Advice on moving

[ianhopp]

need advice on moving ..... best route to bring car...best way to send house hold goods... from eastbourne east sussex england.

[interleukin]

You should start by doing a search of previous threads on this forum, you will probably find most of your questions have been answered already.

/interleukin

[sinikettu]

I seem to remember from an old thread that someone used a company that is located in Shoreham dock area..that has some container services to this part of the world..
Perhaps the Brighton Yellow pages would locate them.

Route to Drive...
Probably cheapest Via Ferry...Rostok ..Helsinki
http://baltic.superfast.com/

Edit ..Magic this search tool... found this post.

PostPosted: Wed May 07, 2003 2:30 pm Post subject:
I got a 40ft container at 1250GBP door to door - London to Kalajoki. Had to pack and load myself but that was no problem when I compared the quote to others that I received.

This was thru Glover of Shoreham, contact Jim Glover tel:01903 774888.

He's a one man freight agent working with a steel company in Raahe. Couldn't fault the service at all...

[sinikala]

need advice on moving ..... best route to bring car...best way to send house hold goods... from eastbourne east sussex england.

No idea about household goods, but the drive... depends what time of year you are coming.

By far the easiest is to drop the car off in Tilbury, fly here, then pick the car up in Finland a couple of days later.

http://www.transfennica.com/documents/timetable.pdf

If you fancy driving all the way here then you can drive to Rostock on the German coast on the Baltic, as already mentioned, I've sent a car by ferry that way, but flew myself as I didn't fancy a full day on a boat.

Or you can drive up to Copenhagen, over the Öresund Bridge... absolutely spectacular, then on to Stockholm (Cph - Stockholm is about a seven hour drive), and take one of the ferries Stockholm-Hki, then it's half a day on a boat.

You can also take a ferry to Norway and drive to Stockholm, but it's not fun driving in Norway at this time of year, and it's very slow going to get to Stockholm, though others on here have done it in one shot.

In principle you could also drive all the way to Taallin and then it's a short hop across to Hki, I should imagine that is the cheapest, though I doubt that is the main consideration, but it would be a ball-acher of a drive. After thata couple of hours only on a boat.

Main consideration for me is usually to spend as little time as possible on water, I'm not into boats at all.

[Hank W.]

And the car needs the magical paperwork, most importantly EU CoC certificate. And if you drive through Germany, pick up the headlights you need to change from there as otherwise it'll be bendover time in the garage. And a spare set of rims for your winter tires. And a block heater assembly (maybe even get 6the headlights and heater fitted there.) Just as long as it is your car and you've owned it longer than 6 months. Go to http://www.tulli.fi and read the "vehichle as removval goods" as when Mr. Ididntknow and Ms Nobodytoldme go to the Finnish customs office, they meet Mr. Payyerassblue.

Also get yourself the new model small drivers licence and the purple EU health card.

[sinikala]

And the car needs the magical paperwork, most importantly EU CoC certificate. And if you drive through Germany, pick up the headlights you need to change from there as otherwise it'll be bendover time in the garage. And a spare set of rims for your winter tires. And a block heater assembly (maybe even get 6the headlights and heater fitted there.)

Yeah, CoC is useful

Headlights... depends on the car... some have a switch where you can flip the side of the road that the lights point to. Mine didn't

Spare set of rims will be cheapest in the UK before leaving.

Block heater is probably easiest to get fitted here? not so common in Germany.

[ianhopp]

thanks for the advice .....might be cheaper to buy car in Finland....

[sinikala]

thanks for the advice .....might be cheaper to buy car in Finland....

wait till you see the prices and lack of choice here. If you've owned your car for more than 6 months, I bet you it will be more expensive to buy here. Downside is you will be stuck with a car that is hard to get rid of.

Depends of course on the make / model

£100 for the CoC
£200 for headlights
£200 for rims
£250 for the heater kit when you are here
£300 shipping
£100 for the plates / MOT equivalent

Total = £1150.

Used cars here are generally 1.5x - 2x the UK price. If your car is over 12 years and high mileage, it's probably not worth it. If it's under 8 years and low mileage you will save a lot of money. 8-12 years it's still worth thinking about it.

[Kai]

I would recomend bring whatever car you already have, I brought a 1990 Vauxhall Cavalier Sri 2.0 that i bought in v.good condition at 10 years old for £900 (a few years before moving to Finland). Coc cost nothing, finnish relative phoned Opel Finland and they sent some letter that did the job. M.O.T and Finnish plates cost about 150 euros, headlights from breakers 60 euros, New studded tyres on used steel rims 300 euros, Block heater, still not got round to fitting one but car has not failed to start once even at -30c! OK its wear and tear on the engine but with a 17 year old vauxhall who cares The car now needs new windscreen, summertyres, front wheel bearing and the CD has stopped working, radio only, if I was still in blighty i would scrap it and buy a 10 year old 2 litre vectra, looked in a few papers here, 7000euros is the going price looks like i will keep the cav for a few more years

[ianhopp]

ok so i guess i better keep my zaffirra......

[raamv]

I would also load up on parts for your car as if it is a special model or even if it is a regular model, parts are bloody expensive here..
From lug nuts and bolts, to brake pads and wiper blades( U can find wiper blades for cheap if you are lucky).
Repair manuals, repair kits ( tyre puncture repair), jacks, oil filter pans, air filters, oil filter for a couple of years ( oil change + filter change costs 60 euros ), air filters, bulbs for all the lights, car vacuum cleaner, car seat covers, car mats etc.

[Kai]

I would also load up on parts for your car

Good point raamv. If your car has a cable operated clutch its worth bringing a spare cable as on most cars a LHD clutch cable is to short for a RHD car. It would be a pain to have to wait for a week or two for a part that takes 10 minutes to change if it snaps.

[sinikala]

I would also load up on parts for your car as if it is a special model or even if it is a regular model, parts are bloody expensive here..
From lug nuts and bolts, to brake pads and wiper blades( U can find wiper blades for cheap if you are lucky).
Repair manuals, repair kits ( tyre puncture repair), jacks, oil filter pans, air filters, oil filter for a couple of years ( oil change + filter change costs 60 euros ), air filters, bulbs for all the lights, car vacuum cleaner, car seat covers, car mats etc.

With respect, the above is a waste of time. It'a a Vauxall Zafira = no price difference in parts from an Opel Zafira.

Standard parts bulbs / seat covers / mats are no different in price in Motonet in Finland or in Halfords in the UK, only difference if you buy car mats here, is the rubberised bit for under the pedals will be on the passenger carpet.

This is Finland, not darkest Peru.

[MagicJ]

For household goods you could try getting a quote from here:

http://www.britanniamovers.com/ aka Simpson's of Sussex

Haven't used them myself just found them when looking for a company to ship mine.

[raamv]

With respect, the above is a waste of time. It'a a Vauxall Zafira = no price difference in parts from an Opel Zafira.

Standard parts bulbs / seat covers / mats are no different in price in Motonet in Finland or in Halfords in the UK, only difference if you buy car mats here, is the rubberised bit for under the pedals will be on the passenger carpet.
This is Finland, not darkest Peru.

With respect too, I was suggesting...Moreover, if you use your arguement, a car mat is also a standard!! How come it was different ?
For a person coming newly to Finland, it takes time to find out where the cheaper parts are..So IMO, it is far cheaper to stock them from where he is coming. This is Finland, where flyingpigs dont exist unlike Darkest Peru where they dont need flying pigs..