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I'm looking to return to Harlow. The estate agents tell me that rentals are high due to limited properties on the market so landlords can demand high rentals because they know they can acheive them. Really sucks for us looking for rental properties.

Hello, I'm returning to the UK in September 2014 & have been looking for a rental property 1-2 bed in Essex. Blimey! The costs seem to have sky rocketed over the last few months. Anyone looking to let their property part/unfurnished please. I'm happy to go through the necessary checks. Thanks.

Halifax and Natwest told me that this wasn't possible from offshore because they needed proof of UK pasyslips and employment. I'm not sure if any other lenders would offer such mortgages.

You've been brave enough to follow your heart thus far well done! Location alone doesn't bring happiness. Good luck for the future.

Thanks Seppo. Will check them out

Hello. I have possibly a family of 6 visiting for 2 weeks in August. I am looking for affordable accommodation or a house let for them in the Northern Beaches or close by. If not does anyone have suggestions. Hotels are way to expensive for the lot of them.*Thanks -

hello Not sure if this has already been mentioned, but ring the Redcross, Catholic care organisations and see if they can help. I work in mental health and I have heard that they do sometimes help.

I'm glad I've experienced Australia first hand and knowing my countdown clock is ticking away helps and yes, I only live once so I need to get over my negative feelings and prioritise me and my daughters happiness. @Lambethlad and @starlight7, I will be visiting Melbourne soon to check it out thanks.

I say 12 months because itll allow me to think (feeling emotional, cant and dont think straight when im like this) through reasons for emigrating in the first place, try and be objective with settling in to Australia and give me time to decide on where I would want to live back in the UK and more crucially, save enough finances for all this. If I decide to return sooner than the 12 months is up, I would like to feel like I gave it my best go as I would not be returning to rry again. I don't know. .time will tell.

I did ask for an extension and the case officer was reasonable and gave me 2 week extension. Email your case officer and explain the delay

This forum is amazing. Thank you all for your encouragement andobjective responses. I feel I am getting the strength to face the next 12 months and have decided to start looking at my migration as a trial/ adventure and will start telling my family and friends so and hopefully it won't feel as embarrassing to return I 12 months if that is what I decide then.

I agree

Thank you all for your responses. Ive decided to give it a year and decide from there. I know my expectations may have been a little ambitious, I will continue to try and be objective each day.

Hello all. I arrived in Sydney in November 2013 and soon after arriving, felt I had made a catastrophic mistake of emigrating and Australia was not the picture I had imagined. I have struggled adapting to the way of life here, don’t feel like I belong, feel incredibly homesick and miss the things I took for granted in the UK EVEN THE COLD WEATHER. My situation is this, Im a single with a 6 yr old daughter and emigrated hoping for a better quality and affordable of lifestyle and a chance to start life again following a marriage break up. Now I realise that this may not be that easy, I moved to Sydney because this is where the job came up first when I was ready to move (on a 457). I cant warm up to Sydney, I have visited Perth which is where I thought I would settle (as most people seem to talk highly of it), but was so disappointed by it after spending 4 days there driving to different suburbs and trying to get a ‘feel of the place’ and meet people. I am due to visit Melbourne next again to get a feel of if I could settle there. Maybe im not getting something right. Part of me thinks I could find a new start of life if I could just settle, stop regretting my move, meet people I can get along with and have a sense of belonging. My problem is I think I should return to the UK but cannot come up with a reason to tell my family and friends there why I am returning so soon and feel very embarrassed about being a failure to such a catastrophic and expensive degree, confusion it’ll cause my daughter. I think I am willing to give Australia a few more months but over the last 2 weeks, I have found myself looking for reasons that people back home can sympathise with for my reason to return ( I really do not want to be seen as a failure as if I didn’t do my homework enough before emigrating). Ive thought of lying that I’ve been made redundant, I fell ill and couldn’t afford the medical bills……………………………..oh dear. I feel my Australian honey moon feeling ended as soon as I landed……..

Newcastle Australia. I'll be visiting Melbourne next week and will be asking for the same ideas ta