Another Moving Diary

[Uk-Scots]

Hello All,

After reading Lisa's very helpful diary thread and seeing a few people asking for more future ex-pats to follow suit I thought I'd give it ago

We are a family with 2 young children and only have 8wks till our big move from Scotland to Pafos! Most of the arrangements have been made, as we were over for our visit last month and have the school and our new rental property all set up.
Our house is on the market and hopefully soon be sold.
Our shipment Company is due to come pack all our belongings at the end of the month. Oh the thought!
The dog is almost set to go, she had her rabbies jab last week & now have her passport, hopefully her flight will be booked this week so we can go ahead and book ours.
I have informed Sky & Talk Talk of cancellation for the end of this month and thankfully had no problems with them.
In the process of trying to find & set up car insurance for when we get there.
Kids new school uniforms all ordered :-) they are so excited about starting thier new school, which does make things a lot easier.

Well can't think of much else to tell you at this moment, so till next time.

Kelly x

[pearsews]

Originally Posted by Uk-Scots

Hello All,

After reading Lisa's very helpful diary thread and seeing a few people asking for more future ex-pats to follow suit I thought I'd give it ago

We are a family with 2 young children and only have 8wks till our big move from Scotland to Pafos! Most of the arrangements have been made, as we were over for our visit last month and have the school and our new rental property all set up.
Our house is on the market and hopefully soon be sold.
Our shipment Company is due to come pack all our belongings at the end of the month. Oh the thought!
The dog is almost set to go, she had her rabbies jab last week & now have her passport, hopefully her flight will be booked this week so we can go ahead and book ours.
I have informed Sky & Talk Talk of cancellation for the end of this month and thankfully had no problems with them.
In the process of trying to find & set up car insurance for when we get there.
Kids new school uniforms all ordered :-) they are so excited about starting thier new school, which does make things a lot easier.

Well can't think of much else to tell you at this moment, so till next time.

Kelly x

Hi Kelly,

Good luck with the move!
We are moving from Scotland too...does it ever stop raining....hopefully before too long. Will be out to look around etc., in a couple of weeks.
Could I ask which removals company you used?

Will follow your diary with interest!

Sheila

[Uk-Scots]

Originally Posted by pearsews

Hi Kelly,

Good luck with the move!
We are moving from Scotland too...does it ever stop raining....hopefully before too long. Will be out to look around etc., in a couple of weeks.
Could I ask which removals company you used?

Will follow your diary with interest!

Sheila

Thank you Sheila, yes don't think it will ever stop, some summer so far!
We are using Anglo Pacific, they have been very professional so far and always happy to answer any queries.
When are you planning to move over?

Kelly

[pearsews]

Originally Posted by Uk-Scots

Thank you Sheila, yes don't think it will ever stop, some summer so far!
We are using Anglo Pacific, they have been very professional so far and always happy to answer any queries.
When are you planning to move over?

Kelly

Thanks Kelly, we hope to be over once the house is sold, sooner rather than later if the farmer buys it back from us!
Just so much to organise, thankful for people on this site for all the useful information.

[Uk-Scots]

I hope your property sells soon Sheila. The list of things to do never seems to end.

Tried to get a few more things done over past few days. Have Informed our car insurance of cancellation with no problems. But tried to give notice to cancel our Tv licence but was told to call nearer the time!
Called Vodafone to see if we could transfer our Uk contracts over to Cyta-Vodafone but not possible.We either have to pay the get out clause or keep the contract till the end of its term. But on the other hand we did find out some useful information though. When we call to give our 30days notice we are to ask for a "Parc Code" which we can then take to Cyta and have our existing numbers transferred to our new Cyta contract. This has to be within the 30 days though while the number is still active.
Have sent a copy of the dogs passport to her travel company and will hopefully get her flight details soon, so we can go ahead and book ours.
Been trying to fill out the tedious marine insurance proposal form, but unsure wether to take this or not? How often do you hear of cargo ships sinking! It is very expensive extra as it is 3% of the value plus vat so could possibly be another few thousand pounds on top! Having to have a good think about it and speak to our shipment company.

And that's about it for now :-) Hope everyone is well.

Kelly x

[triggerhappykev]

Not many sink, but I've seen plenty of situations of containers falling off, rough seas, pitch and roll and top heavy centre of gravity. But these are more pertinent to larger ocean crossings, and more stacked up vessels. I think they've made ISO foot locks much more secure now too

[Uk-Scots]

Think wil see if we can just insure the expensive things like the car & electicals, just to be on the safe side.

[Vegaanders]

Originally Posted by Uk-Scots

I hope your property sells soon Sheila. The list of things to do never seems to end.

Tried to get a few more things done over past few days. Have Informed our car insurance of cancellation with no problems. But tried to give notice to cancel our Tv licence but was told to call nearer the time!
Called Vodafone to see if we could transfer our Uk contracts over to Cyta-Vodafone but not possible.We either have to pay the get out clause or keep the contract till the end of its term. But on the other hand we did find out some useful information though. When we call to give our 30days notice we are to ask for a "Parc Code" which we can then take to Cyta and have our existing numbers transferred to our new Cyta contract. This has to be within the 30 days though while the number is still active.
Have sent a copy of the dogs passport to her travel company and will hopefully get her flight details soon, so we can go ahead and book ours.
Been trying to fill out the tedious marine insurance proposal form, but unsure wether to take this or not? How often do you hear of cargo ships sinking! It is very expensive extra as it is 3% of the value plus vat so could possibly be another few thousand pounds on top! Having to have a good think about it and speak to our shipment company.

And that's about it for now :-) Hope everyone is well.

Kelly x

Hi!

Just a question. You mean you should be able to keep your UK vodafone numbers when you come to Cyprus??

I just cant believe it

[Veronica]

Originally Posted by Vegaanders

Hi!

Just a question. You mean you should be able to keep your UK vodafone numbers when you come to Cyprus??

I just cant believe it

I can't imagine how that would work either

[Uk-Scots]

Yeah that's what we were told, but yes thinking about it not sure how it would work? Soon find out what she meant.