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

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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..

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

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

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

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

crap really, eh?

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.

we dont have a car at all

to me a car is a luxury

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

Yes, areas with poor schools, for example.

yes expat

i have told dh i would rather live in a flat wiht good schools than a nicer house with bad schools

We definitely couldn't afford anything like our house if we hadn't owned a house for quite a long while.

fio was a renault clit a deliberate typo ? DH has a diesel (company car - their rules) and it is lovely. I have a petrol Fiesta - sums didn't make it worth paying the extra for a diesel at the time but I will look into it next time.

but i must have a garden

thats all im bothered about

i owuld even go from 3 bed to 2 bed

a wise choice, naily.

that flat will still set you back at least £200K, however, and probably more in the region of £220K-£250K for good performing schools. For top schools like Boroughmuir, expect to pay £300K+ for a family-sized flat in those catchments.

its not as bad as that expat

Aloha we are in that position too. We have a mortgage for about 90K on a house that is worth £250K. We couldn't afford to nearly triple our mortgage payments.