Where do you live and work?

[fiisch]

What the **** is it to you you nosy bugger?

Currently live in Crawley and commute to London Bridge (35 mins). Crawley is brilliant because it is near a lot, and it’s relatively cheap given it’s on the London-Brighton line, but it’s not a great place to raise a family (weekly stabbing; very average schools etc.)

Very seriously (may put in an offer next week) thinking of moving to Lincolnshire near Grantham, but my job (BA) and industry (insurance) still very heavily London based. 70 minutes into Kings X, plus faf at either end.

It’s doable, but would work better if some home-based days and 2-3 days in the office. New contract doesn’t “like” home working, although may be scope for negotiation down the line. Do clients like their contractors to be visible, or have any of you wangled more flexible arrangements?

[WTFH]

Where do you live and work?

Live in Surrey, and for the last 6 years have worked from home with the occasional drive to Heathrow or Gatwick to visit clients (UK/EU/US/Japan).
As and when we move house, I’ll want to be reasonably close to a local airport (or direct rail link) that can get me to international airports.

You either need to live somewhere close to multiple potential clients (if your skillset has a client base that are in one general locality), live somewhere that you can get to clients easily, or live somewhere and accept the travel. It’s things like that which is why many contractors are single or don’t have young dependents.

[mudskipper]

Home/Home.

[scooterscot]

cUK & cUK

[Wilmslow]

Currently on the bench so flying to France this afternoon....

When back, I live in Cheshire and will be working mid-week in Central London living in a military club hotel enjoying a good restaurant and chatting with old soldiers. Not bad for £40 a night

[James Trescothick]

Solihull and London for the next 6 months

[DaveB]

Nottinghamshire, about 30 minutes up thre A1 from Grantham.

Current client is a hours drive from home and I WFH two days a week. Almost every client I've worked for has either allowed or encouraged flexible working. The finance sector seems to be the one that really doesnt like it.

Grantham is a tuliphole. You'd be better off going a bit further north to Newark. Newark to Kings Cross trains run direct with one stop at Peterborough and take 80-90 minutes with lots of choice.

Newark is a decent town, lots of good pubs and resteraunts, choice of supermarkets, good ameneties and decent schools.

[Hertsseasider]

Kent and Central London. 1hr 40 mins door to door (providing SouthEastern get their act together) but we love where we live and I enjoy the gig so can handle the commute.

[vwdan]

I live on the South Staffs / West Mids border. Currently work <1hr away which is nice, but historically all over. Considerable stints in London, but also elsehere too. Generally not commutable, though I can normally wangle Late Monday starts and Early Fridays and a bit of WFH.

It is what it is, I don't want to live in London even though a lot of work is down there and I quite enjoy it. That and my nice village life house with a bit of land for potential becomes a postage size box in some tuliphole.

Grantham is a tuliphole

Don't under estimate this. It's also a tulip to get to.

[northernladuk]

I live in Capua and work at the Ludus of Lentulus Batiatus. The best Gladiatorial school in all of Rome.

HTH