Finally made redundant last Friday and actually received all of my redundancy pay today which is pretty impressive since Sandy only received her final payment a week ago having been made redundant on 27th March. Now it’s time to sit down and work out just what to do next. Have signed on for the Jobseekers allowance which I might as well claim having paid in for 45 years. At just under £65 a week it ain’t going to pay for much - god knows how people survive when they don’t have any savings or other income.
Making a start now on doing up the house ready for sale. There is a hell of a lot to be done to make it look presentable. It’s a bit strange really doing so much work purely for phsycological reasons but if the estate agents think it looks good then the selling price will be bumped up and if it’s ‘ready to move into’ then we stand a better chance of selling. Just got to live in a nicely decorated but very bland and neutral house now at least until the end of September and try to keep it tidy! Plan is to put it on the market once we get back from our holiday in Sepetember.
Tags: jobseekers allowance, redundancy
June 25th, 2009 at 4:24 pm
If you’re still looking for jobs, hope you can find something. If not, good luck with all the preparations - sale of house, move to Lewis &c.
Best wishes,
Guido