What is a liveable salary for a single person with no dependents in London?
- Thread starter Orang Utan
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EastEnder
Brixton Barnacle
Didn't you used to live & work in London? How did you manage then?
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
I just about coped then, but I was on £30K. Now I've been away from London and am back here looking for work, I've slipped down the salary ladder to the bottom rung again, so will be earning a lot less when I get a job finally.
Miss Caphat
I want it that way
does that include bills? that's a factor I wasn't thinking about. Here you're generally paying for heat (expensive in New England!) electric, sometimes water, phone, internet, cable, car insurance, rental insurance, etc. Oh and don't forget things like gym membership/other monthly/yearly dues
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
bills are on top of that! but luckily here, cars are not necessary to get about. they seem to be a huge expense on both sides of the ocean (more so on this side cos of fuel costs).
Miss Caphat
I want it that way
how much was your rent at that time? maybe calculate the salary to rent percentage and apply it to your current situation to get a sense of what you can be comfortable on
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
it was only £500 at the time, as it never went up in the 10 years I lived there. I could be comfortable on much much less now. I must have wasted a lot of money on nothing at all. I reckon £18-20K will be sufficient enough for me and I could get by on a lot less. I wouldn't have thought so a couple of years ago.
Miss Caphat
I want it that way
true. and this is part of my "comfortable salary" equation. Because, for example, if your car breaks down the week before rent is due, and costs almost all the cash you have on hand to fix, then you still can pay your rent the next week, etc.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
I'm glad I don't drive/need a car! I still worry about unexpected costs for my bike though.
editor
hiraethified
Yes. The Albert. £7 bottle of wine, pint of lager £2.20
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Camelot?
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
oh, i read an article about that. not sure about the ethics of that. plus, i think you need to be a salaried type, you can't do it on HB for sure, as you're the type they're trying to keep out 
Yea think you need a jerb just an idea. don't think providing cheap accom in an empty building is too naughty but I do see what your sayingoh, i read an article about that. not sure about the ethics of that. plus, i think you need to be a salaried type, you can't do it on HB for sure, as you're the type they're trying to keep out
If you rent from Camelot you need to be able to move at very short notice indeed.
They are cunts imo but this is correct. Only thing is that they have 100+ applicants per property and prefer to use security cleared people as tenants.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
are you implying i wouldn't pass muster securitywise and that i'm not to be trusted?
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
are you implying i wouldn't pass muster securitywise and that i'm not to be trusted?
Goes without saying if you're dolescum
are you implying i wouldn't pass muster securitywise and that i'm not to be trusted?
No. But people who have already been security cleared are easier for them to place. I know Camelot quite well through work and they give a preference to ex-forces people and the like in a lot of cases.
discokermit
Well-Known Member
i was on nineteen grand a year when i first moved to london (04) and it was a struggle. that was paying £520 a month rent (inc council tax).
Meltingpot
Living in our pools we soon forget about the sea
If you add transport to that, I'd agree. Maybe clothes too (because those aren't cheap nowadays) and for a lot of jobs you have to fund presentable clothes out of your own pocket.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
aye, though transport needn't cost much if you have a bike
EastEnder
Brixton Barnacle
One poured in 1998. Probably flat now.What lager's £2.20 a pint?
Meltingpot
Living in our pools we soon forget about the sea
Good point, though if you cycle in London you're braver than I'd be.
_angel_
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That's not bad for a bottle of wine in London. It really makes our corner shop look like a total pisstake tho (£7.99 for a bottle of rose wine).Yes. The Albert. £7 bottle of wine, pint of lager £2.20
I think the local pubs may be a smidgen less than that for a bottle and the pints are cheaper too, but u'd expect that.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
it's about the same for wine. don't know about beer. spirits are cheaper outside london.
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