Q. I'm wondering if anyone has personal experience with what it has been like moving with a pet in the military. We live in the UK right now, in private rental housing. We'll probably be going back to the states in about three years, but we might stay overseas. We'll probably be transitioning out of the military in three years as well... but maybe not.
My instincts say it's not the right time for a pet, but has anybody made this work?
My instincts say it's not the right time for a pet, but has anybody made this work?
A. My family was also military and we lived in the Netherlands. (We also lived in private rental housing, not on base). We had guinea pigs and gerbils. Because of the laws of the state we moved back to, the gerbils had to find new homes but the guinea pigs came with us back to the states. We bought a large pet carrier and they flew back with us in the cargo hold of the plane.
The first thing you should consider carefully is the type of pet- proabably a cat or dog wouldn't be much of a problem moving back to the US or to another overseas nation. Smaller animals (mice, fish, rabbits, etc) will be harder to move because of varying laws. Just about every airline has a space for pets in the cargo hold, but you may have to leave the animal in quarentine for a short time depending (again) on the place you are going to and the type of pet.
If you have kids, you really might want to consider a pet. Although it can be a hassle moving the pet when your next set of order come in, pets can give a child a sense of stability in the constantly changing world of the military. I know having the pets with us made my sister and I feel more at home at the new base.
Good luck, whatever you decide! Hope this helps.
The first thing you should consider carefully is the type of pet- proabably a cat or dog wouldn't be much of a problem moving back to the US or to another overseas nation. Smaller animals (mice, fish, rabbits, etc) will be harder to move because of varying laws. Just about every airline has a space for pets in the cargo hold, but you may have to leave the animal in quarentine for a short time depending (again) on the place you are going to and the type of pet.
If you have kids, you really might want to consider a pet. Although it can be a hassle moving the pet when your next set of order come in, pets can give a child a sense of stability in the constantly changing world of the military. I know having the pets with us made my sister and I feel more at home at the new base.
Good luck, whatever you decide! Hope this helps.
How would an international student rent a house in Boston, USA?
Q. I'm a British student, part of a group of us studying psychology, who will be working as research assistants on various Harvard related projects, starting Fall next year.
Does anyone have any advice at all about how to look for housing, renting it, any legalities, cost and deposit, and where to get stuff to furnish housing? Anything specific to Boston would be amazing, but at this point just some idea of what the hell we have to do!
Any tips from current students? Like how did you find housing?
Thanks guys, we are a bit clueless at the moment!
Does anyone have any advice at all about how to look for housing, renting it, any legalities, cost and deposit, and where to get stuff to furnish housing? Anything specific to Boston would be amazing, but at this point just some idea of what the hell we have to do!
Any tips from current students? Like how did you find housing?
Thanks guys, we are a bit clueless at the moment!
A. first off, im not from Boston so i cant give you any really specific info on where to look for housing, what the rental market is like etc.
A good first place to start would be to speak w someone who works for the school. Call their off campus housing dept if they have one. Ask them the process that someone would take to get housing if they are not from the area and unable to visit before-hand to set up a living situation. more likely than not the office has come across this situation many times.
Contact the program director and ask him/her for the contact info of the current UK students that are research assistants this year. Maybe they have a house together and would be willing to contact the landlord to see if he can arrange to have you guys move in when they move out.
You can find some housing info online via roommates.com and craigslist.com but be wary of these sites as there are some a-holes on there that like to scam people out of housing deposits. I suggest if you do this then try to rent through a rental company that you can find legit info on the internet and who has good recommendations from previous tenents.
Legalities wise if you find a house to rent find out how long the lease is. If you are here for 9 months but do a 1 year lease (whihc is the most common) then be aware that u will need to find someone to sublease for the summer or pay the rent for the apartment from home even tho ur not living there). you put down a set deposit in the beginning (and sometimes the last months rent if u dont have a co-signer) and as long as the place is in good shape at the end of the lease then you get the deposit back.
These are just my suggestions. Worst comes to worst, show up a few days before hand with some housing visits arranged ahead of time, check out the digs, and go with whichever one seems best in person. Good luck!
