Category Archives: General

2011-08-16 US Visas – granted

Posted on 15 August, 2011 Mon by Lance

Our passports arrived back from the US consulate today. We have been granted 10-year multiple entry visas – hooray Of course that doesn’t mean that we can stay in the US for as long as we want to. That is … Continue reading →

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2011-08-14 House Sold :):):)

Posted on 13 August, 2011 Sat by Lance

Our home went on auction today (see previous post about the auction process) and we were lucky enough to reach a figure above our reserve price :) So, that’s it – the house is sold unconditionally, ie no worries about … Continue reading →

Posted in Auckland, General | 1 Comment

2011-08-13 D-Day tomorrow – Our home goes to auction

Posted on 12 August, 2011 Fri by Lance

D-Day indeed. After 4 weeks of intensive marketing including open homes every weekend, tomorrow is the day that our house goes to auction. This is a common way of selling real estate in NZ. Certainly it seemed very strange to … Continue reading →

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2011-08-12 US Visa Interviews

Posted on 11 August, 2011 Thu by Lance

Well, that’s one more thing done and crossed off the “to-do” list. We went into town to the US embassy to have our interviews for our extended visas. Usually we don’t need to do this but because of our extended … Continue reading →

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2011-08-03 Insurances!!!

Posted on 2 August, 2011 Tue by Lance

What a complicated process to get simple insurance cover for the boat!! I mean, you’d think it simple – here’s the boat, here’s the value (by surveyor), here’s where we’ll be cruising and here’s where we will be storing her! … Continue reading →

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