[Junnifer USA]

Please share your experience with me on this. My husband and I are continually trying to decide:

We thought we could fit into a 20 ft cotainer. I think we just exceed it. I am a professional portrait painter and landscape painter. We have just a little too much of muy studio gear...so a 40ft container w...

Now, instead of being really particular about each piece of home furniture that we bring, we can choose a little more.

QUESTION:
If I keep a little extra just in case, but decide once we settle in Chch that it doesn't suit us or our new home, what is most likely to sell easily?

QUESTION:
DO I throw in a few extra tall Bureaus? Side tables, Breakfast table? Do I choose our older pieces, more antiqueee, or does good modern resell well too.

QUESTION:
Maybe the value in NZ$ that it fetches still isn't worth the hassle or gamble?

QUESTION:
If I want to discard a few pieces, how will I do that? An ad in the paper... I don't want to end up saddle with too much stuff in my house? I like clean and not cluttered!

Thanks,
Jen

[joanne]

We have just had a quote from Bishops for a 20 ft container - full service but no ins - yorkshire to christchurch... 4,871 quid. The ins ontop will take it over 5,000

Now I think that is expensive. We are in a real dilema over shipping. Most of our stuff is pretty old and scratty - with 2 young kids we dont buy good furniture. All our 'big' electrical items eg fridge, washer etc are over 5 years old. Many people on the forum say bring EVERYTHING, it sooo expensive to totally refurnish a house in NZ. Others say dont bother with electrical stuff. What to do???

We will have to ship some things, such as hubbys tools and sentimental items.

Maybe I should start to price up individual items and see exactly what 5,000 quid will get me in NZ...hey ho, back on the net

[nickbraddock]

I think there has just been a thread regarding moving costs, they were cheaper than £5000.
Nick

[veronica]

Before you decide I'd say have a good look around at other companies, that quote seems higher than most. Have you considered packing it up yourselves, that reduces the cost.

[shagen]

Jen,

Everyone here says it is easy to sell so if you have a 40ft container, bring everything you can and sell what you don't need.

We are not yet ready to move but have the same concerns. Most of the stuff we have are relatively new so we are planning on loading up our 20 footer to the brim. Our main worry is, what if our furnitures/appliances don't fit into the house? Since we have not yet got a place to stay, it is difficult to picture if what we are bringing will fit or will be too cluttered in our new home.

We are planning on seeing some houses when we are there in March to see if what we have is the right size.

From where we come from, furniture is relatively cheap and even comparing prices of appliances in NZ, it is still cheaper at home. If we brought our stuff, we don't need an adapter or regulator as we are also on 220v/240v. As in your case, it might be different.

Cheers,
Shagen