Kezzles

Hey all we want to buy a car but can't decide what or where from? We are current based in east melbs but moving to st Kilda next week. We had a golf back in uk and would like something that size. We've been told not to buy a foreign car as we may get ripped off if it needs parts. Any ideas? Any good dealers you've heard of or used would help us too? cheers kez

No worries, we are going to Melbourne :biggrin: We have good friends in brisbane they love it!

Think it was 900 for large container plus aquis fee so around 1200. I love my bed and it's expensive so decided to ship We fly Tuesday ahhhhhh

Hello just thought I'd post about our experience with sevenseas movecube. The hooking was relatively straight forward though I think it's all done from a call centre in India. They came to inspect where they would drop off the cube about two weeks before the moving date to check it was ok. Driver turned up on time and was fairly relaxed about it. He gave us four hours to load it. Right, the cube at first we thought oh it's never going to fit all our stuff! We had marked out the space in our living room and did a trial 'fitting' session I'd recommend you go this. Also the packing takes a lot longer than you think so plan way ahead as much as possible. We ordered boxes from amazon and bought extra at safe store. Buy shed loads of bubble wrap from amazon it's pretty cheap. Fill out forms beforehand and sticky label everything, we had 74 items labelled and were still labelling as we packed. If you pack well it's so surprising what you can fit. As a rough idea in a large cube we put the following 15 boxes 6 large boxes king size bed/matress two bedside tables one 3 drawer chest of drawers filled with wooden ornaments and hangers 2 bikes one scuba bag two suitcases huge wine rack 32 inch tv duvet pillows books speakers Two mirrors around 15 canvas paintings More random items!! There was ALOT! Fingers crossed it arrives in 11 weeks! I'd post photos if I could in my phone but not sure how?!

Congrats!! Good luck!

Hi thanks for your post above, when you say rent is stifling what do you mean? It looks reasonable to me and compared to London a lot more for your money!

Good luck ours took less than 3 weeks!!!

Thanks both!

Hello all What documents do I need when submitting a rental application please? 1. ID 2. Proof of employment/visa 3. Reference? 4. Anything else??? Cheers kez

Thx all sorted

Hello we leave for oz on 1st April and I need to change address on my licence. It needs renewing jan 2016. Shall I use my parents address in uk?

That list is just what you need to declare as customs may want to inspect!

Ahh we have couple of those doorstops, what do we describe them as? My African wooden items are varnished, I gave one to my mum a huge monkey as it looked like it was raw wood in parts so haven't risked it. We are packing all wooden bits in same box so customs have easy access. We have a huge wicker cheat from ikea should we leave this behind? Inside of our bedside drawers are not varnished but are from warren Evans so I'm assuming as they are reputable company and not cheap they will be ok??

Ha ha I'm born and bred welsh and most of my welsh language consists of swear words ha ha quality teachers!

We have loads of wine as bf works for wine company (penfolds being one of his) so we've decided to drink what we have ha ha and give rest away as I'm sure when we reach oz we will build up our collection again! The grange is as you say very expensive so probably worth looking into shipping back!

Diolch! Same to you!

Surely not all of that is prohibited?

When u say treated do you mean I have to get them treated before?

Not long for you either then! Our stuff being shipped with movecube on 25 march, house full of boxes bubble wrap and tape! Thankfully we decluttered in January otherwise it would be a nightmare! It's coming along slowly hoping to get a lot done this weekend but I say goodbye to my parents Saturday (dreading it) they fly to Perth to visit my brother for a month. Ticked most things off list so getting there. Lost all motivation at work umm funny that ha ha! keep in touch and celebrate today!!!!

Wooohoooooo!!! :biggrin:So chuffed for you! When you planning to leave? We have less than 5 weeks now!

Hello Just need advice on taking wooden things. We have wooden ornaments carvings ffrom around world are these ok? What about wooden chest if drawers? Wooden bed (only two years old) How about a wicker chest? If customs want to fumigate is the charge per item? Don't want to be stung with huge bill but equally want to bring these things. Anyone had exoerience of taking wooden things please? Cheers kez

Weve not booked yet going to measure it out tonight to double check but think it will be a large one.

We are only taking king size bed/ matressbedside tables and two chest drawers plus around 18 boxes of 'stuff' two bikes and clothes hoping it all fits in movecube!!

Ah we've found a couple now one in st Kilda other in Richmond, think we opting for Richmond as it has outside space and looks amazing!

Thx snifter! Having trouble finding short term apartment grrrr! All so expensive too!!