gina and danny

yes we hve a mortgage in the uk thankfully not a big one, how does that help or disadvantage matters, i dont know much about that side,

luvwelly

From reading this site for a few months i would say the posters who manage best financially in NZ seem to be those who are able to sell up on UK market and buy a new property outright here in NZ and then live mortgage free, given that wages relatively speaking are lower for similar lines of work. Utility bills are high here, whether the lifestyle (fantastic scenery mainly) compensates for that, only you can decide.

If you do need to take out a mortgage here..bear in mind that the interest rates are currently very high. This is good if you are saving, not so good if you are borrowing.

You may think you will have a better quality of life here regardless of income but at the end of the day life is miserable if you are struggling to find the basics plus as you say the occasional holiday.

There are lots of extra expenses here such as contributions to state schools and payments for doctors visits BUT on the plus side you are not expected to tip here.

Have you looked into rental prices for property in the area where the job is based as rent/mortgage is usually the main outgoing? Also would you need to buy car straightaway?

Personally I would only consider proceeding if it is possible to get PR in that line of work on that salary (extra benefits then available for kids as someone else said) but others will disagree and say go for it regardless....they don't necessarily have to manage on that wage..you do.

Is your life in the UK really so bad? A 50% salary cut never sounds like a good deal to me.

Batty

What Luvwelly said

BEVS

Yup. What Luvwelly said ^