Renting a 1 bedroom flat on £1000+ doable or not?

SailorSam

scott284 wrote: »

Food - £200 - think £25 per week for food is unrealistic unless you want to live on pasta.

£25pw unrealistic for food ?
There are numerous threads on here where posters live on half of that.

SailorSam

Why are you going out to buy a sandwich ?
You can make much nicer ones at home.
You're very lucky, i see you haven't been here long, but you've come to the right place. We'll teach you.

luvchocolate

my own experience...single in a 2 bed flat..£1,000 income per month

Rent £450
Council tax £61
Contents insurance £5
Electric only £65
Mobile £22
Internet £11
Water £20
T.V £12
Car insurance/service £60
Food/going out £250
£50 emergencies

so doable but I have savings if needed.

always_sunny

I wouldn't spend half my net income on rent (+CT separate) unless it was planned and I had that rent money sitting on an account especially If you are planning to even get a second job so not staying home a lot!

Why live alone rather than sharing? Would you be able to support this lifestyle if you were out of work for a month?

SailorSam

always_sunny wrote: »

I wouldn't spend half my net income on rent (+CT separate) unless it was planned and I had that rent money sitting on an account especially If you are planning to even get a second job so not staying home a lot!

Why live alone rather than sharing? Would you be able to support this lifestyle if you were out of work for a month?

I think when choosing whether to share or pay a bit extra and have your own place depends on your age.
Shareing may have been ok when i was in my 20s and first left home. But i'm 62 now. I couldn't put up with it.

luvchocolate

I agree I am 63 and need my own space, but I was the same in my 20's too, so each to their own.

always_sunny

luvchocolate wrote: »

I agree I am 63 and need my own space, but I was the same in my 20's too, so each to their own.

I like my space too but I am aware of the cost. If I lived month to month (maybe OP has a trust fund) I would feel very uncomfortable spending more than half my net income on accommodation because if anything happened I would be on the street and I would not like that at all.

It's more about what someone can afford and how comfortable with risk. .

luvchocolate

I agree with the above and would suggest you always have at least 6 months living costs on one side....in case.

eilidhcatriona

scott284 wrote: »

But if you care about your health and want to eat freshly prepared meals with lots of fresh fruit and veg and occasional meat then I'd say £25 is not enough.

Of course it is, as long as you shop sensibly. I feed 2 of us on £30 per week, and that's with plenty of lovely fresh veg, and fresh meat for OH (I'm vegetarian), and treats for both of us. That's a combination of Lidl and Tesco, and includes most household stuff as well, like laundry powder etc.

Grenage

I used to feed myself on £10-15 a week when I was living on my own. All home-cooked (a lot bulk), and I ate like a bloody king. That wasn't bargain-hunting, either; that was once a week off to Asda.

When my other half moved in it went from about £50 a month to £150-200 a month; not sure what happened there.