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% of your take home salary on rent payments?

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  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    mdb99jh wrote: »
    About 40%, same as you pastures. It's definitely more expensive being single!
    'Tis. Are you fit?
    :)
  • Zelie
    Zelie Posts: 773 Forumite
    PasturesNew wrote: »
    'Tis. Are you fit?
    :)
    I'll have him/her even if he/she isn't. Stop being so bloody picky.
  • mdb99jh
    mdb99jh Posts: 379 Forumite
    PasturesNew wrote: »
    'Tis. Are you fit?
    :)

    Of course.

    Just to clarify, when I say 'single' I mean 'not married', my gf may have something to say about any budding MSE romance...
  • lostinrates
    lostinrates Posts: 55,283 Forumite
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    mdb99jh wrote: »
    Of course.

    Just to clarify, when I say 'single' I mean 'not married', my gf may have something to say about any budding MSE romance...

    LOL, is your gf a patch on PN though? :confused:

    I can't help feel the perfect man for PN must be on MSE somewhere? PN, maybe you should spend sometime on the savings and investments boards?
  • Midas
    Midas Posts: 597 Forumite
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    mbga9pgf wrote: »
    7% rent, saving 80-85% towards a house, remaining on food and petrol.


    7%... WOW!!
    Midas.
  • mdb99jh
    mdb99jh Posts: 379 Forumite
    lostinrates wrote: »
    LOL, is your gf a patch on PN though? :confused:

    I can't help feel the perfect man for PN must be on MSE somewhere? PN, maybe you should spend sometime on the savings and investments boards?

    True, PN is some catch, and think of the rent we'd save! :money:
  • whathavewedone
    whathavewedone Posts: 902 Forumite
    7%? Is that £50 a week keep to the parents then?
  • ad9898_3
    ad9898_3 Posts: 3,858 Forumite
    At this time my entire outgoings, including all bills is about 20% of my income, more or less all the rest is saved.
  • PasturesNew
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    mdb99jh wrote: »
    True, PN is some catch, and think of the rent we'd save!
    You're thinking about it now then.

    Had to remove the pic of Martin from your post .. it was putting me off men entirely :)
  • MrDT
    MrDT Posts: 951 Forumite
    Rent on the flat we're in at the moment is 15% of my take home pay, or 9% of our combined take home.

    We're moving in a couple of weeks time to a better located house, that'll cost us a bit more, about 14% of our combined take home pay. It's worth the extra.

    We save about 50% of our take home pay each month, I consider this 'overpaying' our mortgage before we even apply for one ;)
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