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The New Life
Dear Mr Bastard,
Don't wish to be personal but was wondering if you could tell me if you have found employment in the UK yet. If you have posted this previously please ignore me. In particular I am interested in salaries for engineering (radio communication electronics etc) folk. I was over there end of 2001 and found it hard to get them talking over the 40k mark. Regards Digby B Ozzie PS you and Wilf are bastards, all this chatter about the UK has got me thinking about using up the last 3 years of my UK working visa. Christ I was even looking at jobs again on Jobsite, and checking rental prices in Abingdon. Need to lie down now...feeling wowsyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy........................... |
Re: The New Life
Originally posted by Florida_03 Dear Mr Bastard, Don't wish to be personal but was wondering if you could tell me if you have found employment in the UK yet. If you have posted this previously please ignore me. In particular I am interested in salaries for engineering (radio communication electronics etc) folk. I was over there end of 2001 and found it hard to get them talking over the 40k mark. Regards Digby B Ozzie PS you and Wilf are bastards, all this chatter about the UK has got me thinking about using up the last 3 years of my UK working visa. Christ I was even looking at jobs again on Jobsite, and checking rental prices in Abingdon. Need to lie down now...feeling wowsyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy........................... We all get what we are worth and I am sure you are under valued. :D :cool: :beer: |
Re: The New Life
Originally posted by pommie bastard We all get what we are worth and I am sure you are under valued. :D :cool: :beer: |
Re: The New Life
Originally posted by Florida_03 I guess the thing is, I can't get my head around living a reasonable life in the UK; you know, renting a small house, having a small car, and paying the normal living expences, with a wife and 2 small kids, with only 40-50k coming in the door. Lets see I have the same size house here less money and stuck at the arse end of nowhere , no it has to be the UK for me sorry. :D :cool: :beer: |
Re: The New Life
Originally posted by pommie bastard Have a problem getting my head round it too, have little cash here too. Lets see I have the same size house here less money and stuck at the arse end of nowhere , no it has to be the UK for me sorry. :D :cool: :beer: |
Re: The New Life
Originally posted by Florida_03 Well you always were the cagey one, good luck with the job hunting if that's what you will do. If not happy house-thingy'ing, you know where the missus works and we sit at home knitting jocks. Nice one you are far to smart and I am sure you too have talents that are wasted here. :D :cool: :beer: |
Re: The New Life
Originally posted by Florida_03 I guess the thing is, I can't get my head around living a reasonable life in the UK; you know, renting a small house, having a small car, and paying the normal living expences, with a wife and 2 small kids, with only 40-50k coming in the door. We live on 40K a year, with a small house, 2 cars and a small child who is in pre-school (paying out £475 per month for this), and I would consider our lifestyle to be "comfortable". Okay, we don't own new cars, we don't eat out every week, but could if we wanted to, and we do have savings in the bank. I think you can quite comfortably live on this amount as long as you consider what it is you want to spend it on and whether it's really necessary. Regards |
Re: The New Life
Originally posted by Jaykay Florida We live on 40K a year, with a small house, 2 cars and a small child who is in pre-school (paying out £475 per month for this), and I would consider our lifestyle to be "comfortable". Okay, we don't own new cars, we don't eat out every week, but could if we wanted to, and we do have savings in the bank. I think you can quite comfortably live on this amount as long as you consider what it is you want to spend it on and whether it's really necessary. Regards |
Re: The New Life
Originally posted by Florida_03 Thanks Jaykay, it's the housing, rental costs that concern me, are you renting, mortgaged or own?? Please do not answer if this is too personal. My quick look says we would be up for 600-800 per month for housing. |
housing costs
FAO Florida_03
we live in Leeds on £32k a year. wife+2 kids+2(oldish cars) but BUGGER ALL social life, holidays etc. We struggle a bit but have a relatively small mortgage. Couldn't afford to buy a house around here these days. Your just about right with housing costs. To rent a 3 bed semi is about £600-£750 pcm in a decent area. Check out http://www.linleysimpson.co.uk for rentals in Leeds |
Re: housing costs
Originally posted by philangst FAO Florida_03 we live in Leeds on £32k a year. wife+2 kids+2(oldish cars) but BUGGER ALL social life, holidays etc. We struggle a bit but have a relatively small mortgage. Couldn't afford to buy a house around here these days. Your just about right with housing costs. To rent a 3 bed semi is about £600-£750 pcm in a decent area. Check out http://www.linleysimpson.co.uk for rentals in Leeds |
Re: The New Life
Originally posted by Florida_03 Thanks Jaykay, it's the housing, rental costs that concern me, are you renting, mortgaged or own?? Please do not answer if this is too personal. My quick look says we would be up for 600-800 per month for housing. My wife and i used to live in Tooting, which is a pretty unsavory area in south London. The rental of a very small 2 bed house without a garden was 860 a month, + all bills, unfurnished. Advantage was a 25 minute commute to work. Disadvantages are too numerous to list, but the cost would be at the top of the list... |
Re: The New Life
Originally posted by Florida_03 Thanks Jaykay, it's the housing, rental costs that concern me, are you renting, mortgaged or own?? Please do not answer if this is too personal. My quick look says we would be up for 600-800 per month for housing. Rental costs where I live for the same type of house that we are paying off are around £700 per month. We live in a really sweet little village about 30 minutes away from London by train (fast train to Waterloo). We are also a 5 minute drive from the M3 and 10 minutes to the M25. We are paying off a mortgage (which is about £450 per month). We do own our cars, can pay off our monthly visa bills and have no other debt so as I said previously, we live comfortably but not excessively. If we are in the same financial position when we move to Australia I will be happy :) Regards |
Re: The New Life
Originally posted by Jaykay Florida Rental costs where I live for the same type of house that we are paying off are around £700 per month. We live in a really sweet little village about 30 minutes away from London by train (fast train to Waterloo). We are also a 5 minute drive from the M3 and 10 minutes to the M25. We are paying off a mortgage (which is about £450 per month). We do own our cars, can pay off our monthly visa bills and have no other debt so as I said previously, we live comfortably but not excessively. If we are in the same financial position when we move to Australia I will be happy :) Regards |
Re: The New Life
Originally posted by Jaykay Florida Rental costs where I live for the same type of house that we are paying off are around £700 per month. We live in a really sweet little village about 30 minutes away from London by train (fast train to Waterloo). We are also a 5 minute drive from the M3 and 10 minutes to the M25. We are paying off a mortgage (which is about £450 per month). We do own our cars, can pay off our monthly visa bills and have no other debt so as I said previously, we live comfortably but not excessively. If we are in the same financial position when we move to Australia I will be happy :) Regards |
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