Living on wages

[Andy]

I worked in Perth on the building and if you are thinking it is an easier life you are in for a shock, they think. 6 day week is the mom and 50 to 60 hours the norm.

Are you a brickie pb?

[Perthbum]

Are you a brickie pb?

Chip pie. Mate

[jgt]

I do enjoy what I have here, I also enjoyed what I had in the UK. I firmly believe it is up to me to make something work, not the country. But the fact is that here, near Sydney, house prices are enormous and even if we dramatically reduced our sights on where we *really* want to live we would still be looking at a mortgage of $800k or so, which means there will be no taking it easy. If I want to take things easy, I could, by moving back to the UK.

Your absolutely right, its up to the individual to make it work,some people are deluded into thinking Australia is the answer to all there financial woes and it isnt.However the rewards are greater there as i have seen the proof.Also there is no class sysyem there which makes things run easier. Enjoy the sunshine.

[jgt]

I worked in Perth on the building and if you are thinking it is an easier life you are in for a shock, they think. 6 day week is the mom and 50 to 60 hours the norm.

Never said life would be easier in fact it will be harder i have run a succesful construction company for several years with 7 employees and im going back on the tools. Im going for the kids coz theres nothing here and wont be for some time , ttfn

[The Ropey HOFF]

Never said life would be easier in fact it will be harder i have run a succesful construction company for several years with 7 employees and im going back on the tools. Im going for the kids coz theres nothing here and wont be for some time , ttfn

This is our main reason for emigrating, the kids future, it's grim here in the UK and is set to stay like that for years.

[Jackinabox]

I think I will be more likely to work until I drop here, paying off a very large mortgage, should I ever be able to get one in the first place.

Then I would be looking at alternative income streams and passive incomes. If you think that you will work till you drop then you probably will. Why do you need a very large mortgage?

[Jackinabox]

we would still be looking at a mortgage of $800k or so, which means there will be no taking it easy. If I want to take things easy, I could, by moving back to the UK.

Or lower that mortage expectation. Is that a goal? Is your target to gain a $800k mortgage and work till you drop? There are alternatives!

[Jackinabox]

I worked in Perth on the building and if you are thinking it is an easier life you are in for a shock, they think. 6 day week is the mom and 50 to 60 hours the norm.

50-60 hrs are the norm here too. Longer if ya want it.

I suspect that your projecting is as a result of your own misunderstanding of Oz before you arrived and the shock at it when ya did. We arent all like that.

[Rupert]

Then I would be looking at alternative income streams and passive incomes. If you think that you will work till you drop then you probably will. Why do you need a very large mortgage?

Because that is what houses cost in decent parts of Sydney and I don't plan on living in an area that is not decent.

[graham from hull]

The reason we are going is work. No work over here, no future for the kids , and with me having the oppertunity to work in perth we have nothing to loose.
Best to try it, then regret it. Going beginning of august