Costs of moving interstate, is this to little or to much?

[LionsandBears]

I'd add more to the rent as well. Normally it's a month in advance down here plus 1 month for bond.

[beckoes]

i cant really say how much to move a whole house worth of stuff but we have had a few things brought up from where DP used to live in sydney to qld and it always costs a few hundred to backload a few items so i can only imagine a house worth of stuff would be stacks. sorry
we just moved half an hour away and it cost us $550!
good luck

[nickle730]

HI muminalice, If your DH's company transfers him, most company's offer 'relocation assistance' to help with the cost of moving. Some companies will pay for all moving expenses. Have you looked into what your DH's company offers?

Just to be pedantic... you will need to eat regardless of whether you drive or fly, so that $350 is kinda neither here nor there!!

[Little Chicken]

Thanks everyone for replying. All costs for removalists, car moving are actual quotes, though like you say they will probably go up on actual booking. Believe me closer to the time I will be double checking all prices!

Taurean: We drive a ford falcon wagon, and I was basing the cost on a tank of petrol here at around $1.46 a litre. I don't know how much I would get to a tank as we don't do any highway drving here

Tashybabe: Thanks for that, that kind of info is good to know.

Squidipa: We did the sea container thing over to here as well. Might do that again again as it is about $1000 cheaper, but they charge ten times more for storage.

Nickle: DP's company only transfers when they absolutely have to, like a depot losing bus runs (he works for greyhound buses and they just transferred some drivers from perth to darwin for example), so by transferring I meant applying for a position available in melbourne so unfortunately no relocation assistance to be had. At least if we do drive we have one person who is used to long distance driving.

[squidipa]

storage was real cheap for us done the container twice now first time it was stored for about 5 weeks

[Little Chicken]

Yeah think we will do the container route again, might get DP's dad over to help us pack it.

[Cassius2]

we found containers to be the most affordable option. although removalists are great in that they can do all the packing/unpacking etc.

renting here is madness in terms of availability; so pays to be super prepared and start compiling a list of properties before you leave so that the moment you arrive you can start the trekking. when we moved here I went down with DD and started the search while DH organised the move and drove the car and the animals down. it took us roughly 3.5 weeks to find a place and like tashybaby mentioned they want one months rent in advance (usually).

goodluck with it all and you guys will find a way...and then we can hang out with our bubbas!!

[Little Chicken]

Luckily I have a sister in Melbourne so I hope that she will have the time (she is an exceptionally busy person, runs 2 businesses, 3 kids, you know the usual), to look at any properties for us so we can put applications in before we leave. I'm used to no availablity, the vacancy rate here is less then 1% I think.

Oh we will get there by hook or by crook.