overall cost of emigrating???

[Guest Tanya]

ok looks like selling the house isn't going to be an option for now as needs work done to it etc etc. we're thinking of going ahead and selling it at a later date but obviously means we won't have the collateral from the house sale to fund us so will have to start saving

so the question is: how much did it cost to get you over there? we'll both have full time jobs to start within 3 weeks of arriving so should get paid a couple of weeks after that so not needing to keep ourselves going for a major length of time

[Guest Carla]

Hey Tanya,

 

I moved over here in Sept '07 with a 4 month old and my Ozzie partner. I can't remember the exact cost of our flights for all 3 of us (think they were around a grand sterling). I also had to pay for my subclass 309 visa - around 400 pounds, then we also shipped over 66 cubic feet of stuff which came to just under a grand.

 

So I think for us the total cost to get us over here was around 2,500 pounds.

[Guest kangomik]

10,762. 46p in sterling

[Guest cornish Busdriver]

Not totaly sure on the cost but something like in pounds.

2.5K shipping

3K for the pups

1500 flights

12K set up money e.g. rental bond , cars, funiture and cash so i could take a month off to get settled.

I think in total including the PR visas somewhere around the 17 -18K mark

[kizzy]

Hi

 

We flew on 19th June & paid £570 each for a one way flight with Singapore Airlines & £58 for 17 days insurance. Our container cost us around £1,300 for 250 cu ft plus about £70 for marine insurance. We've also paid around £1,300 for a 3 wk short term rental.

 

Also bought a second hand car for about £3,200 (9 yr old ford falcon).

 

Still have to organise a long term rental so will have to pay rent up front & bond.

 

Hope this helps

 

Tracey

[nikkinoodlesuk]

10,762. 46p in sterling

 

 

nice to see someone knows exactly what they spent to the penny...!!!xx

[Guest kangomik]

it was the stamps for posting all that paperwork

[Guest Tanya]

thank folks, not as scary a sum as I expected.....but a long way to go from a currently empty bank account! we will get there sometime next year though, not sure how but we will (have to be positive in all this rain)

[clf]

me again we flew over 5 months ago for less than £5000 for all 4 of us.shipped everything over with crown relocations 40ft sole container £7200 including £1200 insurance

Best advice i can give you is bring everything~white goods~washing machines/fridge freezers and vacs are expensive here,we brought everything and are so glad we did~only thing is our flat screen didn't work as was only configured to eu! paid just over $1000 for a new 42" here.

[Guest SUPERSTARDJ01]

me again we flew over 5 months ago for less than £5000 for all 4 of us.shipped everything over with crown relocations 40ft sole container £7200 including £1200 insurance

Best advice i can give you is bring everything~white goods~washing machines/fridge freezers and vacs are expensive here,we brought everything and are so glad we did~only thing is our flat screen didn't work as was only configured to eu! paid just over $1000 for a new 42" here.

 

Most flat screens have a card that pulls out of the back and you can replace it for which ever country you are in, can't remember what it's called though.

 

How comes yours was £7200 for shipping when Kizzy's was £1300?

[fluffy]

Hi Tanya

 

we are ariivimg on 26th july (family of 5)

 

Flights £3700, shipping £3400, Medicals £1300, Visa £270 (I think) (all the costs for selling including leagal fee £5000) ielts £110, New passports £280.

 

Expensive but i BET ITS WORTH IT.

[kizzy]

Most flat screens have a card that pulls out of the back and you can replace it for which ever country you are in, can't remember what it's called though.

 

How comes yours was £7200 for shipping when Kizzy's was £1300?

Hi

 

We only had a shared container rather that one to ourselves (shipped 2 sofas, 3 tvs, tv cabinet, coffee table, washing machine, DVD cabinet, double bed, single bed, boxes with bedding, clothes, kitchen equipment eg pans, microwave, kettle, toaster, CDs etc).

 

Tracey

[Guest SUPERSTARDJ01]

Hi

 

We only had a shared container rather that one to ourselves (shipped 2 sofas, 3 tvs, tv cabinet, coffee table, washing machine, DVD cabinet, double bed, single bed, boxes with bedding, clothes, kitchen equipment eg pans, microwave, kettle, toaster, CDs etc).

 

Tracey

 

So single would presumably cost £2600? how do you know the other people will not steal your stuff? how do you pick it up?

[kizzy]

So single would presumably cost £2600? how do you know the other people will not steal your stuff? how do you pick it up?

 

LOL - John Mason's packed & labelled all our stuff & filled the container in the UK. My stuff will get delivered to our address by the removal company at this end & hopefully cause it's all labelled the correct stuff should be delivered (fingers crossed unless it's better furniture!). I've had a lot less than 1/2 a container so not sure of costs for a full one (think over £3k).

[Guest chesterboy]

about 18k british all together for a couple and a dog! Car, white goods etc!