A good first place to start would be to speak w someone who works for the school. Call their off campus housing dept if they have one. Ask them the process that someone would take to get housing if they are not from the area and unable to visit before-hand to set up a living situation. more likely than not the office has come across this situation many times.
Contact the program director and ask him/her for the contact info of the current UK students that are research assistants this year. Maybe they have a house together and would be willing to contact the landlord to see if he can arrange to have you guys move in when they move out.
You can find some housing info online via roommates.com and craigslist.com but be wary of these sites as there are some a-holes on there that like to scam people out of housing deposits. I suggest if you do this then try to rent through a rental company that you can find legit info on the internet and who has good recommendations from previous tenents.
Legalities wise if you find a house to rent find out how long the lease is. If you are here for 9 months but do a 1 year lease (whihc is the most common) then be aware that u will need to find someone to sublease for the summer or pay the rent for the apartment from home even tho ur not living there). you put down a set deposit in the beginning (and sometimes the last months rent if u dont have a co-signer) and as long as the place is in good shape at the end of the lease then you get the deposit back.
These are just my suggestions. Worst comes to worst, show up a few days before hand with some housing visits arranged ahead of time, check out the digs, and go with whichever one seems best in person. Good luck!
Im moving to england and need to find housing?
Q. I currently live in Halifax Canada. Im moving to Hull, Yorkshire, England. So far it looks like im styaing in a hotel for the first bit. I cant seem to find ANY housing listings for rentals of rooms/ basement suites or small apartments. Can anyone help?
Thank you.
Thank you.
A. lots of sites come up if you Google estate agents Hull, try this link. You might just have to contact each agent individually.
http://www.google.co.uk/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4ACAW_enGB319GB321&q=estate+agents+hull
the website of the city council might give you useful info about living there too
http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/
http://www.google.co.uk/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4ACAW_enGB319GB321&q=estate+agents+hull
the website of the city council might give you useful info about living there too
http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/
What is the cheapest place to live in the UK?
Q. I am wondering what is the cheapest place to live in the UK? Including nice areas, i.e family environment, good schools, cheap supermarkets, petrol etc. The three main things are nice areas, good primary schools and cheapest to rent. Also, where the job market is good.
Only answers from people in the UK, thanks.
Only answers from people in the UK, thanks.
A. zoopla.co.uk ........have a look on here, it gives you property rental pries you just put in the area.......Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire (East Midlands)...........areas in all eg Mansfield, Rainsworth in Notts are cheaper, good schools..which has sherwood Forest, easy access to the motorway, several towns and Nottingham city so jobs......Lincs...like Gainsborough, Scunthorpe...good schools Lincoln city, Doncaster and other local towns so jobs, it is also agricultural....... Wales, again it depends on the area you choose and often the cheaper area means the jobs are less available.........so you will need cross reference with websites like totaljobs.co.uk, jobsite.co.uk and look at council tax in the area....I pay more CT in Warwickshire for my 3 bed house on a postage stamp garden,than I pay for my house in Ireland that is x5 bigger with 7 acres......and water rates are expensive eg Notts has high CT and you pay CT for county, local and parish council if you live in the sticks where as only county level if you live in the city.....so that is worth looking at.
Supermarkets .......generally the same all over the country,petrol is about shopping around, as no where is cheap ....go onto the local council website http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/Localcouncils/index.htm or http://www.information-britain.co.uk/est-list2.cfm?EstType=22&Country=0 for the area you choose to find CT rates, OFSTED for the schools ( inspector league tables on excellence) http://www.information-britain.co.uk/schoolcounties.cfm
Supermarkets .......generally the same all over the country,petrol is about shopping around, as no where is cheap ....go onto the local council website http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/Localcouncils/index.htm or http://www.information-britain.co.uk/est-list2.cfm?EstType=22&Country=0 for the area you choose to find CT rates, OFSTED for the schools ( inspector league tables on excellence) http://www.information-britain.co.uk/schoolcounties.cfm
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