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Minimum £72k salary required to allow me to take home same as my 19 year old nanny

266 replies

knakered · 10/02/2007 10:02

Nanny nick has done the "big sums"...so we need to earn £72k to to take home the same as my nanny - lets not get into disposable income...4 kids/mortgage etc...vs living at homewith parents ..ho ..hum..

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expatinscotland · 14/02/2007 12:36

Yes, Bozza, that was DH's problem as well. He needed evenings only b/c of childcare.

nailpolish · 14/02/2007 12:35

actually you could get that for 200K in Edinburgh dep on area

Cloudhopper · 14/02/2007 12:35

Fiofio, you have cheered me up immensely with the mental image of a diesel powered Clit

expatinscotland · 14/02/2007 12:35

We have a P reg Vauxhall Astra diesel. Inherited from the ILs. DH's work is not serviced by a bus, too far to walk, and he gets off at 11PM most nights.

Bozza · 14/02/2007 12:35

We can't move because DH and I commute in different directions. I would love to get a different job that was nearer to home, but because of wanting part time hours it is very difficult. The future of my current job is not very secure either.

FioFio · 14/02/2007 12:35

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nailpolish · 14/02/2007 12:35

aloha that would cost you 150K where i live now and 250K in edinburgh

FioFio · 14/02/2007 12:34

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expatinscotland · 14/02/2007 12:34

Yes, like a heart attack, high blood pressure and relationships broken apart by the stress of commuting.

And a mega overdraft b/c your commuting costs are so high.

nailpolish · 14/02/2007 12:34

we dont have a car at all

to me a car is a luxury

Aloha · 14/02/2007 12:34

crap really, eh?

FioFio · 14/02/2007 12:33

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Bozza · 14/02/2007 12:33

No we don't live in such a fancy house either fio. It is not worth £300K.

Cloudhopper · 14/02/2007 12:33

Now, where's that idiot husband of mine so I can restart the campaign to move north?

nailpolish · 14/02/2007 12:33

yes i agreee cloudhopper that at least with a house you have something to show for it

nailpolish · 14/02/2007 12:32

fio thats not my house!

i am sick of having a dh who commutes so much. it costs £400 a month ffs

thats why im moving

Cloudhopper · 14/02/2007 12:32

At least if your housing costs are high, you feel you have something to show for it.

Childcare being taxed twice (unlike your mortgage) just gives you a feeling of waste somehow.

Bozza · 14/02/2007 12:32

I commute nearly 50 miles a day. And DH when he is in the office commutes more than that.

FioFio · 14/02/2007 12:31

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Bozza · 14/02/2007 12:30

And you would get this around here. So it looks like house prices are more of an issue than child care costs.

I do remember DH and I stretching ourselves when we bought this house (6 1/2 years ago) and knowing that I was pg and this would affect our cash levels and it being a little bit worrying. But, of course, we were lucky and did the right thing and the house is now worth twice as much as we paid, not that that makes any difference because we can't afford to sell it. As it happens currently our mortgage and childcare costs are quite similar.

expatinscotland · 14/02/2007 12:30

We have three people just in this office who commute about 100 miles/day.

nailpolish · 14/02/2007 12:29

my dh commutes 180 miles a day

Cloudhopper · 14/02/2007 12:29

True. We have the sheer stupidity to live in an area where everyone else seems to be earning 100k.

As my dad put it when I asked him why they live in a such a dump of a town (my home town).

"Why live somewhere where everyone is richer than you? I prefer to live like a king among paupers."

He has a black sense of humour by the way, my dad.

expatinscotland · 14/02/2007 12:29

People in that region where that house is regularly commute hundreds of miles a week.

nailpolish · 14/02/2007 12:28

i would love to stay in london

im a city girl, me