Old style villas are less likely to have wardrobes - ours didn't have any.
I'm really pleased with the fact we did bring a wardobe as the choice here is awful and cost a lot of your monthly wage. I walked into a large furniture store which had tons of beds, drawers, dressing tables but not one wardrobe. They just don't do many, as like people have mentioned, many houses have fitted or walk in wardobes.
Freedom does wardobes:
www.freedomfurniture.co.nz
And you can get some second hand ones on Trade Me, and some in antique shops. The only problem being that although they look nice they are often not practical as they hooks rather than rails, have borer holes and you have to arrange pick up yourself.
It is easier to get kiddies furniture, so maybe a good compromise would be to come over with one wardobe for your main bedroom and then if you have fitted ones, sell it on Trade Me. As with any furniture you are gambling that it will fit in with your new house.
Another way to go, would be to just buy one of those hanging rails, we've been using one for about 2 years, while we look for a nice wardobe! We did see one wardobe we liked but it was $2,500!
There are plenty of curtain places about but it can be quite expensive to fit out a whole house when you first arrive, especially if you are having to pay for lots of other things. However, most of the curtains were left with the house we bought which was lucky as villas have really high windows and you need really long curtains.
I'd go with the compromise again, bring a couple of sets to put up in bedrooms in case the place doesn't come with curtains, then you can buy any extra you need at your leisure, rather than having to get them the first weekend so the neighbours don't see you naked! In the past I have just used black out material and bulldog clips as makeshift curtains.
The curtains I've bought here have cost about $200, plus I had a quote for having some made for a very large window - $1750 (not fancy material, just a lot of it needed!). I know of people who have budgeted $5000 to do a whole house and others who have got $50 bargains.
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Cheers
Tia