Hi, my family and I are looking to relocate in April 09. My husband has secured a position working at a pharmaeutical company, we have two daughters aged 6 and 4. The plan is to live in Hegenheim (France) and commute as we are told this is more cost effective. One of my concerns is the cost of living as I work in Health in the UK and do no speak French or German I would be probably unlikely to secure a position so basically we will be living off my husbands salary which equates to 107,000chf may sound a strange question but not knowing much about the cost of living would we still be able to have a reasonable standard of living on one salary? taking the taxes and other things into consideration, we would be looking to be renting ? 1400 Eurosrent per month, the girls would be going to a local school in hegenheim so we have no fees there, can anyone set my mind at ease as I panick we will give up jobs in UK and not have a decent standard of living. It would be great to hear of anyone who has had experience of settling kids into school - the language barrier etc as that is another concern for us, or anyone who has experience of the school in Hegenheim.
Any advice greatly received.
Sinead