loumish

Hi Loumish! It's important to remember that whatever you want in London, so does a lot of other people. The amount of people that would love to be within the magic '30 minute' commute of London is incredibly high. Therefore if you're wanting to be able to compete with that demand, then it'll cost big ££! You may already have a job and salary confirmed, if so ignore the next sentence. Although $1600 a month and £1000 is the same when converted, it's not in real terms. £1000 is a worth a lot more in real terms and a lot harder to earn, when living in the UK economy. Therefore just be careful getting into something that you later find out is way above your means. London is a fantastic place, provided you have the money to enjoy all it has to offer. Therefore if I was you, I'd rather add on 15 minutes to my commute, if it meant I had the money to go out and about in London. It's pointless living closer to London, if you don't have any money left over in your budget to actually go and enjoy it.

Good advice yeah as i may have said we are happy to keep our options open location wise so a little further out would be just fine.

its just so hard not knowing.... well anything Just going to have to keep an eye out on prices of rentals etc over the next few months and see how we go!

thanks for your helpful response.

what you sell second hand here in Perth will buy you new back in the UK so take little to nowt back. Any clothes bought here in Perth will be 3 years out of fashion so lob them out (so the Mrs tells me)

I checked a month or two ago, it was cheaper going back than coming out here - that was with Chess.

I didn't have a container though, just about half.

Hi, what did you pay approx for half container?

Hi All Its been a while since coming on here as 2 years ago just over I up sticks and moved to Perth, now after some time and a marriage breakdown I am looking at shipping myself and my 2 cats and dog back to Blighty.

 

Wondered if anyone had any advice on shipping pets from Perth and what the general costs are ? I assume its going to be anywhere between $5/7k :arghh: God that's a frightening amount of money. Anyway also would love to know how people have settled back into life over there as I have been away from the UK for such a long time as before Perth I was living in Europe. Would love to hear what people think and any ideas to make the process smoother would certainly be very welcome. Hope to hear from you all soon.. enjoy the day guys wherever you are in the world :tongue:

Im with you Deborah... im thinking of moving over this time next year.... had a look at some pricing for my 2 staffys and i almost fell over when i heard the pricing! I had no idea it was going to be that much.

saying that theres no way in the world i could leave them behind.

Best of luck and start saving x

Not sure you can get anywhere nice that is close to the city at $400 a week

 

Good area of London if you are young is Clapham/Balham/ Anything on Northern Line around there maybe Tooting too. That seemed to be improving a couple years back when I was there

Ok, well good to know that much at least! I noticed a lot of rentals in Clapham actually with similar pricing and garden space (for the puppies) to what we are looking for.

Again, it doesnt have to be London itself... naturally that was the obvious choice when thinking of making the move to the UK.... but we are happy to broaden our horizons also

Have you thought about living in some counties just outside London but not London or is it specifically the London boroughs you want to be in? Xx I live in Kent, come from Essex, friend living in Surrey, take about 40-50 minutes on the train to central London or is that too far? X

Hi, To be honest we have only really started to think about it all.... we dont necessarily have to be right in the centre but still being young and love to head out for drinks dinners etc... we would prefer easy access in and out of the city without it taking too long to get there i guess. Saying that im sure there are plenty of places to head out to whereever you are i suppose!

Hi,how far from London are you prepared to go?I lived in Wokingham(approx. 30 mins by train from London)and we were paying £1,000 pm.It was a nice place though,3 bed Victorian semi which was quite large.I would start looking at some real estate sites to get an idea.

Yeah i think approx 30 mins from the city would probably be the furthest we would want to go. Been looking at a few real estate sites but i guess its a little hard when we dont have a clue where any of the suburbs are... might have to do the old print out the map trick and go by that. Would prefer to pay a little less than 1000 if possible. So much to research!!

Hi everyone,

I am planning on moving to the UK next year with my partner and our 2 dogs and in desperate need of some advice as to which area to move to. Obviously we both have never been over so needing some info on what suburbs are what i suppose. I have heard London itself is very expensive so we are happy to live just out of the city if need be.

We are currently living in Melbourne spending approx $400 (just under) Per week in rent and are wanting something similar when moving to the UK. Somewhere with a garden for the dogs!

Very broad question i know but any info i could get would be great! :rolleyes:

Wow i had no idea it was going to be that expensive.... or is it? I guess thats the price you pay for your loved ones )

Cheers for the advise will definitely check it out.

thanks again Chris.

Louise.

Move to Pets shipping section???

Haha yeah i noticed that right after i posted this :smile:

Hi

i am taking back 3 golden retrievers they fly out on the 6 th of August , if you let me know what state you are in I may be able to recommend some one .

chris

Hi Chris,

Im currently living in Melbourne...

Thanks!

Louise.

Hi,

We are moving over to the UK next year (still a while away i know) and we are wanting to take our 2 beautiful dogs with us. Has anyone taken their pets over? If so any suggestions as to which company to go through or is it done directly through the airline you choose?

Any info would be great!