Thread: UK living

considering Australia is poaching every healthcare worker we can get our hands on, especially from the UK, i'd question the move to the UK

from my experince having lived in the UK for 3.5 years, i'm questioning your sanity

Unless you are on big $$$$ you dont LIVE in the UK you just exist.

Originally Posted by taff

i've been here (in oz) for just over a year now so i dare say prices have risen slightly but you'd need to go far to find a better place than cardiff (wales) and it's surrounds.
the only thing more expensive there is the fuel ( or house prices if your bang in the middle of the city).
it has everything you could want with it being a city and in the last 10-15 years has been one of the fastest developing city's in europe - in terms of money and investment pumped in to modernise the city. it has the greatest rugby stadium in the world - right slap bang in the middle surrounded by so many diffent types of pub's/club's/cafe's that you'd never get to try them all and two huge nhs hospitals in the heath and llandock




















and best of all a very similar climate to perth

Yeah Perth...shire , ....Scotland !

I thought everyone was moving out of the UK... appart from the Eastern Europeans who seem to be flocking here!!

Seriously though, there are some nice places and some very nice places, then theres some real crap bits!

As has been said before, house prices are very high, depending on where you need to be. If you need to be near London then £400,000 wont get you much at all. If you get outside the cities, then £400,000 will get you something nice and very nice if you get into the country outisde of any commuter belt and second home areas.

Diesel is currently about £1.23 per litre and is on the up. Likewise with road tax for 4x4's (between £175 and £400 at the moment) - This government seems hell bent on taxing us on anything and everything... Soon there will be a breathable air tax!! But I digress!!!

I guess the first question is WHERE do you need to be - Can you manage out in the sticks? Do you need to be in the south or could you go north? I realise this is a relative term - Out in the sticks here is a few hours drive, not a few days!

My personal opinion is that Yorkshire, Lake District and Scotland are the nicest areas, although not necessarily in that order! As for the worst areas... Dont want to offend anyone, so lets just say I hate cities and prefer to be in the country! As part of my job I end up driving around the whole country now and again which reminds me, our road network must be far more congested than yours! Time was Monday morning and Friday afternoons where busy, now it seems as though its 24hr chaos... or maybe Im getting older!!


Its great here

Originally Posted by loanrangie

Unless you are on big $$$$ you dont LIVE in the UK you just exist.

i'm sure you could say that about anywhere in the world

Ok. Distance wise I travel 160km round trip for work now. My research so far hints that I could work all over the country so it doesn't have to be London. I would prefer country living. UK is just one idea. It's a case of If I go looking then why not look into overseas and the UK seams serious about building their health IT network.

Ali... The only reason most Brits do a high mileage by car is coz they're lazy fcukers and they're too stuck up their own @rses to use public transport!!!

/RANT OFF

Approx £280k - £300k will get you an OK 3bed terraced/semi house in the suburbs around London. It'll then be a commute by train into the city which will take approx 1hr.

By comparison, that money will get you a very nice 4bed house, with garage, out in the countryside. Thing is, you will then rely on your car for commuting unless you get to work from home.

I sold my place in London and moved out but fortunately I work from home a lot and when I have to commute, I use a motorbike.

A lot of your choices will be driven by your specific needs... Kids? Work? Commute? If you don't have kids, I'd suggest getting a job in one of the cities and just rent an apartment close to work. It'll give you a chance to work out where to go while enjoying the social & cultural aspects of the country.

Thanks to the hickups in the economy, it's a buyers market at the moment so if you do come over I think things will be working in your favour. The exchange rate is also quite good for you...

M

Off topic and not directly relevent, but can't resist the dig.....

Originally Posted by VentureOverland

This government seems hell bent on taxing us on anything and everything... Soon there will be a breathable air tax!! But I digress>

The following comes to mind:
'the majority are getting what they voted for' !

Also, never lived in London nor visited, but I am told that a breathable air tax wouldn't raise much revenue!

Thats enough from me tonight!
I feel better now.....

RegardsRalph