mdooher: Two things about Outram:
1.  Not Gigatown, actually not Megatown either, your internet will be lucky to get into the Kilobit speed range
2.  It is lovely and quiet. I live in Mosgiel and am in Outram most weeks.

Four things about the climate in Dunedin:
1. No Cockroaches
2. No Ants
3. No fleas.. ok I saw one once
4. You will not need to turn your heatpump to "cool'

andrewNZ:

mdooher: Two things about Outram:
1.  Not Gigatown, actually not Megatown either, your internet will be lucky to get into the Kilobit speed range
2.  It is lovely and quiet. I live in Mosgiel and am in Outram most weeks.

Four things about the climate in Dunedin:
1. No Cockroaches
2. No Ants
3. No fleas.. ok I saw one once
4. You will not need to turn your heatpump to "cool'

All GREAT points.


Actually Blurtie, I haven't read what kind of lifestyle you want. Recommendations of where to live are kind of pointless without knowing whether you want the party life, the quiet life, or the bogan life. No point in moving somewhere poncy if you want to have a leer up without getting constant grief from the neighbors.

andrewNZ:

mdooher: Two things about Outram:
1.  Not Gigatown, actually not Megatown either, your internet will be lucky to get into the Kilobit speed range
2.  It is lovely and quiet. I live in Mosgiel and am in Outram most weeks.

Four things about the climate in Dunedin:
1. No Cockroaches
2. No Ants
3. No fleas.. ok I saw one once
4. You will not need to turn your heatpump to "cool'

All GREAT points.


Actually Blurtie, I haven't read what kind of lifestyle you want. Recommendations of where to live are kind of pointless without knowing whether you want the party life, the quiet life, or the bogan life. No point in moving somewhere poncy if you want to have a leer up without getting constant grief from the neighbors.

joker97: Wouldn't it be great to be put in one truck door to door, wouldn't that save money!

So just to follow up on this thread, I've now arrived in Dunedin!  

I have to say the weather has been a lot warmer than I thought it would be.  Although it is variable, some days are warm, then the temp can just shoot down the next day.  Very different to the sub-tropical Auckland climate I got used to.   I don't miss the warm muggy nights however.

We managed to find a place to live in Belleknowes after viewing a lot of dives.  It got quite depressing!  We move in in March, and will be after suggestions for an ISP and have set up a new thread here: http://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=49&topicid=191873

As for the move, we had to book two separate moves for our Auck and Wgtn stuff with Allied Pickfords and came in at a reasonable price of 3.3k for both (2.6k for 14m3 for Auck, and 700 for 5m3 for Wgtn).  

Have been getting around Dunedin a bit over the last few weeks and it's a nice lil city to walk around.  Everywhere seems to be no more than a 10min drive. With non-existent traffic!  Very happy with the move so far!

Thanks again to all for the kind suggestions and comments!

Don't get used to the weather.

The last week or two has been very very unusual for Dunedin, I can't remember the last time it's been like this.

Also be aware if you are getting fibre to expect a month delay unless your property already has it

Every summer is like this in Dunedin, warm for a few days and then a day of overcast/rain before warming up again and repeating the cycle

February is always better than December/January and then in March is starts getting cooler (and living in Mosgiel, I start seeing frost on the windscreen of the car)

Welcome to Dunedin by the way 

Abo:

 

Don't get used to the weather.

 

 

 

The last week or two has been very very unusual for Dunedin, I can't remember the last time it's been like this.

 

 

 

Also be aware if you are getting fibre to expect a month delay unless your property already has it

 

Thanks for the heads up.. Being originally from Wellington, I'm used to being disappointed when it comes to summer...

Yeah, am expecting a delay. Looks like i should have ordered DSL first, as I need an internet connection to work from... Whoops...

 nzkiwiman: Welcome to Dunedin by the way 

Thanks!  It's good to be here. 

It cost us 5k to move Chch to Auckland... enough to fill a 2.5 bedroom place.

We were ruthless in throwing out old junk too!

Chch to Dunedin was 4k, so moving from Auckland to Dunedin will be closer to 7k I'd think?

Re: where to live.

I lived in Mornington in Dunedin and it was nice enough. It's certainly not walking distance to the Uni though, it's bus or car territory. If your partner is VERY fit, she could try biking up the hills, but really High Street takes a bit of an effort!
I wholeheartedly recommend living somewhere with SUN! The best places get year-round sunlight, those that don't are dark, damp and generally not good for your long term health.

Most housing in Dunedin is quite old, with garaging somewhat of a rarity.