Thinking of moving

kim bull · 2014-03-24T20:00:57+01:00

Explore insights on relocating to Gibraltar from the UK. Get advice for a children's author and a marine tradesman facing work concerns.

kim bull Member

Member since 21 January 2014

kim bullMember24 March 2014 18:00:57

Hello all,
I am a children s author and would love to be in a smaller sea side town, with a bit more sun the England, as I am from South Africa, it is the one thing that I am very homesick for... sun.
We do not have young children, they have all 'growed' up and my husband has his own business. The problem is he is very worried that he would not get enough work out there. Is there anyone who can help with an idea on this please?
He is in G>R>P and fixes boats, jet ski s, caravans etc. anything fibreglass,
Thank you all very much in advance and I look forward to hearing from you soon

roughseasinthemed Contributor

Member since 11 March 2009

roughseasinthemedContributor01 April 2014 11:13:58

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If you can afford 拢1K a month for rental, and living for a set up cost, or buy your own place at 拢125K min then you might be able to live here. No caravans, just boats, maybe an option but I doubt he'll get rich.

bjb007 Active member

Member since 07 January 2013

bjb007Active member07 April 2014 15:08:46

Anyone wanting to move here should first come and visit and speak with people here about how things are.聽聽I am lucky as I don't have to work, I also have a nice place to live and swan around but even with that bed of roses I have pulled a lot of hair out with this eccentricity of this place, the countless forms, the lack of banks (fewer each week), etc.聽聽I have started to look at Malta as a bolt hole and its bigger and offers more options.聽聽Gib is only 2.5 miles long and about a mile wide.聽聽Its currently an island at times with the boarder issues.聽聽So check it out and make sure its for you before you sell up.聽聽I have seen a number of people with dreams loose everything after a few months.

Andy1964 Active member

Member since 07 April 2014

Andy1964Active member08 April 2014 17:23:57

Thats interesting I had fingered Malta along with Gibraltar as places to live in. The difference being I suspect is if you have to earn a crust even trickier in Malta.

bjb007 Active member

Member since 07 January 2013

bjb007Active member10 April 2014 16:10:26

I cant comment on job opps in Gib or Malta, Malta is bigger.聽聽I can comment on that I know of 2 companies I had friends in here in Gib who have since moved to Malta, taking their staff with them.聽聽Why, I am not totally sure.

Andy1964 Active member

Member since 07 April 2014

Andy1964Active member12 April 2014 10:17:39

I think you need the Maltese lingo to successfully run a business but the people are very friendly.聽 The downside of Gibraltar could be falling out with little Hitlers in Govt type jobs or the inevitable oafs in construction / estate agents etc.

bjb007 Active member

Member since 07 January 2013

bjb007Active member12 April 2014 15:35:22

Yes I agree, there is a jobs for the boys attitude for Government and Public positions in Gib.聽 I have met young graduates who have been enticed here to work on public roles for fixed term contracts and have been sent packing back to the UK when there has been a need to give their position to someone's son, who is not qualified for the role but needs a job for life with all the perks that a public position offers.聽聽Gibraltarians seem to want to be a British Colony, prefer to speak Spanish and don't really like the English or any ExPat?聽聽Its a weird place with a them and us mentality, but it still has advantages for the wealthy and if you avoid the politics and develop your own world its easy to enjoy living here without being bothered.