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Discussione in 'London' iniziata da boblah, 6 Febbraio 2012.

  1. boblah

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    Hello Everyone,

    Hope someone can help me. My company asked me to move to London from Singapore. I am married with 1 child (not yet of school age). Our combined annual salary is around $160,000. The company offer 60,000 pounds gross.

    Given the high income tax and cost of living in UK vs SG, I am worried that we will not be able to live decently with this salary. On the other hand, this is a great exposure and experience.

    any thoughts? personal experience will be great!

    thanks!
     
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    £60k is a pretty good salary (although London is the city of extremes!). If your wife does not work she will be able to take care of your little one, which will save money from the nursery (~£70/day!). If she does you shouldn't have a problem to afford the nursery cost.

    You might not have the same high standard of living as in Singapore. However you will definitely be able to afford a 2 or 3 bedroom accommodation minimum in zone 2 or 3 for example (zone 1 is a fortune, but some area are feasible, although not that good with a child probably).

    You can use our tool to compare the cost of living in London vs Singapore (it gives your a rough estimate).

    Good luck and feel free to post more question and keep us informed on the forum.
     
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    thank you!
     
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    Hi there,

    Living in London is very expensive in comparison to other cities in the World. The cost of living of course depends on individual tastes, but you still need to be prepared financially. Being in the real estate business in the city, I would like to provide some statistics for rental accommodation in the city.

    One Bedroom Flat Rental per month
    East London £650 - £750
    West London £700 - £800
    South London £600 - £700
    North London £650 - £750
     
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    Hmmm it is a bit vague. When you say West for example, are you talking about W1 or W11 ?
    I ran a quick comparison on prices, for example West here: http://www.rightmove.co.uk/
    Prices go from £550 pcm (Ealing) to £550 pw (£2383 pcm)
    In average I would say that you can expect something ~£1000 in zone 3-4, and the closer to the centre the more expensive of course.

    We welcome posts giving information but your one is just a duplicate from one of your colleague's one: cost-living-london-t30625.html#p76868
    Obviously, in your company someone told you to go on forums on posts as many links as possible... you missed the point! :evil:
     
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    Try [**EDIT**] as they'll obtain instant quotes from different local companies. We are moving a 4 bed house 250 miles and it's going to cost £1,300+VAT including the packing.
     
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    Er, but you are from Pakistan (that's where you are posting from currently... :eek: )

    Anyway for a good removal service, as you are talking about it, that get you different quotes from several companies, try our partner.
    You can also see our sister website for more information and quotes ;-) :arrow: http://www.expat-quotes.com/directory/g ... movers.htm
     
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    Hello Moderator,
    What do you meant to say, the people from Pakistan can’t go to London or the people from London can’t go to Pakistan?
    Or the people from Pakistan wouldn’t use the services of removal companies?
     
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    Not at all. Actually you were providing some good information. However we tend to be suspicious when people say they live in a country but are posting from somewhere else in the world :( . You wouldn't imagine the number of spams and scams we have to deal with everyday.

    Anyway, keep with the good discussions and thanks for your messages :thumbup:
     
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    if you don't think I'm spammer or scamer and I'm providing good information then why you have edit my post.It looks insulting. kindly re-edit it. Thanks
     
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    There was no insult but normal cautious and I cannot put back the link as it was removed.

    BTW, where are you currently? Living in London or not? Pakistan is a bit further east than 250 miles from London ;-)
    Why do you move? I am sure your experience would be beneficial for other expats. :)
     
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    No comments, thanks
     
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    That's unfortunate that you don't want to talk about your expat experience on a website dedicated to expats... :(
     
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    Hey Cyrilexpat,
    I am newer in this forum, but after reading your discussion with AarenAce I think Aaren must share their experience in front of others. We don't know whom are spammer or whom are not. I don't know why she will doing it. Her experience would be beneficial for others.
     
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    Completely agree :) Therefore she might be a spammer... :(
    BTW you should put a photo in your profile, it will be nicer for the discussions as a member of EasyExpat.com :thumbup:
     
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    Hi Cyrilexpat,
    Thanks for your reply! Yeah She was asking for link insertion that means she might be a spammer.
     
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    Hi Cyrilexpat,
    I read your discussion with JSmith and AarenAce. Is it so if some one wants the link from your site then they will always be spammers or scamers?
     
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    I've never said such thing.
     
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    Hi Cyrilexpat,
    Thanks for your reply. Then how would you find out who are spammers or scamers ?
     
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    3 things: experience, experience and experience ;-)
    And also the fact that they claim to be from London when they post from Pakistan for example, or multiple similar posting not relating to the topics, or posting a link right at the beginning, or not even bothering about what people are asking...etc.
    After a while it's pretty easy to recognise, even if one can always make mistake...
     
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