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WittyName
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Has anyone moved overseas?
My dh and I are considering a move to the UK.
We are right now looking into containers to ship our car and some furniture. Is it cheaper to buy new stuff.
What did you do with all your stuff? Sell it, put it in storage, junk it, take it with you?
If anyone has any experience with this I would love to hear from you. I have many questions.
Thank you 
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Posted 10/11/10 1:47 PM  |
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Re: Has anyone moved overseas?
I took an assignment overseas with my company in the late 90s. At the time I went over, I sublet my apt here in NY, as I was unsure about how long I'd stay; my company covered the cost of shipping items over (and back when I returned 3yrs later). I was able to keep some personal items in my parents' attic and garage, I kept some things in storage, and I donated/gave away a LOT of stuff. The apartment I rented in HongKong was furnished so I didn't need to buy much for my household to be up and running.
Check with your shipping company - your destination country may hit you up with an import tax for shipping your car, and it could be 
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| Posted 10/11/10 1:56 PM |
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Pumpkin1
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Re: Has anyone moved overseas?
Posted by WittyName
We are right now looking into containers to ship our car and some furniture. Is it cheaper to buy new stuff.
Sell your car, since you won't be able to drive it there (stearing wheel is on the opposite side, etc.). Personally, I'd sell as much as I could and buy everything new.
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| Posted 10/11/10 1:57 PM |
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WittyName
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Re: Has anyone moved overseas?
Posted by Pumpkin1
Posted by WittyName
We are right now looking into containers to ship our car and some furniture. Is it cheaper to buy new stuff.
Sell your car, since you won't be able to drive it there (stearing wheel is on the opposite side, etc.). Personally, I'd sell as much as I could and buy everything new.
The steering wheel won't be an issue. Other European countries have the left side driver and are permitted to drive in the UK.
Just to give more info our car is new we bought it this year. To sell it we would take a huge loss. Our car was around $21K to buy the same car in pounds it would be about 18K with the exchange rate and such it is a lot cheaper to buy it here. It also has over 10,000 miles so we wouldn't have to pay an import tax on it.
Sorry I'm not trying to be #1 on the pet peeve list by asking for advice and shooting every idea down. I appreciate your input it was something I thought could be a problem too. I emailed their version of the DMV asking the same thing and was able to get the okay on that.
Thank you 
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| Posted 10/11/10 2:13 PM |
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Re: Has anyone moved overseas?
I have an ex-BF who is a manager in the relocation dept at CB Richard Ellis (in Singapore - and he's a UK native). Let me know if you have specific ?s - I'm sure I can run them by him for a "professional" response!
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| Posted 10/11/10 2:17 PM |
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yankinmanc
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Re: Has anyone moved overseas?
Unless your car is something special, collectible etc, its not worth bringing to the UK. The taxes will cripple you and the price of petrol here is unreal (£1.11 per litre, not per gallon, per litre) You will also have to have some modifications done to the car to make it roadworthy and its just easier to drive a right hand drive car here. Also, should something go wrong with it, you may struggle to find someone to fix it, let alone any replacement parts. For £1000 you can get a great used car here, its not like in the states.
I sent you an FM.
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| Posted 10/11/10 2:36 PM |
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klingklang77
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Re: Has anyone moved overseas?
Is his company paying for any of the move? I live in Germany and we recently moved from Australia to Germany.
None (probably) of your kitchen appliances will work over there as they are on a different voltage. So that's one thing to get rid of.
Beds are a different size, so unless you are bringing your bed over, get rid of sheets.
I'd get rid of most of your furniture, b/c you have no idea what size your flat will be.
Don't bring your car, taxes will kill you. If you are in a major city you won't need a car.
My DH's firm gave us a nice amount which paid for our plane tickets, our cats to move over and some stuff. I brought:
a bed
linens, towels
two desks
Our whole kitchen (the voltage in Australia is almost the same as in Europe, this won't work in your case), including appliances, dishes, etc.
clothes
books and my teaching materials
We had to buy all other things, which really set us back, but we have done fine.
HTH, if you have any questions, send me an FM.
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| Posted 10/11/10 5:20 PM |
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OffWithHerHead23
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Re: Has anyone moved overseas?
My BFF recently moved to Australia. They had A LOT of their stuff shipped va container. She says that because of the awfulness of the container company, and the tears that went into it, she wishes she had never shipped her furniture. She totally still wanted her kitchen things and whatnot, but she said because of the hassle with the container, she wished they had never gone that route and replaced their furniture in Sydney.
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| Posted 10/11/10 5:35 PM |
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