aussiebird2012 Posted April 15, 2012 Report Share Posted April 15, 2012 Hi everyone, Would be good to hear how you got started from UK to OZ Did you have a house to sell or did you rent UK house out? How much money did you take to get started, such as paying for a rental (if you needed one) buying a car, school uniforms and books, medication prescriptions etc etc....... Did you find you had enough or did it run out quickly and did you keep some money in UK account and transfer it over to Oz when you needed it so you didnt spend it all in one go? Did you have to borrow any money to make the move and if so, do you think realistically if it was enough? I know everyone spends money in different ways, some careful, some not careful, but please share your comments as its good to know how people have "made it" Thanks everyone:wubclub: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDK43 Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 Hiya, I posted a very similar reply on PIO the other week. We have been here 6 weeks, and I honestly have never spent money so quickly!! Our holiday let, flights were paid for while in Uk. Once we found the rental it was about $3000 out to that. We decided to buy a car outright, so totally our choice, and that was $15000. We paid for the hire car, which we had for a couple of weeks, think that was $500. We are waiting on our container, but didn't take much furniture with us so have spend in excess of $10000 on that! We are shipping our other car over, so the shipping was just paid that was about £2000, plus at this side we will have all the tax and cost, so were told to estimate another $10000 for that. We have bought school supplies and clothes, so about $200, as have only one child. We are in the rental, and don't have our container, so have had to buy things to keep us going till it arrives, so that was around $500+. Petrol, food all the usual costs involved in just living! Would be scared to tot it all up, am sure we are a good bit over £20k, but the car is a chunk of that too. We transferred over £7K, then we used our uk credit card, and paid it off with our uk savings, and got no fees, and a great exchange rate from Nationwide. We have had no wages, so it will lovely to see them!! Not sure if I have answered the actual question, so sorry if this is not what you meant! Donna x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jillie14 Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 We paid for our flights and short term rental before we left the UK so that was already paid for. We have long term tenants in our house back in the UK as we thought it would be easier than trying to sell that on top of moving - for 2 years - which has worked out pretty well for us. We transfered a few thousand pounds over before we arrived to tide us over until hubby started working - which was about 2 weeks from arrival - but it doesn't last very long! You will need at least the following: - 6 weeks rent - as most properties expect you to pay 4 weeks as a bond and 2 weeks in advance - roughly around $3000 Deposit for a car - we financed our first one on hp so just needed a deposit Money as mentioned above to tide you over until your container arrives, we didn't buy much as we were lucky enough to be able to borrow most of it from friends but a few basics cost us around $300 to last us the 4 weeks without furniture - if you're not shipping furniture then obviously you will need to buy that when you arrive, unless you could rent fully furnished, which will cost more per week We had quarantine fees to pay to release the furniture when it arrived - $444 We had quarantine and flights and visiting services to pay for our dog $1700 We've transferred money over from the UK into our Australian bank account using UKForex/Ozforex as their fees were lower than most. We transfer money back to the UK using them too. They give a really good service and pretty good rates of exchange too. Hope this helps but if you need anything else just shout up, happy to help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicolac34 Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 We might be a bit different as we came over on WHV's. No house to sell, we were in rental so we handed in our notice and sold pretty much everything in terms of furniture, with the rest being packed into boxes and in my parents loft. Flights were about £740 each return from Manchester. We arrived and stayed with my brother in Clarkson, so no immediate rental costs. We had around $4,000 that we transferred over from the UK to get us started and we went through that fairly quickly. We bought a car for $1,500 - which seems to be able the cheapest you can buy a running car for out here, it was a Hyundai Excel with no power steering (but at least had working air con!). We got jobs fairly quickly and moved into a rental after 5 weeks, needed the bond money of $1,750 and 2 weeks rent of $860. We bought a few bits of furniture when we moved in (TV, Sofa, Kitchen items) and had a few bits shipped over from England. We probably transferred a further $3,000 to keep us going on the little bits until the wages came through, and we found that enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Give me a break! Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 We came out with $10,000 that was it, all of it nothing else left to transfer. We were lucky in the OH was working withing the week. We didnt ship any furniture, so have bought all new. We bought a car for $4000 and that kept us going for about 15 months til we bought a new one. We sold the car for $3500 so not bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussiebird2012 Posted April 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 Hi Catherine, Did you sell a house in the UK and use the profit (if any) £10,000 to set you up as it doesn't sound much? or did you have savings or take out a loan? Did you manage to get by on the £10,000 and how long did it last? We are still sorting out how much to taske with us-or put it in a UK account and transfer over as and when we need it. Thanks for your reply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulr Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 Hi jillie, How long was you there before you got the car on hp? Paul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
