Living abroad tips and hints for money savers

droopsnout

Yes, welcome. It's always good to have new voices here. But do tell us a little more about where you are, if you feel able to share.

hartcjhart

gallygirl wrote: »

:wave:Hello neighbours :wave:, we're near Mojacar (but only for hols at the mo ). Bham & E Mids are best for us but either don't go to Almeria or way too dear. I don't mind going from Stansted, it's coming back to there that's the issue - an hour after landing at Bham we can be home, although 60 miles away, an hour after landing at Stansted we're still in the car park :mad: - and that's despite only having hand luggage.

So, down the toll road we'll go - but I liked going to Almeria as we flew over my apartment & I could say hello to it

Hi Gally,it was'nt you that bought the winning ticket in Moj was it:eek:

donny-gal

Not me either!
DG

gallygirl

hartcjhart wrote: »

Hi Gally,it was'nt you that bought the winning ticket in Moj was it:eek:

:silenced:
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Em, no unfortunately. Hopefully it was one of my lovely, friendly, caring, generous neighbours :wave:

Ah well, at least the Euro is going down a bit

Nanda_devi

Would appreciate some advise from anyone that can advise.I live in India but due to ill health I find I am in the UK for about six more months until I return to my house. I'm 62 years old have a £200,000 house with an outstanding mortgage of £9,000 I have never defaulted on my mortgage and have a long standing tenent in my propertyI'm fast running out of money and can't access my Indian bank account so I want to top up my mortgage by 5,000 but rules have changed and it appears as i,m not on the electrol role this is not possible any feed back from you intelectual people out there would appreciate it thanks.

Nanda_devi

im in UK at the moment but not through choice.I live at the foothills of the Himalayers in India. just posted a thread asking for advise on this if you have any feed back would appreciate it. Thanks

donny-gal

Hi Nanda

Cannot offer any advice on the mortgage, but how about approaching your current mortgage provider for a 6 months mortgage holiday, which would give you the rent?

Maybe talk to HSBC or Barclays who are international bankers to see if they can offer any advise about accesssing your Indian funds.

DG

Nanda_devi

Thanks Donny Gal you cetainly think outside the box brilliant idea but my mortgage is only a £100 a month let me know if you come up with any more brain waves

donny-gal

Are you eligible to go on the electral roll as a postal voter? Maybe too late for now though.

Cheap flight to India to get funds then return???
DG

droopsnout

Nanda, I sympathise with you. I don't know the answers to your questions, but if I come across anything useful I will let you know here.

By the way, I am not on the electoral role but have no difficulties with banking in the UK using my existing accounts. They don't include a mortgage, though.

Have you consulted a solicitor experienced in this kind of area? I realise that that could compound the difficulty by swallowing up more of your ready cash, though.