Moving G/F in, is it worth it?

bobajoblad

OK first of i'm not trying top rip anyone off, I just want to know what moving my g/f in will cost me/us.

Is there anyone apart from CAB that i can go to and ask how moving her in will affect me as far as how much i get each week and other benefits i get such us housing and council tax, i suspect we will be worse off to some degree, which does not bother us too much but there is only a certain amount i/we can afford to loose otherwise we'll keep things as they are, and she'll only stay odd days here and there.

Hope i have made myself clear, if you need more info then feel free to ask.

healy

You have not said which benefits you are claiming eg JSA, IB or ESA. We do not know what benefits your girlfriend claims or if she works.

bobajoblad

healy wrote: »

You have not said which benefits you are claiming eg JSA, IB or ESA. We do not know what benefits your girlfriend claims or if she works.

Sorry I am on Incapacity benefit/Income support ( i get about £90pw) plus full council tax rebate and full housing benefit.
My rent is about £100 a week and council tax is about £1,000pa

My g/f gets no benefits what so ever, she earns on average about £600pm take home, this does vary but not by much each month, she does owe a lot of money, and about £180 of that goes out each month before she has spent another penny, I know the DWP will not take this into account and that is fine I have told her best thing as far as her bills is concerned is to seek advice from the CAB.

[Deleted User]

Your I/B wont be affected,your I/S will be as her income exceeds the rate of I/S for a couple,as a couple you may still qualify for some h/b and ctb on the basis of low income.
However dont forget that 2 people really can live cheaper than one.
As for the debt repayments of £180 per month she should seek help to sort this out.

bobajoblad

OK thx this is a mine field and going to have to contact CAB to see how much we would loose as a couple and weigh it up against saving that would be made if she moved in.

Thanks

Oldernotwiser

woodbine wrote: »

However dont forget that 2 people really can live cheaper than one.

I think perhaps that you mean that two people can live more cheaply if living together than they can if living apart.

[Deleted User]

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

I think perhaps that you mean that two people can live more cheaply if living together than they can if living apart.

I think maybe I did :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

KimYeovil

Moving G/F in, is it worth it?

And they say romance is dead!

viktory

bobajoblad wrote: »

OK thx this is a mine field and going to have to contact CAB to see how much we would loose as a couple and weigh it up against saving that would be made if she moved in.

Thanks

How sad a society when money means more then love, affection, companionship.....

char_student

Why would you not want to go to CAB? I work there, whats wrong with us advisers!!! They can do the calculation as what you would get now, and what you would get then - a "better off calculation"

HariboJunkie

char_student wrote: »

Why would you not want to go to CAB? I work there, whats wrong with us advisers!!! They can do the calculation as what you would get now, and what you would get then - a "better off calculation"

Sorry.... Completely and utterly off topic. ......


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