brits1

Just wanted to say good luck to you and hope all goes well. My husban and I got married (we eloped) to Gretna Green and we had our "meal" in Carlise, a couple of parents from my sons Football team lived there and they say great improvements have been made to the Town centre (it was very nice when we were there though 18 years ago) the countryside around is fabulous and you very ofen get snow each winter on the hills.....Scotland is not far and neither is Hadrians Wall etc.....
Good luck and all the best

geeandtee

I have a real soft spot for Carlisle, our son was born there!. The countryside is amazing, some beautiful little villages (and pubs) up there and, I bet house prices aren't too bad either.
I hope everything works out for you, I do miss that soft Cumbrian rain...but not the hard, sideways rain.

quoll

That's good to know. I thought I saw reports that some houses werent habitable even reasonably recently. I know the Gloucester floods have had a similarly devastating impact with houses being out of commission for months and months. Mother nature sure knows how to slap us around.

Olias

lived for years just up the road. Would highly reccomend libing in one of the villages just outside carlise. Ther are loads of beautiful places and all within a couple of miles of Carisle. Bonus ids the lakes are less than half an hour away and there are the borders/ hadrians wall etc etc etc all on your doorstep. You are also on the M6 and near A66 or A69 so can get to airports or just about anywhere really easily. Wouldn't reccomend living in Carlisle itself ( although there are some nice suburbs) it's just with traffisc it's as close to love in one of the nearby idylic villages and have the best of both worlds

quoll

Mmm, I always had a soft spot for Lanercost but it is probably a tad far out if you work in Carlisle.

manghams

Hi
I remember you from the Canada thread "shy" uumm?

Anyway, a few thoughts I could share with you.

Schools, I had a big problem with, catchment areas and all the good schools being over subscribed - I was lucky enough to get a place formy 5 yr old at a good small village primary, my 3yr old back into his old pre-school, but only part-time. My 16 yr has had the biggest problems, school wouldnt take him back, saying he had missed too much - now waiting til Sept for the new college term.

Make sure that your laywer get all necesary forms signed before you leave or you could be taxed upto 25% form the sale of your property (fighting that one now!) :curse:
Plus, early redemption penalties on the mortgage! :curse:
Tax of sale of a used car!
Cost for documents being couriered to and from the UK relating to the house sale.
By the time our laywer has finished I dont know if we will have anything left!!!!!!!!!

We are currently living a very small 3bed semi (6 of us) which is expensive, electrics are failing and the landlord evasive!
On the upside, we both have jobs and the bank balance is nearly balanced.

Hopefully we will get enough back from the sale in Canada for a deposit on a house, so we are keenly watching the housing market, but what we now can afford is way smaller than we had before, even with us both working.

Hubby, is happy now we are back, if not a little guilty about our financial situation.

BUT, I really wish you good luck and hope you can all get settle fast.

Mrs Miggins

So are you saying Mags had you have been there to get all the paperwork signed properly you wouldn't be worrying about the 25% tax?

My solicitor and accountant both said it's principal residence so we should be able to sell and keep any profit (bit worried now) what province were you in?

Decided if I can't get the right schools I will home school until I do, no point in mess them around any more poor little sods........

And the car taxed????? Bloody hell I didn't know that!

Anyway how long were you here and do you mind me asking why you have headed back?

Nice to hear from you though

Mrs Miggins xxx