Few questions

[Leeroy1973]

Hi Everyone.

I have been offered a job in Perth and I am going to go out and have a look and hoepfully to live. If possible can you give me some guidance on the following.

1. My wife is a carer fr the elderely, will she find a job ok.
2. My son is 16, done his GCSEs, will he find an apprenticeship ok
3. Any info on Bills, tax, renting houses etc would be helpful.

Cheers

[StraighttothePoint]

There are lots of private care bodies who are looking for trained staff and also plenty of public sector oportunities so your wife will be ok.

Lots of trade apprentiships and also engineering, mining etc so again if he has half a brain, does not wear a white baseball cap and a shellsuit he will be ok.

Bills. Electric and Gas are expensive as you want them to be - use more pay more just as in the UK. Learn how to cool your house to save on electric bills, keep the family out of the shower, don't waste water by running the taps and so on and you will again keep costs down.

Rents high. Mortgage rates very high although a bit of a buyers market at the moment. Petrol on the rise. Food costs soaring. State taxes at every turn, eg when you buy a house (circa 5% of purchase price), when you buy a car (circa 7% of purcahse price) and so on. Broadband costs higher than UK.

However that all being said no idea what you do and you could get a job earning a bomb and so it would not matter a jot how expensive things are here.

Best advice is to look, listen and learn and do not extend yourself initially until you understand the local ways of doing things.

[Leeroy1973]

Thanks for the info, I have been doing some research on the web to see how my salary compares in Perth and I am being told it is Middle of the range, so tnot to bad. I am a Supervisor for a BMS Company and moving with the company. I have budgeted on the costs for everyhting being the same as UK but I fly out in a week to have a look.

Thanks again

Lee

[Greg]

Thanks for the info, I have been doing some research on the web to see how my salary compares in Perth and I am being told it is Middle of the range, so tnot to bad. I am a Supervisor for a BMS Company and moving with the company. I have budgeted on the costs for everyhting being the same as UK but I fly out in a week to have a look.

Thanks again

Lee

Leeroy, apart from cars and fuel budget on UK + 30%.

[Leeroy1973]

Cheers Greg