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willowwispy wrote: »

Off on the 1p hunt, hope to report back later with good news

Good Luck willowispy

silvercar

mhoc wrote: »

No sadly he is to far from home so he is very much on his own.

I keep going through zoopla and rightmove and roomshare but there is virtually nothing available

Where he lives now is a house and when he first moved there last may there was 5 of them, 2 older blokes who have got families who went to the town very quickly and that left my son and another one. The other one was very clueless and drove my son mad with the mess he left - not putting rubbish out and not cleaning up the kitchen etc so son does know about the worst side of sharing. The clueless one went to the town at Christmas so son has had the entire place to himself for the last couple of months - a bit lonely at times but at least he was his own boss.

Can he ask around his work and mates. Maybe there is a property group on facebook. Also spareroom.co.uk, airbandb.com and easyroommate.com Look in newsagents windows etc.

DS1 rents with 5 others, not ideal as I think the group is too large when they are all working rather than studying.

He may find that he doesn't earn enough to satisfy a letting agent, so you may need to act as guarantor if he needs to take on a tenancy.

I'm assuming he didn't go to uni, so could you afford to help him out a bit each month if his income is low?

squigs

tweets wrote: »

:j:j:j Well done squigs :j:j:j


I did it :j:j

Did you really do it tweets or are you being a





:rotfl::rotfl:

mhoc

fairclaire wrote: »

mhoc, as silvercar said.....maybe he would be better looking for a room to rent, rather than a flat share. Either as a lodger, or a sub-tenant. That way he wouldn't have to worry about the tenancy side of things. I'd imagine it would be much cheaper for him and there wouldn't be the worry over bills etc. Just pay a certain amount each month to cover everything.

Yes that is what I am thinking - one bill to pay for rent inclusive of bills rather than having to worry about an entire set of bills and also making sure whoever the person he shares with pays his half in time

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Chrisv wrote: »

The whistle has gone :j - Hubby might be celebrating all day - think I will see him sometime tonight :rotfl:

Brilliant derby match wins are always :j:j

Sunshinemummy

EMMAP wrote: »

Happy birthday LL!

I've changed my hair colour. Finally bit the bullet and went much darker. Colour, cut and blow dry for a very MSE £37 :money:

Emma, your hair is gorgeous, but you will always be blonde to me!
:p:p:p:p

mhoc wrote: »

A bit worried about youngest son so any advice would be helpful.

Since last May he has been living on site and paying £180 a month straight from his wages all good, we knew it was not going to be a long term arrangement but his employers now want him to find alternative arrangements. The new recruits are due in Feb and his room is needed.

So most people in this company live in the closest town which is a 10 miles drive away so he will have extra petrol costs for a start.

He has been looking but flat shares and houses to rent are very scarce and the cheapest seem to be at least £400 a month plus bills for a 2 bed so on top of finding somewhere to live he has to find a flat mate to share with.

My eldest lived in various flat shares over her 4 years of uni and it was a nightmare - she never got on with anyone, there was always problems with landlords, neighbours and flat maintenance and it was one problem after another. I am not saying the same will happen again but son is not as worldly wise as his sister and not as mature.

He has not asked for any advice on this from us, about what to look for and what the expenses are etc.

I am just worried that he is now committed himself to a flat without getting a flat mate so the flatmate wont have his name on the tenancy agreement so it wont be legal.

He only earns just over £800 and even when he goes over to full time which wont be for several months yet he wont be earning more than about a thousand a month so the money situation worries me no end. He is very good with his money but I am worried that so much of it will now go towards his living cost. I know he has had it very easy so far and this is the real world so he just has to get over it but I don't think he is fully ready for flat sharing yet ...


(hes nearly 22 and yes I do know he is a grown up)

Does he live near any Elite that may want a house guest?

EMMAP

Thanks TM & QOC. Yeah Ellie it was. Not central London but I was still shocked. I asked the girl to check the price again! Was fully expecting it to cost loads so happy days

And thank you SSM. I'll always be a platinum blonde at heart!

SpiralingDown

Hi again, told you I'd not be able to keep up, missed the last 150ish pages. Hope everyone's well.
I've a week until my next hospital appointment and being stuck at home is really doing my head in I've missed so many glitches and 1p items I'm getting withdrawal symptoms :rotfl: the only thing I'm grateful for is I'm at home and not still in hospital, at least I've tv and Internet to distract me while I'm awake although that's not very often due to the new meds I've been taking. I wake about 8am to take my first, sleep until 12pm, take my next lot about 1pm and sleep until at least 3pm, take older meds in the evening and manage to stay awake from then until 11pm but then the daily cycle begins again (not too good but trying to cut down on the new pain meds that are causing this is giving me evenings with DS so that's good).

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squigs wrote: »

Did you really do it tweets or are you being a





:rotfl::rotfl:

Seeing I don't drink I found it quite easy to do :rotfl::rotfl:

Last alcohol to pass my lips was when I meet bargainqueen8 in Manchester in December and she made me drink hot choc with Baileys :D

bargainqueen8

squigs wrote: »

Good afternoon!

I am very pleased to announce that I have completed the "stay dry January":j:j

Has anyone else been good and done it?

well done.:T:T.

mhoc,have you tried spareroom.co.uk,a friend of my used them to find a houseshare.:)