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On 11/07/2018 at 14:47, Amber Snowball said:

Good luck! Getting any interest in your house? The area where I sold was just starting to slow/correct as I sold. My sale was painful but I did everything to get that buyer over the line as I wasn’t sure when the next one would come along! My house, it has to be said, wasn’t a traditional layout so had a more limited market to begin with.

Hi Amber we're getting a few people through but only had 2 really ridiculous offers, we just need the offers to be little higher then we'll sell - lost alot of money in our house but just got to bite the bullet and not look back!!!!!  Keep your fingers crossed for us as just want to get on with moving back and starting again!!!!!

Just read all the comments!  Good to know as soon as our house sells here we will be moving back home and trying to get a mortgage!

Can anyone let me which insurance to use for shipping our goods back to the UK.  The removalists insurance are expensive!!!!

Me too got mine yesterday yay one less thing to worry about!!!!!

hiya wattsy 1982 as soon as our house sells!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  the TOR number apparently lasts for 1 year not that we want to be here another year!!!  Thats all I sent too I sent mine this morning when did you send yours?  

Thanks LKC have sent it off now hopefully all will be good.   I hate filling out forms did enough of that when we applied for our visa to get here several years ago!!!!

Oh wow just opened up the tor form and closed it down real quick. Has anyone recently filled it out Is it hard to do?  Looks like you have to attach a lot of paperwork. We have a house here do we need to scan a copy of the mortgage contract just tell prove we have been here for a few years?

Do you have to do the tor form in one bit or can you save and start again later

I think we’ll hold out to sell it!   Did the number crunching to rent and we’d be out of pocket lots!  How long was your house on the market for verystormy? We’ll come outwith equity but still lost loads!  Have you bought a house in the uk or are renting?

verystormy must be rich lol we couldn’t afford to do that still have mortgage each month to pay unless we win that lotto shortly!

Oh wow didn’t know that!  We would be taking a loss though!

Hi newjez yes we’re in Perth! Parley we have a 5 bed house and it’s been priced way less than what we paid for it so not over priced. Estate agent said it’s slow going at the moment selling a house!   It’s only been up 8 weeks but want to just get on with life and move back now!

We lived in Atwell for a couple of years and kids went to school there but I’d probably steer clear now as seems to be a lot of drugs about,  Piara Waters and Harrisdale are good areas also has a shopping centre plus Cockburn is not far away!  

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Has anyone rented their house out and moved back to uk?  We have ours up for sale but no one putting in offers yet so we’re thinking should maybe rent it out for a year or two whilst we are in UK, we won’t make any money but if we can’t sell we don’t have a lot of choice!  I worry house won’t be sellable after renters!

On 26/02/2018 at 14:42, jgt said:

Hi there after the hardest  5 years of my working life we are looking at going back.Any advice removalist companies and tips etc please let me know.

I AM NOT interested in a Aus v Uk debate - been there and done that, im voting with my feet, thanks 

Hi there we're doing the same from Perth after 6 years!!  I'm just getting quotes now!  Where abouts in Perth are you?

On 19/02/2018 at 22:11, blondie said:

We did it last year, interviews at Australia house and then it took about 10 days to arrive in the post.  Be prepared to queue outside on the street though before you are allowed into Aus house before your allocated time slot.

 

Can you not just renew them online?  Like I had to do our UK ones from Oz

I’m a bit confused we have Australian passports but are moving back to the uk later this year when ours expire can we not easily renew them in the uk like we do here in Oz when we renew our uk ones - never know when we might need them again!

We are all moving back to UK but my sons dont have a NI number do they have to be in the country for 185 days before they can get one?  Is that the same for transferring their Oz driving licences over too?

Love this so funny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi I know someone on here said their son moved back and was able to transfer his p plate licence to a uk one which is what my son will be doing when we all go back next year!  As for bank accounts I'm not sure.  Don't forget he will have to get his NI number asap  i think we'll be sorting that out days after getting off plane lol!!!!    

Thanks Blondie thats good to know!!!  

Has anyone that's gone back and are in their 40's been able to get a mortgage?  We will have to try and get one when we go home next year!!

Hospitals in Perth are great its just the cost associated with things that need doing like MRI's as medicare doesn't cover that.  I don't think I could afford to live out here when I'm older another reason we are going back next year!

I have a 17 and 19 year old and we are going back next year and at the moment both my boys are looking forward to the move but I’m like you I’ve already said we all go together or we stay here I couldn’t bare leaving one or both here on the other side of the world.  If they decide later in life to come back here then I’ll deal with it but at the moment thankfully they are onboard   What state do you live in

yay thanks so much for letting me know my younger son will be pleased he doesn't have to do the uk driving test!!! I wasn't sure as it says provisional on his wa licence but he will be on greeen p's when we go home!  Thanks again!