reporter: ryan morison spends a lot of time home alone.is daughter is at pre-school, his wife has gone back to work. the family barely makes ends meet. the bank has only deferred their loans until the end of the month. as a drilling engineer, ryan did well out of the oil boom in the north sea. but before he and his family had even moved into their new house, he lost his job. ryan morison: in june 2015 i was told there was no future work for me at the company and we originally agreed that i would move on. i've got experience so i thought i'd put my cv out to various contractors and agencies. reporter: but that was almost a year ago, and his chances of finding a job here in aberdeen are looking increasingly slim. every day, he trawls the internet for jobs. he's been offered work in qatar but the project has been postponed for at least a year because of the low oil price. and anyway, what about his new house? many in the neighbourhood are in a similar position. ryan morison: the house just to our left is exacty the same house. since the price