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Settling-In ServicesMost settling-in services begin once you have arrived. Ours works in reverse: the search, viewing, lease, furnishing and utilities are completed before you board. You move in on the day you land.
This is the biggest difference between us and most agencies: the house, the furniture and the utilities are ready before you land.
The goal: a home you can move straight into the day you land.
The goal: get you safely to the home that's already waiting.
The goal: moving from housed to settled.
And I found out later that the help you really need isn't only before you leave.
Once you're here, that's when life actually starts.
From Mrs Chen's letter | Read it in full →Take the whole package or only the parts you want. At the first consultation we ask which pieces you'd rather do yourself.
Areas chosen by school location and budget. We view in person and send film back, so you can decide before you leave.
Submitting the application, explaining the terms clause by clause, and handling the deposit and bond correctly.
Furniture and appliances chosen to budget, ordered, delivered and installed; power and internet applied for in advance so they work the day you move in. Goods and third-party services at cost.
Airport pickup, straight into the prepared house, help with a SIM and transport card, and a handover of what's nearby.
Liaising with the school and arranging enrolment, explaining uniforms and stationery, how the parent association and communication system work, and following up after term starts.
Other parents, church and community activities, job resources, and our own client gatherings. Loneliness is the most underrated difficulty of arriving.
Settling-in sounds abstract, but the process can be watched. Below, families who have already moved talk about the road from application to arrival, and an exchange activity we arranged afterwards.
Filmed or recorded by us. The content reflects each speaker's own experience and each school's circumstances at the time; courses, places and fees are as published by each school at the time you apply. The player loads only when you click. More videos in thevideo section of the blog.
What you'll meet after arriving, from families who have already done it.
A mother of two on why she chose New Zealand in the end, and how she decided who to trust.
Agency level doesn't change admission standards, but it changes who picks up the phone to the school when something goes wrong. With two cases.
Yes.This is the biggest difference between us and most settling-in services. We narrow the area by your child's school and your budget, view the property in person and send film back so you can decide from overseas. Once you've chosen, we submit the application and explain the lease clause by clause. You move straight in on arrival — no hotel in between.
With eyes on the ground, not photographs.Listing photos and the real thing often differ. Light, noise, damp and the actual commute don't show up in a photograph. We film, measure and report on the surroundings, so what you see is the property rather than the marketing.
Yes.Beds, sofa, dining table, fridge, washing machine — chosen to your budget, ordered, delivered and installed. Power and internet are applied for in advance; fibre installation here often has a queue, and leaving it until you land can mean waiting weeks.
We charge a service fee for arranging and coordinating. Third-party costs are passed through at cost.Furniture, appliances, utilities, cleaning and removals are arranged by us, invoiced at the actual amount, with receipts and no mark-up. The service itself is itemised — take all of it or part of it. If you're also using our immigration or study services, some items are included in the package. We set the fee structure out at the first consultation.
These are personal matters and sit outside the service.An IRD number must be applied for by you, a GP enrolled with by you, and a licence converted by you. We'll remind you when each is due but we don't do them for you. Our effort is better spent on the things you can't do from overseas — searching, viewing, the lease, furniture and utilities.
Tell us your arrival date and who's coming, and we'll turn the first thirty days into a dated schedule and hand it to you.
Urgent or time-sensitive → LINE. Remember to send a message after adding us, or we won't see it.
To book properly → the form. An adviser will schedule 20 minutes.
Our office is in Albany, Auckland, close to the main North Shore school zones.
Unit G02/7 Rose Garden Lane, Albany, Auckland 0632
+64 (09) 421 0168 | info@jomelnz.com
