[Arnold Palmer]

I couldn’t live in Scotland, it’s a beautiful place, but the weather would depress me.

Nathan, do consider the weather. if your moving the family for mental health reasons, then remember it’s darker, colder and wetter than almost anywhere else.

I’ve got two friends both from Scotland, and while they love Scotland, they really did not enjoy the weather! It can be quite relentless.

That’s not to say it’s not right for you, but just think about it.

My dad moved to wales from Essex for a job, he soon moved back a few years later. He said the amount of rain they get nearly killed him! Can be depressing if you like warm, sunny, dry weather!!

Really, I live on the east coast of Scotland and I’ve not lost a day in about 3 months to the weather..and I don’t work in heavy rain.

Aye, it's them weegies that get the worst of it.

[nathankaye]

Wow the liscense fees vary quite a bit dont they!  I still think they are reasonably priced and perhaps reflects the economy of the catchment area??
So aberdeenshire is £150 for 3 yrs.
Somebody ive been speaking to in paisley is £142 for 2 yrs
I quite like the look of oban and checking on the argyl n bute council website its £251 for 3 yrs.

One option im toying with, especially with the open camping laws of scotland compared to here. Is compacting my current work load into the first three weeks of a month and the last week of each month, traveling up and putting some hard work in and start building a round before i leave everything here. So that i have a starting ground instead.
The hard part im having is the finding of an area as yes scotland is a lovely place and we trully love the west coast. So the hard bit is choosing where we want to settle. Then i can apply for my liscense even though im based here (checked with a couple of scotland councils today) and work on a new facebook page for scotland, and linking that to my normal page and start working on marketing ideas.
Haha i know the likes of trad man wears a kilt but i dont think i will go that far. But i might don an irn bru jacket and see what that brings 😎😂😂

[G Griffin]

Oban is a fair trek. It's another two hours, at least, after Glasgow.
I'd consider that if you're thinking of building a round gradually.

[nathankaye]

Oban is a fair trek. It's another two hours, at least, after Glasgow.
I'd consider that if you're thinking of building a round gradually.

Absolutely right. Its about 4 hrs to Glasgow and 6 to Oban but maybe less pending where in Argyl n bute.

The chap in paisley said his water is 70 and he uses double DI.
Ive not checked to see if theres any "spotless" stations. Yet i figure the water will be less than 70. Is there a website that can indicate the water hardness of districts??
Thankfully I love driving (tho made a classic mistake of thinking i was on a 40 and saw police doing speed gun and figured i was ok. Then realised too late it was a 30. I was 2mph over the mark 😢.) So i dont mind a stead drive up there on a sunday evening, ready for a monday morning start.

One thing was interesting speaking to this chap and it kinda answers one of my niggles watching trad man's videos.  He mentioned that many he knows and in his area, dont clean the frames or sills on wfp. When they switch over from trad they keep the same method of just glass cleaning and dont bother with the frames.
However im not confinced of this, as im sure this has been debated on this forum about peoples techniques and virtually all have mentioned the need to clean the frames.

[zesty]

I think you’ve gotta ask yourself if this is all realistic Nathan...

My experience is that the grass is never greener, and wherever you live, you take your problems with you. Bare that in mind.

I don’t doubt that the scenery can help people with mental illness, but I’d question whether it’d work in the long term.

It’d be a lot of stress moving, starting a fresh round,  just relocating as a whole.
Making new friendship groups etc can be hard as well.

I don’t know, I’m not you, but either you’ll go for it, or it’ll fizzle out when you realise how hard it will be in reality to start a fresh.

Why don’t you condense your work into that first three weeks, then by a static caravan (or whatever) in Scotland and take the family there for long weekends/half terms etc? Best of both worlds then...

[nathankaye]

Not quite window cleaning but saturday after a nice lay in (for once), i had the idea of a spontaneous visit to scotland. So had dinner got kids ready and took to the four n half hr drive to ayrshire and booked a bnb so today (sunday) can have a full day to enjoy (and slightly check out the area) castle seeing with the kids.
Drove up in some heavy rain but it nicely stopped half hr before arriving in ayr. Though apparantly its going to be bad tonight after we leave 

[zesty]

Heck of a way for one night 🤪

[tony day]

Its a little scary / exciting thinking about it.
Basically moving and not having a clue about the area but door knocking n building a round again.
Settling in the best posible place in scotland would be key for the family life. But where is the question at the moment, thankfully we're just in the thinking / considering it all stages.     Just been looking at oban and their liscense is 250 for the 3 years.  Did a search for window cleaners in the same area and they seem to cover an expanse of territory.
Also looked at the east of scotland like aberdeenshire and higher such as inverness.
Either way this is going to take some time deciding.
Cheers for the advice

Soon as the Scottish hear your English Accent, you won't be getting any work!

