"Generation rent" - did ppl really marry in their 20s and buy a house?

supermassive

lisyloo wrote: »

Could you lodge with family & friends?
Share? Stay in a hostel whilst you save (their £8 per night in central London).
Lodge in a strangers spare room?
Are you sure you have no options? I don't know your situation but I've just mentioned 4 options including central London

I live in a town in the north where crime is the main source of income for anyone under 40.

Hostels here are for people who cannot be housed due to risk of killing people, killing themselves, or destroying property.

The hostels are also overflowing.

Then there's the issue of 'where do I keep my things?'. Storage? Extra outgoings, and I can't sell them, I'll be moving into an empty house in such a case.

'options' are one thing, but practical options that work in real life are something quite different. Myself, my partner and our tiny dog wouldn't be able to move anywhere other than where we are unless we buy, and buying's pretty impossible.

The reality of the situation is that I'll maybe never own my own home, because the earnings I get are taken by people that own various houses and overcharge on rent. (and let's not get into the ridiculous council tax situation. over £1000 for a month and they can't police my neighbourhood properly? Right).

The future's bleak if you're young, because society likes to forget that middle aged middle class people were also once young.

CLAPTON

supermassive wrote: »

I live in a town in the north where crime is the main source of income for anyone under 40.

Hostels here are for people who cannot be housed due to risk of killing people, killing themselves, or destroying property.

The hostels are also overflowing.

Then there's the issue of 'where do I keep my things?'. Storage? Extra outgoings, and I can't sell them, I'll be moving into an empty house in such a case.

'options' are one thing, but practical options that work in real life are something quite different. Myself, my partner and our tiny dog wouldn't be able to move anywhere other than where we are unless we buy, and buying's pretty impossible.

The reality of the situation is that I'll maybe never own my own home, because the earnings I get are taken by people that own various houses and overcharge on rent. (and let's not get into the ridiculous council tax situation. over £1000 for a month and they can't police my neighbourhood properly? Right).

The future's bleak if you're young, because society likes to forget that middle aged middle class people were also once young.

where do you live
what rent do you pay
how much is your council tax
what's your family income

wotsthat

supermassive wrote: »

I live in a town in the north where crime is the main source of income for anyone under 40.

Hostels here are for people who cannot be housed due to risk of killing people, killing themselves, or destroying property.

The hostels are also overflowing.

Then there's the issue of 'where do I keep my things?'. Storage? Extra outgoings, and I can't sell them, I'll be moving into an empty house in such a case.

'options' are one thing, but practical options that work in real life are something quite different. Myself, my partner and our tiny dog wouldn't be able to move anywhere other than where we are unless we buy, and buying's pretty impossible.

The reality of the situation is that I'll maybe never own my own home, because the earnings I get are taken by people that own various houses and overcharge on rent. (and let's not get into the ridiculous council tax situation. over £1000 for a month and they can't police my neighbourhood properly? Right).

The future's bleak if you're young, because society likes to forget that middle aged middle class people were also once young.

Self pity can be so destructive.

Torry_Quine

supermassive wrote: »

I live in a town in the north where crime is the main source of income for anyone under 40.
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I don't believe that for one minute.

lisyloo

I live in a town in the north where crime is the main source of income for anyone under 40.

Have you considered moving?

'options' are one thing, but practical options that work in real life are something quite different

I am very aware of this having been through a big change recently after a period of DH being out of work.
We didn't whinge though. I might have asked for advice, but we basically perserved until we found the best option and then although we have to make sacrifices, we make the best of it. So (for example) whilst we are forced to live away from our home and family we take advantage of what London has to offer whilst we can.
I find that enjoying it is a better approach than whinging despite things not being exactly as we would wish them to be.

The future's bleak if you're young, because society likes to forget that middle aged middle class people were also once young.

I started work at 13 and started saving then. Got a paper round at 14 and got a job in a shoe shop at 15.
You may not like the advice, but stop moaning that everything isn't on a plate and do something about it.
I'm sure there's lots we don't know about your situation but I'd start with researching better places to live.