Originally Posted by Amazulu (Post 4296197)

If you are a controls engineer & you are any good then come to Perth mate. You will be on a minimum of $80/hr ($170k) + bonus within days of arriving & have work for years to come.

Originally Posted by B@lDeR$ (Post 4296178)

I THINK I'M THE RIGHT PERSON TO ANSWER THIS AS I'M THAT PERSON YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT.

House is worth about £280.000 my mortgage is £140.000 leaving me £140.000 I didn’t tell Nardia what to say. They know my finances. AND no GinaUK it’s not an ex-council house it’s a cooks house off Halls road as you know the area.
No I’m not an electrician any more I’m a controls engineer working in the centre of London, because that’s where the work is and when one betters themselves and moves up the ladder into management you don’t have much say in where you’re put. The reason my wife works 2 nights a week is because we didn’t want to live in a council estate (OUR DECISION TO TRY & BETTER OURSELFS AGAIN) and that’s what it costs to get money into the house whilst not pay child minders to have your kids when at work. We try to be a self supportive family.
So the theory is to take our £100,000 put it towards a house thus having a smaller mortgage. (if you saw our show you would have seen the 2nd house was more than what we could possible imagined living in with only a £75,000 mortgage, and I know you like your sum’s. So that’s half what I’m paying now) If that’s the case the wife won’t need to work. Then just maybe if the weather lets us enjoy the odd weekend together out and about in local parks or on the beach that will make all the form filling in, endless sleepless nights, upsetting all family members on both sides just that little bit worth it . At the same time giving our kids something to remember for the rest of their lives. If it doesn’t work out we will come back to our loving family.
That’s the master plan NO HARM IN TRYING MATE.
Paul Larner
PS, I have my work visa just waiting for the residency visa now. Should know within 6 months

Originally Posted by B@lDeR$ (Post 4296178)

I THINK I'M THE RIGHT PERSON TO ANSWER THIS AS I'M THAT PERSON YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT.

House is worth about £280.000 my mortgage is £140.000 leaving me £140.000 I didn’t tell Nardia what to say. They know my finances. AND no GinaUK it’s not an ex-council house it’s a cooks house off Halls road as you know the area.
No I’m not an electrician any more I’m a controls engineer working in the centre of London, because that’s where the work is and when one betters themselves and moves up the ladder into management you don’t have much say in where you’re put. The reason my wife works 2 nights a week is because we didn’t want to live in a council estate (OUR DECISION TO TRY & BETTER OURSELFS AGAIN) and that’s what it costs to get money into the house whilst not pay child minders to have your kids when at work. We try to be a self supportive family.
So the theory is to take our £100,000 put it towards a house thus having a smaller mortgage. (if you saw our show you would have seen the 2nd house was more than what we could possible imagined living in with only a £75,000 mortgage, and I know you like your sum’s. So that’s half what I’m paying now) If that’s the case the wife won’t need to work. Then just maybe if the weather lets us enjoy the odd weekend together out and about in local parks or on the beach that will make all the form filling in, endless sleepless nights, upsetting all family members on both sides just that little bit worth it . At the same time giving our kids something to remember for the rest of their lives. If it doesn’t work out we will come back to our loving family.
That’s the master plan NO HARM IN TRYING MATE.
Paul Larner
PS, I have my work visa just waiting for the residency visa now. Should know within 6 months

Originally Posted by Australia_bound? (Post 4295891)

Are you in someway connected to this show, very defensive of it and only post on threads concerning it? !

Originally Posted by Australia_bound? (Post 4295891)

Or maybe a passing troll, just out to wind up?!

Originally Posted by Australia_bound? (Post 4295891)

Loved you "what has it got to do with you" :rofl: bloody classic, what kind of fool would say something like that about a show on TV. !

Originally Posted by Australia_bound? (Post 4295891)

Hope you're happy now dear!

Originally Posted by The Murphsters (Post 4296859)

I think there are some jealous folks on here, Its easy to be a bit jealous, after all we all want to be in Aus otherwise we would not want to be on this site. I would love to have a big chunk of equity in our house so we could get a new house in Aus with less worry. But i don't so we are going to Aus to carry on with the ususal stress of having a large mortgage, but we are going to improve our lifestyle in many other ways other then money.

Its a hard ride whoever you are and despite some of the comments on here it is not made easier by appearing on this show, all these people have got after all is a free weeks holiday in Aus, Big Deal! As Paul says they have still got all the stress to come with Visa's, jobs and moving by themselves.

I would think that most of the good people on this forum are first to understand and empaphise with these folks and like all of us in this situation wish them the best of luck.

Originally Posted by uksniper (Post 4297399)

HERE HERE. Well said.

Originally Posted by rebnatoli (Post 4297432)

Back to today's programme - I thought there wasn't much rose tinting around - this was a young couple without lots of equity going - realising that financially they wouldn't be better off - and maybe worse off but still liking the lifestyle - although I was suprised they said they would go. Over the week a few negatives have come up - todays was the fllies! I think if todays programme was all I had ever seen of Australia it wouldn't make me want to go - bad weather, Flies, not so good housing etc. Beaches still looked graet though.

Originally Posted by kporte (Post 4297453)

where were they?

Originally Posted by kporte (Post 4297453)

where were they?

Originally Posted by kporte (Post 4297453)

where were they?

Originally Posted by Pollyana (Post 4297385)

There are two threads running about this programme. I have just posted a warning on the other one, and now it looks like this one is heading the same way. Cut out the personal comments or the thread bites the dust.

Originally Posted by B@lDeR$ (Post 4296178)

I THINK I'M THE RIGHT PERSON TO ANSWER THIS AS I'M THAT PERSON YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT.

House is worth about £280.000 my mortgage is £140.000 leaving me £140.000 I didn’t tell Nardia what to say. They know my finances. AND no GinaUK it’s not an ex-council house it’s a cooks house off Halls road as you know the area.
No I’m not an electrician any more I’m a controls engineer working in the centre of London, because that’s where the work is and when one betters themselves and moves up the ladder into management you don’t have much say in where you’re put. The reason my wife works 2 nights a week is because we didn’t want to live in a council estate (OUR DECISION TO TRY & BETTER OURSELFS AGAIN) and that’s what it costs to get money into the house whilst not pay child minders to have your kids when at work. We try to be a self supportive family.
So the theory is to take our £100,000 put it towards a house thus having a smaller mortgage. (if you saw our show you would have seen the 2nd house was more than what we could possible imagined living in with only a £75,000 mortgage, and I know you like your sum’s. So that’s half what I’m paying now) If that’s the case the wife won’t need to work. Then just maybe if the weather lets us enjoy the odd weekend together out and about in local parks or on the beach that will make all the form filling in, endless sleepless nights, upsetting all family members on both sides just that little bit worth it . At the same time giving our kids something to remember for the rest of their lives. If it doesn’t work out we will come back to our loving family.
That’s the master plan NO HARM IN TRYING MATE.
Paul Larner
PS, I have my work visa just waiting for the residency visa now. Should know within 6 months