London- Affordable if you aren't rich?

delendi · Post by **delendi** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 7:15 pm

we're on 11k and... well i live with my rents cos i'd have to be stupid to move out... but the other runners aren't londoners. 1 shares a flat with his girlfriend in tooting bec... which is a really nice place to live, and the other is in shoreditch with his best mate. disgusting area... crackheads camp out on their doorstep. but they like skinny jeans and stupid fringes and crap like that so it's fine for them. both runners ARE always broke tho. it helps if u find a house that's near a lidl

dubluke · Post by **dubluke** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 7:16 pm

aye contakt gives good advice, i live with my parents still but they managed to get a real nice place just by getting it in this shit area when house prices were low as

dubluke · Post by **dubluke** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 7:18 pm

Delendi wrote:it helps if u find a house that's near a lidl

this

legend4ry · Post by **legend4ry** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 7:25 pm

Delendi wrote:it helps if u find a house that's near a lidl

Theres 4 in walking distant of each other down 'ere and 2 Nettos

delendi · Post by **delendi** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 7:32 pm

THAT is spectacular. good for you sir.

chunkie · Post by **chunkie** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 7:35 pm

london weighting does not cover the increase in living expenses but there are a plethora of places to balance your clubbing habits with....
lidl, aldi, poundshop etc its not the finest of food stuffs but you can easily cut monthly bills in half

in terms of where to live theres a lot of things to think about travel & associated costs are a big 'un, the type of shops nearby, obviously crime etc

a mate had a studio flat in brixton, nice but small place, £105k - communal garden and swimming pool - literally down the road from mass, a fair bit of crime around there and not the nicest area to be stumbling home alone at 3am but you have to pick your compromises

also the flat share option is really good for getting bearings (try and get two months upfront get your bearings and leave!), living with strangers is VERY hit and miss

if you plan on living alone i think as a very rough guide expect an outlay of £500 per month rent plus council tax of probably £110 and bills at roughly £50

so if you say a 15k job gives you about £990 after tax then minus the 650 above and you got £340 to cover food, transport, going etc - ie £85 per week

if you share a flat cut the council tax and bills in half

also a bit of trivia - the borough of Wandsworth has the lowest council tax in the country!

delendi · Post by **delendi** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 7:37 pm

yeh u gotta be careful with teh travel thing... if you're past zone 4 or need to get a train in, and then u'll need the tube as well... you might actually be better off or at least equally well off living a bit closer into london for a higher housing cost.

corpsey · Post by **corpsey** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 7:43 pm

Think if I do move I'll be looking to live with a couple of mates in a house/flat... FUCK going alone lol

As said before, thanks for all the info

pk- · Post by **pk-** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:02 pm

if you plan on living alone i think as a very rough guide expect an outlay of £500 per month rent

where the fuck

d_three · Post by **d_three** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:26 pm

You all are bunch of pussies. If you really want to live somewhere - just do it. You know the lingo, you have some sort of friends there and been there before. It won't kill ya - you get experience good or bad, but it all will make you a little bit more wiser.

badger · Post by **badger** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:28 pm

d.three wrote:You all are bunch of pussies. If you really want to live somewhere - just do it. You know the lingo, you have some sort of friends there and been there before. It won't kill ya - you get experience good or bad, but it all will make you a little bit more wiser.

well yeah i'm a pussy i'll give you that. thinking of moving too but i don't think london is the one for me. and i'm scared

LEQ · Post by **LEQ** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 9:33 pm

Looks like I'm moving London way at the end of May, landed a pretty schweet job in Chelsea/Fulham so looking at houses and stuff at the mo.

benjybars · Post by **benjybars** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 9:39 pm

pk- wrote:
if you plan on living alone i think as a very rough guide expect an outlay of £500 per month rent
where the fuck

yeah it's true.. what are you on?!

all about living with 5 people and paying £220 a month.

BLAP.

delendi · Post by **delendi** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 9:47 pm

also good if u can get a job that feeds u. i get my lunch paid up to £5 a day plus we've got bread, sandwich stuff, cereal, soup, crisps, pastries... so we're cool for breakfast and snacks. that's an instant saving of £100 a month.

nesslei · Post by **nesslei** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 11:09 pm

Delendi wrote:also good if u can get a job that feeds u. i get my lunch paid up to £5 a day plus we've got bread, sandwich stuff, cereal, soup, crisps, pastries... so we're cool for breakfast and snacks. that's an instant saving of £100 a month.

same here. i think we're part of the minority tho. i think it's mostly only professional services firms (ie. agencies) that can afford to do that cos it all gets charged back to clients...

(has been a very nice perk over the years tho)

delendi · Post by **delendi** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 11:12 pm

i don't get a lunch break tho... so like today i did a 14 hour day... lol

dubluke · Post by **dubluke** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 11:32 pm

Delendi wrote:i don't get a lunch break tho... so like today i did a 14 hour day... lol

she wasn't allowed pastry until well late either, deep, 14 hour shift is a bit much really

corpsey · Post by **corpsey** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 12:33 pm

d.three wrote:You all are bunch of pussies. If you really want to live somewhere - just do it. You know the lingo, you have some sort of friends there and been there before. It won't kill ya - you get experience good or bad, but it all will make you a little bit more wiser.

Wiser and covered in sores and dung?

chunkie · Post by **chunkie** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 12:48 pm

benjybars wrote:
pk- wrote:
if you plan on living alone i think as a very rough guide expect an outlay of £500 per month rent
where the fuck
yeah it's true.. what are you on?!

all about living with 5 people and paying £220 a month.

BLAP.

obviously we are not talking in WC1 lads - but get outside the box, move to harrow or something and be bang on the bakerloo line

http://www.propertyfinder.com/cgi-bin/r ... 1207139951
http://www.propertyfinder.com/cgi-bin/r ... 1207139951
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/viewdetails- ... &tr_t=rent
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/viewdetails- ... &tr_t=rent

last time i rented in london was paying 750p/month plus c/tax and bills but that was in Earlsfield, which is one stop on the maniline from clapham junction and (at the time) was a veeery nice area with bugger all crime and plenty of decent bars about

if we are talking budgets then you can get places between 500-600 p/month - studio flats primarily, or even one beds towards croydon/thornton heath - all comes down to what compromises you're happy to make, eg a lot of places are studio flates with shared shower/wc, or shared kitchens etc

stanton · Post by **stanton** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 1:05 pm

Living in the sticks just cos it's cheaper is not the one. It's fine living in Croydon if you were brought up round there and have a load of mates about, but if you're just moving to the city it's a 90% probability that most of the folk you know will be living a lot more central that Harrow or Croydon and probably east.

Avoid West London, it's dull as a wobbler and takes an age to get anywhere you'll want to go out in. (Sorry Reso)

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