Very fair points there.the move in my case was to have an even better lifestyle than we have now,and as Paul ny said,I saw no way of my boy getting on the property Market anytime soon,well not at 23 when I bought my first house,a house I sold 3 years ago for £280000,not really a first time buyers rate,however I paid £95000 for it in 99 when I was still earning £24k basic.

I'm looking for jobs now in the uk and £24k isn't a bad wage comparatively, so I'm back to where I was 11years ago!!!!!

So for him,even a £30k job will only yield him a £100-120k mortgage meaning he's not buying anywhere near where we live,you can't buy a shed by me for that!!!don't get me wrong,there's plenty available in Swansea for that mo ey but $120000 in Canada bought him something really nice and $30k jobs were pretty easy to come by.

I agree with a lot of what your saying about cutting back though,it's something we've got to do as a family.