Pome sammy

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Just now, LKC said:

I think they cost about $550, but we have four cats so it would be much less than that for one or two.  We got them done at a vets in Kirrawee, NSW.  They have to be done by an AQIS approved vet, there is a list of them here http://www.agriculture.gov.au/export/controlled-goods/live-animals/companion/vets.  You can scroll down and open a link for your state and find one in your area.

Bloody hell that is so expensive, good job I love my pets.  Thanks for the information I will have a look as I'm in Perth

Thanks again

10 minutes ago, LKC said:

We're heading back over to the UK (Scotland) in just under five weeks.  We made the decision just after Christmas/New Year, but it has taken until now to finish our part-renovated house.  It has all been done, and went on the market today with an auction date of August 19th!  Average time to sell in our suburb is 19 days, so I am pretty confident it will work out.  We have booked flights back for the 4th September, OH finishes work officially on the 31st August, but he is taking 10 days holiday so will actually be finishing around the 21st.  If the house doesn't sell, or anything else goes wrong, we have booked OH a flexible ticket that he can change.  OH has a job to go to (he was headhunted and they created the position for him so they don't mind when he starts - I understand how incredibly lucky this is), and I've managed to arrange a rental in the UK with the help of my lovely mother-in-law and OH's new boss who was kind enough to view it on our behalf.  The cats have had their rabies jabs and paperwork completed, and most of our possessions are packed up and stored in a storage unit ready to go on the container.  Phew!  I'm making my head spin just thinking about it!

Make lists, and lots of them!  I use an app called Evernote, which I have on my computer, iPad and my phone, and which is also on OH's phone.  On there I have created lists of things to do in Aus before and after we move, and things to do in the UK before and after we move, plus packing lists etc.  I can share those between the devices.  When either of us completes something on a list, we just tick the box which automatically populates on the other devices, meaning that we both know what needs to be done and what has been done.  In addition to that I've used an app called Sortly to label and create inventories for the boxes I've packed, in part for the shippers/customs/insurance, but also so that if the kids needs a particular book, for example, I can look up exactly which box it is in and where that box is.  My Sortly packing list is then linked to Evernote and I also have a spreadsheet, so I have a full and complete record of our belongings in more than one place.  I like Evernote because on my lists I can copy paste active links, so if there is something that I've looked up on the internet but that I don't need immediately, I can just paste a link into my list for whenever I get around to that job.  If that makes sense!  

Thanks for your reply and good luck with the sale of your house and the move.  Where did you get Rabies jabs done and if you don't mind me asking how much were they?  The apps sound good if you have a degree on it, LOL.  I will certainly have a look at them though and see if I can make heads or tails of.  

Thanks

12 hours ago, Martinbjulieb said:

We came back in March after 10 years in Perth. We decided roughly where we wanted to be as we were not going back to our original town. Our decision was based on being central to get the most out of an area when looking for jobs. We therefore based ourselves in Derbyshire which is pretty much smack bang in the middle of the Country. From there my husband could apply for jobs literally anywhere from York to Coventry.
We booked a holiday cottage for the first few weeks which means you have everything you need to hand and no extra bills to pay. We were lucky in the fact that it was early season and they had not many future bookings. We ended up staying about 10 weeks there and moved out twice for weekends when they were booked, we simply stayed somewhere else and then moved back in!! I am happy to say that we made 2 new friends who are now regular visitors to our new house!!
AirBnb is another good option. We simply put our belongings into storage at the removal company's depot until we were ready. If you have pets to collect it might be an idea to fly them slightly ahead of you as I believe the delay at this end is now slightly longer. We picked our dog up 90 mins after landing but I believe that has now changed and it takes longer. Don't know where you are flying into but we came into Manchester and booked a night at the pet friendly Britannia Country House Hotel before travelling on the next day. Good luck. PM be if you have any questions or want advice about the move


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Hi Martinbjulieb

I have had a quick look at the airbnb and is a possibility. We need to keep all costs down though as we are on a really tight budget.  In an ideal world we would send the container, have a couple weeks here, then couple weeks in holiday accommodation like you and then move into rental and collect animals.  I will have to make more enquiries, my list is getting bigger to do.

