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Contract with big bucks VS contract with average bucks but spend time with fam
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Originally posted by wantacontract View PostThats not a bad idea, except the wife would never have it. We bought our existing house 15 mins away from her home as she is very close to her mother.
Heck around here I know people who live next door to their mum, and their brother is a 2 minute walk away.merely at clientco for the entertainmentComment
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Originally posted by Old Hack View PostI didn't send my kids to a bad school thanks, they went to a private school, as we were both contractors, and the £25k wasn't a bind for the two of them. What I am suggesting, is that violence is part of everyday life in London and it isn't in rural Somerset, nor Devon. Gang culture infests life there, London, and whatever you say, you don't have much hold on what your kids think outside of your house. You may think you do, but once they get toa certain age, they tend to know more than you. Also, in Somerset, you can apply to the best schools, and know you'll get in, for they make places for the kids. South East Devon, has 3 of the top ten secondary schools in the country. We also have a very large house, with lots of gardens, soon to become bigger gardens (as such). None of that I could afford my kids in London. This afternoon, we're off on a long cycle ride on the levels. We couldn't do that, unless we packed the 4 bikes on the back of the car and drove somewhere in London, not safely anyway. We'll also struggle to see anyone on the bike ride.
The point I am making, is that living in London, whilst it has some upsides, is mostly tulip for a young family. Obviously, this is my opinion, but I chose to move, because I could see life wasn't as nice as it could be. I couldn't, literally, be happier with the change in all our lifestyles, so moving from London, was the best thing we've ever done. Others might think differently, and that's cool, but it's my view you have a better quality of family life living outside of London.
I kind of like the peace and quiet too.Rhyddid i lofnod psychocandy!!!!Comment
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Originally posted by psychocandy View PostGot be fair - Im with OH on this one. Wouldnt live in London for £2000 a day.Comment
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Originally posted by psychocandy View PostGot be fair - Im with OH on this one. Wouldnt live in London for £2000 a day.merely at clientco for the entertainmentComment
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Can't you do both contracts? Do the 95k one on-site (perhaps negotiate a day or 2 at home eventually) and do the 40k contract alongside whilst away from home.Comment
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Originally posted by mudskipper View PostSo you'll switch schools every 6 months? Not sure that's going to benefit your kids much.Originally posted by Old Hack View PostWe moved to the West Country to get away from all that tulipe. Kids top of the grades, in some of the best schools in the country, less violence, more relaxed way of life. I moved here for kids were already being stabbed in schools in London.
My kids come to stay with me, wherever I am, outside of term time. That's enough experience for them. Could I afford a Barn conversion with plenty of land in London? Not a chance.
Trouble is, some think the smoke as a be all and end all, but most who've spent many years there, recognise it for the tuliphole it actually is.Originally posted by wantacontract View Postyeah well, close enough for me!Originally posted by psychocandy View PostGot be fair - Im with OH on this one. Wouldnt live in London for £2000 a day.
Greg I think you are being overdramatic. I grew up and lived in a seriously rough part of London towards the end of my fulltime life there I drove round in a flash car and wore a proper suit and never got touched. Even as a kid when yes kids were stabbing each other even then, all it took was one punch up outside a chip shop with another schools kid to make sure none of them wanted anything to do with me.
For the most part Londons not rough its just full of frightened people and a scare addicted media. The nasty guys are not interested in kicking the likes of you around because there is no money in it for them. The mugs that will have a go at you are in equal quantity in the east end or Trowbridge or Mid-somer Norton. In fact I don't bother drinking in either of those later places but will happily wander in half a dozen dives outside the trendy parts of Hoxton...
What I do see down here are great schools but kids with little hunger or drive because everything is too easy...Comment
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Originally posted by bobspud View PostWhy? Spending 20k off your pre tax company profits to rent a second home for six months seem a no brainer.Comment
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