What not to bring!

abourmike · Posted: Sat May 01, 2004 9:12 am Post subject: What not to bring!

We are currently making a list at the moment, of all the things to ship over, but have now reached a dilemma.
All the advice says take as much as you can with you, but I have read that most houses in New Zealand have built in wardrobes.
Can anybody verify if this is true, as I don't see the point of shipping these over if they won't be needed.
Also is there anything else you would say is not worth bringing over from normal day to day items?

Thanks in advance for any help on this matter.

karltsmith · Posted: Sat May 01, 2004 7:35 pm Post subject:

True most houses do have built in wardrobes but not all! If you have space bring them...at least you can sell them on if they are surplus to requirements! If they are of little value though save yourself the bother and buy if needed...I'm assuming they're not Chippendale of course!

Karl

martwend · Posted: Tue May 04, 2004 8:15 pm Post subject:

Hi,

All furniture and stuff that you can buy in the UK, you can buy the equivalent here. Only store I miss is IKEA.....and antiques are expensive if you like that kind of thing.

Wendy

Lisa. · Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 3:09 am Post subject: what to bring

Hi
Can you help me,
I'm not materialistic and although we do have some nice things, i'm not all that bothered about taking them, i only want to ship out things like hubby's tools, ( he's a carpenter) photo's and kids things, i read above that you should take everything, why is this?
I feel that we would need things like beds, settee's, iron, kettle, etc before our shipment could arrive and that i'd get annoyed waiting, this has been playing on my mind a bit, so if anyone could offer advice that would be great as i was under the impression we could easily replace things once in NZ? Confused

Lisa

Lisa. · Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 4:11 am Post subject:

No worries, think i just found the thread i need.
Lisa

Robert · Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 7:09 pm Post subject:

There is no shortage of anything here (at least not in Christchurch) but you will be amazed how much you spend in your first months here and this will not be helped by having to replace items you could have brought with you.

By all means throw out junk that you will never use, but you will find willing buyers for much of it here and at higher prices than in the UK.

Lisa. · Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 10:51 pm Post subject: What to bring

Hi Robert.

Thanks for replying as the thread didn't exactly answer my question.

I guess my point is, did you not need the stuff you shipped out before it arrived?, for example, We do have a nice relatively new leather settee but it's only a settee! and i'm thinking we would need to sit on something before it arrives and i'm just trying to weigh up the cost of shipping and the related stress, we could sell our stuff here and buy over there and have none of the packing/shipping/waiting worries. Confused

I 've lived out of a backpack for months of my life so am used to making do, so long as my kids are ok then so are we.

Is there anyone who feels this way or who has only bothered to ship things of emotional value out and if so did you wish you'd bought anything in particular and for what reason or perhaps you may think i wish i hadn't taken, for instance a cooker as you could have got one cheap in NZ?

Thanks in advance for your comments Nice One

Lisa

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Moorf · Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 11:07 pm Post subject:

Lisa - when we moved from our house in Scotland (4 bed!) to this place (1 bed flat) we sold EVERYTHING that wasn't personal / functional / needed for flat...... I took alot of persuading ....!

At the time I was mortified - all these "things" I had sold that were "mine". But... 2 months down the line I don't miss a THING - in fact, I can barely remember what we HAD! We are now sitting on a crappy sofa bed in a room no bigger than my previous study (hahaha) but boy we feel good to be rid of all the "stuff" that we could so easily have paid to store (a fortune)!

Now we shall take just our personal effects, stuff that "means" something, and functional items and we will start afresh over there! Scary but exciting too!

Just my 2-pennies worth!

Moorf

Tara Sage · Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 11:08 pm Post subject:

Lisa

We are shipping most of our stuff apart from kitchen appliances!

We also were worried because we would need it before it arrived, but I have been told that you can rent furniture if necessary.

We are however going for a fully furnished rental so this isn't a major problem for us anymore.

Tara

Moorf · Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 11:09 pm Post subject:

Hi Tara - have you found somewhere to stay yet?

Helen

Tara Sage · Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 11:13 pm Post subject:

We are going B & B when we arrive just so that we can all chill!

WE will sort rental when we get there, but hopefully the place in Rangiora will be available soon.

How about you where will you be staying?

Tara

Lisa. · Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2004 12:08 am Post subject: Lisa

Thanks you guys Yes

Moorf, i thought maybe i was missing the point and that i was mad not to ship out our stuff, but was having trouble working out why? after all it is NZ and not some third world country where i wouldn't get what i can here and with the strength of the pound against the dollar shouldn't be too expensive........comments please!

Anymore comments would still be welcolme Nice One

Lisa

Moorf · Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2004 12:58 am Post subject:

We are staying here :-

http://www.arbour.co.nz/

Using their apartment for 10 days from 24th Sept.

Moorf

Lisa. · Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2004 1:08 am Post subject:

Wow Moorf,

That looks lovely and clean and a great setting, how much will you pay per night/week?

Lisa

Moorf · Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2004 1:34 am Post subject:

We are paying NZ$79 per night all in.

Razz