I really appreciate your reply.  Are you all settled back in UK?  We can't wait to return, the sooner the better for us.  Thanks for offer to PM,you may regret that when I inundate you with questions. lol

Thanks again

23 hours ago, Nunu10 said:

Hi Pome Sammy,

I just looked at some of your previous posts and see you are making the jump from Perth back to UK, same as us.  We are looking at leaving in the next 4 months if possible so are in a similar "AGGGH" phase with the whole planning at this point!

What we are planning to try, is for hubby to try to secure something in the UK job wise and go on ahead and start setting up there. I will stay here with the kids a bit longer to get the house sold, container shipped and all the bits tidied up.

If you haven't already, get a spreadsheet or even a pad of paper and start dumping all your thoughts down on what needs to be sorted and potentially when, helps see the wood for the trees (yes that is a saying hehe)...:)

 

Hi Nunu10

That's a really good idea that your hubby is flying ahead, we may have to look at that. Although does leave a lot for one person to sort out this end.  Taken on board your advise and brought a pad today to write everything down.  Never been a great list writer but think I am going to need to be for this event.

Where abouts are you located? we are in Karnup, between Rockingham and Mandurah.  We have said April but that is at the latest, we have made the decision to go home now and that's all we want.  So the less time it takes the better, it's a question of finances so saving like mad.

Thanks for your advice, so good to hear what others are doing as is all so overwhelming.

Just wondering how everything is going to work time wise when we make the jump back home.  Logistically seems impossible to send our container, fly home, collect pets, then what?? Where to go with 3 kids, 3 animals and no furniture.  What have others done, any advise please or am I just making it more complicated than it has to be.

I think because I have so much going on at the moment I just can't see the woods for the trees, is that even a saying? my brain is melting.

I've been a dual citizen since 1993 and have always left Australia on Oz passport and when arrived in UK used British passport, same the other way.  Never had an issue.

On 6/28/2017 at 02:53, jgt said:

Hi there not been on for some time ,i have got back in the UK after having worked my nuts off in Perth for 4 years.i simply cannot afford it any more.  I achieved getting my Building Diploma, does anyone know if this is transferable in the UK .    PS isnt beer cheap here wohooooo

Hi 

Sorry I can't offer any advice on your building diploma but we are in Perth and returning to UK in April, we can't wait to have a pint in the pub, how much is a pint there?   We are in the same position and cannot believe the cost of living here and although my husband earns better money here, he has to bloody work hard for it.  So hard he just had to have 6 weeks off because of a hernia. Worked to the point of breaking.  They say you work hard, play hard here but to be honest it's a piss take.  Work hard, then pay it all out for bills, tax and whatever else needs paying for, not a lot left for playtime unless you want to hang out at the beach and get skin cancer, husband had that too since being here.

We can't wait to go home.

I hope you are happier back in Blighty, good luck with it all

Thanks everyone for your feedback, I feel the cats should come with us as we wouldn't want them to end up in a rescue centre, I have worked in one of those volunteering and they are sad places for a cat to end up.  My cats are family as well and I think although initially it might be stressful for them, they will settle and will be far better of than in a possible rescue situation.

The quote we had from dogtainers is in my opinion very good, including crates, a British Bulldog and the 2 moggies $5100.I will have a look at Petraveller as well as I hadn't heard of them before.  What quotes have others had? if you don't mind me asking,

Thanks again

Hi all,  lots of planning and organising happening here for our return to the UK in April next year (counting the days).  I just wondered what opinions were on returning pets to the UK.  I have had a very reasonable quote from Dogtainers for transporting our dog and 2 cats back to UK with us.  Whilst I'm sure the dog will cope and will settle with us wherever we may be, I'm not so sure about the cats.  They are an important part of our family unit and to leave them behind would break the children's hearts but I don't want to be cruel to the cats.  Cats don't like change, I know after our last house move how long it took them to settle.  With this in mind is there a difference between rehoming them here or bringing them home with us to UK.

Any advise or experience with animals moving be great.

Thanks

On 5/17/2017 at 13:31, simmo said:

LOL

On 5/17/2017 at 13:18, Home and Happy said:

We had a successful move back home too.  UK has its share of problems but its still a better more vibrant happening place to live with much more going on, and we have the best location you could wish to have..

Perth for us was the most restrictive, boring, isolated, backward and slow depressing dead end place we had ever been.

There is nothing would make us even consider going there again, not even for a holiday although my last job almost sent me there for a visit which I managed to avoid.

