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[mattjulia&lydia]

hello there me my wife and our little daughter are thinking of moving away from old blighty and cyprus is a major contender we do not have any trades but i am welder/fabricator but i have no certificates just 4 years expereince in a tool shop my wife is a star worker looking after mentally ill adults, we are 33,26 and 3 any information would be fantastic cheers matt

[paul1978]

hi if it is what you want go for it
unfortunately you will not get anything positive from this forum have alook at some of the threads and you can see what i mean
there are other forums to join where you will get better feedback

i live in cyprus and love it but you have to remember it is nothing like the uk too many brits (im british btw) come here thinking they can make it there own little britain.
the facts are this.............
wages ----- rubbish
people ------- make your own mind up like anywhere some are nice some are not.
cost of living--------- if you have no mortgage you can live very cheaply food is simiilar priced to uk if you eat local stuff, (i do see some idiots buying all the uk imports at very high price).
water/electric if you are sensible very cheap.
schools- some good schools here private and public
if you are buying get a resale you get more for your money plus most are brand new anyway because they building far to many properties.
anyway if i can help you anymore you can email [email protected]

[Z4]

Good advice here Paul

[mattjulia&lydia]

cheers for the infomation i will look deeper into it as i dont have a clue were to start cheers

[Sotos]

Wages here are lower and with no Greek it will not be easy to find a good job. If you can take the risk then do it. It will be better to try now than to try when your child is older. How many times have you been to Cyprus? Do you know where you would like to live? If I were you I would do it like this: I would contact job agencies in Cyprus and talk to them. Maybe you could contact some employers directly by calling them (email doesn't work) If you could find jobs here then take a long vacation from the UK without leaving your jobs there and come to try here and see how you like it for 2-3 weeks. Then you can decide if you want to stay or if you want to go back to the UK.

[mattjulia&lydia]

cheers sounds like good advice i have only been once but with the doors shut to aus, canada and america this is my best option as i loved my time there also my dad has been going for years and years and said if i want to leave old blighty then cyprus would be ideal. i will have to look at were to live as i dont want to end up just working in a tourist resort i suppose one thing i have going for me is I can dj to a high standard as well so i suppose that opens a few doors if we are struggling

[Sotos]

There are many part time djs especially in summer. So don't count on that unless you have something special. Some people think that life in Cyprus can be like life of a tourist. That can be OK if you are single and you want to have a work/holiday in Cyprus for the summer. But it doesn't work for families that are coming here to live for many years. You will get the sun and the better weather but everything else is nothing like a holiday. If you have some steady good jobs in the UK then think very carefully before moving here. If you don't have something good in the UK then you could take the risk and try but don't have very high expectations because you might get disappointed.

[mattjulia&lydia]

sounds like more good advice the dj thing would be if we were in a rut as i love spending time with my daughter to be out every night, i totally understand about the tourist/residency argument and know i wont be coming on a long hoilday think it is the way of life that is appealing

[Tim Drayton]

Cyprus is a wonderful place to live but there are not many opportunities to earn decent money. There are certain niches where non-Greek speakers can find good jobs such as the shipping sector in Limassol. They are looking for people with specific skills such as IT, accounting or who have many years' experience in technical areas to do with shipping. Even then, this sector is getting clobbered by the global downturn and I don't know how many openings there are just now. I am lucky because I can telecommute and live in Cyprus while getting reasonably paid work from the UK and the USA. Unless you are certain that you can find a job or set up a business that will provide an adequate income to meet your needs, I would not make the move at a time when the global economy is entering a serious downturn. You should realise that about 20% of the workforce in Cyprus is composed of non-EU foreign nationals. These are people from countries like Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal and the Philippines and the reason they are here, not to mince words, is because they will work for peanuts. You are very unlikely to be satisfied with what you can earn from unskilled work. My advice is do your homework very seriously before you make a decision.

[mattjulia&lydia]

thank you tim i will do some serious home work great advice thankyou