We're not taking any of the big things with us. Our suite was ready for the tip anyway. For what we had & with the hassle involved of shipping everyting, we decided it was better for us to start again. We replaced the PC with a laptop, we will have boxes with clothes & OH's tools & that's about it. We've been quoted ?750 for 20 tea cartons, door-to-door Glasgow to Hamilton. Thought we might airfreight 1 or 2 boxes with things we wanted straight away. Price for that came in at ?5.75 per kilo + ?35 handling charge - so ?143 for a 25 kg tea carton. Again, this was door-to-door Hamilton to Glasgow.
There's pros & cons for taking stuff & leaving it. One comment that has come up, if your fridge/washing machine breaks down, are the parts readily available in nz?
hth
Sal
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