Is it possible to live on under £250 a month

poorandindenial

duchy wrote: »

Maybe it's a rail plus travelcard ?
I live out in Kent and ours is about that but a lot of people use the commmuter coaches instead for about half the price

I was wondering that too - great tip on the commuter coaches, do they take you to a half sensible zone or all the way into the centre?? (not that I can take advantage as a zone 3er but I have freinds that might benefit from it)

Edit - by half sensible zone I mean travel cost wise, not that zones above three aren't sensible lol:rotfl:

poohwithmoney

Thank you all

I live in Essex and work in London so my travel is huge i do have a season ticket loan from work.

Food - i don't spend a great deal at most £50, i usually just go to my parents

I am going to change my mobile phone- i have just asked work for a company one so fingers crossed

xx

PasturesNew

£229/month to live on is loads.

If you were on JSA and single/living alone in a flat, you'd have to be paying out your electric/water/TV licence and insurance out of this too as you'd get £59/week.

You can eat very well (including some takeaways and loads of other treats) on £100/month. So you'd still have £129 for other stuff.

Actiongirl_2

poorandindenial wrote: »

I was wondering that too - great tip on the commuter coaches, do they take you to a half sensible zone or all the way into the centre?? (not that I can take advantage as a zone 3er but I have freinds that might benefit from it)

Edit - by half sensible zone I mean travel cost wise, not that zones above three aren't sensible lol:rotfl:

Right into the centre. I recently worked at Canary Wharf and every night there would be rows of the buses parked to take commuters back to Kent. I also know of one that goes from Cambridge to the City, I think it drops off somewhere between Bank and Tower Hill.

They are much cheaper than season tickets on trains and tube.

Not sure about West End though.

pania

Greenline coaches are good for all areas of london. I used to travel from sittingbourne to the wharf for £11, it then went on to the strand etc. definately worth a google at and so much more relaxing than the UG, you can actually fall asleep!!! ;-)

tsharp

Once i've paid off bills and made payments to my credit cards, i regularly have about £250ish for the month, with petrol still to go out of that!

free4440273

Yes, most definitely it is: (excluding mortgage/rent obviously).

tsharp

If you assume you've paid off bills/food/living expenses etc, it should give you about £60 a week, and if you're not buying food, that makes it effectively £60 for the wkends! Beer money!

duchy

Whereabouts in Essex are you -I've found commuter coach services from various points in Essex to both the West End and City.for example Grays to the city £133 per month and to the West End £153 http://stephensonsofessex.com/soefiles/londonlinkexpress.htm
I'm sure there are other companies too-Google is your friend