Rainydaze

As pp have said, there’s a dearth of rentals and prices are rocketing at the moment. Including in regional towns like mine.

Some info for you OP, on the state of the market in the cities here:

https://thepropertytribune.com.au/in...-report-shows/

scotty9000

It's worth thinking about the advantages of gaining Australian citizenship for your daughters' futures.
Options for both hemispheres .. nice to have.

Moses2013

Well, they would have that option by travelling over there themselves later in life or they could even marry an Australian.
After Brexit probably worth more having an EU passport now and I never thought that Australia would be part of the Eurovision Song Contest

the troubadour

It is indeed. Far too little critique in a very closed and controlled media . Negativity is shut down in too many instances preventing a truer picture, at least without some research. Even then can be hard due to gas lighting and other tactics to reveal the truth.

scotty9000

apparently easily available in Turkey for a few hundred quid 😃

Retirednow

What risk??

MO_90

Maybe I'm just over protective but moving across the world away from family, friends and everything they know can potentially be emotionally upsetting. Especially if I can't find somewhere nice to live which is all they know

brits1

Could I ask why the move? Sounds like you have a nice place to live, friends and family…. A lot would say you have wine life’s lottery as is.

MO_90

The quality of life in the UK is going backwards, we're slipping behind other developed countries in economic growth. In my opinion, leaving the EU was a stupid decision pushed by Tory back benchers looking after their own interests.
What will these factors mean for people like myself (early 30s) and my children? Stagnation or decline.

Plus, the way of life due to the climate in WA is pretty attractive.

I've been ignorant to how difficult it is to move over as I've only properly pursued it for the past 2 months.

Moses2013

It probably depends how one defines quality of life and there is only so much more economic growth the world can take with current climate challenges and so on. It's unlikely that the so called way of life can continue, you actually see the opposite now and many young people in developed countries/cities feel they are slipping behind. I can understand that some people are frustrated with Brexit although you could say that being in Australia you wouldn't be in the EU either. It's far from cheap or easy to move a whole family over to Australia and some people spend 20K just to move over. The older I get and seeing the current droughts around the globe, I do wonder what the future might look like for kids today. Although it's 20 degrees here in our part of Ireland today and I'm enjoying it, it seems the storms are getting worse in winter, at least we don't have snakes yet (apart from politicians they say:-). With younger kids, Tasmania seems like the better option although even there the bushfires are increasing.

Amazulu

The UK is indeed going backwards economically but it has little to do with Brexit - their current government incompetence and apathy (it's conservative in name only and is essentially socialist - which is always a disastrous form of government) and their covid overreaction. Brexit was probably a bad idea (I thought so at the time) but that's what the majority voted for - and in a democracy, that gets the gig

It's the middle of autumn and here in the Perth hills it's currently a very pleasant 21c. Sitting at home working, with the windows open, the sun shining and the noise of the birds outside is very relaxing and makes for a great work environment

scotty9000

"The Blob" also prevents the UK Government from implementing policies are not liberal left. Parliament - both houses - is dysfunctional, eye watering amounts of money (ie debt) are squandered. UK is in decline indeed and the analysis on WHY will not be performed, instead each faction will attribute it to the policies of the other.

Just south of Perth been spending a few days in Rockingham watching the local dolphins swim by just a few metres from the beach, and following on from Esperance, Albany, Walpole, Margaret River, Busselton. So many big houses all along the coast with no one living in them though, nor are they available for rental - holiday or otherwise. Are they just for the owners occasional use?

SW Australia is indeed a very good place to live. I would definitely consider it myself because we love the ocean and swim/snorkel frequently. But as troubadour will nod in agreement to - I have spotted the odd few discarded syringes. Then there's the sharks "Stay away from Black Rocks" signs I find quite unsettling. Not to mention the stingers & marchies. And if China attacks Taiwan the AUD will tank. Nowhere is perfect.

the troubadour

Firstly the present UK government is not socialist. It is thirteen years of Tory mismanagement and austerity that have brought the country to the situation it now finds itself. Lies and corruption. Present PM holding out to pay demands and still very much favouring the well off. It is just at the moment not the time to implement what they would really like to do. The short lived previous PM showed how not to push those policies.

As for working from home, trust you have installed top of range ventilation?

the troubadour

No idea about syringes. To be honest not came across them since the heroin epidemic lost steam in the early noughties. Now it is methamphetamine and it is everywhere. Could be the next export wealth creation for the state.? It is already a mainstream source for wealth creation. (subsidizes the aged pension for the oldsters) Chockers down South. I'm from down there originally, so a shame to see how the drugs have taken over.in the places plus others you mention Just as much as professional people among others involved in its production and distribution.
Unlikely China will attack Taiwan so soon They play the long game. More chance of having greater influence over Australia before that. Macgowan is over there at the moment kow towing to them.

Amazulu

Whatever government the UK has, it's not conservative. Some of the policies they are implementing were not far off those being proposed by UK-hating Jeremy Corbyn!

Truss was done it (admittedly with a bit of help from herself) because she wasn't supposed to get the gig - their current clown was, but the majority of conservative members didn't agree. Clownboy was therefore manipulated into power - to continue the UK's (planned) structural decline

For ventilation, I open a window or the sliding door that opens onto my backyard. It, shock horror, works really well