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SOME TIPS ABOUT LIVING IN UK

I’ll like to prepare your mind as a married man that when you get to UK,there’s higher chance for you to baby sit, ook, dishes, change pampers, get the kids set for school, etc. It’s better to get yourself acquainted with this ahead.

This is not to ridicule your personality, they are things you might need to do to keep the family running. And as the wife, have it in mind that you might not get to live that luxury life of “my husband is responsible for family upkeep”nah. Living in UK, you are meant to complement each other in every aspect.

Accommodation in UK isn’t a joke, if you are single, I advice you to look for single room en-suite or studio, furnished, all bills inclusive. Renting two bed apartment if it’s just you isn’t advisable. Check Spareroom,on the market, zoopla, Rightmove or Facebook market for rooms to let.

Pending the time you’ll be able to buy your desired item(s),check out Facebook market for cheap or free preloved/new items such as;furnitures,mattresses, beddings, kitchen utensils and the likes (I got my microwave on Facebook market for £10 and it’s as good as new).

However, be careful so as not to be scammed,I advice you do pay on delivery/pickup. Register with Olio aswell for free items(both new and preloved) including foodstuffs within and outside your area.

You might not be able to open standard bank until few months later, you can register with online bank like Monzo or Revolut to carry out your transactions, it’s easy & safe to use. Also, register with Lemonade if you want to change £ to #, easy to use as well with no charges apply.

Coming across different people with different cultural backgrounds, it’s advisable to ask individual what and how they would like to be addressed. Don’t make assumptions, people get offended if they are addressed wrongly.

Be time conscious, if you are to resume work by 19:00 to relief others, ensure you arrive few minutes earlier. The person you are to relief at work also has childminder or husband at home to relief for work as well.

Don’t try to force or change your accent while communicating. The more you change or force British accent the more you make communication difficult for everyone. Speak gently and clearly, believe me, they will hear you more than faking British accent. And if you can’t hear them, in a polite way ask them to speak slowly and gently so you can understand & they would be glad to do so.

Job wise, don’t be selective at first, get yourself something legit doing, all jobs here are stressful, at least you’ll be able to update your CV for future sake. I hope you get what I mean.

Let the words “PLEASE AND THANK YOU” be your favourite quotes daily, it goes a long way and they might pave way for you.

Don’t engage in gossips, they don’t keep secret here, whatever you say will be used against you later on.

If you have BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION store around you, they sell nice stuffs as low as £1, pop in there and minimise your spending.

Stay tuned for next post.
Moyisola

Waiting patiently for part 2

Inflation is real.

Look out for clearance sales in Tesco, Sainburys, Morrison etc especially in the evenings.

Still wonder why someone who can afford a comfortable life in Nigeria ,will nearly turn to a beggar all in the name of relocation.

prophetwis:
Still wonder why someone who can afford a comfortable life in Nigeria ,will nearly turn to a beggar all in the name of relocation.

Why should one turn a beggar because of relocating to the UK?

prophetwis:
Still wonder why someone who can afford a comfortable life in Nigeria ,will nearly turn to a beggar all in the name of relocation.

There’s no comfortability in Nigeria. Even if you have plenty money, the imaginary comfort ends inside your house.

SOME TIPS ABOUT LIVING IN UK

I’ll like to prepare your mind as a married man that when you get to UK, there’s higher chance for you to baby sit, ook, dishes, change pampers, get the kids set for school, etc. It’s better to get yourself acquainted with this ahead.

This is not to ridicule your personality, they are things you might need to do to keep the family running. And as the wife, have it in mind that you might not get to live that luxury life of “my husband is responsible for family upkeep”nah. Living in UK, you are meant to complement each other in every aspect.

@the bolded what some men and women in Nigeria won't do.

[quote author=Threesha post=117345285]SOME TIPS ABOUT LIVING IN UK

I’ll like to prepare your mind as a married man that when you get to UK, there’s higher chance for you to baby sit, ook, dishes, change pampers, get the kids set for school, etc. It’s better to get yourself acquainted with this ahead.

This is not to ridicule your personality, they are things you might need to do to keep the family running. And as the wife, have it in mind that you might not get to live that luxury life of “my husband is responsible for family upkeep”nah. Living in UK, you are meant to complement each other in every aspect.


@the bolded what some men and women in Nigeria won't do.