As well as it being an employment black spot, we felt that its over valued and over rated and downright expensive.  Everything in our opinion there was 2nd rate and lagging behind the times especially food, housing, shops, transport.   UK is light years ahead of that place.

If you have the means to move back you will feel more free and will have a much brighter future / better life back here in UK.

 

 

I quite agree with your comments and can't wait to return home

58 minutes ago, Johndoe said:

You may have different reasons for moving back but the majority that do and who post in similar circumstances quote "missing family" as one of the main reasons for returning. In your case, your family is here so I think that you should think long and hard as to how much you'll miss them before you up sticks. Good luck

 

I know what you are saying and believe me I have thought long and hard.  But how can we stay when my husband is so miserable.  At the end of the day my family will go and do what they want to do including moving away if they wanted to and my kids will grow up and do the same.  My husband and I, whereever we are, we are going to be together and we have to be happy where we are.  We can always visit and they can visit us, but home is home and it's calling is so strong.

On 5/13/2017 at 2:06 PM, VERYSTORMY said:

We moved back last year from Perth in similar circumstances as you, if not more skint and did it very quickly - decision made on a Tuesday and I flew the Saturday. 

To say we were broke is an understatement. We funded the move by selling everything we had. So, we landed at Heathrow with just a suitcase each and most of that was full of stuff for the dog and a small move cube coming behind us with personal items such as pictures and sentimentals. 

I did have a job to go to which may have made things easier and I would recomend  you apply for jobs prior to the move. The job market is very good. 

We booked an air BnB for arrival which was excellent. If you have never used it before, it isn't just rooms in people's houses. We had a lovely converted barn in a village. Lots of options on there. We booked that for two weeks while we looked for a rental. We had no hassle getting one and that was in one of the most competitive parts of the U.K. - Windsor. That is the bit I think having a job helped. 

Had no problems opening a bank account and the rest just fell into place such as registering with a GP. 

We used Dogtainers who were excellent, I would recomend you get them involved as early as possible. There is a wait between them having their rabies jab and being able to fly. Hence my wife had to stay behind for a bit after I flew. 

We had to replace all our furniture and things - even cutlery. But, that has all happened. Gumtree is great and many don't know that it has a section where items are free, which is where we got our sofa from. Family and friends also helped out with things like cutlery. To the extent we now have more than ever. 

For us the move has been wonderful and we are very happy. 

Is the grass greener? That depends on the individual rather than the country. For us, yes. As others have mentioned returning opened our eyes to just how much the UK has to offer. 

How did you do it in a week?  That's amazing, my hubby would just like to up and go but I'm the one saying no we need to plan, pack etc.  Did you sell everything in that week?

Thank you for all your advise and information, it's invaluable.  So jealous you could do that, do you have children?

Can't wait to be back in Blighty

Thank you all for your feedback and yes my comment about the grass being greener certainly was meant tongue in cheek.  I'm not naive enough to know that this is the case.  For us my husband has never settled here and has yearned for home since our arrival over 6 years ago.  We have given Perth a fair go and had great fun fishing, camping. 4WD etc.  We even moved more rural to get away from Suburbia but still just not home for us.  We do long to return where the grass is certainly greener, pun intended.

I have been looking around the site and lots of great information on here so thanks.  We won't need welfare when we return to UK as although we are doing it tough, we both work and will do so on our return.  Work shouldn't be an issue for us and getting employment or starting a business should easy enough. We don't own our own home or have much savings, so anything we have will be put into the move back really.

It's going to be a tough move for me as my Mum and all my siblings, nieces & nephews all live here but I'm fairly positive this is the right move for our family. I just hope my daughter sees it that way.

Always looking for advise from others that have been in a similar situation and that is why I posted on here.

Looking to move April next year, fingers crossed 

So I was on here sometime ago as we were moving back to UK and needed advice.  We decided to stay in Australia and that evidently was the worst decision we made.  All we want to do is go home.  It's going to be hard but I truly believe it's the best for my family, although I know my eldest daughter, 15, will find it hard but not impossible I'm sure.  I just wanted to hear from people that have returned and if it was the best decision they made and from people who will be returning as well.

 Need advise on every aspect of the move from which shipping company to use, getting pets home, securing a rental property in UK from here and is the grass really greener?  We are going home on the tightest budget possible as we are skint, the move here killed us and with the cost of living here in Perth so high it has broke us.  Never worked so hard and such long hours and still so hard to save for anything.

