[Elenah]

hello,

we are moving to NZ (Auckland) in january for 2 years of studying. Our plan is to stay in some sort of appartment and then try to find a nice little flat for us. Can anyone tell us what kind of accomodation would be the best for the first month for a student couple. Should not be something special, just a place to settle and to ake the first steps.

Some webpages or any other kind of information or opinion would be helpfull.

thanks for your help!!!

christoph & elena

[Helsandfamily]

We spent a week in a serviced apartment in central Auckland. It had everything we could have needed. Could be a bit expensive - but could give you some time until you find something more suitable.
here is the link


www.aptsinakld.co.nz/apartments.php

hth hels

[hosebergine]

We stayed in serviced apartments - Grafton Waldorf. Waldorf have several apartments in CBD. They are a bit expensive but do offer a student rate so it is worth contacting them direct to see what they can do. Could always go for a backpackers for the first couple of weeks?

[Elenah]

thank you for your response ... right now we are looking for appartments for arround 400NZD per week to get settled and to sort some things out. The idea with a youth hostel is not bad but the problem is that its not possible to store anything there (shipping some personal belongings) - but this is a nother problem since we did not figure out any cheap shipping possibility which can send some personal belongings and not a whole container...

[norma]

Quest apartments have quite a few apartments dotted around Auckland CBD.

http://www.questapartments.co.nz/

Also for storage, there are a lot of self-storage places around Auckland that you could try. Try googling on google.co.nz. Our goods were stored by our shippers for six weeks until we found a place and it was fairly inexpensive.

[stephenom]

Hi we are arriving in Janruary also. We have booked the waldorf tetra serviced apartments http://www.waldorf-tetra.co.nz/ As its peak season its hard to find anything under $500 per week.

[Elenah]

thanks again for all your ideas and informations!!!