Exchange lives for a year
 

One of the biggest mistakes I made when leaving the UK was to sell my house. With that in mind, has anyone thought of doing a house exchange with an existing expat who wants to try it out back at home for a while? It would let the UK family test the waters over here too. Let me know if you do - need a minimum of 4 beds and within commutable distance of Scunthorpe.

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Hi,
Is it that bad you want to go back to scunthorpe :scared: , most people I met over the years from there never wanted to go back...
Brings to mind an old joke ... but best not repeated here .
Cheers
Jerry

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Ahh well I have never lived in Scunthorpe, I am a Londoner. It's where a very good job is, pays double what I get here for the same job....tell me more about Scunthorpe...I want to live in Brigg, or near Appleby, village type situation if possible. It's not a definite thing as I also have an offer from Ontario. Will be checking that job situation out too the second week of Feb. No drastic moves until I am sure!

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That's a good idea! :)

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Its a really good idea, it would be good to go the whole way, why not swap jobs and houses for a year, I for one would be up for that, perhaps we could persuade one of the T.V. companies to make a program of it.

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what a good idea...no one knows until they live in a place and work amongst the people...good idea, think they have a UK TV show where people trade homes for vacation so why not on this basis..... we kept our place in the UK and I am so thankful for lots of reasons...hope it works out :)

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Great idea! I'd take you up on it if my house was bigger and I was near Scunthorpe. I wonder if taking out an ad in a local Scunthorpe paper might provide some response?

Good luck with that or the Ontario offer! I know how much you love BC! :D It's funny though because I agree with much of what you say about it, yet I'm burning to get back there.

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BC is your home HWP. Pure and simple. :) Life is an adventure. As long as I do right by my kids, I will go where the fates dictate. BC and I have this long relationship that is fraught with frustrations, but I do not regret my time here in the sense that I found out what really mattered to me. These days, my children are my life and they deserve a happy Mum who can provide well for them. I cannot do this in BC, but can elsewhere, even in Canada. 2006 will be a good year. I hope. ;)

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Hey I have a beautiful 4 bed 2 bath house in a lovely part of Derbyshire, if anyone from Alberta wants to swap lifes for a year, husband is a joiner who fits luxury kitchens, so would need to take over that I am an accounts manager, payroll etc my boss would be up for an exchange. How good would that be then maybe it would stop all this uncertainty.

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Try some of the home exchange websites - home exchange.com, exchange-homes.com, digsville, etc. We did an exchange for a few weeks a couple of years ago to stay in Markham, another toe-dipper at Canadian living before we decided to apply for PR. Some folks there were keen to exchange for longer periods of time.
Give it a go, it's a great (and cheap) way to move home/holiday.