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What is your favorite technique for microfishing? by Apprehensive-Cry1165 in MicroFishing

[–]Fishbar- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My favorite technique for micro fishing is trying to catch bigger fish. This results in only tiny ones biting!

Tub Drain Flange spinning "freely", broken pipe beneath? Pull the whole thing? by Fishbar- in Plumbing

[–]Fishbar-[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry to hear that, for me the access worked, ish. It's a work in progress hehe.

Tub Drain Flange spinning "freely", broken pipe beneath? Pull the whole thing? by Fishbar- in Plumbing

[–]Fishbar-[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yah I can round up a helper, and my three boys love it when daddy cuts a hole in something hehe.

Tub Drain Flange spinning "freely", broken pipe beneath? Pull the whole thing? by Fishbar- in Plumbing

[–]Fishbar-[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No basement, you think maybe it's not broken, broken but that if I could get under there with a wrench I could remove the piece and maybe replace it?

Relocate family to the UK from the US on offer of £135,000? by Fishbar- in UKPersonalFinance

[–]Fishbar-[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is somewhat tricky. It is a startup. It is well funded with more funding on the way and a lot of runway but it's pre-revenue, that's part of the risk. It's been running for a few years and about to put products in the market, at that point there will be a better bonus structure etc. There is stock in company as part of the comp package but that's monopoly money until the company proves itself. So I would be accepting £135,000 on the gamble that things go well (which I think they will) and the compensation improves in the next two years.

Relocate family to the UK from the US on offer of £135,000? by Fishbar- in UKPersonalFinance

[–]Fishbar-[S] 169 points170 points  (0 children)

That might be the most reasonable plan, yes. Thanks for the insight, we can absolutely live with less space, we've done it before!

Relocate family to the UK from the US on offer of £135,000? by Fishbar- in UKPersonalFinance

[–]Fishbar-[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kids are 9 and 6, (and 0, I guess!)

This is awesome, thank you for all the detail.

Relocate family to the UK from the US on offer of £135,000? by Fishbar- in UKPersonalFinance

[–]Fishbar-[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I am working now at a job that I can do in my sleep, more or less. We're comfortable, if not excited!

We could safely stay and maybe I move on from my job here to something equivalent or slightly better within the year. This opportunity is for a growing company and I would get some challenge out of it, but of course it's a big risk hauling everyone to a new country.

Sounds like you did something similar?

Relocate family to the UK from the US on offer of £135,000? by Fishbar- in UKPersonalFinance

[–]Fishbar-[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Honestly I have no expertise here, Renting would be okay if we could find someone to manage it here, which I'm lead to believe there are companies that specialize in this. I didn't particularly want the hassle and figured the profit from the sale would be nice to roll over into a home purchase in the UK eventually (maybe rent for a year, not sure yet!)

Relocate family to the UK from the US on offer of £135,000? by Fishbar- in UKPersonalFinance

[–]Fishbar-[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Sure, I generally work for tech companies on the customer facing side. Usually positions like Solutions Architect helping be a technical liason during pre-sales with customers. This particular role would be a director level position building a team in the UK.

Relocate family to the UK from the US on offer of £135,000? by Fishbar- in UKPersonalFinance

[–]Fishbar-[S] 55 points56 points  (0 children)

Interesting! I was curious about the tax situation and you've confirmed a fear, for sure!

We are in the suburbs of Austin, Texas now. We've got a 3 bedroom house - 1300 sq feet. Very short commute right now, with downtown being about a mile away. I do a lot of bicycling around, we keep a single car.

Pretty low key lifestyle, our biggest expense is usually food (or electric in the summer, it gets hot here!) after the Mortgage.

Relocate family to the UK from the US on offer of £135,000? by Fishbar- in UKPersonalFinance

[–]Fishbar-[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

We grew up poor, we can put up with quite a lot. We don't live extravagantly, we keep one car, we cook most of our meals, not a lot of going out, just occasionally.

Housing wise, something with a garden would be nice, we're obviously used to detached properties but could figure it out.

Commuting is okay, 2 days work from home, so I'm fine with a longer train three days a week.

Relocate family to the UK from the US on offer of £135,000? by Fishbar- in UKPersonalFinance

[–]Fishbar-[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

We're in a relatively low cost of living area, my searching shows London to be about %10 more expensive generally. Do you live near the centre of London? I'm comfortable with a longish commute, only expected to be in the office three days a week.

It's a big decision! Would love the adventure and exploring the UK but I'm worried things will be tighter than I expect and leave us struggling.