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[Kate]

The last time I was there was 1997 on holiday and I didn't enjoy it as it rained all week and it was cold even though it was August.   I did like the sea and the countryside though. I am realistic - I expect it to rain all the time and be cold a lot and I realise moving there is real life and not a holiday.

I don't have any friends except you lot on the oof so as long as they have phone lines there then that is fine. I can never afford to go to the pub so there's no issue there either.

I'm used to living different places as I've move around a lot. Here's a list.

Parsons Green, Fulham
Belgravia, Westminster
Northolt, Ealing
Reading, Berkshire
Aldershot, Hampshire
Gillingham, Kent
Yateley, Hampshire
Sandhurst, Berkshire
Middlesbrough, Cleveland
Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
Grande Cache, Alberta, Canada

They will catch you eventually, especially if you advertise!!!..................

Good one Mike.

OMG I just realised that I got a town name wrong.

It was Andover not Aldershot.

I really am getting old.

[chrisgixer]

Reading? ...lovely town.

[Kevin Wood]

Reading? ...lovely town.

The last time I was there was 1997 on holiday and I didn't enjoy it as it rained all week and it was cold even though it was August.   I did like the sea and the countryside though. I am realistic - I expect it to rain all the time and be cold a lot and I realise moving there is real life and not a holiday.

I don't have any friends except you lot on the oof so as long as they have phone lines there then that is fine. I can never afford to go to the pub so there's no issue there either.

I'm used to living different places as I've move around a lot. Here's a list.

Parsons Green, Fulham
Belgravia, Westminster
Northolt, Ealing
Reading, Berkshire
Aldershot, Hampshire
Gillingham, Kent
Yateley, Hampshire
Sandhurst, Berkshire
Middlesbrough, Cleveland
Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
Grande Cache, Alberta, Canada

Already done.

[chrisgixer]

Reading? ...lovely town.

The last time I was there was 1997 on holiday and I didn't enjoy it as it rained all week and it was cold even though it was August.   I did like the sea and the countryside though. I am realistic - I expect it to rain all the time and be cold a lot and I realise moving there is real life and not a holiday.

I don't have any friends except you lot on the oof so as long as they have phone lines there then that is fine. I can never afford to go to the pub so there's no issue there either.

I'm used to living different places as I've move around a lot. Here's a list.

Parsons Green, Fulham
Belgravia, Westminster
Northolt, Ealing
Reading, Berkshire
Aldershot, Hampshire
Gillingham, Kent
Yateley, Hampshire
Sandhurst, Berkshire
Middlesbrough, Cleveland
Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
Grande Cache, Alberta, Canada

Already done.

Yeah but she meant Reading.

[redelitev6]

  A lot of down sides to living in Cornwall , my brother in law lives in Falmouth , low wages , very high house prices , unemployment, especially out of season , poor transport links , LOTS of wet weather in the winter !  On the other hand it does have fabulous scenery and some very good beaches . If I could afford to live there I would 

[Kate]

No-one will give be a job where I am now so Cornwall can't be any worse in that respect. Even if I did find something here the rent is £150 a week and the council tax is £150 a month.

My rent in Cornwall will be £65 a week and I think the council tax is about £80 a month which is much more affordable. I share with my best friend so even if we both found menial jobs we could afford to pay the rent.

If we can't find any work at all then at least we will be less of a burden on the government.

As for rain - it's rained here nearly every day for the last four months.

[pscocoa]

The informal economy (and I do not necessarily mean one where you pay no tax - but that would be included also) is quite a big one in Cornwall so if you are looking for work you need to be mixing with people and all sorts of bits and pieces will open up in craft shops, tourism, marquees, building, farming, the big tourist gardens etc. If you have any skills and you get to know people then things may come your way. My brother in law has done marquees and now has a zero hours contract as an hgv driver, but will turn his hand to anything. My parents in law on moving down to Cornwall both put their names down for jobs at Treliske hospital and 2 hours work twice a week became a full time van driving job around the Cornish countryside so my FIL was as happy as a pig in sh** and MIL likewise in children's unit.

