As salaam aleikum akhi. What would be the approx break even time to recoup a solar panel set-up so that you don't have to rely on the electricity company but instead be able to use and store your own? Great vlog as always.
@@MyBritishPakistaniLife Break even happens at around 4 years. We installed a 10W setup in Islamabad, back in February, for around 14 lac. It's an on-grid system with no batteries. Produces around 56-64 units a day depending upon the sunlight etc. Right now is probably a good time since the prices have come down a bit.
@@MyBritishPakistaniLife new subscriber here, would also like to see this please if possible InshaAllah. Also what's the cost to set up home broadband thanks
@deirdrenugent1887 The truth is we actually don't cope with the heat. What we do love here is experiencing the different seasons. Whereas in the UK or Ireland, it's the same grey skies 11 months a year. Also, thank you for your continued support 😊
@@deirdrenugent1887 I'm the same lol even though I've been going to Pakistan every year for the past 20+ years but I go for 3/4 months, I've lived there for about 5 months in 2011 from 3rd January till June 18th and when it got to end of March I wanted to come back to UK lol but afew friends were there also from UK and they sort of convinced me to stay extra few months, they kept taking me every other day to muree where it snows and they hired a car with Air con and always made sure the room i slept in had air con too lol it's not that bad actually you end up getting abit used to the weather but it's the mosquito's that were getting to me 😂
Salaam as you teach GCSE level subjects to students back in England can i ask what subjects you teach brother? and have you not looked into doing Private Tuition for students in Pakistan as a extra income, i am pretty sure anyone coming from England as a teacher to Pakistan would also be in high demand to teach English subjects in one of the many Private schools in Pakistan and as you live in Islamabad which is a modern City you would be not short of offers to get a job as a English teacher in the many Private schools in Islamabad.
@cheetah8667 walaikumsalaam, yes, I have looked into it. Basically, I make more working online 10 hours a week tutoring kids in the UK and then working 5 days a week in a school. Even private tuition is not well paid enough for me to take on local children.
@@MyBritishPakistaniLife I just had a look at tuition rates its between £20-40 per hour even then I could never have fathomed that in Pakistan the pay was that poor suppose you need to try get a few more students to teach from UK it's a nice earner for 10hrs a week only well done.Like your missus said "work smart not hard" fairplay...
Salam. Bit personal but what if you make a video on your own monthly expenses but not include whatever you don't want to....gives us a good insight and what sort of expenditure to expect. Thanks.
Or if you did a monthly budget breakdown of what a typical one would like for a British family of 2 or 3 who moved to islamabad or wah cannt and other bidden costs etc like you said budgeting for gifts and the variance.
@@hn1695 So many other places in Pakistan people moving from UK to Pakistan can live in, and be way cheaper if you was on a smaller budget. It all primarily depends on what you spend you can live off as little as £200-300 a month or could easily spend well over £3k a month even more it all depends on yourself, so any budget is down what kind of lifestyle people moving from UK to Pakistan want to live.
Have you ever thought of moving out of Pakistan to another country before? Because Pakistan in my opinion is not really a safe country especially if you want to start a family.
Pakistan is not a poor man’s Dubai! It’s expensive. If you don’t own a house and have to rent then in isloo you’re looking at 2-4K a month £! That’s to cover rent, food, utilities, fuel for car and generator, school fees, socialising, etc. To buy a house in isloo you need between 500-700k £ it ain’t cheap and it’s a cut throat place. I meet British expats regularly and they typically leave after a year or three tops. Not a place for the faint of heart I’m afraid.
@TheTeaisDelicious thank you for sharing. I completely agree, I think this is prices for the main F,G,E sectors, but yes its not cheap to live here hence why I always advise £1500 per month minimum.
As salaam aleikum akhi. What would be the approx break even time to recoup a solar panel set-up so that you don't have to rely on the electricity company but instead be able to use and store your own?
Great vlog as always.
@@razashah4728 I'm thinking of visiting a few homes that have solar installed to see what their feedback is.