Thanks for any input you can offer I really appreciate.

To the OP,I have no qualms with your moving to the UK ( I did it myself a few yrs ago)but how are you going to feel leaving your Mum and siblings?

Its going to be the hardest thing ever, I'm so close to my family and the thought of being so far away from them is heartbreaking. But on the flip side, we are not happy here and hubby misses his family and all our friends, also silly as it may sound all the other stuff, pubs, countryside, shops, TV, community feel, holidays to Europe, I could keep going. So so torn and so so upset about everything right now

there is lots of reasons lol. ive never really settled here, I have friends well people I took to in the school or go for coffee with but I just find they people seem to be very clique. I have not made any real friends, the type if your having problems you can talk to etc. I miss having a social life. we used to go out with a big group of friends every couple of weeks in England but here we have only been on a night out twice in 6 years. We are also struggling financially here, but in England we weren't rich by any stretch of the imagination but we where comfortable. I miss family and friends and to be honest I feel like it wasn't fair on my kids bringing them out here. I feel that they have missed so much and have missed making some great childhood memories. I feel bad that they have missed out on having family around. those great big family get togethers on boxing day where the whole entire family gets together and has drinks and food and the kids run round the house with cousins etc going crazy and hyped up on cho, sweets and fizzy drinks lol. where on a normal day you would be pulling out your hair at twenty crazy kids running round but boxing day nobody cares lol. I think those experiences and memories out weight the blue skies and beaches. just the silly little things like grandparents taking kids to the panto at xmas. I miss new years eve with family and friends and half the neighbourhood in your house and the other half of the neighbourhood you meet outside at midnight lol. I could go on for ever ha ha.

 

 

 

Rachael

I totally get where you are coming from, my family is here though and that's the worst bit, I'm so close with my mum and my siblings, always doing family things and the Christmas thing but still want England and all that goes with that. We also are struggling financially here, it is so expensive, I was always under the impression that it was so much cheaper to live in Australia but it just isn't, apart from rent and fuel, it's cheaper in uk or on a par to here.

You're best bet reschooling is to find a school that has recently up scaled and move there. Most schools tend to fill their classes to get Max funding. My youngest is an exception. From year three, his class has had twenty pupils, and all new kids get added to this class. If you can find a situation like this, go for it. Try searching your preferred areas just before you go. High schools are much easier to get into than primary. Good luck.

Thanks for the reply

We are returning to where we lived before and hoping I can get my 2 youngest into the school my eldest once went. I don't know if that holds any merit ??? I guess I should properly just call them and see what's what

Hi there, what we were able to do re: schooling was you can apply for intake years, ie Reception, Year 3 and Year 7 from outside of the UK within the normal application dates but you need to have a UK passport and address and be able to supply utility bills, bank accounts and UK drivers licence addressed to that home to prove you will be living there. For all other years you have to wait until 4 weeks before you are able to actually attend the school once offered a place, or until June to start in the following September - with a UK address.

 

We have found a great vet who is also a pet travel specialist who is dealing with our dog's travel back to Blighty, if you want his details let me know.

 

Good luck with it all

Thanks so much and yes would love the info on your contact, we have a British bulldog so really concerned how he will fly

Thanks for your advice and I am also so scared but also excited too. When we return will be 6 years also and I suppose just nervous how things have changed and whether we will even fit back into the old way of life etc. what are your reasons for returning to uk, if you don't mind me asking

October 2016, providing we can save enough for the move

Hi all

Don't know where to start really, after 5 years of living in perth we are returning to UK next October, giving us time to save for the massive upheaval.

It is such a scary thing to do as all my family, although English, all live here in Perth, so will be leaving my mum and siblings and their children behind. Also I have 3 children, bit worried about my eldest girl who will be 15 on our return, such a difficult age as it is. She says she's happy to go but do feel really guilty uprooting them again.

My husband especially is so unhappy here in perth and hasn't settled at all, we miss everything about uk so feel this is the right thing to do for our family. Any advice from anyone on their experiences living in perth and their decision to return to uk would be so appreciated as just feeling so torn at the moment.

Also any advice on moving furniture, dog and setting up in uk whilst still here would benson appreciated. I don't know where to start, for example can I enrol my children into the school where we will be living before we arrive or do we need to prove a UK address

thanks all and sorry to drivel on but any advice or help would be so appreciated