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WHERE'S BEST TO LIVE IN NZ AND WHAT DO WE NEED TO KNOW: PART 5!

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AngryBeaver · 27/11/2012 09:01

Look at us Chatty Cathy's!
Justa oh nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
(I'm not sure Grin)

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WhatSheSaid · 01/02/2013 04:34

Speaking of houses, lollystix are you going to the auction for that house you were interested in?

vvviola · 01/02/2013 05:04

Bah. Applied for a job at the university but didn't get it Hmm

Would have been perfect too.

frikonastick · 01/02/2013 05:29

omygosh its only 8 days till we leave for new zealand. 8 days. eight days. eiiiiiiiighhhhhht daaaaaayyyyyssssss.

nope. doesnt matter how i type it or say it, i still cant believe it.

yes! where is lolly? we need to know about the house!

meerkate its totally cool to hear from you and AB i spent quite some time on trademe and realestate nz checking out waiheke and DH was all like, oooohhh i like that place! lets move there! when i told him it was a teeny island, he was even more enthusiastic........

frikonastick · 01/02/2013 05:30

:-( vvviola. that sucks

frikonastick · 01/02/2013 05:38

so, also i just had a look and we have all been on this thread since the 17th jan 2011.

surely we get a prize for longest running thread or something?

thanks AB for starting it!

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AngryBeaver · 01/02/2013 07:56

Oh my god frick don't tease me! Would so love to have you to meet for flat white's on Waiheke....8 daaaaayyyyys though? Woohoo!
vviola booo, shame. One will come up that is just right for you soon :)

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lollystix · 01/02/2013 09:18

House - WWYD?
So auction this Sunday. My 10% is waiting in UK to go but I don't want to move it in advance as exchange so crap (yes I know it won't get much better...). So told estate agent this and said if we win they can have 10% by mid week due to timezones etc. she said probs ok and I have signed variation form but not heard back from seller (who is in UK!) as to whether this is ok? Do we wing it and hope it is?

frikonastick · 01/02/2013 11:29

wing it!

WhatSheSaid · 01/02/2013 17:46

Yeah, wing it, I think.

I really don't think the exchange rate is going to get better for a long time, it's been at 2:1 for, what, 2 years? Longer? If anything it's getting worse. I transferred some £ over a few years ago and I just brought it, on the basis I could at least get 4% interest on it here while it was getting virtually nothing in the UK.

justaboutchilledout · 01/02/2013 21:22

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thelittlestkiwi · 01/02/2013 22:54

Chase the agent. You have to register to bid on the day.

Good luck.

I have a great builder if you need one.

thelittlestkiwi · 01/02/2013 22:56

Exchange rate of 1.86 is a shocker. I doubt we'll see 2.5 for a while but 2 might happen.

WhatSheSaid · 01/02/2013 23:04

The exchange rate was $3.44 to the £ when I moved here Shock

Disclaimer: I had absolutely no money to transfer at the time and did not benefit from this rate at all. Grin

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WhatSheSaid · 02/02/2013 00:12

Has anyone enrolled their dcs in Kiwisaver? I keep meaning to, I have the forms and everything. I'm not just thinking about their retirement but the fact they could use their Kiwisaver towards a first home deposit (and who knows what house prices will be like when they are adults Confused)

lollystix · 02/02/2013 04:28

Agent said not heard back from seller but should be ok cos her boss said so and the cash goes into their bank account and not the sellers. So I reckon we wing it. littlest - ill need a builder. And a new deck!

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lollystix · 02/02/2013 09:10

Frik - Tauranga first for you for a while?

frikonastick · 02/02/2013 13:24

Yep :-)

thelittlestkiwi · 02/02/2013 19:31

Has anyone every had a problem with borer/woodworm here? I noticed yesterday that we have holes in the wood of two built in cupboards downstairs. I'm a bit concerned that it may be in the wood supports for the house.

But suspect if I get a pest control company in they'll say we need to spray the whole house regardless. I don't trust them! I'm off to Mitre10 today to buy some spray and borer bombs but really hope it isn't a hidden problem. Gulp.

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AngryBeaver · 02/02/2013 20:09

Yes to live updates lolly!

Neighbour in Uk has emailed to say strange goings on with our tenants. Am hoping we are not going to get bad news!

littlest
howto.yellow.co.nz/home-garden/home-repair-and-maintenance/how-to-get-rid-of-borer/

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AngryBeaver · 02/02/2013 20:09

howto.yellow.co.nz/home-garden/home-repair-and-maintenance/how-to-get-rid-of-borer/

sorry

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thelittlestkiwi · 02/02/2013 20:37

Thanks AB. I've just been and braved all the spiders under the house and thankfully the foundation timbers seem okay. The untreated wooden cupboards have about 50-100 holes and there are 3 in the wood trim. So I think I'll go with spray and bombs for now.

OH has to check the other half of the basement cos I can't climb up and it has WAY more spiders.