Hello all.

My girfriend and I will probably be moving to Hong Kong later on in the year from Australia. We have a little poodle and a cat we would like to bring with us as well. They are like our kids and we would be lost without them.   We will leave them with my parents if we cant find any where suitable, but we would rather have them with us as we would be here for a few years at least.

I have been to DB before and was most impressed with the community here and we are thinking it would be a good place to settle in to. Even though the travel to work would be longer, we believe it is worthwhile, especially seeing that we would love our pets with us. Comming from Australia and having a huge backyard and space etc, the high rise living on HK island is a bit daunting for us and DB looks like an awsome alternarnative. It seems to have a great community spirit as well which is nice.

The question I ask is what sort of monthly rent would I be paying on DB for a place with a little garden or backyard for the cat and dog to have a little space?

Also, are their any DB specific real eastate agents? I have googled it but found nothing.

If someone could point me in the right direction for searching out a pet friendly place I would be very appreciative.

Cheers,

Dean

I've lived in Hong Kong for 27 years and DB is one of the best places.  Especially for pets and children!  Its very friendly and easy to make new friends of all nationalities. If has everything you need here from Dr's via vets to shopping or all sorts and the main areas of Tung Chung and Central area  bus and ferry ride away.

Easy to get your pets here they will not have to go through quarantine but will have to when you return to Oz though.  Best to check that out if you are not planning on staying here long.

Estate agents have been covered by previous post.

If you need any help with people to help you ship your pets in just ask!!!

Welcome to DB!!!

Hope the informtion of this link helps.

http://www.afcd.gov.hk/english/quarantine/qua_ie/qua_ie_ipab/qua_ie_ipab_idc/qua...

Thanks for all your feedback guys, it's much appreciated.

Although I will be in HK in a month's time I will be living with family in the Mid Levels however my partner will be joining me around the end of the year (visiting many times in the interim I hope!). It is at that time we hope to move to DB.

We have an appointment with the vet next week and will discuss the pro's and cons of moving them over there and what it entails. We have also spoken to my parents over here as a worse case scenario that we don't take them along with us.

We want to leave no stone unturned in this part of the move and make sure they can relocate with the minimum of inconvenience.

In the mean time I will continue to read the forum and try and orientate myself with living on DB. I will also visit regularly and check out the state of housing prospects when I move over next month. We are not loaded, but I figure we could afford around 25k+ per month for a place - but it must have some sort of little garden though. This will be hard I'm sure but we need to give them some sort of outside for normality.  

Thanks again!!

Dean

you can also try Ferndale Kennels they bought my dogs in from France and my puppy in from Australia they did everything.

tucker@netvigator.com.  The kennels are owned by an English couple who are very good.

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You should be able to get an unrenovated 3 bdrm garden flat in Caperidge, Crestmont or Coastline for about 30k at the moment but a few have stayed empty for am long time so maybe try to negotiate to 25k.  Sure there will be more at the other end of DB but I just know this end.  When you're in Hk next pick up all the apartment flyers from the DB ferry terminal they always have a lot of them advertised.

I moved my two golden retrievers to a roof top apartment after living with a huge garden in France for three years, and the older one before that in England.

They adapted really well and enjoyed the walks in the hills the sea and the river and rock pools.  My chocolate lab, now four years old, was started in Oz and now lives in the same apartment and has never had a problem.  

He enjoys the walks his doggy play dates every evening and his many, many children friends.

my daughter in law has two cats who have happily adapted to high rise living though they do miss going outside occasionally she has bought some green growing grass and they love that.

Your pets will be more unhappy being separated from you I think.

I don't think you will get a place with a garden below 30k... But your dog+cat will adapt to live without an outside area. There is plenty of space in DB for long walks, hikes etc.

Our dog came with Jetpets from Australia (Not door to door, but maybe because he was a puppy?). They were very professional and helpful. Not cheap though.

Good luck with your move!

Just a tip, dont use RELOPET - they lost my friend's dog at the airport and it subsequently was hit by a car and killed.  

Use International Pet Travel (George Yeung) he is the best and they did a wonderful job of bringing my dog to Hong Kong from the UK.

It is easy to bring your pets with you around the world.  My dog is 3 years old and has already lived in 3 different countries.  You just have to be organised.

Good luck.

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