[ebianca]

Thanks Guys.

yes MB the sites still all work.

Another question to add then which I hadn't thought about doing before. Would it be sensible to stay in a motel rather than renting a house for say upto 6months whilst looking for somwhere to buy?

Which would be cheaper?Do Motels do deals for long term stays?Obviously a motel would have everything there i.e bed, wardrobe etc so wouldn't have to buy whilst renting could wait until bought a house.

As for sending our conatiner ahead of us: we have only really spoken to one company re shipping at the NZ expo and they said we would need visas before they would send it out- are all companies the same as there is a chance that we could apply from NZ as OH will be going ahead of me and girls to find a job- if they want him to start soon he will get temp WV and then we will join and apply for PR from NZ rather than him come back to UK and apply from here. (hope that makes sense- I know what I mean)

I was presuming we would have to keep in storage in UK and then when granted visas the get it shipped which means an awfull long time without our things.

Beth