[nathankaye]

Its a little scary / exciting thinking about it.
Basically moving and not having a clue about the area but door knocking n building a round again.
Settling in the best posible place in scotland would be key for the family life. But where is the question at the moment, thankfully we're just in the thinking / considering it all stages.     Just been looking at oban and their liscense is 250 for the 3 years.  Did a search for window cleaners in the same area and they seem to cover an expanse of territory.
Also looked at the east of scotland like aberdeenshire and higher such as inverness.
Either way this is going to take some time deciding.
Cheers for the advice

Soon as the Scottish hear your English Accent, you won't be getting any work!

Good job i canndo the scottish accent, not the typical stereotype either.   Its one accent i really like, especially the females.
Haha my wife also picks up on accents very easy so i get best of both worlds.....happy days.

But then i can win their trust by blaming it on brexit and ive moved to scotland to add voice to the against vote hahahaha

[Arnold Palmer]

My dad's a Yorkshireman. With a thick Yorkshire accent. Never been an issue.

Don't do a 'Scottish' accent. No matter how good you think it is, trust me it's terrible.

[nathankaye]

My dad's a Yorkshireman. With a thick Yorkshire accent. Never been an issue.

Don't do a 'Scottish' accent. No matter how good you think it is, trust me it's terrible.

Haha your right, got told when we went into a chippy lol.
Had fun on drive home though with storm freya.

I cant remember housing estates in other areas of scotland as i did not particularly payed attention. But in Ayr and surounding villages i notice there are alot of bungalows? Near me most bungalow owners wish to clean their own. Is this the case in scotland?

[֍Winp®oClean֍]

My dad's a Yorkshireman. With a thick Yorkshire accent. Never been an issue.

Don't do a 'Scottish' accent. No matter how good you think it is, trust me it's terrible.

Only the deluded Braveheart sheep that swallow the SNP propaganda might have a problem with it. Mind, most of them are just facebook keyboard warriors!!

[Dave Willis]

‘   Near me most bungalow owners wish to clean their own. Is this the case in scotland?’                                                                  What a stupid question  

Sometimes I really worry about you Nathan 

[Dave Willis]

I’ve often thought of working in Scotland but my hose isn’t long enough.

[Smudger]

They wouldn’t let you in Dave 

[John Mart]

A few "och aye, the noos" and you'll be settled in no time.

[deeege]

My dad's a Yorkshireman. With a thick Yorkshire accent. Never been an issue.

Don't do a 'Scottish' accent. No matter how good you think it is, trust me it's terrible.

Haha your right, got told when we went into a chippy lol.
Had fun on drive home though with storm freya.

I cant remember housing estates in other areas of scotland as i did not particularly payed attention. But in Ayr and surounding villages i notice there are alot of bungalows? Near me most bungalow owners wish to clean their own. Is this the case in scotland?

Did you w**k all the way home?

[nathankaye]

The British Bulldog
The English Lion




The Scottish Unicorn?? whats that all about

[֍Winp®oClean֍]

The British Bulldog
The English Lion




The Scottish Unicorn?? whats that all about

That's the SNP promoting/encouraging LGBT and the likes as if it's some kind of fashion or trend!
They now have "pride" days in schools- IMO totally inappropriate for children as young as Eleven, let them be kids before ramming sexual devience into their innocent and immature minds!
On the radio last week, a youth LBGT group complaining that they feel unrepresented on public transport- what do they want, their own labeled seats? the world is going mad!

[John Mart]

The British Bulldog
The English Lion




The Scottish Unicorn?? whats that all about

That's the SNP promoting/encouraging LGBT and the likes as if it's some kind of fashion or trend!
They now have "pride" days in schools- IMO totally inappropriate for children as young as Eleven, let them be kids before ramming sexual devience into their innocent and immature minds!
On the radio last week, a youth LBGT group complaining that they feel unrepresented on public transport- what do they want, their own labeled seats? the world is going mad!

Did they have LGBT rights in the 1300s which is when the unicorn dates back to a quick Google tells me.