Posted by Scott on December 8, 2008, 7:07 pm, in reply to "Moving to ireland does husband need a job right away?"
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These things are always subjective. Do you have steak every night with fine wines and plan on renting in the highest price neighbourhoods? Or, is it cabbage and potatoes in a hovel?
Assuming you run in the middle range, then the salary you quote will get you by in a nice middle class sort of way in most of Ireland. Rent will be your biggest expense - anywhere from 600 Euro per month in the countryside to 1500 Euro and up in many Dublin neighbourhoods.
You will have many extraordinary expenses your first month - hotel or B&B for a few nights, touristy things, stocking a pantry for the first time, kids' school uniforms and books, everything from cleaning liquids to curry powder.
You'd better have a kitty of a couple of thousand euro that you can blow through for the first weeks when essentially you'll be on a vacation.
You'll get a handle on it after you settle into a place, rented or owned. You definitely do not want to buy right a house now because the market has not yet bottomed. Once you're settled, you can start looking. You'll have a hard time arranging a mortgage anyway until you have a permanent position, particularly since the banks are skint.
It will take weeks to process your husband's papers anyway. Cash in hand (or plastic with cleared balance) is what you want to have for those first weeks.
The full site has more in the Money Section, Starting Up Costs page.
Scott
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: I am in the process of finding a job in
: Ireland. I am an Occupational Therapist and
: the offers would range from 55-65 Euro a
: year. Here's the question, I have 3 kids
: that will be coming with me and my husband,
: I would like for my husband to not work
: right away until we have a place for the
: kids to go....would we be able to survive
: well enough living off of one salary for a
: month or so? Not sure yet where we will be
: placed.
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