Decide what you want to aim at and you can make it work.

[Kate]

The informal economy (and I do not necessarily mean one where you pay no tax - but that would be included also) is quite a big one in Cornwall so if you are looking for work you need to be mixing with people and all sorts of bits and pieces will open up in craft shops, tourism, marquees, building, farming, the big tourist gardens etc. If you have any skills and you get to know people then things may come your way. My brother in law has done marquees and now has a zero hours contract as an hgv driver, but will turn his hand to anything. My parents in law on moving down to Cornwall both put their names down for jobs at Treliske hospital and 2 hours work twice a week became a full time van driving job around the Cornish countryside so my FIL was as happy as a pig in sh** and MIL likewise in children's unit.

Decide what you want to aim at and you can make it work.

Thanks that sounds really positive.

It looks the move is on as we have agreed a mutual exchange of homes. This is the one I'm moving to:

http://www.homeswapper.co.uk/ssl/homesearch_details.asp?Sesh=5080262884K332758576&language=English&pid=1724573&totalcount=9&propertynumber=1&Adapted=False&Area=plymouth&AreaValid=True&Bung=True&Dis=20&EmpId=0&Flat=True&HsPost=CR6%209BW&House=True&IsPost=False&IsPartPost=False&IsRefined=False&Lang=English&LetId=-1&Lim=False&Bedsit=False&Mais=True&MaxBed=2&MinBed=2&Ons=&PNGaz=36158&PropId=1723998&RentID=-1&SCSesh=5080262884K332758576&PropPho=False&PropGar=False&PropPar=False&2WayOnly=True&App=True&conreq=True&typeow=popup&return=false

[Taxi_Driver]

The informal economy (and I do not necessarily mean one where you pay no tax - but that would be included also) is quite a big one in Cornwall so if you are looking for work you need to be mixing with people and all sorts of bits and pieces will open up in craft shops, tourism, marquees, building, farming, the big tourist gardens etc. If you have any skills and you get to know people then things may come your way. My brother in law has done marquees and now has a zero hours contract as an hgv driver, but will turn his hand to anything. My parents in law on moving down to Cornwall both put their names down for jobs at Treliske hospital and 2 hours work twice a week became a full time van driving job around the Cornish countryside so my FIL was as happy as a pig in sh** and MIL likewise in children's unit.

Decide what you want to aim at and you can make it work.

Thanks that sounds really positive.

It looks the move is on as we have agreed a mutual exchange of homes. This is the one I'm moving to:

http://www.homeswapper.co.uk/ssl/homesearch_details.asp?Sesh=5080262884K332758576&language=English&pid=1724573&totalcount=9&propertynumber=1&Adapted=False&Area=plymouth&AreaValid=True&Bung=True&Dis=20&EmpId=0&Flat=True&HsPost=CR6%209BW&House=True&IsPost=False&IsPartPost=False&IsRefined=False&Lang=English&LetId=-1&Lim=False&Bedsit=False&Mais=True&MaxBed=2&MinBed=2&Ons=&PNGaz=36158&PropId=1723998&RentID=-1&SCSesh=5080262884K332758576&PropPho=False&PropGar=False&PropPar=False&2WayOnly=True&App=True&conreq=True&typeow=popup&return=false

The ad doesnt say if the property has a water feature in the living room 

[bago]

stayed at looe quite a few times love the place rain or sun, always found the people friendly. tried talking the other half into moving but she would miss her family. shame as could have just moved jobs with by company

[cleggy]

Looe has just been featured on the BBC news, bits falling into the sea

[Kate]

The house is high up in Looe so not in a flood risk area. I already checked with the environment agency.

[cleggy]

The house is high up in Looe so not in a flood risk area. I already checked with the environment agency.

The view from the deck looks wonderful