Relocation to Cornwall without a job

Daniellep

Hi guys my family and I want to relocate to Cornwall obviously we will have to leave our current jobs in Southampton where we live. If there a way we can rent without having a job can you pay six months rent upfront how can I get around this? Once we have moved we will be job hunting straight away.

zagubov

Daniellep wrote: »

Hi guys my family and I want to relocate to Cornwall obviously we will have to leave our current jobs in Southampton where we live. If there a way we can rent without having a job can you pay six months rent upfront how can I get around this? Once we have moved we will be job hunting straight away.

I've read enough posts on this forum to hear alarm bells going off from all directions.

Cornwall is beautiful but to someone without local connections, an employment desert.

How much research have you done on this?

This isn't a course of action anyone here would recommend.

Davesnave

zagubov wrote: »

This isn't a course of action anyone here would recommend.

Yes, I think it's still the county with the largest discrepancy between house prices (including rents) and incomes.

Your post is vague; you give us no indication of what area you'd want to locate to and what sort of jobs would match your skill sets. This suggests you don't have a plan.

There are often out of season rentals available in holiday destinations for an up-front payment, but they offer no long term security. They'd allow you to see Cornwall in the winter months when, like Devon, it can be wet, windy and miserable compared with places further east.

Sixty years ago, my parents moved from an urban environment to the Devon countryside, without a clue what they'd do when they got there. It didn't work out well, economically-speaking, despite my father being highly skilled in a trade. Both were on low wages for ever after and they never recovered financially. I liked it, but once I was 18 I had to move away for education and better employment prospects.

babyblade41

^ this

I did this to Wales and didn't need employment, it was disastrous and I bought a house so doubly disastrous

Plenty of research , apart from financial it can become very lonely, but obviously more info needed

olgadapolga

I would have to say, don't do it without proper research. Cornwall, although beautiful, is a very odd place and if you don't fit in, you soon know about it.

I loved Cornwall, as did my family, and we had always wanted to live there. I got a job and we sold our house. I couldn't find anywhere I liked so enough to buy so rented.

It was a disaster. The locals were not friendly and made my job impossible to do. In the end I got another job further up the country and we purchased a house and are happy here.

Cornwall is a strange place. Good for holidays, not so good as a place to relocate to.

Ensure that you research properly before committing yourselves. I didn't, and had a couple of years of sheer hell.

I wish you luck, whatever you decide.

pinkteapot

We did exactly this to Cumbria last year.

Renting with no income is a nightmare (despite the fact we had enough in the bank from our house sale to pay the rent for 44 years). Most lettings agents we spoke to had a fixed credit rating and reference system that relied on income. We fudged it through as I was finishing up my job when we moved so still working my notice period. Hubby moved a bit ahead of me. He went and got the rental and we said I was employed (I was). Letting agent knew what we were doing as my job was 300 miles away, I was going on the tenancy agreement, and hubby said I'd be arriving in a few weeks. So they didn't care that I would then be out of a job so long as we got through their computer check. Bonkers.

If you can’t get it through in the same way then you’re best off looking for rentals where the landlord is advertising direct and you can have a chat and offer six months up front. Agents are likely to be a “computer says no” situation.

Is there definitely no way to line up a job before you move? I’d planned to look for a job when I arrived by ended up securing one a couple of weeks beforehand, having done the interview by Skype.

need_an_answer

Cornwall is an idyllic place to visit,but behind the gorgeous landscapes there are real problems with things like job security.

IO live in the SW although not that south and often on local news we are told that seaside areas are much in decline in the winter months...jobs are seasonal and many families in the cornwall area struggle day to day to maintain a standard of living.

If you are lucky enough to be moving to an area where prices for housing have been inflated because of the tourist element but the jobs are seasonal,then I would hope you have a good capital of funds behind you.

dannim12345

My boyfriend is from Cornwall so I go down a few times a year, before this I only went as a kid for beach holidays. In reality, a lot of places are quite poor and jobs not high paying. I suppose it will depend what jobs you looking for and if you need to work or not?

PasturesNew

Been there, done that. Left.

What others said, looks nice, no jobs.

To live well you need to be a couple with solid jobs, e.g. NHS workers, teachers with jobs to go to, Council workers with jobs to go to.

If you're insisting on it, go between St Austell and Plymouth for the best chances of finding jobs and being on the trainline for transport options.

An official man being interviewed on the telly once about jobs/poverty in the county remarked "people can get jobs down here - many get 5 a year because what you can't find is a regular/continuous job". The issue isn't finding that first job.... the issue is you're on a merry go round of always looking for work, always being in/out of work.

kirtondm

Agreed unless you are in a specific sector such as heathcare you will not find a job easily. I went to Cornwall for my first Post as optometrist and the people are quite Insular.

For example I used to do housecalls on the Lizard and was flagged down as I came into a village and asked who I was and who was I visiting as this was 'his' patch.

I was accepted by the locals as it was very hard tor recruit down their for optometrist and other healthcare but only did it for 18 monthes very dismal in winter monthes. Got asked a lot of questions when finding somewhere to rent! and I was on a good salary for Cornwall.

Brock_and_Roll

We need more info from the OP - he may, for example, have a career in an area where there is RELATIVELY better employment prospects/pay e.g. doctor, policeman...and errr MP !