Moving to a new City

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I need some advice...

I want to move to a new city - basically ditch everything I currently have in Southampton, load up my car and move.

Here's what I want to happen.

1: send CV's out to companies and get interviews
2: travel to the interviews
3: get a job
4: convince my uncle to let me live at his place for a bit, maybe 6-12 months
5: once i have a job and somewhere to live, try and get out of the finance for my car
6: get rid of the car, save some money and move into my own place

has anyone done it ? and if so, any tips/advice ?

thanks
- Russ.
 
Well if you are going to convince your Uncle to let you live at his I guess you have a town/city in mind.
Maybe giving some clue as to your skill set will help and maybe even get you some help form forum members ?
 
ok, i work in IT. i've deployed a datacentre for our Europe HQ, designed and specced all the networks pretty much in all our sites. i have deep experience in Microsoft networks, i've done MCSE training but not qualified. i know most MS OS's all the way up to 7 and 2008R2 like the back of my hand. I have desktop support experience, Exchange, Sharepoint Services, SQL, Backup Exec, Blackberry, Foundry (Cisco), wireless networks, Terminal Services including RemoteApp under 2008, TCP/IP, IIS, HP SAN, HTML, PHP, VBScript... I know WSUS, working on SCCM. I can pretty much learn any system/application very quickly. I am able to see a project from start to finish, and I am fully aware of TCO and ROI factors when speccing networks and projects.

any more for any more ? :P
 
I've done similar myself a few years back. Met a girl from Northampton, eventually chose to look for work there. Did much the same as you. Sent CV's and got job, lived with her and her parents for a couple of years while saving and then we got our own house earlier this year.

Don't regret 1 minute of it.

One tip I can offer - if your uncle is ok with it, use his address as your contact address on CV's. Many companies will discard CV's from outside of commuting distance as they expect people will want a relocation package.
 
AndrewA123 said:
One tip I can offer - if your uncle is ok with it, use his address as your contact address on CV's. Many companies will discard CV's from outside of commuting distance as they expect people will want a relocation package.
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I never even considered that Andrew - that's a brilliant hint !

I'm not moving for anyone but me. Not got tied down yet :P
 
recrudesce said:
I'm not moving for anyone but me. Not got tied down yet :P
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Give it time :lol:


It was a tip given to my by my uncle who used to recruit for an IT department elsewhere. He'd been instructed to keep applicants local for that reason.

Strangely once I started doing that, I received much more interest from companies and more interviews.

Good Luck :thumbs: where you looking to move to?
 
my uncle lives in Uxbridge, it's quite a hike to get into the centre of London, but it'll be worth it i think !
 
recrudesce said:
I need some advice...


Here's what I want to happen.


5: once i have a job and somewhere to live, try and get out of the finance for my car
6: get rid of the car, save some money and move into my own place

has anyone done it ? and if so, any tips/advice ?

- Russ.
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For you car - from this I'm assuming its on finance have a look at the agreement. It will have the following term in it.

If you've paid more then half the amount owing on the agreement, and its in good condition you can hand it back and end the finance agreement with nothing else to pay.

The finance company may make this difficult for you to do, but at the end of the day they've no choice.Note I said good, and not excellent condition - if you bought the car, had it serviced, didn'tt drive it stupidly high mileage and don't keep putting dfents in you should be OK

Hugh
 
i've only had it 7 months, on (stupidly) a 4 year finance deal. i got a 2k discount on it because i got it right at the start of the "recession" so they were desperate to get cars off the forecourt.

other than that it's in pristine condition.
 
then you have at least 1.5 years to go on it , keep that in mind , you dont want to default , that would be suicide in this financial climate :eek:
 
i think i can give it back providing the car is worth the same or more than i currently owe.
 
recrudesce said:
i think i can give it back providing the car is worth the same or more than i currently owe.
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That depends on the finance company. You'll probably be better off selling and using the proceeds to pay off, but if/when you do you must tell the finance company before you do, and it would be sensible to tell the buyer
 
Get a settlement figure from the finance company. Who is it with, and what car did you buy?

Early stttlement can be expensive....
 
boyfalldown said:
That depends on the finance company. You'll probably be better off selling and using the proceeds to pay off, but if/when you do you must tell the finance company before you do, and it would be sensible to tell the buyer
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can you sell something you dont own ?? , would the OP have the registration document ?? and if he did it wouldnt show his name and address would it
?? , just wondering :)
 
as it's a car and i'm not hiring it, all paperwork is in my name :]
 
paulyoung666 said:
can you sell something you dont own ?? , would the OP have the registration document ?? and if he did it wouldnt show his name and address would it
?? , just wondering :)
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you can sell a car if its on HP - but you need the finance companies permission. Generally they'll let you if you're straight with them. Selling first and then telling them would't go down well
 
not sure how easy it's gonna be to sell a 17k car in this climate :P
 
the other issue you may have at the moment is a settlement figure may well be more then its worth. You may have to hang on to it for a year and a half
 
yeah, that's my worry. i'll work something out :]
 
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