This is very true for me, I'm going to keep my money earning interest in the UK and rent when we're in NZ, we're worked it out and it's just not worth moving money on the current exchange rate, at least not until the NZ property market has bottomed out. Hopefully the interest earned in UK with pay for our rent in NZ, if it doesn't we'll probably stick a caravan on my family's lawn and live like that for a while. Hopefully if I'm living that close to my mother she might offer some baby-sitting services
It does feel very odd stepping completely off the property ladder though, I'm going to have to do some serious mental adjusting to get used to that one.
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26 January 2008 - House under offer, we're getting closer
Feb 08 - our sale has fallen through
19 March 08 - accepted another offer on the house
Booked tickets, will arrive in NZ 4 July 2008
Currently enjoying the 'weather bomb' in Northland July 08
Anticipating a move to Auckland in the next few weeks - November 08