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Last Post: 14 Dec 2007
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lazybones   
14 Dec 2007
UK, Ireland / Registering a Polish car in UK..? [13]

I'm going to driving over my new car from Poland to England.

you are right, it's worth investigating first.
you put yourself to some expense, roughly 1000 -2500 pounds (including everything)
lazybones   
9 Dec 2007
Life / Spending a few months in Poland [23]

Does your average Polish person speak some English / German?

youngsters speak English/elderly German.
lazybones   
30 Nov 2007
Life / Pensions for immigrants [11]

as far as I know you need to work at least 11 years for that (men) 10 (women)
try here

and reach the age of course, for that money
lazybones   
29 Nov 2007
Life / Pensions for immigrants [11]

as far as I know you need to work at least 11 years for that (men) 10 (women)

try here: thepensionservice.gov.uk/atoz/atozdetailed/retirement.asp#state
lazybones   
13 Nov 2007
UK, Ireland / Question about flats/houses in Ireland/UK. [11]

she said "oh my God, I can't believe so many things here are much more expensive than in the UK!",

that's true, e.g. telephone calls: here few pounds for hours, in Poland I used to pay 20-30 pounds for less.
lazybones   
12 Nov 2007
UK, Ireland / Question about flats/houses in Ireland/UK. [11]

100,000-120,000 pounds. Also, we'll have maybe 10-15k extra from other sources. Will we be able to buy something decent in the UK?

you will buy a house for that sum in some areas, but i would polemicize whether it's a "decent" house, on the other hand if you are not a demanding person.......

600-700, yes, for rent, close to nice and big cities much more than that
lazybones   
12 Nov 2007
UK, Ireland / Question about flats/houses in Ireland/UK. [11]

Council tax for a house can be well over 1000 pounds/year.
TV licence over 100pounds/year
TV, land line and internet less than 100pounds/month,
gas, electricity, water, it also depends can be around 100/month all together but really depends.

if you rent far from London or other big city eg 3bedroom detached house can be around 600-700 pounds/month plus the above mentioned.
lazybones   
12 Nov 2007
UK, Ireland / Do all Polish newcomers to the UK speak some English? [14]

... as they only learnt russian at school i believe ... :)

This is me! No English courses at all. Now I have to struggle with the language every day.
I was really happy when I came across this forum the other day.

btw, I'm not very old :)
lazybones   
11 Nov 2007
UK, Ireland / The best place to live on my own in the UK? [57]

Wow! that sounds really fantastic. Soon I'll try to find out more.
Thanks for that.

if u stay in the city of newry u have the beauiful mourne mountains. newry is the fasted growin city in northern ireland belfast is an hours drive away and u can cross the border to dubin is just an hour drive away aswell :P

irishdeano

you have a very nice view in your profil,
thanks for your info
lazybones   
11 Nov 2007
UK, Ireland / The best place to live on my own in the UK? [57]

Then how can you Make a Crushing statement like that..?

it was not my statement,
thanks for your explanation, looks like someone was wrong