[quote author=yemzone post=117359427][/quote]Fact

Thank you

prophetwis:
Still wonder why someone who can afford a comfortable life in Nigeria ,will nearly turn to a beggar all in the name of relocation.

Do you know that in the UK, with your minimum wage (which is everyone gets at least) you can afford decent accommodation, good food, some good clothes and nice shoes, a small latest model car (like 2023 model), and travel to other countries once a year or two?
Life is a lot better in UK! See how below:

crows2ravens:
I will use an example, a single guy living outside of London. Assuming you work in the same city where you work. These figures are as close to actual as possible. If you live in UK and and I'm wrong, bring us actual figures!

Let's say you earn £1,800 monthly:
Tax + NI - £400
Rent (studio flat + bills) - £600
One month bus ticket - £55
Food and groceries - £100
Car finance, e.g. Audi A1 - £227 (down payment is around £2k plus)
Total monthly expenses - £1,382
You still have £418 for other expenses and savings. But anything else you spend on will be wants not needs.

Council tax £80 if it's not included in your rent.
The UK guys don't want us to come and flood the place for them.

shaybebaby:
You forgot to add:
1) Car insurance: let's say about £50p/m
2) Road tax: £15
3) Broadband: £30
4) Petrol/ diesel : assuming you don't drive the car often: £100pm
5) Mobile Phone: £30

So that's £418-225=£193
No much left after that.

In case you're trying to make informed decision...

Mindlog:
Look out for clearance sales in Tesco, Sainburys, Morrison etc especially in the evenings.

Bend down select tinz?

Ishilove:
Bend down select tinz?

Yes o but only food.

You go see bread of £1.30 selling for 15p, ready to eat coleslaw, salad, fruits from over £1 that would be sold at 20p, one litre of milk for 20p etc

During my school days I dey time going to Morrisons at 7.30p.m as it was about 8 mins walk from my residence, £10 tinz dey full trolley though then I was part of a research project that wanted to know how far £10 could go for food for an individual in a week. With that clearance buying I was hitting 4-5 days and I got the opportunity to taste ready to eat meals from other European countries and Asia as I was buying them next to nothing.😆😆😆

Mindlog:
Yes o but only food.

You go see bread of £1.30 selling for 15p, ready to eat coleslaw, salad, fruits from over £1 that would be sold at 20p, one litre of milk for 20p etc

During my school days I dey time going to Morisons at 7.30p.m as it was about 8 mins walk from my residence, £10 tinz dey full trolley though then I was part of a research project that wanted to know how far £10 could go for food for an individual in a week. With that clearance buying I was hitting 4-5 days and I got the opportunity to taste ready to eat meals from other European countries and Asia as I was buying them next to nothing.😆😆😆

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It reminds me of the days we were buying sweets for 50kobo

Mindlog:
Yes o but only food.

You go see bread of £1.30 selling for 15p, ready to eat coleslaw, salad, fruits from over £1 that would be sold at 20p, one litre of milk for 20p etc

During my school days I dey time going to Morisons at 7.30p.m as it was about 8 mins walk from my residence, £10 tinz dey full trolley though then I was part of a research project that wanted to know how far £10 could go for food for an individual in a week. With that clearance buying I was hitting 4-5 days and I got the opportunity to taste ready to eat meals from other European countries and Asia as I was buying them next to nothing.😆😆😆

how much do you pay for house rent? Electricity, heater, gas and the likes?

How much is a set of pots?

2022 thread??

So expensive living there , how are you guys coping please ?


I honestly want to know !?

Emigrate only if you have it as a plan for your life and life’s purpose, not because Nigeria is hard or Japa is trending. Nigeria don hard since 1960s, No be today

Everywhere is hard.

Do you know that if you are well to do in Nigeria, once you emigrate, your social status will drop automatically at your destination country… although people back in Nigeria will be looking up to you

On a good note sha, long term reward of Japa may likely pay off for your kids or if you emigrate at a very very young age…

You can make it in Nigeria.
You can make it in the abroad too.

Discover your life’s purpose first and align.

Most importantly, husband nor dey, wife no dey for UK.

Gerrit.

Indeed

UK is somehow now

Only took 5months for this to get to FP.

2022? UK don dey somehow now sha, Naija full everywhere

RepoMan007:
Inflation is real.

It's worse in UK. I no wan talk