Container arrives in Sydney tomorrow!

Today we received an email from the moving agent in Sydney with the great news that our container will arrive on 30 December. That's tomorrow! I'm so exited.

Customs clearance will take approximately 10 working days which means that we could have our stuff when I arrive with the kids. Hopefully the customs people won't drink too much champaign for new years causing delays.

In India, we made a lot of effort selecting the right moving agency. We looked at four different companies. At the end we choose to work with UTS - B.R.Shastry. Why? They provided us with a reasonable quote from the start. Also, the guy from Shastry who we met the first time to discuss our move, Roshan, told us he would be our contact person during the entire process. The three days the movers were in our house to pack everything he was there as promised. It sometimes happens that you meet the first time with a commercial guy (usually a smooth talker) and when the actual moving day is there he is no longer around and you have to deal with someone who is useless or you don't like.

It's a weird process. We spent a lot of time selecting a moving company in the country of origin, in our case India. The moving company in the country of origin decides who they work with in the country of destination. We don't have a say in that. In other words, we don't have a clue which company we end up with in Sydney. Yesterday, we had our first email correspondence with the Australian company, Chess Moving. We don't know anything about them which is a bit scary. I checked their website and it looks OK. I keep my fingers crossed that the move will go smoothly and that I can sleep in my own bed when I arrive in January.