How many issues is too many issues? (renting)

ripplyuk

Cairez wrote: »

That's pretty snazzy, and its only £300 more a month, for LONDON (it also looks bigger than our place too) :'(

That’s per week. Not month.

hb2

Cairez wrote: »

That's pretty snazzy, and its only £300 more a month, for LONDON (it also looks bigger than our place too) :'(

It is £1,100 per week!!

Sorry, x post with above

Cairez

ripplyuk wrote: »

That’s per week. Not month.

oh jesus

apologies!

MEM62

How many issues is too many issues? (renting)

Didn't read your entire post but I don't need to in order to answer your question. Too many is the point at which there is one more than you are prepared to accept or put up with.

Cakeguts

Cairez wrote: »

£800pm is not cheap for a small 2 bed flat

and I would like to buy my own, but I need a deposit and money to do that, and it's kinda hard when you currently need a place to live that costs £800pm lol

its a slow process...

In London that would be cheap. The cost depends on where it is. The cost is also compared to your earnings. So for example in London someone earning £18,000 a year would find it expensive. But someone earning £75,000 a year would find it very cheap. The trick is to get a job in an area where your earnings make the rental prices affordable. So earning £35,000 in London makes you poor but earning £35,000 in Greater Manchester makes you much better off.



Never rent the cheapest property in an area. If it is cheap it is difficult to let. If it is difficult to let then there is going to some sort of problem with it. Go for the middle rental cost. Not the cheapest. Always check very carefully the condition of the property. Something needing repairs indicates a landlord that doesn't care. Properties owned by landlords that do care tend to be more expensive but less hassle.

SmashedAvacado

for the kitchen cupboard, get a couple of match sticks, wedge them in the holes, use some pliers to cut so the matches are flush with the holes, and then screw in. The matches will provide the resistance needed for the screws to work. No need for glue. If you use long matches, you can still use the flame end of the matches if you dont poke this end into the hole.

Cairez

Cakeguts wrote: »

In London that would be cheap. The cost depends on where it is. The cost is also compared to your earnings. So for example in London someone earning £18,000 a year would find it expensive. But someone earning £75,000 a year would find it very cheap. The trick is to get a job in an area where your earnings make the rental prices affordable. So earning £35,000 in London makes you poor but earning £35,000 in Greater Manchester makes you much better off.



Never rent the cheapest property in an area. If it is cheap it is difficult to let. If it is difficult to let then there is going to some sort of problem with it. Go for the middle rental cost. Not the cheapest. Always check very carefully the condition of the property. Something needing repairs indicates a landlord that doesn't care. Properties owned by landlords that do care tend to be more expensive but less hassle.

we went for a mid range price flat, im wary of revealing my exact location because of security reasons but its a common price for this area and its transport links.
when renting you're playing landlord bingo, you never know what kind of person you're going to be dealing with.
the flat looks great on the surface and then the cracks showed once we moved in and lived there a while. talked to partner and the gas thing is the last straw for him, we'll move at the 6 month mark to a better place

ps. let me go get a 50k job real quick
I moved because of a new job (promotion) and the house prices are more than what they were in scotland. can't really do anything about that.