Platten81

Sorry, had just finished a 14 hour shift at work when I wrote that last night! Looking at it again, you are right, it doesn't make much sense! But, yes, you have all managed to deduce what I meant. In that case I would look at just keeping liquid funds or rent out my current property and let someone else pay the mortgage. I'll look into it. cheers

Hi. The property I live in is currently taxed but I would downsize it anf buy a property to rent out. I could do this and be mortgage free. I would sell that property if/when I got property and use the cash (approx £170000) towards a house in perth. Don't know if this makes any difference to how we would manage

Do you know what the higher tax bracket is? Would I be better off applying for a 186 pr visa? i heard that this then makes my income from my uk property taxable. Is this true? cheers

Sorry, meant to add that my gross salary doesn't include superannuation. Cheers

Hi, hi and thanks for your reply. Current household income is approx £42000. We live in York and just manage to get by week by week. Apart from mortgage we have no debt to speak of except for the overdraft of a couple of hundred quid! We really want the move to work but won't do it to be worse off. My prospective employer might assist with school fees so we'll have to wait and see. thanks again for your honesty and help

Hi all. just had a chat with my prospective employer in perth. My salary will gross approx $83000 per annum. I can supplement my income with the rental from our uk property which will be a further $12000 per annum. Just wondering if this is a reasonable sum for a family of four (2 adults, 2 kids aged 7 and 5). Also, what tax would I pay on my income from my rental property? I will be on a 457 visa to start with and in rental accommodation. The job is in canning vale so any tips on where to live? Also any breakdown of approx outgoings would be massively appreciated. Hope someone can help! cheers

That's great to know and obviously very important in our decision. Does that make the area very expensive? Thanks again

The company is based in Canning vale. Not sure. How it measures up in respect of decent places to live,cost etc. any ideas? cheers

Thanks for those pieces of info. The employer is going to contact me via telephone over the weekend so I can thrash some questions out with them then. They have also mentioned me going for a week to view the job and company so maybe I could push for the permanent visa then. thanks again and any more info would be appreciated

Hi everyone. just joined the forum for some possible general advice. I'm hoping to relocate to Perth from York ,UK. I have a job offer of $80-90k a year. I also have a house remaining in the uk which I can rent out for a further income of approx $13000 a year. I have a wife and two daughters aged 7 and 5 who would be joining me. We are not looking to live the high life but a comfortable lifestyle would be what we are after. Initially , I would be working on the 457 visa with the aim to obtaining the permanent 186 after 2 years. i'm really just looking for some honest advice on how far you think this salary would go and if we could be comfortable on this. I would be the sole bread winner to start with, however in time My wife would try to find part time work. many thanks