Wow! Moving costs..

Man!! April is going to be a broke month. Moving is quite costly! Especially moving from mums where we have no bond, no power bills etc.
Oh and no fridge!

So i have to buy a fridge, pay $150 for a moving truck beause we have 2 cars with no tow balls, do the 'first' not to mention expensive grocery shop and put a bond into a power account because i have never had a power bill as such. I had a power manager, do you think they will let me away with a bond if iv had that? I was kind of hoping to go with contact though.

Then the rent in advance is a killer!! I heard that winz only pay bond, not rent in advance. Anyone else heard this? Im hoping they will help out with bond as we really need to get out of here.

Then theres the bits and peices we need, like we have no microwave, toaster, pots, or plates. Oh and no jug.. So im hoping for some bargains on trade me. A microwave isnt a necessity so that can wait..

I guess im just thinking out loud and hoping i havent forgotten anything!!

Oh the house already has a budding vege garden so that will help!

I've been trying to figure that one out as well as we have just paid our 3 weeks bond and 2 weeks in advance for our new place on the beach :) I assumed it was for the first 2 weeks as you have the bond as back up in case you skip out on the land lord (or do damage)

Congrats on your new place though

The warehouse is always cheap for kitchen stuff. We got all our whiteware bulk from Harvey Norman last year with a couple of years interest free to pay it off. I want to buy a new side board and coffee table but with the cost of moving I don't think we'll be doing that for awhile.

Hi ladies, from what I remember from my renting days, 2 weeks in advance goes towards your last two weeks rent at the property.. ie. you pay that and when you move in you have to start paying rent straight away... it means you are paying lots upfront but when you go to leave you don't have to pay those last two weeks!

Also, when my DF and I got back from Europe we had nothing in terms of kitchen gear, I found trademe a godsend.. ie dinnersets @ $2, same for bulk lots of kitchen utensils etc... its so great getting a bargain!

Also, salvation army/city mission is a great place to find some bargains! Just a few thoughts anyway..

Good luck with the moving!

Yeah that would be good. The trucks i find are $100 and you may $.39c per km for milage..

We move the 5/4 :)

Do you know anyone that has a car with towball so you can just hire a trailer to cut back on costs a little bit?

Also I think from memory (been a long time since we paid a bond) but you are supposed to get 28 days to pay it, so you could drip-feed it into an account each week until you have enough if you need to.

When we bought our first house (moved stright there from my parents) I found it easier on the wallet to do our first big supermarket shop over the 3-4wks preceeding our move. I wrote a big list of everything we would need (food, cleaning products etc) and went to the supermarket each week and bought the things on my list that were on special. By the last week I had managed to get most things on special and it probably helped save us a bit

The Warehouse has toasters and small appliances for $10-20 - they're the budget brand ones, but do just as good a job. Try and spread the cost out over the next few weeks and you'll be fine For pots and pans, does ChCh have a "bargains" section in the paper at all? I know here in the Naki, every Friday is an Under $200 section in the paper where people just list random things, plus of course TradeMe. The Warehouse does the starting out packs as well for a decent price (I think $100 for the kitchen one which is pots, pans and utensils??). Do you "need" a microwave straight away?? If you do, I got mine off TM for $50 so yeah - gotta love TM!!

Good luck with your move!!!

I'm moving too. We are lucky enough to be in the process of getting some new stuff for our home, so we are trying to get rid of stuff, including an old but sturdy dining room table set. I'll ask hubby how much he'll let it go for if you are keen?

I'm starting the lists. Lists of what has to go last, of places to change our contact details etc. I'm bound to forget something.

Edit: So I didn't double post

Edited by Flake

Rent in advance just means you pay now for the first two weeks and then somewhere in those first two weeks you would set up your AP for the next 2 weeks and so on.  When you finally move out you would stop your payments before the last 2 wks.  Quite straightforward when you think about it