lyndalelodge Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Jeez that's expensive! You are lucky having your company pay then! Hopefully we will be able to get it all in a 20ft :biggrin: The £4,609 we paid to Crown for a full 20 footer included 3 men for a whole 2 days, plus another 2 men for about 3 hours each on day 1 who came to help. excellent squad of guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clubby67 Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Hi Wilma, Thanks re exam, fingers crossed!! We're on the same flight, so I'll keep my eyes open for 2 frustated auld yins with bored teens speaking with a doric twang We'll be the frustated auld yins with the endlessly blethering 7 year old girl and the wild 3 year old boy!!! Cheers, Mike Ha ha look forward to maybe meeting you guys, the girls will have their laptop bags one pink, one blue, cant go far without them:laugh: Hope to see you soon Wilma x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherbetdip23 Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 The £4,609 we paid to Crown for a full 20 footer included 3 men for a whole 2 days, plus another 2 men for about 3 hours each on day 1 who came to help. excellent squad of guys. Hi Lynda That's not bad. How does the packing work - do you tell them what you are taking and then they pack it up?? Or do you need to pack certain things in boxes yourself? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lyndalelodge Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Hi Lynda That's not bad. How does the packing work - do you tell them what you are taking and then they pack it up?? Or do you need to pack certain things in boxes yourself? We were reasonably well organised and had most of the house emptied of stuff that wasn't going to Oz. We kept two rooms full of the stuff that was staying and put stickers on anything else that was staying to make sure they didn't pack the wrong stuff. The night before they arrived we packed everyones suitcases and weighed them to make sure we weren't over the limit (or hopefully not!) and kept these in wardrobes, which again got the sticker treatment. I took a few days off work and basically acted as supervisor whilst trying not to tread on toes and sent the Missus out to buy cakes and stuff from the bakers to keep them happy. We didn't really pack anything, but we did fill all the drawers and any spaces we could find. But I then instructed the packers to take out and check and do whatever was necessary for them to be happy we weren't trying to smuggle anything over that shouldn't have been! Re the split of what was sent and what was staying, we had probably 3 good clear outs in the 3 or 4 months running up to the packers arrival. We'd clean out once and then 6 weeks later decide on another clean out and get more ruthless each time when we started to consider some of the tat that we were going to take over which probably wouldn't be used, or at least not much. Also, we checked lots of prices at Ikea, KMart, etc and decided to buy quite a few items new when we arrive in Oz. However we also bought a few new things here to replace things which were old and dirty and not worth the hassle of cleaning, e.g. a new Dyson Ball to replace our manky 5 year old one, which are currently cheaper here than in Oz. All in all, it's been a slog, but its good to have a clear out:smile: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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