Drover Jess
27th April 2008, 04:47 AM
Hi everyone
I wonder if you can help us?
I realise this is a very broad subject and there are as probably as many opinions as standards of living but if we start from the principle (when the markets are a bit more stable) that a house ( ideally 4 beds with an office) in NZ (perhaps small town in Waikato, or similar) can be brought outright ( with no mortgage) with proper planning and proceeds from a UK house then what salary/income would then deliver a comfortable standard of living for 2 adults. [with or without visiting supposedly independent offspring!]
We are not heavy spenders and do not seek a hectic lifestyle although we do eat well at home, would want sky (if the tv is so bad. although we do not have sky in UK), occasional meals out and a few beers.
We usually grow our own veg and would try to buy our meat from farming friends. We are practical down to earth country people.
We expect my hubby would get a car with his job and therefore the sale of my 4 y o ford focus here will get me something 2nd hand over there.
We are looking hard at every aspect of our lives as the work balance is all wrong here and it is currently all work (we even live on the job) and whilst trying to put it right here, by either staying and re-organising or moving to a different job, we are also looking at all options and have often considered NZ.
We know salaries are comparibly lower, but feel the advanatge of capital going further eg: for a house makes a big difference.
We have been to NZ before and have a lot of NZ friends already and we know we'd feel right at home... in a funny way perhaps more than we do where we are now.. if we had to choose in the UK where we'd go to it'be the SW.
anyway please excuse my ramblings and many thanks in advance for all your answers;)
I wonder if you can help us?
I realise this is a very broad subject and there are as probably as many opinions as standards of living but if we start from the principle (when the markets are a bit more stable) that a house ( ideally 4 beds with an office) in NZ (perhaps small town in Waikato, or similar) can be brought outright ( with no mortgage) with proper planning and proceeds from a UK house then what salary/income would then deliver a comfortable standard of living for 2 adults. [with or without visiting supposedly independent offspring!]
We are not heavy spenders and do not seek a hectic lifestyle although we do eat well at home, would want sky (if the tv is so bad. although we do not have sky in UK), occasional meals out and a few beers.
We usually grow our own veg and would try to buy our meat from farming friends. We are practical down to earth country people.
We expect my hubby would get a car with his job and therefore the sale of my 4 y o ford focus here will get me something 2nd hand over there.
We are looking hard at every aspect of our lives as the work balance is all wrong here and it is currently all work (we even live on the job) and whilst trying to put it right here, by either staying and re-organising or moving to a different job, we are also looking at all options and have often considered NZ.
We know salaries are comparibly lower, but feel the advanatge of capital going further eg: for a house makes a big difference.
We have been to NZ before and have a lot of NZ friends already and we know we'd feel right at home... in a funny way perhaps more than we do where we are now.. if we had to choose in the UK where we'd go to it'be the SW.
anyway please excuse my ramblings and many thanks in advance for all your answers;)