portlaunay Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 We were hoping to sell our house to fund the move but this didn't happen. We used every penny we had to pay for flights and borrowed money from family for shipping. Mrs p was here for 2 months before the kids and I joined her and she lived in shared accom so she could save enough for our arrival. 8 months ago I arrived with about £400 in cash and that was it. I didn't work for the first three months so it was a struggle financially. We couldn't afford to buy a car for the first 5 months. We found the generosity and goodwill of people here to be extraordinary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jillie14 Posted April 17, 2012 Report Share Posted April 17, 2012 Hi jillie, How long was you there before you got the car on hp? Paul. Hi Paul, we arrived on 16th December and my husband started work on the 3rd of January. We purchased the vehicle around 20th of January, once he had 3 weeks wage slips to show as proof of earnings. We have since obtained a second vehicle on a novated lease which is even better as you pay less tax through your salary for your vehicle as part of the payments are deducted from your salary pre-tax, and it includes maintenance, roadside assistance, fuel and insurance too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Flying Englishman Posted April 17, 2012 Report Share Posted April 17, 2012 We had quarantine and flights and visiting services to pay for our dog $1700 Jillie14 - Seems like you got a pretty good deal. Who did you use to sort the dog out? We'll have to put our Rottie on a flight, put him in quarantine etc. Cheers, English Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jillie14 Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 We were hoping to sell our house to fund the move but this didn't happen.We used every penny we had to pay for flights and borrowed money from family for shipping. Mrs p was here for 2 months before the kids and I joined her and she lived in shared accom so she could save enough for our arrival. 8 months ago I arrived with about £400 in cash and that was it. I didn't work for the first three months so it was a struggle financially. We couldn't afford to buy a car for the first 5 months. We found the generosity and goodwill of people here to be extraordinary. We too found the kindness and generosity of people here wonderful too - a neighbour of ours at our short term rental just turned up at our house with a basket of things for us to borrow until our furniture arrived - this included kitchen utensils/plates/fryer/cutlery/tea towels etc! Another person that we met out here also let us borrow a fridge, microwave and bedding to tide us over and save us from buying things, only to have duplicates when our container arrived. The kindness of others never ceases to amaze me, makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jillie14 Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 Jillie14 - Seems like you got a pretty good deal. Who did you use to sort the dog out? We'll have to put our Rottie on a flight, put him in quarantine etc. Cheers, English Ah.........this may have sounded much cheaper than it was :embarressed:what I forgot to mention/include was the cost of shipping the dog from the UK (including 3 days UK kennelling and hand made crate), plus transfers to Heathrow airport for the flight. The total cost of this was 1600 pounds, payable in advance in the UK, which was on top of the other charges that I paid when we got here. It also cost us about another 150 pounds in vets fees for his rabies vac/blood tests/flea treatment/check up etc. The other costs that I mentioned were the ones that we incurred when in Perth, for the cost of flying him from Sydney (he was in quarantine in Eastern Creek as Perth was fully booked) to Perth, plus quarantine charges, plus visiting services. We used Golden Arrow Shippers in the UK - who are wonderful and I cannot recommend highly enough - Fissa is simply amazing and they love the animals as if they were their own. They offer a full service so they provide information on what you need to do and by when/timescales - vet's appt's/vac's etc - and also complete all the complex paperwork for you to book your quarantine place/flights, etc. You have to have a Permit to Ship Livestock in order to book the flights and quarantine place and other documentation. They also book the flights, transfer them to the airport for the flight - which I much preferred as I would have found it too traumatic I think a:sad:arrange for the quarantine to be booked and also hand make the crates that the animals travel in, on site and once the dog arrives to ensure that the measurements/specifications that you have given to them are correct. We used dogwalks to go in and visit him for us 2-3 times per week as we were unable to, due to him being in Sydney, which was amazing as we were able to see pictures of him after every visit and he looked really happy - a lot less bothered or traumatised by the whole experience than we were I can tell you! We then used JetPets to fly him from Sydney to Perth - again they were really good. By the time we had finished my hubby and I could have flown business class for what we paid, but I would have paid 3 times as much to ensure that our beloved fur-baby arrived safe and sound and was happy and well Good luck with arranging the transport of yours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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