balidey
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As part of my looking for a new job, there are several I have seen that are in Scotland. Previously my wife would not have even entertained that thought, but she has suddenly hit me with the bombshell that she would love to move up there too.
We live in the east midlands. We have had holidays in Scotland before, in summer, only as far north as Stirling. We loved Edinburgh and Glasgow.
So I have applied for a handful of jobs, all with better salary than I am on now, but not heard anything back yet (bloody infuriating applying through agencies who just don't reply!).
Anyway, we are under no illusion that moving that far north is going to be a big change for us, and I wandered if anyone had done it, or if anyone had any other useful comments to add?
Just to add, we have 3 kids, 1 is nearing the end of primary school, 1 in middle of secondary, the eldest, just about to start GCSEs. We think the plan may involve the eldest living with grandparents here until exams are over.
All our immediate family live in this area (part of the reason to move? )
Some of the jobs I applied for are just over the border, a couple are as far north as Inverness and even one on the north coast, so about a 12 hour drive!
Property prices seem significantly less than here. We have only just started thinking about a move, so not even valued our house yet. The further north, the more house and land you get for the money.
So any comments about any part of living, working, schooling etc from people who live there or even better, people who have moved there from England? We have googled it plenty, but most of what we read is from people promoting areas and schools.
We live in the east midlands. We have had holidays in Scotland before, in summer, only as far north as Stirling. We loved Edinburgh and Glasgow.
So I have applied for a handful of jobs, all with better salary than I am on now, but not heard anything back yet (bloody infuriating applying through agencies who just don't reply!).
Anyway, we are under no illusion that moving that far north is going to be a big change for us, and I wandered if anyone had done it, or if anyone had any other useful comments to add?
Just to add, we have 3 kids, 1 is nearing the end of primary school, 1 in middle of secondary, the eldest, just about to start GCSEs. We think the plan may involve the eldest living with grandparents here until exams are over.
All our immediate family live in this area (part of the reason to move? )
Some of the jobs I applied for are just over the border, a couple are as far north as Inverness and even one on the north coast, so about a 12 hour drive!
Property prices seem significantly less than here. We have only just started thinking about a move, so not even valued our house yet. The further north, the more house and land you get for the money.
So any comments about any part of living, working, schooling etc from people who live there or even better, people who have moved there from England? We have googled it plenty, but most of what we read is from people promoting areas and schools.