@@MyBritishPakistaniLife Break even happens at around 4 years. We installed a 10W setup in Islamabad, back in February, for around 14 lac. It's an on-grid system with no batteries. Produces around 56-64 units a day depending upon the sunlight etc. Right now is probably a good time since the prices have come down a bit.
@@MyBritishPakistaniLife
new subscriber here, would also like to see this please if possible InshaAllah.
Also what's the cost to set up home broadband thanks
How do you guys cope with the heat.. anything over 18° and I've melted 🙈🙈.. I'm so Irish 😂😂😂😂
@deirdrenugent1887 The truth is we actually don't cope with the heat. What we do love here is experiencing the different seasons. Whereas in the UK or Ireland, it's the same grey skies 11 months a year.
Also, thank you for your continued support 😊
@@deirdrenugent1887 I'm the same lol even though I've been going to Pakistan every year for the past 20+ years but I go for 3/4 months, I've lived there for about 5 months in 2011 from 3rd January till June 18th and when it got to end of March I wanted to come back to UK lol but afew friends were there also from UK and they sort of convinced me to stay extra few months, they kept taking me every other day to muree where it snows and they hired a car with Air con and always made sure the room i slept in had air con too lol it's not that bad actually you end up getting abit used to the weather but it's the mosquito's that were getting to me 😂
@@deirdrenugent1887 best time to go if you can't take the heat like myself is November time till mid February
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Salaam as you teach GCSE level subjects to students back in England can i ask what subjects you teach brother? and have you not looked into doing Private Tuition for students in Pakistan as a extra income, i am pretty sure anyone coming from England as a teacher to Pakistan would also be in high demand to teach English subjects in one of the many Private schools in Pakistan and as you live in Islamabad which is a modern City you would be not short of offers to get a job as a English teacher in the many Private schools in Islamabad.
@cheetah8667 walaikumsalaam, yes, I have looked into it. Basically, I make more working online 10 hours a week tutoring kids in the UK and then working 5 days a week in a school.
Even private tuition is not well paid enough for me to take on local children.
@@MyBritishPakistaniLife I just had a look at tuition rates its between £20-40 per hour even then I could never have fathomed that in Pakistan the pay was that poor suppose you need to try get a few more students to teach from UK it's a nice earner for 10hrs a week only well done.Like your missus said "work smart not hard" fairplay...
Salam. Bit personal but what if you make a video on your own monthly expenses but not include whatever you don't want to....gives us a good insight and what sort of expenditure to expect. Thanks.
Or if you did a monthly budget breakdown of what a typical one would like for a British family of 2 or 3 who moved to islamabad or wah cannt and other bidden costs etc like you said budgeting for gifts and the variance.
@@hn1695 So many other places in Pakistan people moving from UK to Pakistan can live in, and be way cheaper if you was on a smaller budget. It all primarily depends on what you spend you can live off as little as £200-300 a month or could easily spend well over £3k a month even more it all depends on yourself, so any budget is down what kind of lifestyle people moving from UK to Pakistan want to live.
@hn1695 Yes inshaaAllah, I will share my bills in the next vlog inshaaAllah.
Recently read a book by a Pakistani expatriate called The Looking Glass Voyage. You might find it interesting as may some of your viewers
@drtk9300 Thank you for sharing. Do you have any ideas where I can find this book from?
Have you ever thought of moving out of Pakistan to another country before? Because Pakistan in my opinion is not really a safe country especially if you want to start a family.
Pakistan is not a poor man’s Dubai! It’s expensive. If you don’t own a house and have to rent then in isloo you’re looking at 2-4K a month £! That’s to cover rent, food, utilities, fuel for car and generator, school fees, socialising, etc. To buy a house in isloo you need between 500-700k £ it ain’t cheap and it’s a cut throat place. I meet British expats regularly and they typically leave after a year or three tops. Not a place for the faint of heart I’m afraid.
@TheTeaisDelicious thank you for sharing. I completely agree, I think this is prices for the main F,G,E sectors, but yes its not cheap to live here hence why I always advise £1500 per month minimum.