Explore life in Guernsey
I live here, and I enjoy the possibilities Guernsey opens up. This free guide is a place to explore them, whether you are imagining a move, making practical plans or finding more of your own life here.
You can start with the question that matters to you. Some pages help you picture everyday life; others explain housing, work, healthcare and costs, or offer gentle ways to meet people and take part.
Official sources and review dates are included so you can check what applies to you. Historical figures are context, not today's quotes. Practical trade-offs sit alongside the good things, without making every choice into a warning.
Space for your own questions
The free Household Decision Worksheet gives you space for each person's hopes, your own budget figures and the questions still open. No email address is needed; your answers stay in the page.
The sourced guide
Considering Guernsey
What Guernsey is actually like to live in
Marc’s observations of ordinary island pleasures, connection and the practical trade-offs of life here.
Could a life here suit you?
Open questions about work, interests, both partners, privacy and everyday life, without a test you have to pass.
Guernsey or Jersey?
Questions for comparing everyday life, household finances and travel, with official tax guidance.
Enjoying the quieter season
Ordinary winter pleasures, shared activities and practical ways to think about shorter days.
Building something in Guernsey
Bring an idea, learn from others and explore collaboration alongside the professional checks a business needs.
Planning a move
Local Market and Open Market explained
The two housing markets, who can live in which, and what that means for your family and anyone who joins you later.
Work permits and the Population Management Law
Understand the main routes, then confirm each person’s permission to live and work here.
Tax in Guernsey
Dated tax figures, property document duty and questions to take to a qualified adviser.
What would life here cost?
Dated household-cost context and a private worksheet for your own current quotes and questions.
Healthcare in Guernsey
How to check individual cover, primary care charges and the arrangements you need before arrival.
Schools and education
Explore a good fit for your child, with admissions questions, historical dates and official guidance.
Work and each partner’s plans
Work, identity and each partner’s hopes, without assuming a job or a right to work.
Getting around
Plan everyday transport and the trips that matter to you, with room for changing schedules and weather.
Finding your place
Your first 90 days
A flexible starting sequence for practical checks, healthcare eligibility and settling into everyday life.
Making friends as an adult on a small island
Enjoyable recurring activities, small invitations and room for different personalities and paces.
Getting to know a place
Curiosity, kindness, personal boundaries and small ways to enjoy taking part, at your own pace.
If your plans change
Practical questions for a move away or a future return, without treating a change of direction as failure.
If a thought about life or work here would be easier to explore together, bring it to a conversation with me. We can meet before agreeing how to work together.
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