Hi UK Yankee Folks

Hi all,

I am new to UK Yankee and have been reading some of the forum questions. I decided to join and wanted to thank all the users for their helpful and informative posts.

I am a NYC girl (live in Queens, NY) and have a British Husband who has lived in NYC for 7 years. We married in October 2006 in Long Island and are doing very well career wise. As we get older, we would like to start a family and we think England is a better place to settle down, especially considering buying anything in NYC is SUPER expensive and will take forever to save towards. We are considering moving to Hull, which is where my husband is from.

We are trying to move soon and my husband is applying for jobs in Hull from NYC so you can imagine how challenging that is. Hopefully we will be able to find something and move soon.

Just wanted to say Hey! This is a very helpful forum and looking forward to posting.

Welcome and hello from Yorkshire, though not the East Riding, and good luck with your transition!

Lots of people here who are in varying stages of what you are going through, so I am sure you'll find support, if you need it. 
 



 

Hi all,

I am new to UK Yankee and have been reading some of the forum questions. I decided to join and wanted to thank all the users for their helpful and informative posts.

I am a NYC girl (live in Queens, NY) and have a British Husband who has lived in NYC for 7 years. We married in October 2006 in Long Island and are doing very well career wise. As we get older, we would like to start a family and we think England is a better place to settle down, especially considering buying anything in NYC is SUPER expensive and will take forever to save towards. We are considering moving to Hull, which is where my husband is from.

We are trying to move soon and my husband is applying for jobs in Hull from NYC so you can imagine how challenging that is. Hopefully we will be able to find something and move soon.

Just wanted to say Hey! This is a very helpful forum and looking forward to posting.

Welcome to UKY!  We are basically in the same boat! Except I got married in 2007, we already have two daughters and I live in Atlanta!

My husband is from Driffield [which is near to Hull, his Aunt and cousins go there for the shopping], and we are planning a move for October 2015.  I have done a TON of research, so let me know if you need anything!

What field is he in, if I may ask?  My hubby said there are not many jobs in East Yorkshire when he's looked, as I want to settle in York, but perhaps things have changed.  He's a senior software engineer.

Can I chip in and say that for jobs, like software engineering, I'd definitely be looking at Leeds, if Yorkshire is your thing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Leeds

Just my (biased) 2p. 

Can I chip in and say that for jobs, like software engineering, I'd definitely be looking at Leeds, if Yorkshire is your thing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Leeds

Just my (biased) 2p. 

lol MLG72, I've been reading that lately as well. Leeds would be nice. Not super close to anyone, though.  I hear it's nice, though, especially if you ride your bike, which we do!

Hi all...I'm MsBeagle's hubby (beagle, tricolor, geddit??).

I dunno if she ever got round to actually reading your responses, but thankyou on her behalf.

@Maple - I actually went to uni in Leeds. It's a great place. It's maybe something we'd think of, because by most measures it's a nicer place than Hull!

The downside of Leeds is that we're thinking of moving back to the UK in part to be nearer my parents (so they can help out if we have kids, and we can help them out as they get older). They live to the east of Hull, so Leeds is just a bit too far to get that benefit of proximity (since although it's relatively close, it's a bit too far to  be just the kind of place you can "pop round" to for an evening or whatever).

@Wren - as for jobs...kind of a problem in its own right. I kind of fell into accounting/auditing back in the UK straight after uni, hated it, never got my CA/ACA/ACCA or whatever....ended up doing kind of internal audit type stuff in the US in the public sector here in NY. So not entirely sure what I'll do if we move back.

And given the crazy immigration rules now, I'm trying to look for jobs in the UK while still based in the UK (another big obstacle that I'm going to post about elsewhere), which is insanely unlikely.

@Wren - as for jobs...kind of a problem in its own right. I kind of fell into accounting/auditing back in the UK straight after uni, hated it, never got my CA/ACA/ACCA or whatever....ended up doing kind of internal audit type stuff in the US in the public sector here in NY. So not entirely sure what I'll do if we move back.

And given the crazy immigration rules now, I'm trying to look for jobs in the UK while still based in the UK (another big obstacle that I'm going to post about elsewhere), which is insanely unlikely.

OMG Yes I completely get it. Right now the plan is to save up enough money to fully fund our move, immigration, shipping pets etc., so when the hubby starts to look for a job, he can take anything regardless if they can help with moving at all.  Sounds like you have a much more specialized job, though, so it might be a bit harder. 

We recently realized he might be able to transfer with his current job, but it would be to London. My MIL says this is fine, as she lives in Coventry, but I'm not sure if she was just saying that because it really is, or because she'll take anything if it gets us over to that side of the pond. I like that it would be an hour train ride.  Just the same amount of time away from her as we are currently from my mother. Nanan takes the kiddos for a weekend every month type thing.  And comes down and visits us in between when she wants, or to help with 'school' outings to museums and the like [we are home educating].

I have done all three: long distance grandparents [all of them] when we lived in Iowa, next door/in the same town, and an hour away--and I have to say the hour away is the best.  They can come in an emergency and you can see them often, but they can't just pop 'round. Oh and I have a parent living with us [my blood father], and that's nice, but you have to have VERY specific rules and boundaries.  It works for us because he is really laid back, he works part time, and he has his own room.  He helps out around the house a little, and buys some groceries, but his 'rent' is to look after the girls for an hour or two 3-5 days a week when we need him.  I will miss that when we move.  Still trying to figure out how we can bring him with us.

Right now the plan is to save up enough money to fully fund our move, immigration, shipping pets etc., so when the hubby starts to look for a job, he can take anything regardless if they can help with moving at all.  Sounds like you have a much more specialized job, though, so it might be a bit harder.

Yeah our plan is pretty similar. Right from when we first started talking about moving to the UK (before we knew about the new immigration rules), my plan was always to save up enough money in the US first so that we had something set aside for a downpayment on a house and a rainy day to bring over to the UK with us.

Of course, now they've brought in these new rules, I'm now faced with the added obstacle of trying to find a job before my wife can come over.

I have done all three: long distance grandparents [all of them] when we lived in Iowa, next door/in the same town, and an hour away--and I have to say the hour away is the best.

I can believe that...I imagine for the first few years though (especially for first-time parents), the closer the better though, right?