Relocating to London: Need your inputs

[Terpe]

.... I am just a speck in our organization so there is a small chance for me to know everyone.

Kinda funny Caleb, that you don't recognise the CEO of your company.
Kinda funny that you don't want to tell me your specialist field ( as UKBA demand it)
Kinda funny that you don't want to help with your sponsorship points.
Kinda funny that you never answer any direct questions.

What do you really want Caleb Nathan?
Why do you feel we should take you seriously and help you? when you obviously don't want to help us?

You clearly have no idea what you are talking about.

[grahamw48]

Oops...I'm feeling my Tourettes coming on again.

[Caleb0718]

Sorry but I guess you are talking about a different company as our CEO is not a Filipino.
If you are familiar with the Non-disclosure agreement which I believe you are as I suppose you are in the Executive Management Level, you should understand why I am limiting the information I am giving.
Am I getting you right? I am not helping with my sponsorship points? It is funny indeed,,
Direct Questions? as I said I am filtering the information I am giving and I have a reason for that.

What help do you need? You have to respect someone if you are in any case asking for help, just like me, if no one want to answer me then I should not go mad because I am only asking for guidance,, if no one wants to answer me I have to respect it.

I am not here to start a useless conversation, let us be professional and act accordingly. I have been into multiple countries with huge Pinoy groups and your attitude towards me is surprising, wowwww.. does not make it more fun in Philippnes sigh

Kinda funny Caleb, that you don't recognise the CEO of your company.
Kinda funny that you don't want to tell me your specialist field ( as UKBA demand it)
Kinda funny that you don't want to help with your sponsorship points.
Kinda funny that you never answer any direct questions.

What do you really want Caleb Nathan?
Why do you feel we should take you seriously and help you? when you obviously don't want to help us?

You clearly have no idea what you are talking about.

[Steve.r]

If you are familiar with the Non-disclosure agreement which I believe you are as I suppose you are in the Executive Management Level, you should understand why I am limiting the information I am giving.

But hang on Nathan..... didn't you already breech that by trying to impress us with a disclosed salary of £80,000 + If you want expert help, open up.... what are we gonna do? tell on you for talking about your company ?? You have a strange outlook.

[grahamw48]

I can fully sympathise, as I regularly have trouble with my package.

[Terpe]

Bye Calib Nathan
I'm getting bored now.

[lastlid]

Caleb, I get the feeling you are joshing me

Please inform me which field of geophysics do you specialise in ore detection, hydrocarbon exploration or geotechnical characterization ?

How did you secure a position in that field ? Especially as that is not included in the UK employment shortage listing.

Do you know Graeme, Rachel or Ruffo (Pinoy) at your London Office?

Mining Geophysics. So that will be ore detection. Rather than hydrocarbons.

[grahamw48]

Now my head hurts.

[lastlid]

Caleb. What datum point do you use for your seismic surveys?

[joebloggs]

your real name is Caleb Nathan

Caleb, played by Nathan Fillion, is a fictional character in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caleb_%...pire_Slayer%29

whats the chances of that

[Iani]

I don't know what I'm missing, but someone saying they can't afford to live on 80k, even if they are working in London (You just live in Guildford or Worthing for example and commute in), it's just beyond me

[RickyR]

I'm not sure whether its a case of not being able to afford to live in london on 80k, but I certainly wouldn't move to London for less then 150K (although its high unlikely anyone would offer me 150k to work in london, so the chances of me moving there are ZERO) to be able to maintain the standard of living that I enjoy.

[joebloggs]

I'm not sure whether its a case of not being able to afford to live in london on 80k, but I certainly wouldn't move to London for less then 150K (although its high unlikely anyone would offer me 150k to work in london, so the chances of me moving there are ZERO) to be able to maintain the standard of living that I enjoy.

£150,000 to maintain your standard of living if you lived in London, I dont think even hard faced May would set the minimum income threshold at that
i live in a nice 3 bed semi-detached house, it has a large back garden, to rent cost me about £350 a month, i would hate to think what that would cost in London

[grahamw48]

Only £350 a month ?

Give us a clue Joe.

[RickyR]

Exactly Joe.

In the North of England in a beautiful rural or even coastal area you could buy a large detached place with land for the same price as you'd get a 1 bedroom apartment in Central London.

I like having a nice big garden and fresh air.

[joebloggs]

Only £350 a month ?

Give us a clue Joe.

housing association graham i had to wait more than a yr thou because I'm British, and have local connections oh and because i'm working , if not i would have got a place quicker

they recently put a new roof on it, new central heating and boiler, new bath room suite and kitchen

[raynaputi]

housing association graham i had to wait more than a yr thou because I'm British, and have local connections oh and because i'm working , if not i would have got a place quicker

they recently put a new roof on it, new central heating and boiler, new bath room suite and kitchen

Our Housing Association had renovated our kitchen and did a complete rewiring last March. They hired different companies for everything. It's supposed to finish in 3 weeks they said..but everything was messed up by the electricians...imagine, they've put all the sockets behind the bedside tables and the closets and not where we wanted! They've done a stupid rewiring in the toilet and busted 4 bulbs and the fan in just a week! We also almost had a fire as we didn't realized the wires we're melted after the bulbs in the toilet were blown up. Electrics in the bedrooms, toilet and living rooms were gone for 3 nights and we have to call the emergency electrician of the housing association just to trip the fuse because we can't reach it, fuse box was placed practically in the loft! And everything was finished in 6 weeks!

[grahamw48]

Hmm....must put my name down for an old folks' bungalow.

I pay 750 a month for this place, plus the rest.

[joebloggs]

tell me about it Rayna, they wanted to rewire the house after i had just decorated it i told them no way as it looked like it had been rewired recently. so they rewired just the lights, still made a mess of the walls, pulled up the new carpet/floorboards etc. took a new extraction fan that they had just installed a couple of months earlier and put a new fan which was the exact same model in its place

i could go on and on ..

at least everything is ok now, but the stress , the problem is they use contractors, so if they dont do the job they dont get paid, so some do the work even if it doesn't need doing or drag it out..

the bathroom fan it took them 5 visits b4 they finally replaced the thing

[CYV Industries]

Hi Caleb,

Just joined this forum & spotted this thread. Anyway, hope youve sorted things out for yourself. But incase you may be interested, I have a client who specialises in London Relocation services and is also a good friend of mine. If you want to check her website its: REMOVED if you do get in touch, tell her I sent you over... she doesnt charge for an initial chat about your circumstances and may provide you with some expert tips, so may be worth the effort : ) Best of Luck!

Mark

[Steve.r]

Hi Caleb,

Just joined this forum & spotted this thread. Anyway, hope youve sorted things out for yourself. But incase you may be interested, I have a client who specialises in London Relocation services and is also a good friend of mine. If you want to check her website its: REMOVED if you do get in touch, tell her I sent you over... she doesnt charge for an initial chat about your circumstances and may provide you with some expert tips, so may be worth the effort : ) Best of Luck!

Mark

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[London_Manila]

£150,000 to maintain your standard of living if you lived in London, I dont think even hard faced May would set the minimum income threshold at that
i live in a nice 3 bed semi-detached house, it has a large back garden, to rent cost me about £350 a month, i would hate to think what that would cost in London

Around £1500 a month in the suburbs for anything decent

Zones 1 and 2 you can pay more than that for a self contained room

[grahamw48]

I used to pay £8 a week for my nice big room with balcony in Chelsea, but it was a few years ago.