Place of residence if sold all property to become a GN?
flatwall31 said
03:45 PM Jan 13, 2014
We are close to completing a 2 year project to divest ourselves of most of what we have to buy a motorhome and become a Grey Nomad, (already have the correct hair colour)? What do Grey Nomads state as their place of residence if they have sold up all their property to travel for an extended time ? Particularly if they do not know where they are heading?
Flatwall31
Who is that cares and where are they?
Clogwog said
03:54 PM Jan 13, 2014
in our case we direct all mail to our daughter, who on forwards at irregular intervals to the nearest Post Office. We declare her residence as place of abode.
You get funny looks if you say "no place of abode".
Hans
shekon said
04:01 PM Jan 13, 2014
Do the same as Glogwog, mine all goes to my son. I use his address as mine. Every now and then I get them to open what mail is there and they email it to me if needed. Most of my stuff is online now so not a lot goes to them anyways.
Happywanderer said
05:01 PM Jan 13, 2014
I use my daughter's address. Not much comes in the mail these days. The majority is online.
Kooroorinya Kelpie said
05:17 PM Jan 13, 2014
My address is given as 'No 6 Pirelli Place at whichever town we happen to be in' No 6 being the number of tyres on the motorhome and place of residence is where the motorhome is at that time. I am not being deceitful but a bit off beat maybe. Having sold up completely 12 months ago home. and therefore my place of residence, is where the motorhome is. Now come on all you budding bush lawyers tear strips off me.
Happywanderer said
05:21 PM Jan 13, 2014
Not going to argue, I think it's very imaginative.
Just wonder though, how will the postie find you.
clarence said
06:35 PM Jan 13, 2014
We have a po box cleared by friends or family and fowarded to us, unlike you we still have a home base though and this system works for us.
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wazzawiseone said
06:53 PM Jan 13, 2014
Use our Sons address.
At one stage Centrelink has us "as no fixed abode" which caused no end of raised eyebrows. Not worth the hassle of explaining.
A small thought, whatever address you use, consider the effect on your motor vehicle insurance and Reg.
Cheers
-- Edited by wazzawiseone on Monday 13th of January 2014 06:53:55 PM
Bunkerbob said
06:56 PM Jan 13, 2014
We re the same as Clogwog, Shekon and Happy wanderer. We sold the lot, no bills, no worries. We still need the mailing address for things like tug and van rego, centrelink stuff, other possible bills. When we first started there were a few but they clear up within a short period of time. Now it is mainly licence, 10 yearly, medical stuff for the licence, registration of the vehicles and not much else. Make sure that you have a son or in our case a daughter who lives in Victoria. Registration for a 22' van - $47.60 per annum. Good value and cheaper than council rates.
Enjoy living it, it is better than I could have imagined. Make sure you get your Seniors Card. Discounts on lots of places as well as some van parks and of course, you don't need a fishing licence.
nomadic1 said
07:59 PM Jan 13, 2014
I use my daughter's address too - I figure kids have to have their uses! Centrelink seems to cope with my lack of permanent abode reasonably well - my health care card (low income NOT pensioner) states that I'm of 'No fixed address' and they send me an sms when it needs to be renewed. The other thing you might want to look at is changing your status on the electoral roll to 'Itinerant' - that way if you don't vote they don't worry about it which can be handy when it comes to state elections.
Kooroorinya Kelpie said
08:05 PM Jan 13, 2014
Happywanderer I covered that base by ringing chief s+++kicker at auspost and recommended posties upgrade from Honda 50's to Harleys. They don't seem to have much trouble burning off the motorhome.
Vegemite said
02:14 PM Jan 14, 2014
Bunkerbob wrote:
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Make sure that you have a son or in our case a daughter who lives in Victoria.
..... and of course, you don't need a fishing licence.
It may be difficult for some to persuade the son or daughter to move interstate though
As for the fishing licence it is still required in some states. Tasmania (inland) for example, albeit at a reduced rate for pensioners etc.
Personally I'm still not confident I can manage to keep all the organisations I'm associated with happy with no permanent address to give them.
I don't have the luxury of a relative to take care of forwarding mail or providing a home base.
Someone mentioned car insurance and now I'm a little nervous how to deal with that.
I think I may have to find some cheap accommodation and use it as a base for my nomadic adventures.
pawsoz said
04:01 PM Jan 14, 2014
Hi, I use a friend's address, she also 'rents' me her driveway when I am in Melbourne suburbs or if I get some casual work in the 'burbs.
We are close to completing a 2 year project to divest ourselves of most of what we have to buy a motorhome and become a Grey Nomad, (already have the correct hair colour)?
What do Grey Nomads state as their place of residence if they have sold up all their property to travel for an extended time ? Particularly if they do not know where they are heading?
Flatwall31
Who is that cares and where are they?
You get funny looks if you say "no place of abode".
Hans
Just wonder though, how will the postie find you.
vic
Use our Sons address.
At one stage Centrelink has us "as no fixed abode" which caused no end of raised eyebrows. Not worth the hassle of explaining.
A small thought, whatever address you use, consider the effect on your motor vehicle insurance and Reg.
Cheers
-- Edited by wazzawiseone on Monday 13th of January 2014 06:53:55 PM
Enjoy living it, it is better than I could have imagined. Make sure you get your Seniors Card. Discounts on lots of places as well as some van parks and of course, you don't need a fishing licence.
It may be difficult for some to persuade the son or daughter to move interstate though
As for the fishing licence it is still required in some states. Tasmania (inland) for example, albeit at a reduced rate for pensioners etc.
Personally I'm still not confident I can manage to keep all the organisations I'm associated with happy with no permanent address to give them.
I don't have the luxury of a relative to take care of forwarding mail or providing a home base.
Someone mentioned car insurance and now I'm a little nervous how to deal with that.
I think I may have to find some cheap accommodation and use it as a base for my nomadic adventures.