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dave4545454

Infidel wrote: »

Are you a secret millionaire?

Not a millionaire yet but I keep on saving and being money savvy:money:

fannyadams

Temp/agency
lab technician
full time (ish - 7hours/day 5days/week)
£12.50/hr
No benefits (no work = no pay)
Travel 210miles/week - 45 mins each way = £30/week fuel (no direct bus + school run on way to work)
Childcare after school £45/week/child

Infidel

dave4545454 wrote: »

Not a millionaire yet but I keep on saving and being money savvy:money:

Seriously though. How could you pay a mortgage on benefits?

It sounds like a good career.............especially if you have hobbies and interests.

dave4545454

Infidel wrote: »

Seriously though. How could you pay a mortgage on benefits?

It sounds like a good career.............especially if you have hobbies and interests.

You get help with mortgage payments when you are on benefits just like you would with housing benefits to pay rent.

There are many thousands of homeowners who are on benefits that get help with paying their mortgage, usually the help pays the interest of the mortgage.

secretposter

dave4545454 wrote: »

You get help with mortgage payments when you are on benefits just like you would with housing benefits to pay rent.

There are many thousands of homeowners who are on benefits that get help with paying their mortgage, usually the help pays the interest of the mortgage.

Do you feel you are a respectable person for doing this. Is there a reason why you have chosen to avoid tax and claim benefits to pay off your mortgage (i.e. medical grounds/disability)?

If you work as a volunteer I guess you could do other retail work, so why not?

IntriguedUser

Inbound Sale (Call centre)

£7.10 p/h

Commission averaging around £750 a month, I'm on about 18K after tax,

Pnutter

spock007 wrote: »

Interesting that you can put so much aside despite the cost of living! And interesting to hear your take on things - I considered Switzerland but never did make the leap.

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Hmmm it's doable, but mostly due to the prospect of quickly having money for a deposit + nice wedding where I'd normally have to save for god knows how long...

I came here straight after uni so decided to live in a student flat which 'only' costs 500 quid/month. Then I mostly eat soup as it's cheap+easy to make, no meat (even 400g of simple mince costs about 8 quid!!!), I have no social life here outside 2 work friends so hardly any money on booze. For health insurance I have the cheapest possible + own liability of 3000 franc. It sucks but does set me up nicely when I go back to the UK.

John_Pierpoint wrote: »

Might the "knobbyness" depend on the part (language) of the Swisss canton in which you are working?.

Maybe, I'm based in Bern. Every expat seems to think their area is worst though...

gb12345

Pnutter wrote: »

even 400g of simple mince costs about 8 quid!!!)

We do most of our shopping just across the border in Germany every couple of weeks - saves us a fortune on meat, alcohol and my OH's hair dye. We also fill up with diesel over there at the same time.

Southernman

PA
£19.5k
25 days + 8 bank holidays.
If i work extra during the week due to being needed i can go home early on a Friday.
Sharesave scheme
Can work from home
So easy to book holidays off work- non of the stress of not being to book off a single day between june and september of yesteryear
due a payrise in April, hopefully will hit the £20k mark.

dave4545454

secretposter wrote: »

Do you feel you are a respectable person for doing this. Is there a reason why you have chosen to avoid tax and claim benefits to pay off your mortgage (i.e. medical grounds/disability)?

If you work as a volunteer I guess you could do other retail work, so why not?

Yes I have total respect and pride for the full time charity work that I do that makes a huge difference to a lot of people in need.

What do you do that makes you a respectable person, if you are one?