biglaugh:..............At least we'll know who each other is if he takes it to Perth being the only two Vivaros on the road :biggrin::biglaugh:....keep us posted.... Carlos
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In exactly the same position...got a vivaro 2.5L LWB, full roofrack, tow bar, blue tooth and a good reliable drive (touch wood). I've been trying to get answers to all the questions for a while now but just seem to hit dead ends. Yes vauxhall in OZ is Holdan BUT I'm not convinced they know too much about the vivaro.....renault trafic is probably closer and pretty much the same van and is sold in OZ. My van is a 2004 model and only 33000 miles on the clock, a similar model would be about 14>16000 dollars (thats if you could find one, same speck, same mileage, same reliability) so doing the maths it should be benificial or at the least break even. Parts could be a problem, not too sure ??, but like someone said pretty much everything is flown into Western Australia anyhow so vehicle parts would come the same way....at a cost perhaps though. I've sent an application off now to try to get permission to take my van to OZ so I suppose the response I get from this will decide what happens next...... Keep me upto speed from your end and I'll return the complement. Cheers Carlos
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Just got a quote for a 4 bed house... £3200 for the year......what you insuring a 4 bed wendy house ???