Realistic options relocating for job

[wayne451]

What about a cheap mobile home or something? Surely it must be self-financing if it means you can park up locally and have a few hours more available each day or get more sleep? Then you can sell it on so 'accommodation' would cost almost nothing until you get on your feet?

[Violet]

Can you actually get a cheap mobile home? It's a good idea but I doubt I'd get something sub-£2k that wasn't like a Toxteth pub toilet on wheels.
I'm going to do the driving thing for two weeks, it'll be horrendous, but it's the easiest way I think, I'll have to do a few hours overtime to miss the evening traffic.
I got a second interview next week so it looks good so far.

[8valve-craig]

Hope it goes well...

Still think you would be better in a cheap hotel at least 1 or 2 nights a week though

[Violet]

I got the job, I've been given the option of when to start - I think as late as reasonably possible - they offered 20th Feb, but I'll try for start of February.
Going to do the drive for a week, do 12+ hour days and then get a flat sorted.

[Ed]

Good on ya, especially in this climate.

[Corsa_LET]

Congrats hope you get accomodation sorted soon as i think commuting & 12 hour days will be very draining

[Violet]

Thanks, it's been hard work, glad it turned out for the best!
I used to do 12 hour days all the time, I enjoy the work enough.
Commuting twice there and back wasn't bad tbh, I couldn't do it for a month, but two weeks is max.

[Violet]

Did the first week of this - set off at 5am and straight into work for 9am.
Checked in at lunch time to guest-house thing, which cost 25 quid a day if booked over four days (Monday night - Friday morning check-out). Was a really nice place as well, clean rooms. Was going to book in for another week, but checking website it's fully booked. All the others of the same prices are reallygrim looking share-a-bathroom with everyone else Formule1 'you really don't want to stay any longer than a day' types, don't want to have to do that ever.
Managed to do 10 hour days, but seeing as it's my first week, I'm not too hard worked at the moment, and we don't get paid overtime anyway. Returning to hotel room got really tedious after the third day - literally spending the whole night watching the travesty that is English TV, it's really bad. We get the bar tab paid for at a pub every thursday, so after one drink I returned back and felt a bit tipsy.
Also been totally bunged up due to rough, not good diet, had a dump on Sunday and then had the next one this morning. Didn't feel like I needed one.
One thing I was worried about was the car packing up, but the li'l Skoda performed well all the way, apart from sitting in 2 hour delay on M6 on Monday morning - glad I left early. Yuck.

[wayne451]

A week without emptying your ass?

I bet the splash-back on that bugger was akin to the mushroom cloud after they hit Hiroshima! Did it crack the pan?

[Scary_Fish]

Christ what a week!!

Congrats on the job tho

[paddy>gsi/turbo]

what company you got the job at? gaydon is close to leamington spa. used to work for aston martin down there. the contractors would have there own caravans tow them down. find a friendley farmer bung him few quid.drive home weekends.

[Violet]

Thanks scaryfish!

I had a dump earlier on, but it was nothing of such armitage-shank crippling magnitude. I don't know where the rest has gone. It's as if it's disappeared. Worrying!

Would never do a caravan it's too much hassle! Already booked hotel now.

[Scary_Fish]

Go here - Coventry Hotels - Discount Hotels in Coventry at LateRooms.com every weekend - sort by price - win.

[Scary_Fish]

I don't know where the rest has gone.

Oh it's all there - somewhere - lurking lol

[Allvaux]

I expect Wayne would poke it out for a small fee.