Hi again, no I am quite surprised also with the price of land and property as wages are certainly comparable if not better than the uk, of course in major cities like Stockholm and Gothenburg thy can compare to uk, though I still think you would get marginally more for your money here.Other things like cars, caravans etc are much more expensive. Fuel is pretty much in line with uk, but house tax is much lower, and if you find a property with its own well, water is free and tastes divine, and also many are fueled by wood so comes in handy to have your own forest as we do. Every day items can vary, when I first came over I thought that our food shop was much more expensive here, but actually I spend less here than I did in the uk, maybe thats because I don't buy ready meals anymore and generally cook from scratch. We certainly throw away much less foodstuff than in the uk, also in autumn we benefit from the fruit trees, berry bushes and also if you know what your looking for there is an abundance of fabulous mushrooms in the forests.
Spring is very short but because of the long daylight hours it means that there is a longer growing period every day so you can still grow the veg that you would in Uk. Winter is actually better once the snow comes as it brightens up the dark days(when you have a fullmoon you would think it was still light outside) and the cold is dry rather than damp. Anyway if you want any other info just ask
