Settling in our house and starting school in Brookfield

The whole process to buy our house in Australia went smooth. In less than 1 month after the first viewing we were able to move in. Administration is less costly and easier than buying a house compared to Belgium. Here you don’t have to work with a notary, you choose a ‘conveyer’, kind a of lawyer firm that helps you with the contract and all the paper work. It took us about 5 days to compile and sign all the documents. The buyer transfers the money to the Conveyer and a day and time slot for the settlement is fixed. The conveyer arranges the money transfer to the seller on the day of the settlement, and the real estate person brings the key of the house when the money transfer to the seller is completed. Easy and quite simple process.

The first of November Cassandre and Audric started their first day at the Brookfield State School. Estelle is still too young to start school and will start first at Kindy. It will be challenging for the kids to be emerged to English the whole day. School ends 10 December and the new school year starts 24 January 2022. In Australia is the Christmas holiday, their long summer break 😉