Please help - I'm literally paying to work!

MyLastFiver

annamc75 wrote: »

Ok Fiver - but is there a future in her career field? Is there transferable skills? Surely she can give us something to work with - after all we are trying to help her and without the full picture it is very hard to see why anyone with £19000 in the bank would put themselves through hell and back for a house that is falling into disrepair and a career that is paying worse than state benefits would.

It's not my place to tell you what she does, but let's just say I completely agree with you that it's not worth making yourself so miserable for.

poet123

If you dont mind me asking ..how old are you?

No matter what niche area you work in there are bound to be places other than,and cheaper than London. If you moved up north,lots of the major cities are within daily commuting distance of each other, and of very pleasant locations to live. Your life sounds bleak....there is more to life than work.

Why not do a part time PGCE and then you could tutor or lecture part time.

If you are in your twenties/early thirties then you have a long time ahead of you t be as miserable as you seem to be.

You have no responsibilities except to yourself,no debt,your own home......the world is your oyster. Take stock,and begin to live again.

MyLastFiver

poet123 wrote: »

If you dont mind me asking ..how old are you?

No matter what niche area you work in there are bound to be places other than,and cheaper than London. If you moved up north,lots of the major cities are within daily commuting distance of each other, and of very pleasant locations to live. Your life sounds bleak....there is more to life than work.

Why not do a part time PGCE and then you could tutor or lecture part time.

If you are in your twenties/early thirties then you have a long time ahead of you t be as miserable as you seem to be.

You have no responsibilities except to yourself,no debt,your own home......the world is your oyster. Take stock,and begin to live again.

Hear hear!!!

The OPer has two millstones around her neck. A crap job and a crap house. There's nothing tying her to either. She can't lose.

Suzkin

MyLastFiver wrote: »

The OPer works in a fairly narrow field and, given that she has already said where she lives, she fears that if she also gives her occupation then people who know her might work out who she is. Fair enough I think.

I agree with firesidemaid - I'm excited for her too!

Thanks for saying it like this, MyLastFiver. And for your longer post just earlier. I really appeciate your comments - all of you.

I didn't know at all what I could get for my little house up north: guess I haven't travelled enough! I suppose with a temp job I don't know if it will lead to anything, or whether I'll just end up unemployed again. If it's the latter, then I'll ditch the 'career' idea and take whatever I can. If I ever got an offer from a place up north, then perhaps I could consider selling...

I don't feel 'awake'/savvy enough to sell right now BUT I do see what you mean about doing that before shelling out on building work - whether I pay for it or if it's in the form of a loan: in the end I'd still need to repay it all.

Very interesting point about doing the utility room/bathroom FIRST, then letting a room and then doing the rest. I'd need to think hard about this, and get some quotes, since landlords etc. need to adhere to certain legal requirements over things about which I'd need more info.

I was considering perhaps seeing if I could do some...wait for it...telemarketing in London while I reconsider things. I've done it before, and as the previous poster says, I'd be there anyway, so the travel cost would be the same.

However, right now (maybe as I'm writing this late), I like the idea of a lodger - 'easy' money? Or perhaps selling and going somewhere completely different.

Is there a forum (here on MSE or otherwise) that covers people moving to different parts of the country? If bot, perhaps that should be my business idea?!

Suzkin

MyLastFiver wrote: »

Hear hear!!!

The OPer has two millstones around her neck. A crap job and a crap house. There's nothing tying her to either. She can't lose.

Only emotionally - in that I love my house: it's characterful with three fireplaces, and a big garden etc. I suppose I'm feeling like this as I've not seen anything else that I could afford....

Suzkin

What I will do, is look for another job and closer to me.

poet123

Well,in many areas up north £110,000 would currently buy you a nice 2/3 bed characterful terrace in good order.

whitewing

You may find that requirements for a lodger are less stringent than for actually renting the house out. Not that I am encouraging any safety risks, lol. 'Spect fiver can comment on that as I don't know enough.

Just wondering if you have family anywhere nearby. This is being really nosy now, not that I can comment on anything whether you do or not.

firesidemaid

if you have a spare room already (can't remember) rent it out - the money earned is tax-free.

2nd thought - if you have big garden, any possibility of selling any of the land?;)

good night x

whitewing

If you have a big garden, can you rent some parking space out to commuters?