Need advise on a move from the US to London

dc68

dc68

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Even if he has to reduce his standard of living, I would come. Having had the opportunity to live in NYC and TLV in my younger days I still cherish the friendships I made and am still in regular touch with friends i have had for over 30 years. One Italian American in NYC was in touch with me just before Sundays game to have a laugh and a joke.
 
p.b

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When the company I work for offers international assignments it also provides a lump sum to cover the (many) one off expenses and provides tax advice. It doesn’t sound like a great deal your son is being offered. However, not jumping on a chance to work abroad when I was younger was the biggest mistake of my professional career. I’ve visited many cities and most of them are nice, but few are great like London.

Can he negotiate a better package?
 
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Forged

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Yeah, sounds like if he really wants to go to London there has to be a better deal available, particularly for someone in the medical field at this point in time.
 
Mastropiero

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Not much help but since we're talking rent prices.... Back in 2000 my future wife and I moved to London for our postgraduate studies. After much consideration we decided to go the expensive route and rented a room in a flat that we shared with the owner. It was £200 a week, in Kensington, couple of buildings down Earl's Court from the tube station.

Sounded (still does) expensive, but that and the telephone were all the expenses we had to pay. Factor in we would walk to our college (RCM, right behind Royal Albert Hall), and it was more than worth it. Plus, it gave us three huge benefits. Struck a solid friendship with the owner, still friends to this day; we were the happiest we've ever been in that room, by ourselves; we absolutely loved London, still do, contrary to most of our pals who ended up loathing it due to having to commute 40' daily, living in a miserable college hall.


London is absolutely worth it, 100%. That much I can guarantee. However, I am in no position to offer further advice.
 
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SeanC

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p.b said:
When the company I work for offers international assignments it also provides a lump sum to cover the (many) one off expenses and provides tax advice. It doesn’t sound like a great deal your son is being offered. However, not jumping on a chance to work abroad when I was younger was the biggest mistake of my professional career. I’ve visited many cities and most of them are nice, but few are great like London.

Can he negotiate a better package?
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The tax advice is an absolute must due to the extraterritorial nature of the US tax regime

As for costs, I concur with others. London is expensive (usually factored into salaries to a degree) and driving into the centre is impractical due to both cost and traffic volumes
 
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