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north island to south island - how much does it cost to move ?


northernfive
4th May 2008, 05:43 PM
Hi
Out of interest, has anyone moved from the north island (Wellington) to the South island (Christchurch) ?

If so, can I be nosy and ask how much removal companies have charged to pack up and move your stuff?
(average 4 bedroomed house)

Cheers!

nippa&pippa
4th May 2008, 06:10 PM
Sure someone can tell you there with that but I thought let you know that there is company called Canterbury Bulk (www.canterburybulk.co.nz/About.asp) that we used few times and very impressed with them for move cars from north island to south island (chch).
HTH

GrumpyGoat
26th May 2009, 04:41 PM
Anyone????

Familyofmonkeys
26th May 2009, 04:48 PM
We'll be interested in this too......we will be moving from Auckland to Canterbury later this year and have no idea how much it'll cost us yet :confused:

dusk
26th May 2009, 06:24 PM
i can't remember anyone else bringing it up on here in recent times, but I'm sure the NZ moving companies would be delighted to offer people quotes with no obligation :)

GrumpyGoat
26th May 2009, 06:27 PM
i can't remember anyone else bringing it up on here in recent times, but I'm sure the NZ moving companies would be delighted to offer people quotes with no obligation :)

I don't trust NZ moving companies :D

I did a search on here and found this thread. But no info.

I know a few people have done this, thought they might like to weigh in.

We are wanting to move from Canterbury to Auckland.

GrumpyGoat
26th May 2009, 06:28 PM
We'll be interested in this too......we will be moving from Auckland to Canterbury later this year and have no idea how much it'll cost us yet :confused:

Trade you.
We want to go from Canterbury to Auckland. :laugh

dusk
26th May 2009, 06:33 PM
the only threads I could think of were those where people had just moved over and the shipping companies sent the stuuff from say auckland to dunedin or similar, which weren't much help :)

GrumpyGoat
26th May 2009, 06:35 PM
Thanks to dusk for suggesting a call (seem to have forgotten how to do that--I want ALL my answers via the internet)

Spoke with ChCh Removals and he told me that it is @$3300 +GST for a 20' container from Canterbury to Auckland. (I stuck with the size we all understand)
He said a 20' container was about 33 sq. meters and it was @ $100 per meter. (not including packing)
He said it would take between 2 and 3 days for delivery in Auckland. (move via truck)

I did specifically ask--price would be about the same in the other direction as well, FoM.

Now we all know!!

dusk
26th May 2009, 10:36 PM
(I hate it when you have to resort to the old fashioned way too!) :D

Familyofmonkeys
26th May 2009, 11:42 PM
Thanks to dusk for suggesting a call (seem to have forgotten how to do that--I want ALL my answers via the internet)

Spoke with ChCh Removals and he told me that it is @$3300 +GST for a 20' container from Canterbury to Auckland. (I stuck with the size we all understand)
He said a 20' container was about 33 sq. meters and it was @ $100 per meter. (not including packing)
He said it would take between 2 and 3 days for delivery in Auckland. (move via truck)

I did specifically ask--price would be about the same in the other direction as well, FoM.

Now we all know!!

:eek: That's gonna set us back a bit then......we needed a 40ft container to get over here. Any idea how much packers cost?

GrumpyGoat
27th May 2009, 12:00 AM
:eek: That's gonna set us back a bit then......we needed a 40ft container to get over here. Any idea how much packers cost?

No :laugh

I am much to cheap to even entertain the thought!:D

Sorry!

Familyofmonkeys
27th May 2009, 12:07 AM
No :laugh

I am much to cheap to even entertain the thought!:D

Sorry!

:laugh We're usually cheapskates too......just not sure how the hell we'd manage to pack up whole house with 3 little sprogs running round :uhoh

westi
27th May 2009, 01:59 PM
We moved from Auckland to Christchurch 2 year ago and the removal co' charged around $5000, with packing incl' We shopped around and this was once of the cheaper quotes.

Familyofmonkeys
28th May 2009, 11:03 PM
We moved from Auckland to Christchurch 2 year ago and the removal co' charged around $5000, with packing incl' We shopped around and this was once of the cheaper quotes.

Who did you use for moving?

Red Devil
28th May 2009, 11:20 PM
We had Grace Removals (http://www.grace.com.au/) as our freight forwarder whilst moving from the UK to North Canterbury... the 3 guys who unloaded our container were careful, friendly and helpful :nice1

They have offices in Wellington, Auckland & Christchurch and are highly rated in Australia.


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