Thanks Carolyne,cud work out expensive eh but it is te lifestyle we are going for xx

It is more expensive here than the UK, but the lifestyle is so much better and way more relaxed! Have you been here before?

Hi Carolyne, I've just tried sending u a private MSG but it said u r unable to receive them. We haven't visited NZ yet but r in the middle of doing the garden and kitchen up to prepare us for renting it out. I worry that NZ will b too dear to live. We will have just over £1000 a month coming in on rented houses till we sell our own house when we know if we like it or not xx wud love to visit NZ tho x

I rent out my house in the UK its nice to have an income other than what i get here.
Things are dearer but we manage. Our rent for a 4 bed new bungalow (houses are rare here) is $420 a week but there are no water bills in Palmy (there are in Auckland area I believe) rates are included in rent too. food shop for 3 adults costs us around $150-$200 a week. Electric $150-300 a month depending on winter or summer. It would be cheaper to ship your car rather than buy one here, they are silly prices! a girl at work bought a 2002 Vauxhall astra for $8100!!!! I told her they are about £800 in the UK!
You could come on a holiday visa and apply when you get here its much quicker, my friends did that and it took about 3 months in total. I understand it takes much longer and is much more expensive from the UK x

Wow. It'd be worth buying a new car here and ship it over maybe. We hav an X3 and the tax and insurance is pretty steep so we said we'd get a new one in NZ but thank u for the tip. It's been great chatting to u. Please keep in touch. It's great having someone to chat to. It's very helpful xx Thank u

Definately worth doing! I wish i didn't sell mine! Good to chat too, better go and make dinner before i go to work! chat soon :O) x

Be great to have a direct email contact to you so I can chat to u without going thru this website. It's nearly 11.30pm here. Was meant to be having an early night lol. Where we're u from in Uk? Speak soon xx

I am from Somerset, I will see if I can send you a private message with my email on it! What about you? xx

We live in Leyland in Lancashire xx

Be careful it's not too new or you'll end up paying duty on it. There's a length of time that you need to have owned it for

Also we have not found second hand cars to be expensive (and we've bought a few) - so do your homework as different people have different experiences.

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